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
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