By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke 11/05/12 7:41am

Help Wanted

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The Nation is Hiring

Are you a publicist looking for something to direct? Do you like your opinions liberal and your commentary trenchant? How do you feel about Katha Pollitt? Because The Nation is looking for a new publicity director.

Last night, an email went out to Nation mailing list alerting readers that the magazine is looking for a publicity director to “oversee and implement the publicity and syndication programs for both the print publication and thenation.com.” Like all ideal candidates in all job listings everywhere, the ideal candidate for this position will be “detail oriented” and good with tight deadlines. Read More

By Emily Witt 12/01/11 2:20pm

library science

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The Future of the New York Public Library: Will It Be Improved or Gutted?

An article in The Nation today exposes growing rifts over the future of the New York Public Library. The main concern involves its so-called Central Library Plan, an upcoming renovation that will remove the stacks from the central Stephen A. Schwarzman building at Bryant Park and store print books and other physical materials off-site. Patrons will also be allowed to borrow books from the central library and the newly opened rooms currently holding the stacks will be filled with computers and other media. Read More

By Kat Stoeffel 6/08/11 3:02am

off the record

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WikiLeaks Dribble Out to Other Nations, 'The Nation'

The Nation is publishing a series of articles based on United States and United Nations diplomatic cables obtained by WikiLeaks, and it didn’t even have to wrestle egomaniac Julian Assange for them!

The Nation’s cache comes secondhand, from Haitian newspaper Haïti Liberté. According to Nation executive editor Betsy Reed, the series reflects a new approach for Read More

By Daniel D'Addario 2/23/11 12:55am

books

Of Pizza and Politics: Lefties Throw a Party

London Review of Books editor Mary-Kay Wilmers is looking for a new employee. The ideal hire, if an American, “would have to say all the right things about the publication-and have a knowledge of history, as we’re a bit lacking at the moment.”

Ms. Wilmers, sipping Campari at a book party in her honor at Read More

By Hunter Walker 11/05/10 10:13pm

In-N-Out

Chris Hayes’ Career As An MSNBC Host Lasted About An Hour

Today is just not MSNBC’s day.

First, the network suspended its top-rated host Keith Olbermann after Politico published a report detailing  his political donations to three Democrats campaigning in Tuesday’s mid-term elections. Initially, MSNBC tapped The Nation Editor Chris Hayes as Olbermann’s replacement for Friday night’s show, but shortly after Hayes was named, the Village Read More