The Miracle on the Hudson The Miracle on the Hudson
I've hated flying ever since 1978, when the plane I was on was hijacked. Every time there is a plane disaster, as there was Thursday afternoon, I think of the innocent people on...
Jan 16, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Escalation Without a Plan Escalation Without a Plan
Does this sound familiar? "We have no strategic plan. We never had one." That's how a senior US military commander described the war in Afghanistan to Washington Post reporter...
Jan 14, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Will Obama Find Time to Dine with Progressive Thinkers & Writers Will Obama Find Time to Dine with Progressive Thinkers & Writers
Did you see the story about how Obama dined Tuesday evening with a passel of conservative and neocon columnists/pundits including George Will, Bill Kristol, Charles Krauthammer an...
Jan 14, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Obama Must Get Afghanistan Right Obama Must Get Afghanistan Right
President-elect Barack Obama not only had the good judgment to opposethe war in Iraq, he argued for the need "to end the mindset that took usinto" that war. So it's troubling tha...
Jan 8, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Trillion Dollar Recovery A Trillion Dollar Recovery
Poverty is on the rise, record numbers of people are relying on food stamps and we've seen no relief for the foreclosure crisis. There are increasing rates of child abuse and dom...
Dec 30, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Airstrikes in Gaza Airstrikes in Gaza
This statement was issued in response to Israel's attack in Gaza by Professor Richard Falk, United Nations Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories and a lo...
Dec 29, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
In the Trenches and Fighting Slavery In the Trenches and Fighting Slavery
A delegation from the Coalition of ImmokaleeWorkers recently took time during its "Northeast Tour for FairFood" to visit The Nation offices in New York City. It was anhonor to me...
Dec 23, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Butter Over Guns Butter Over Guns
In a recent post, Todd Gitlin rightly calls out "the huge missing argument in Washington" against 54% of our discretionary spending going to the military budget -- and that doesn'...
Dec 18, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Zero Nukes Zero Nukes
An important and inspiring new group, Global Zero, launched in Paris this week with a goal of eliminating all nuclear weapons in 20 to 25 years. More than 100 prominent military,...
Dec 13, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Blagojevich Moment The Blagojevich Moment
It is absolutely mind boggling to read of the pay-to-play corruption gone wild in the indictment against Governor Rod Blagojevich -- from withholding money for a children's hospit...
Dec 10, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel