A Compass for Fair Food A Compass for Fair Food
Over the years, The Nation and I have closely tracked the heroic work of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) as they have fought to protect agriculture workers in the fields o...
Sep 27, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Around The Nation Around The Nation
I'm off to Russia for a series of interviews looking at the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall (I'll be sure to ask people what they think of our controversies over so...
Sep 21, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Shifting Debate on Afghanistan A Shifting Debate on Afghanistan
Eight years after the war in Afghanistan began, the issue of how to endit is finally getting some traction in Congress. No longer is Congressman Jim McGovern's bill with over 100 ...
Sep 18, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Metropolis Now Metropolis Now
This article was co-authored by Nation contributing editor Joel Rogers. Itoriginally appeared in the September 17 issue of the New Statesman. On the campaign trail, Barack Oba...
Sep 17, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Working Families Party Builds Progressive Power Working Families Party Builds Progressive Power
The Working Families Party was started in 1998 by a group of labor and community activists whowanted to reinvigorate the fight for economic and social justice in NewYork. The Nat...
Sep 14, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Around The Nation Around The Nation
I mostly avoided coverage of the weekend's 9/12 "teabagger" rally in Washington, DC; we were moving my daughter in to college. But the specter of race--and of conservativ...
Sep 14, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Resisting Foreclosures Resisting Foreclosures
In Georgia, the ease with which someone can lose a home is staggering. A foreclosure-eviction can occur without judicial review in just35 days, and at 10 a.m. on the first Tu...
Sep 12, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
On 9/11/09 On 9/11/09
Eight years after the tragedy of 9/11, I am reposting my introduction to "A Just Response," a collection of The Nation's writings on terrorism, democracy, 9/11 and its aftermath. ...
Sep 11, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Obama Shows His Progressive Spine Obama Shows His Progressive Spine
The president's healthcare speech was not a full-fledged antidote to decades of Reaganism. But it was an eloquent call for a new progressive role for government. We must build on i...
Sep 10, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Obama Must Reclaim the Debate Obama Must Reclaim the Debate
Barack Obama's genius was to run a campaign that understood how muchAmericans wanted change. On Wednesday evening when he speaks to a jointsession of Congress President Obama wil...
Sep 8, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel