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Article: The merger that wasn't. (The Nation and The New Republic)
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- The Nation
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- January 1, 1990
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The Merger That Wasn't
A few weeks ago, The New Republic marked its 75th anniversary. In 1990, The Nation celebrates its 125th. Once the two journals were thought to be so close that they might as well have been joined at the hip. Nowadays only the 249 million Americans who don't read them aren't in on the secret that they have long since gone their separate political ways. Although both are still to the left of the far right, they differ in tendencies, emphases, analyses, values and perspectives on issues ranging from affirmative action, the meaning and status of the cold war, Israel and the P.L.O., feminism, presidential politics and so forth. The main thing ...