‘The Nation’ President Is Deceptive About His Publication’s Connection to George Soros
15th September 2025
The president of the leftist magazine The Nation Bhaskar Sunkara was up in arms over Vice President J.D. Vance’s connection of his publication to billionaire George Soros during a recent TV interview. The reality: Vance was hovering over the target, and Sunkara was being blatantly deceptive.
Sunkara railed against Vance in an X post for saying Soros “funds” The Nation: “I’m not sure where he’s getting his information, but JD Vance is lying about The Nation magazine.” He continued, claiming unequivocally that “we’re not funded, not one dime, by Soros or Open Society Foundation.”
Here’s the deception: Up until 2019, The Nation was directly affiliated with the nonprofit media outfit The Nation Institute, which had in fact received at least $1,349,000 from Soros’s organizations between 2004 and 2019, according to Foundation Directory Online data. In January 2019, it was announced that The Nation Institute was officially rebranding to become the Type Media Center to expand beyond its connections to the magazine.