The New Yorker cartoon controversy The New Yorker cartoon controversy
The Nation has a long history of publishing images even some of our staunchest fans find offensive. Just ask our cartoonists.
Jul 15, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
NOLA Watch: Gulf Stream Fails the Smell Test NOLA Watch: Gulf Stream Fails the Smell Test
Last Wednesday, on Capitol Hill, at a hearing packed with reporters, photographers, constituents, and industry reps, Representative Peter Welch (D-VT) zeroed in on a key moment in...
Jul 14, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Our Warrantless Wiretapping Lawsuit Our Warrantless Wiretapping Lawsuit
This afternoon, President Bush signed the FISA Amendments Act of 2008, a piece of legislation that will needlessly expand the government's ability to spy on Americans and ensure t...
Jul 10, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Iraq Reconstruction Corruption, Part 7 Iraq Reconstruction Corruption, Part 7
In January, Staff Sgt. Ryan Maseth, a Green Beret, was electrocuted when he stepped into a shower at his barracks in Baghdad. He wasn't the first. In all, 13 Americans have died...
Jul 7, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
To Israel, via J Street To Israel, via J Street
For too long now, when it comes to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and other issues of war and peace in the Middle East, the mainstream media and too many politicians in the US h...
Jul 1, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Voting Rights: Online Resources Voting Rights: Online Resources
An online guide to organizations working to build a more perfect union.
Jul 1, 2008 / Feature / Katrina vanden Heuvel
America Needs Electoral Reform America Needs Electoral Reform
Progressives need to drive a bold new agenda to invigorate democracy and capture greater power for the people
Jul 1, 2008 / Feature / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Iran, Fearmongering & Election ’08 Iran, Fearmongering & Election ’08
The essential and not surprising reality of 2008: The Republicans are desperate for a national security threat to rally their base. How else to explain McCain's uber-adviser/ lob...
Jun 30, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A New Solidarity A New Solidarity
On June 22, international opposition to a US-proposed missile defense system based in the Czech Republic and Poland ratcheted up as thousands of people around the world participat...
Jun 24, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Jim Webb Tackles Our Tangled Drug Policy Jim Webb Tackles Our Tangled Drug Policy
Yesterday Senator Jim Webb--who seems to be on many people's shortlistas a possible running mate for Senator Barack Obama--chaired the Joint Economic Committee's hearing on "Ille...
Jun 20, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel