Katrina vanden Heuvel

Editor and Publisher

@KatrinaNation

Katrina vanden Heuvel is editor and publisher of The Nation, America’s leading source of progressive politics and culture. An expert on international affairs and US politics, she is an award-winning columnist and frequent contributor to The Guardian. Vanden Heuvel is the author of several books, including The Change I Believe In: Fighting for Progress in The Age of Obama, and co-author (with Stephen F. Cohen) of Voices of Glasnost: Interviews with Gorbachev’s Reformers.

Frederick Law Olmsted

Can’t Stand All the Political Heat? Escape to the Park. Can’t Stand All the Political Heat? Escape to the Park.

Many cities have Frederick Law Olmsted to thank for these spaces.

Jun 28, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Pentagon

The Pentagon Gets More Money, and Americans Pay the Price The Pentagon Gets More Money, and Americans Pay the Price

What’s all this new defense spending for?

Jun 21, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Nuclear missile

We Must Keep Fighting to Stop the Arms Race We Must Keep Fighting to Stop the Arms Race

Or we risk facing the unimaginable. 

Jun 16, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Why Prosecutorial Reform Will Outlive Chesa Boudin’s Recall

Why Prosecutorial Reform Will Outlive Chesa Boudin’s Recall Why Prosecutorial Reform Will Outlive Chesa Boudin’s Recall

Many other progressive attorneys general have handily won reelection in recent years.

Jun 14, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Capitol Insurrection

The January 6 Committee’s Audience Won’t Match Watergate’s. But It Should. The January 6 Committee’s Audience Won’t Match Watergate’s. But It Should.

Republicans have already accepted Trump’s “big lie” that the television landscape has changed.

Jun 7, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Frank LaMere

The Injustices Endured by Native American Youths Continue to This Day The Injustices Endured by Native American Youths Continue to This Day

Countless Native American young people are being robbed of their chance to live safe and fulfilling lives.

Jun 1, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Ukraine peace protest

We Need a Real Debate About the Ukraine War We Need a Real Debate About the Ukraine War

Those who provide history and context around the conflict should not be silenced or smeared.

May 24, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Police officer outside grocery store shooting site in Buffalo

The US Needs a Better Gun Policy. Democrats Can Make It Happen. The US Needs a Better Gun Policy. Democrats Can Make It Happen.

The gun control movement faces many challenges, but advocates’ passion is rising.

May 17, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Ukainian refugees

Endless War in Ukraine Hurts National and Global Security Endless War in Ukraine Hurts National and Global Security

It is vital to step back from the emotions stirred by this conflict and assess our real security priorities.

May 11, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

We Cannot Rely on Billionaires to Create Necessary Guardrails on Social Media

We Cannot Rely on Billionaires to Create Necessary Guardrails on Social Media We Cannot Rely on Billionaires to Create Necessary Guardrails on Social Media

Nothing makes the case for public ownership of online public spaces like a billionaire proposing to buy one.

May 3, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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