Bringing Democracy Home Bringing Democracy Home
We're headed into an election year with Americans in overwhelming numbers looking for a dramatic change in direction. Progressives have already pushed some major issues onto the ...
Dec 1, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Profile of Immigration A Profile of Immigration
As the lead editorial in The Nation noted last week, the recent maelstrom surrounding Governor Eliot Spitzer's proposal to issue driver licenses to undocumented immigrants reveale...
Nov 29, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Profile of Immigration A Profile of Immigration
As the lead editorial in The Nation noted last week, the recent maelstrom surrounding Governor Eliot Spitzer's proposal to issue driver licenses to undocumented immigrants revealed...
Nov 26, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Fight for Press Freedom in Putin’s Russia The Fight for Press Freedom in Putin’s Russia
With Russia's parliamentary elections scheduled for December 2and the pro-Kremlin United Russia party expected to win an overwhelmingmajority in the voting, President Vladimir Put...
Nov 26, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Our Not-So-Friendly Skies Our Not-So-Friendly Skies
While there are extraordinarily important issues to reckon with--endingthis catastrophic war and devising a sane national security policy,providing universal health care, and rep...
Nov 21, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Fighting Poverty in CT Fighting Poverty in CT
At 37 years of age, Deborah Glover says she had lived a middle-class life and never knew poverty. That all changed when she had a car accident, and as a single mother with three ...
Nov 19, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Condoleezza Rice’s Middle East Photo-Op Condoleezza Rice’s Middle East Photo-Op
The American-sponsored Middle East peace conference (or meeting or get-together) expected to be held in Annapolis , Maryland later this month has more to do with providing Secreta...
Nov 17, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
VideoNation: The Cost of War VideoNation: The Cost of War
Democratic candidates need to make the war a campaign issue, and hammer away at the staggering economic and human costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Nov 15, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Debating Downwind in Nevada Debating Downwind in Nevada
Tonight in Las Vegas--a town best known for slots, boxing, andspectacle--the Democratic presidential hopefuls gather for one ofthe final pre-primary debates. The Democratic Par...
Nov 15, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Jonathan Demme on The Other Politician He’d Like to Film Jonathan Demme on The Other Politician He’d Like to Film
Last month, the Washington Post ran an interview with Oscar winning Director Jonathan Demme. The subject: His documentary, "Jimmy Carter Man from Plains." The Nation has long beli...
Nov 13, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel