Real Health, Real Reform Real Health, Real Reform
With both the House and Senate looking to pass health care bills priorto the summer recess which begins August 8, now is the moment of truth forDemocrats: will they offer a real...
Jul 8, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Obama’s Eloquent Moscow Speech Obama’s Eloquent Moscow Speech
On the second day of a highly anticipated US-Russian summit meeting, after reaching a preliminary agreement to cut each country's stockpiles of strategic nuclear weapons by one th...
Jul 6, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Rediscovering Secular America Rediscovering Secular America
This Fourth of July, those who identify themselves as non-believers, or humanists, or atheists -- or a whole host of other names which signify a nontheistic worldview -- have much...
Jul 4, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Obama in Moscow Obama in Moscow
On Monday, President Obama heads to Moscow for two days of talks with President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. He also plans to meet with Russian opposition le...
Jul 2, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Time to End False Bipartisanship Time to End False Bipartisanship
God I hope David Broder is wrong. "The President has told visitors," the Washington Post columnist wrote last week, "that he would rather have 70 votes in the Senate for a bill th...
Jun 28, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Obama: Refocus and Reset Obama: Refocus and Reset
At a moment when the President is more popular than most of hissignature policies, when weak-kneed Democrats threaten to bolt onhealthcare reform and hypocritical legislators have...
Jun 23, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Around The Nation Around The Nation
As I write today, turmoil and violence continue to roil Iran. Our Contributing Editor Robert Dreyfuss was on the ground in Tehran in the days before and after the election. He lef...
Jun 23, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Americans for Financial Reform Americans for Financial Reform
In April, President Obama delivered a speech in which he alluded to the Sermon on the Mount to describe the stronger, more just economy he envisioned: "We cannot rebuild this econ...
Jun 19, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
War Supplemental Narrowly Passes War Supplemental Narrowly Passes
Just a few minutes ago, the Obama Administration's $106 billion war supplemental passed on the House floor by a vote of 226-202. Congressional Democrats who oppose military escal...
Jun 16, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Leveraging Inside Outside Power Leveraging Inside Outside Power
When it comes to the big issues of our time -- like healthcare, energy and climate change, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and building a more just economy -- I've long believed...
Jun 15, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel