The Sanity of Jimmy Carter The Sanity of Jimmy Carter
In an interview with This Week, anchor George Stephanopoulos on Sunday, former President Jimmy Carter said that his recent book Palestine Peace Not Apartheid has led to the most p...
Feb 26, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Suppressing News: Déjà Vu Suppressing News: Déjà Vu
"The assault on a free press ...should be recognized for what it is," wrote New York Times columnist Frank Rich last July, "another desperate ploy by officials trying to hide thei...
Feb 25, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Abolitionists Then and Now Abolitionists Then and Now
A new film called Amazing Grace, opening today, marks the bicentennial of the end of slavery in Britain, portraying the British abolitionist movement as led by activist and Membe...
Feb 23, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
What Really Matters What Really Matters
Candidates and the media should focus on the real issues facing this country: ending the war and bringing our troops home.
Feb 22, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Sunshine Caucus The Sunshine Caucus
The Democratic Party's sweep in November was due in no small part to its promise to clean up Washington. For those turned off by the K Street "politics as usual" deforming our dem...
Feb 22, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
“If Iraq Don’t Kill You, Walter Reed Will” “If Iraq Don’t Kill You, Walter Reed Will”
According to the Washington Post, Walter Reed Army Medical Center in the nation's capital has treated one out of every four soldiers injured in Afghanistan and Iraq. Over 700 out...
Feb 20, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
War Drums on Iran War Drums on Iran
To rein in the President's efforts to provoke a confrontation with Iran, Congress can start by nullifying his authority to wage war.
Feb 16, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel
No Katrina Hearings? Gotcha, Joe No Katrina Hearings? Gotcha, Joe
Senator Joseph Lieberman, chair of the Senate Homeland Security andGovernmental Affairs Committee, recently did a 180 and said thathe will not hold investigations into the disastr...
Feb 14, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Note to Schumer: What About George Bailey? Note to Schumer: What About George Bailey?
In his new book, Positively American: Winning Back the American Middle Class One Family at a Time, Senator Charles Schumer reveals the imaginary constituents that have long inform...
Feb 12, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Got Vote? (continued) Got Vote? (continued)
Last week the Democratic National Committee, in an effort led by the DNC Voting Rights Institute Chairwoman Donna Brazile, voted unanimously to support legislation that would fina...
Feb 8, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel