North Korea Rocket Stirs Hawks North Korea Rocket Stirs Hawks
North Korea's rocket launch has set the hawks circling, threatening Obama's non-proliferation agenda before it's off the ground. Chuck Hagel is pushing back.
Apr 5, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Around The Nation Around The Nation
I'm just back from a whirlwind trip to Grand Rapids, Michigan, where Idebated the editor of The National Review, Rich Lowry, about PresidentObama's policy agenda. It was a spiri...
Apr 5, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
No to War, No to NATO No to War, No to NATO
With President Obama announcing his new strategy for US/NATO escalation in Afghanistan, the April 3-4 NATO Summit in Baden-Baden and Kehl, Germany, and in Strasbourg, France, take...
Mar 31, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Progressive Victory In New York A Progressive Victory In New York
Governor David Paterson and the leaders of the Legislature have struck adeal to create two new tax brackets for those earning above $300,000 and$500,000. The new tax structure wo...
Mar 30, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
William Polk on Afghanistan William Polk on Afghanistan
With reports that the Obama Administration will unveil its Afghanistan strategy as early as Friday -- and one senior Senate staffer telling me that Obama's special envoy to Afghan...
Mar 26, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Obama Rallies Nation Obama Rallies Nation
No president can perform miracles. In his second press conference, President Obama acted as the nation's chief counselor--as well as its commander in chief. He spoke of the virtu...
Mar 25, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Awards Season Awards Season
The Nation was honored this week with two National Magazine Awardnominations. Columnist Naomi Klein was recognized for "Columns andCommentary" for her work in 2008. Our Contribut...
Mar 24, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Spitzer for Treasury? Spitzer for Treasury?
Frank Rich is right. Firing Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner won't get us out of the economic disaster we're in. But at this time of righteous rage, deploying Geithner and Lawr...
Mar 22, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Ask the President Ask the President
Of his many promises during the 2008 Presidential campaign, one of themost appealing was Barack Obama's pledge to make his administration "themost open and transparent in history...
Mar 20, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Afghanistan: Hearings Not Escalation Afghanistan: Hearings Not Escalation
Despite what most of the mainstream media would have you believe, a recent CBS News/New York Times poll revealed that more Americans want troop levels in Afghanistan to remain the...
Mar 11, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel