The Massachusetts Lesson: Go Populist Now The Massachusetts Lesson: Go Populist Now
Election results rarely have a single explanation. Yet it's pretty clear that Scott Brown's special election win in a state that last sent a Republican to the Senate in 1978 ...
Jan 20, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Progressive for New Orleans A Progressive for New Orleans
The mayoral race in beleaguered New Orleans has a candidate who is a true social justice advocate and progressive--Nation contributor and civil rights advocate ...
Jan 18, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Around The Nation Around The Nation
This is our first "Around the Nation" of 2010 and I'm still playing withthe format. This week I thought I'd try breaking the feature up intoclearer sections. Let me know ...
Jan 15, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Change Won’t Come Easy Change Won’t Come Easy
Many progressives thought we had taken back America in 2008, but the work has just begun.
Jan 14, 2010 / Feature / Katrina vanden Heuvel and Robert L. Borosage
Paradise by the Dashboard Light? Paradise by the Dashboard Light?
When Senator Charles Schumer proposed a federal ban on texting while driving, Ford was proud to be the first carmaker to endorse it.
Jan 12, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Intellectuals and Pop Culture Intellectuals and Pop Culture
I was honored to be a contributor to Dissent's Winter 2010 issue. The venerable journal's editors asked a group of writers and thinkers, including the Nation's valued columnist Kat...
Jan 11, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Pro-Democracy Victories in Rhode Island Pro-Democracy Victories in Rhode Island
How do we make this a pro-democracy year? It's not looking good so far, with so much attention focused on the drama of the horse race--who's retiring, who's running. Deep change,...
Jan 8, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Extra, Extra–Read All About ACORN Extra, Extra–Read All About ACORN
On Christmas Eve, buried on page A24 of my edition of the New York Times, was this story: "The controversial community organizing group Acorn has not broken any laws in the la...
Jan 5, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Nation 2010 The Nation 2010
For 145 years, these core principles have informed and animated The Nation's thinking and work: passionate support for civil rights and civil liberties, opposition to corruption an...
Dec 31, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Are US Wars Fueling Domestic Terrorist Threats? Are US Wars Fueling Domestic Terrorist Threats?
Are the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan creating a domestic terrorist threat? The potential disaster of a Nigerian man attempting to blow up a US airliner on Christmas day forces us t...
Dec 28, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel