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  • curprev 09:2409:24, 2 June 2024 Cathradgenations talk contribs 40,758 bytes +26 After purchasing the magazine, Peretz allowed Gilbert A. Harrison, its editor, to continue editing the magazine. Peretz pledged to let him continue running the magazine for at least three years. But by 1975, Peretz was agitated by having his own articles rejected for publication, pointing out that he had been pouring more and more money into the magazine to cover its losses, and he fired Harrison. Much of the rest of the staff, including such prominent writers as →New Republic magazine undo

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  • curprev 21:3221:32, 15 May 2024 Cathradgenations talk contribs 41,274 bytes +48 Wildman wrote that the sexual harassment which she and other women at the magazine faced went hand in hand with gender discrimination at the magazine during Peretz's tenure: "The women knew we had a far shallower chance of rising up the masthead than our male counterparts; all of us hoped we'd be the exception. To do so, we entered into a game in which the rules were rigged against us, sometimes pushing us well past our point of comfort in order to remain in play." undo
  • curprev 21:2821:28, 15 May 2024 Cathradgenations talk contribs m 41,226 bytes +7 During his tenure, ''The Nation'' would later assess, "the magazine promoted many of the worst decisions in modern American history–the killing fields in 1980s Central America, the invasion of Iraq, the downgrading of diplomacy in preference to military solutions in foreign policy, the neoliberal economics that has fueled inequality and instability, the brutalization of the Palestinians, the revival of scientific racism, and the persistent whittling-down of the welfare state." undo
  • curprev 21:1621:16, 15 May 2024 Cathradgenations talk contribs m 41,219 bytes +481 n 1974, he purchased ''The New Republic'', and he later assumed editorial control of the magazine. During that tenure, the Nation would later assess, "the magazine promoted many of the worst decisions in modern American history–the killing fields in 1980s Central America, the invasion of Iraq, the downgrading of diplomacy in preference to military solutions in foreign policy, the neoliberal economics that has fueled inequality and instability, the brutalization of the Palestinians, the reviv undo
  • curprev 21:0321:03, 15 May 2024 Cathradgenations talk contribs 40,738 bytes +457 →Allegations of gender bias in hiring: Speaking at a 1994 conference on Black-Jewish relations, Peretz said, “So many people in the black population are afflicted by deficiencies—and I mean cultural deficiencies—which Jews, for example, didn’t [have].” He added: “In the ghetto, mothers—a lot of mothers don’t appreciate the importance of schooling,” and added, “A mother who is on crack is in no position to help her children get through school.” undo
  • curprev 20:4220:42, 15 May 2024 Cathradgenations talk contribs 40,281 bytes −186 Undid revision 1224027883 by Cathradgenations (talk) undo Tag: Undo
  • curprev 20:3820:38, 15 May 2024 Cathradgenations talk contribs 40,467 bytes +186 →New Republic magazine: His 1967 marriage to Anne Labouisse Farnsworth, an heiress to the Singer sewing machine fortune, helped him buy ''The New Republic'' from Gilbert Harrison in 1974. "The Singer company had a history of union-busting and a soul-crushing enforcement of 'scientific management' designed to turn workers into efficient cogs," the Nation later observed. undo Tag: Reverted

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  • curprev 02:2402:24, 18 April 2022 Cathradgenations talk contribs m 37,098 bytes +53 →Career: minor revision--After Peretz purchased the magazine in 1974, he allowed its then editor, Gilbert Harrison, to continue editing the magazine. Peretz had pledged to let him continue running the magazine for at least three years. But by 1975, Peretz, after becoming increasingly agitated at having his own articles rejected for publication-- pointing out he had been pouring more and more money into the magazine to cover its losses-- he fired Harrison. undo

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