New Jersey Leads on Capital Punishment New Jersey Leads on Capital Punishment
Today Governor Jon Corzine signed into law a bill that ends capital punishment in New Jersey. "This is a day of progress for us and for the millions of people across our nation an...
Dec 18, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
No Taxes for War No Taxes for War
More and more Americans are fed up with watching their tax dollars support the greatest foreign policy disaster of our time. Over the past year, millions of US citizens have voted...
Dec 16, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Like Nuclear Waste, the Nuclear Lobby Never Goes Away Like Nuclear Waste, the Nuclear Lobby Never Goes Away
Recently I wrote about the grassroots fight to keep billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies for the nuclear industry off of the historic Energy Bill (and also here ). So far, t...
Dec 14, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
On the Media On the Media
Michael Copps, a Commissioner at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), stops by The Nation offices every year to talk about what is happening to our media landscape. Invari...
Dec 12, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Some Sanity When It Comes to the “War” on Drugs Some Sanity When It Comes to the “War” on Drugs
In a bold step forward in the campaign to reduce the damage the war on drugs is causing, the U.S. Sentencing Commission voted unanimously today to make a recent amendment reducing ...
Dec 11, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Is The New York Times Obsessed with Moscow’s Oligarch-ettes ? Is The New York Times Obsessed with Moscow’s Oligarch-ettes ?
In the last few weeks, the New York Times has devoted at least four articles to extolling the opulence of the"new" Russia --especially the orgy of conspicious consumption...
Dec 10, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Robert Greenwald Wages War on Greed Robert Greenwald Wages War on Greed
Henry Kravis, founding partner in the private equity company KKR, made$450 million last year--that's $1.3 million per day, or $51,369 perhour. He did it largely by borrowing mone...
Dec 6, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Washington Post Attacks the Man who Got Iran Right Washington Post Attacks the Man who Got Iran Right
The Washington Post's Al Kamen has a snarky little item in today's paper about the International Atomic Energy Agency's Director General Mohamed ElBaradei. Kamen awards ElBaradei ...
Dec 5, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Washington Post Attacks the Man who Got Iran Right Washington Post Attacks the Man who Got Iran Right
The Washington Post's Al Kamen has a snarky little item in today's paper about the International Atomic Energy Agency's Director General Mohamed ElBaradei. Kamen awards ElBaradei &...
Dec 5, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Everybody Look What’s Going Down Everybody Look What’s Going Down
Recently, I wrote about the No Nukes crowd fighting to remove $50 billion worth of nuclear industry subsidies from landmark energy legislation. Indeed, an upwelling of grassroots ...
Dec 5, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel