The Challenges We Face The Challenges We Face
The economic grenades are going off. Just pick up today's newspapers. The subprime lending crisis is metastasizing; foreclosures on homes purchased with subprime mortgages are exp...
Jan 12, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Deadbeat FBI The Deadbeat FBI
At a time when we're entering a recession (it's official says Goldman Sachs), and many Americans are having a hard time paying their bills, is it that surprising that the FBI is a ...
Jan 11, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Reading the Signs in New Hampshire Reading the Signs in New Hampshire
What really happened in New Hampshire? First--forget what the polls say if youwant to know what happens next. Forget the establishment media, too. For now, the race is wide open...
Jan 9, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
DC Voting Rights Tour: First Stop, New Hampshire DC Voting Rights Tour: First Stop, New Hampshire
In September, a House-approved bill granting 600,000 citizens in the District of Columbia a voting representative in Congress for the first time, fell just 3 votes shy of overcomi...
Jan 8, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Tyranny of Super-Delegates The Tyranny of Super-Delegates
Barack Obama's stirring victory in Iowa was also a good night for our democracy. The turnout broke records and young people – who were mobilized and organized – participated i...
Jan 4, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Time for (Donna) Edwards to Win Time for (Donna) Edwards to Win
In this next month, it's understandable that attention will be paid 36/7 to what happens in Iowa, New Hampshire, and other early presidential primaries. But progressive democrats ...
Jan 2, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Looking Forward, Looking Back Looking Forward, Looking Back
At the end of each year, I write to our 30,000 Nation Associates--readers who make contributions to the magazine that provide nearly 20 percent of all the magazine's revenue--repo...
Dec 26, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Lawyers Stepping Up Lawyers Stepping Up
We are lawyers in the United States of America. As such, we have all taken an oath obligating us to defend the Constitution and the rule of law…. We believe the Bush adminis...
Dec 21, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Women’s Voices, Women Vote Women’s Voices, Women Vote
In 2004, 20 million unmarried women – single, divorced, separated or widowed – didn't vote. In 2006, that number was 30 million. Depressing? Yes. But in 2008, these women are ...
Dec 20, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Putin–Time Magazine’s 2007 Person of the Year Putin–Time Magazine’s 2007 Person of the Year
In its selection of Russian President Vladimir Putin as its It's also reassuring to know that Time's editors didn't gethoodwinked by Putin's steely blue ga...
Dec 19, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel