Mary Ann Glendon’s Deliberate Insult Mary Ann Glendon’s Deliberate Insult
President Obama heads to Notre Dame on Sunday to receive an honorarydegree and deliver the commencement address. Conservative Catholicshave opposed the university's awarding of a ...
May 15, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Let’s Make Every Vote Count Let’s Make Every Vote Count
This is one of a series of posts on electoral reform and just democracy. You can read the first post in the series here. Quick: When did we elect the President last year? If you...
May 14, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Progressive Caucus Report on Afghanistan Progressive Caucus Report on Afghanistan
The Congressional Progressive Caucus has released a set ofrecommendations based on its series of forums on Afghanistan--thesixth and last of which will be held Wednesday. It's re...
May 12, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Fierce Urgency of Disarmament The Fierce Urgency of Disarmament
"After a long winter of discontent we have the audacity to hope forspringtime.... But there are miles to go before we sleep."--Ambassador Jayantha Dhanapalawe, President ofPugwas...
May 11, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Around The Nation Around The Nation
In March, The Nation and Nation Books hosted an event in New York Cityin conjunction with the release of our book Meltdown: How Greed andCorruption Shattered Our Financial Syste...
May 10, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Smart Power in Pakistan/Afghanistan? Smart Power in Pakistan/Afghanistan?
Inside the Rayburn Building on Capitol Hill Tuesday, there were twodistinctly different hearings on Pakistan. One featured the Obamaadministration's special representative for Afg...
May 8, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Battle for Healthcare Begins The Battle for Healthcare Begins
"If there is no public insurance option…then this is not reform at all." That's what Governor Howard Dean said last night in a conference call with thousands of activists -- an...
May 5, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Springsteen to Seeger: ‘You Outlasted the Bastards’ Springsteen to Seeger: ‘You Outlasted the Bastards’
"You outlasted the bastards, man," Bruce Springsteen told the roaring crowd. I think that was my favorite line at the rollicking birthday concert celebrating Pete Seeger's 90th! ...
May 5, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Ways to Perfect Our Democracy Ways to Perfect Our Democracy
The first 100 days of the Obama Presidency have come and gone in a state of crisis. For supporters of democracy reform, however, that could describe the last eight years since Bus...
May 4, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Around The Nation Around The Nation
The Nation did not take home a National Magazine Award this week. We were nominated in two categories: Naomi Klein for Columns & Commentary, and William Deresciewicz for Reviews &...
May 1, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel