[9] In media circles, Seven Days was viewed as the successor to the radical Ramparts magazine, which ceased publication in October 1975 due to infighting, and turned over its subscriber list to Dellinger after it folded.

[8] Journalist Alan Finder wrote that the magazine was so new, it was still "in the process of finding its voice", taking risks that made it "uneven", but viewed it as "a refreshing new venture, unlike anything else in American journalism.

[8] By 1978, members of the Seven Days editorial staff included film editor Peter Biskind, Maris Cakars, Barbara Ehrenreich, Robert Ellsberg, Elizabeth Hess, Alfredo Lopez, Jill Nelson, and many others, in addition to Dellinger.

[5] Activist David McReynolds, who had worked with Dellinger at Liberation magazine, later reflected that Seven Days had fallen apart, much as the anti-war movement had collapsed after the Vietnam War.

[7] The January 1977 issue of Seven Days covered the new Carter administration, including an in-depth analysis of the likely positions it would adopt concerning the economy, foreign policy, and the Justice Department.

[11] Lighter topics covered in the first three issues included essays defending rock-and-roll music and describing an interview with Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez.

[11] Poet June Jordan wrote a lengthy essay that was published in the August 1978 issue, "In the Valley of the Shadow of Death", concerning an attack on a Black boy by Hassidic Jews in the Crown Heights area of Brooklyn.

[14][15] The editorial team at Seven Days decided to publish its own satirical article titled, "How to Make Your Own H-Bomb", to demonstrate solidarity with The Progressive and to dramatize their defense of free speech.

[14] On April 2, 1979, the publishers of Seven Days sued the federal government, alleging that a U.S. assistant attorney had intimidated its printer into stopping publication of its "H-bomb issue", which was originally scheduled to hit newsstands on March 31.

[14] In 2009, lawyers for Binyam Mohamed said they believed their client was wrongfully detained at Guantanamo Bay prison for seven years, after having "confessed" to reading the article from Seven Days.