Independent U.S. mags hit hard by postal changes

The Nation magazine, a venerable U.S. leftwing weekly, has raised the alarm with its readers about a postage increase of more than 18% that took effect this week. That represents a postal bill of US$500,000 for the magazine, which has a circulation of 18,600 186,500 (a few hundred of which are in Canada). The magazine has launched a fundraising drive to pay the added costs. So far, its readers