‘Two Blocks from the White House’ ‘Two Blocks from the White House’
Just when it looked as if DC residents would finally gain voting representation in Congress with expected approval of the DC Voting Rights Act in the House this week, the White Ho...
Mar 20, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
End the War (On Terror) End the War (On Terror)
Today marks the fourth anniversary of America's war against Iraq. The Nation vigorously and rigorously opposed the war before it began. In "An Open Letter to Congress," published...
Mar 18, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Legislation Watch Legislation Watch
Senator Bernie Sanders – founder and current member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus – wants to raise $100 billion to address the needs of ordinary Americans who...
Mar 15, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Stop the Madness Stop the Madness
The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) --nearly one-third of the Democratic Caucus with 71 members--has challenged a Bush budget that would continue to drain our treasury thro...
Mar 13, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Not Silent Anymore Not Silent Anymore
In 2000, the Surgeon General released a report describing "the silent epidemic of oral diseases" affecting mainly the poor due to lack of access to dental care. Two weeks ago, th...
Mar 11, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Legislation Watch Legislation Watch
Earlier this year, as the new Democratic Congress gathered, I highlighted 10 pieces of legislation that I believe deserve to be passed – they would certainly help put our nation...
Mar 8, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Don’t Believe the Hype Don’t Believe the Hype
In February 2005, a GOP Policy Committee report asserted that "voter fraud continues to plague our nation's federal elections, diluting and canceling out the lawful votes of the v...
Mar 6, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Cluster Bombs and New Nukes Cluster Bombs and New Nukes
Good news from Belgium. After forty-six nations--including Britain, Canada, and Germany--met in Oslo in February and agreed to work towards a global ban on cluster bombs over the ...
Mar 5, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Legislation Watch Legislation Watch
In 2001, Representative Dennis Kucinich introduced legislation to create a Department of Peace and Nonviolence to "not only make nonviolence an organizing principle in our society...
Mar 1, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
News Not Fit to Print? News Not Fit to Print?
Last weekend, I wrote here about the history of US government attempts to suppress information. My case study was the Kennedy Administration's successful effort to delay publicati...
Feb 28, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel