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
Hillary, Obama and Healthcare Hillary, Obama and Healthcare
With Iowa one month away, the almost obsessive horserace coverage is in full swing and, as it has for much of campaign, it shortchanges the substance of the serious and urgent iss...
Dec 3, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Bringing Democracy Home Bringing Democracy Home
We're headed into an election year with Americans in overwhelming numbers looking for a dramatic change in direction. Progressives have already pushed some major issues onto the ...
Dec 1, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Profile of Immigration A Profile of Immigration
As the lead editorial in The Nation noted last week, the recent maelstrom surrounding Governor Eliot Spitzer's proposal to issue driver licenses to undocumented immigrants reveale...
Nov 29, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Profile of Immigration A Profile of Immigration
As the lead editorial in The Nation noted last week, the recent maelstrom surrounding Governor Eliot Spitzer's proposal to issue driver licenses to undocumented immigrants revealed...
Nov 26, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Fight for Press Freedom in Putin’s Russia The Fight for Press Freedom in Putin’s Russia
With Russia's parliamentary elections scheduled for December 2and the pro-Kremlin United Russia party expected to win an overwhelmingmajority in the voting, President Vladimir Put...
Nov 26, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Our Not-So-Friendly Skies Our Not-So-Friendly Skies
While there are extraordinarily important issues to reckon with--endingthis catastrophic war and devising a sane national security policy,providing universal health care, and rep...
Nov 21, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel