Scholarships Happen Scholarships Happen
He's back. Having apparently spent sufficient time with his family since being sacked, former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is battling to rebuild his disgraced image. In ...
Sep 19, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Scholarships Happen Scholarships Happen
He's back. Having apparently spent sufficient time with his family since being sacked, former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is battling to rebuild his disgraced image. In P...
Sep 18, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Pro-Democracy Movement A Pro-Democracy Movement
With the nation's first billion dollar presidential campaign, pay-to-play scandals occurring at breakneck speed (think Jack Abramoff and Norman Hsu), results in elections that are...
Sep 17, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Greenspan, Iraq & Oil Greenspan, Iraq & Oil
For the last few years, the Beltway punditocracy and think-tank-ocracy have blasted antiwar protesters for their "No Blood for Oil" banners, buttons and signs. Simplistic...
Sep 15, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Sherrod Brown Pledge The Sherrod Brown Pledge
With nine million children uninsured in the US, and George Bush preparing to veto a bipartisan effort to cover four to five million of them, it's clear how far we are from a unive...
Sep 12, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Peace Primary The Peace Primary
At a time when there's a troubling gap between how the politicians in Washington vote and how the folks back home want the US to (re)engage with the rest of the world, the Ploughs...
Sep 10, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Farm Aid at Twenty-Two Farm Aid at Twenty-Two
John Mellencamp celebrates twenty two years of Farm Aid on Sunday in New York City. Friday night, at the end of a two-day Nation campus tour to Indiana University, I visited Me...
Sep 9, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Democratic Litmus Test A Democratic Litmus Test
A disturbing story in The Washington Post yesterday suggested that Congress is losing its cojones when it comes to closing some of the most obscene tax loopholes benefiting the ric...
Sep 5, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Facing Down Poverty Facing Down Poverty
Last week, President Bush cited the recent Census Report as proof "that more of our citizens are doing better in this economy, with continued rising incomes and more Americans pul...
Sep 4, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Cindy Sheehan’s Political Ambitions Cindy Sheehan’s Political Ambitions
A dialogue between the peace activist and The Nation's editor over Sheehan's plan to run for Congress against Representative Nancy Pelosi.
Aug 29, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel and Cindy Sheehan