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
Reset with Russia Reset with Russia
UPDATE: In their first face-to-face meeting, Presidents Obama and Medvedev agreed they were "ready to move beyond Cold War mentalities," and launch a "fresh start" in what has be...
Mar 5, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Clean Bill of Voting Rights A Clean Bill of Voting Rights
I've long argued that in order to form a more perfect union 600,000 disenfranchised DC residents must gain voting representation in Congress. Last week marked a historic turning ...
Mar 3, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Revolutionizing Primary Healthcare Revolutionizing Primary Healthcare
"If you are willing to volunteer in your neighborhood or give back to your community or serve your country, we will make sure that you can afford a higher education." ...
Mar 1, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Around The Nation Around The Nation
I'm on ABC's This Week with George Stephanopolous on Sundaymorning. The topic? President Obama's proposed $3.5 trillion budget. Inour lead editorial this week we offered cautious...
Feb 27, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
What Will New York Do? What Will New York Do?
Now that thirty years of deregulation and tax cuts for the wealthy have failed so spectacularly, creating an economic catastrophe in its wake, the American people are beginning to...
Feb 23, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Drop the Rock Drop the Rock
"Few public safety initiatives have failed as badly and for as long as the Rockefeller Drug Laws." That's how New York Governor David Paterson described New York State's drug law...
Feb 19, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Obama’s War? Obama’s War?
Obama's escalation threatens to make Bush's war his own. There's still time to change direction.
Feb 18, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel