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The time period “the nation”—because it refers back to the nation—has a comparatively current historical past in American political rhetoric. Till the Civil Conflict, politicians extra generally used “the Union” or “the Republic.” That modified with Abraham Lincoln, who referenced “the nation” 5 occasions in his 1863 Gettysburg Tackle. Two years later, in July 1865, the primary challenge of our journal was printed.
For our one hundred and sixtieth anniversary challenge, we known as on fifty of our greatest writers and artists to depict the present nationwide panorama: what’s being gutted, steamrolled, and eviscerated, and what a few of us are doing to maintain the nationwide challenge afloat. Contributor Richard Kreitner joins us to debate the monumental activity of placing this challenge collectively, the historical past and way forward for secession, and extra.
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D.D. Guttenplan is editor of The Nation.
