The Arena (magazine)

It was founded by Benjamin Orange Flower in 1889[1] and existed for twenty years.

[1] It openly advocated birth control, free silver, agrarian reform, the single tax, and trust-busting.

It was the only journal of national import to support William Jennings Bryan in 1896.

[4] It published work by writers such as Upton Sinclair, Stephen Crane[5] and Hamlin Garland.

The magazine published articles on socialism and was supportive of efforts to organize workers into trade unions.