"Congratulations are in order to The Nation for being a thorn in the side of authoritarianism for 160 years. I was disappointed, however, that there was no mention of The Nation's reporting on the Alger Hiss case (which, thanks to Carey McWilliams and Victor Navasky, is part of the magazine's legacy) and the publication this year of evidence establishing his innocence."
"I understand that it also ran in The Washington Times and the Washington Examiner. Those papers are right-wing; The Nation is a left publication. Yet your acceptance of this ad puts you in league with those who are vociferously advocating for the ethnic cleansing of immigrants. Among its other proposals to "reverse immigration-driven population growth," the ad states, "NPG further believes that illegal immigration can and must be stopped entirely.""
Congratulations are offered to The Nation for 160 years as a thorn in the side of authoritarianism. The absence of mention of reporting on the Alger Hiss case and new evidence establishing his innocence is noted. A new book, Rewriting Hisstory: A Fifty-Year Journey to Uncover the Truth About Alger Hiss, asserts Hiss's exoneration and connects contemporary political dynamics to the anti-communist hysteria of the 1940s and 1950s that sought to undermine liberalism and civil liberties. Separately, an advertisement from Negative Population Growth is condemned as advocating ethnic cleansing by calling to stop illegal immigration entirely, prompting demands for retraction or public self-criticism amid aggressive ICE actions.
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