The Nation Magazine

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Last verified 31 Jul 2026

4.7 3629 ratings · App Store

1. 5/5My Love for the nation.

   I seek and enjoy human developments that are interesting and generally missed by the media. The Nation tries to be truthful to even invite popular anger makes it my personal choice to read the critical aspects of our culture. the nation has special insight to hidden and undercurrents of social movements to frame of the emerging facts for women and people of color. Informing the world of mostly unreported changes in society and lead the way for other media to the join the Nation is a marvelous gift to us all. May we celebrate these gifts for an infinite future.

   HapKlein · 31 Jul 2026

2. 1/5App is a total mess; rife with inappropriate adverts

   The Nation Magazine is an iconic news and criticism source, and I’ve been a print subscriber for at least four decades. The digital version, however, is a singular mess of flashing adverts at the top and bottom of a phone screen, coupled also most problematically to a advert video that launches at the bottom right hand margin every ten seconds or so. The net effect is a visually disturbing mix of obscured and jumping text that is constantly resizing the text to accommodate more advertising. I’ve attempted to contact staff at the magazine close to a dozen times with comments on these problems with ZERO response. And I am being polite! This lack of attention to an absolutely critical detail is dire and alarming as the future is digital, not print. Readership and funding depend on a suitable, reliable platform. This app, unfortunately, doesn’t ensure that there will a Nation Magazine in the future. I love my print monthly version, but I’m too frustrated by the brutal digital experience when attempting to read the “online home” section that updates daily.

   Tedson234? · 31 Jul 2026

3. 1/5The Nation strikes out.

   I’m a left-of-center old-time liberal and chair of my local Democratic organization. I subscribe to The Nation and appreciate its weekly take on the state of the USA and the world. I also subscribe to National Review, the conservative weekly that supports the Republican Party while being ant-Trump from the beginning of that obscene demagogue’s appearance on the political stage. I read NR to be informed about conservative opinion, the better to argue against it. I find I read NR more frequently than The Nation for one main reason: NR has an online daily news update that comes directly to my email. Half the time it’s straight reporting about significant events happening at the moment, often before I hear about them from other sources. The other half is timely and thoughtful opinion pieces. I do wish deeply that The Nation would venture onto something similar from the liberal-progressive viewpoint. Instead it merely reproduces the contents of its weekly magazine. Failure to compete with NR on the platform it now dominates puts their opposition at a disadvantage.

   Publiuso · 31 Jul 2026

4. 1/55 stars for content,1 for app

   About a year after my original review, the app is still useless. It won't take my login info, but gives me an error message and an email address to contact. When I try the email, I get an error that it isn't valid. I love the magazine, but seriously, this app seems to have zero priority. A real shame. I'm changing my rating down to one star. --- My experience is exactly the same as Zimmerman's on Dec 1. I have subscribed to digital+paper, and I logged in. Login is very confusing. I have been able to access some issues , but have tried for days to access the issue that just arrived in hard copy, and it wants to charge me for it or take out another subscription. This is a very important publication that many more people should be reading. Please fix the iPhone app!

   DW in Virginia · 31 Jul 2026

5. 2/5ads and tech issues everywhere!!

   With a paid subscription, my expectations were that there would be no ads that popped up while reading articles, and yet it happens every time! I pull up a news story and an ad for a puzzle game overtakes the whole screen. Whenever I temporarily move off the Nation app, (usually to play music or to check notifications) it resets completely to the home screen and I have to scroll back to find the article I attempted to read. It’s such a shame because I heard so many good things about this publication, but the technical issues and overblown ads (even with a paid subscription) are limiting my ability to read the articles on this app!

   smallfwy · 31 Jul 2026

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