The Nation

==Regular columns==
The magazine runs a number of regular columns:
* "Beneath the Radar" by [[Gary Younge]]
* "Deadline Poet" by [[Calvin Trillin]]
* "Diary of a Mad Law Professor" by [[Patricia J. Williams]]
* "The Liberal Media" by [[Eric Alterman]]
* "Subject to Debate" by [[Katha Pollitt]]
* "Between the Lines" by [[Laila Lalami]]
Regular columns in the past have included:
* "Look Out" by [[Naomi Klein]]
* "Sister Citizen" by [[Melissa Harris-Perry]]<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.thenation.com/columns/sister-citizen |author=Melissa Harris-Perry|title=Sister Citizen |magazine=The Nation |access-date=December 3, 2011}}</ref>
* "Beat the Devil" (1984–2012) by [[Alexander Cockburn]]
* "Dispatches" (1984–87) by [[Max Holland]] and Kai Bird<ref name="Hiar">{{cite web|url=http://corbinhiar.wordpress.com/2009/04/24/kai-bird-the-nations-foreign-editor/|title=Kai Bird: The Nation's Foreign Editor|last=Hiar|first=Corbin|date=April 24, 2009|work=Hiar learning|publisher=Wordpress|access-date=April 24, 2010}}</ref>
* "Minority Report" (1982–2002) by [[Christopher Hitchens]]
* "The Nation [[cryptic crossword]]" by [[Frank W. Lewis]] from 1947 to 2009, and Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto from 2011 to 2020, that is now available by subscription<ref>{{Cite web|title=Out of Left Field Cryptics|url=https://www.leftfieldcryptics.com/|access-date=2021-10-18|website=leftfieldcryptics.com}}</ref>