George Packer Replies George Packer Replies
Earlier this month, I argued that pro-war journalists and pundits had escaped real accountability for their support of the disastrous war and occupation in Iraq. I opened by expre...
May 23, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
From Justice to Agriculture Department From Justice to Agriculture Department
Did you see the letter in the New York Times on Monday by a man who suggests that this White House's politicization crept down to the state level of the Agriculture Department? It ...
May 22, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Russian Journalists Fight for Independent Media Russian Journalists Fight for Independent Media
Nadya Azghikkina and I worked together for many years editing a Russian-language feminist newsletter called Vyi i Myi. (You and We was founded by Colette Shulman, who has worked t...
May 21, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Defining “Progress” in Iraq Defining “Progress” in Iraq
Three months into the job, General David Petraeus says it is difficult to predict, before the full number of troops arrive, if the surge in Baghdad will succeed. And he now says ...
May 18, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
New Energy for America New Energy for America
Under Bush, the right has failed to address energy independence. Can Democrats rise to the challenge?
May 17, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel and Robert L. Borosage
The Iraq Memoir Industry The Iraq Memoir Industry
The Iraq-official memoir publishing industry is beginning to resemble a circular firing squad. In last Sunday's Washington Post, Paul Bremer duked it out with those who've accuse...
May 16, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
California Demands Health Care For All (Again) California Demands Health Care For All (Again)
After a brief hiatus, I'm re-starting "Sweet Victories" as a weekly feature. Launched in the bleak aftermath of the 2004 elections, "SV" chronicles progressive wins--from legislat...
May 15, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Big Business Invades Your Mailbox Big Business Invades Your Mailbox
Note: I appeared on American Public Media's Marketplace todayto talk about sharp increases in US postal rates that will have a serious impacton independent journals. Here's a tr...
May 14, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Michael Moore Exposes ‘Sicko’ US Cuba Policy Michael Moore Exposes ‘Sicko’ US Cuba Policy
Michael Moore meet Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, Colin Powell's former chief of staff. I think you'd both agree that the current US policy toward Cuba is the "dumbest policy on...
May 12, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Real Mother’s Day Tradition The Real Mother’s Day Tradition
"Arise then, women of this day! Arise all women who have hearts, whether your baptism be of water or of tears!" So begins the original Mother's Day proclamation of 1870, written ...
May 10, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel