Fat Cats 2007 Fat Cats 2007
"There's class warfare, all right, but it's my class, the rich class, that's making war, and we're winning." Â Â Â --Warren Buffett The divide between rich and poor in America ha...
Dec 18, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Morality of the Minimum Morality of the Minimum
Let Justice Roll deserves credit for mobilizing values voters around minimum wage initiatives.
Dec 16, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel and Sam Graham-Felsen
Citizen Dreyfuss Citizen Dreyfuss
Richard Dreyfuss stood before a packed community meeting in Martha's Vineyard last week and asked, "Where do we offer young people the chance to fall in love with America?" He ins...
Dec 13, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Gore v. Nader Gore v. Nader
Can Al Gore ever escape him? No, I don't mean Bill Clinton; I'm talkingabout Ralph Nader. In 2000, the Nader vote was the margin of victory inFlorida, and thus, a Gore presidency,...
Dec 12, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Rush to Judgment in the Ex-Spy Poisoning Rush to Judgment in the Ex-Spy Poisoning
As the mystery of Alexander Litvinenko's death by polonium 210 continues to unfold--and the shadowy world of spies, former agents, defectors and seedy characters revealed seems li...
Dec 11, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
If It’s Broke, Fix It… If It’s Broke, Fix It…
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Dec 6, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel and Our Readers
Only a Rainbow Will Win Only a Rainbow Will Win
This past Election Day, Netta Young-Hughes attempted to become the first African-American to represent Pennsylvania's 70th district in the state House. She lost by just over 100 ...
Dec 6, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Got Vote? Got Vote?
There are nearly 600,000 citizens in the District of Columbia – more residents than in Wyoming and nearly as many as in six other states with populations under one million. Yet...
Dec 4, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Way Out A Way Out
In the Washington Post yesterday, Dana Milbank wrote, "Political Washington is in a state of suspended animation these days…leaders of both parties seem unable to do much more t...
Dec 1, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Progressive Beat A Progressive Beat
After progressive victories across the nation on Election Day – with winning candidates at the federal, state, and local levels, and on issues ranging from the minimum wage to t...
Nov 27, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel