The Year of the Democratic Woman The Year of the Democratic Woman
History will be made on Thursday morning with the US Capitol serving as a backdrop as Nancy Pelosi is sworn in as the first woman Speaker of the House. Pelosi was unanimously ele...
Jan 4, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Time Is on Our Side? Time Is on Our Side?
"The pace of life feels morally dangerous to me."--Richard Ford, novelist"Time is on my side" --The Rolling Stones As the New Year begins, I keep reflecting on Time. It runs thro...
Dec 30, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Let the Sunshine In Let the Sunshine In
Last week, a New York Times editorial was spot-on in calling for "a heavy dose of Internet transparency" to shed light on the relationships between our legislators and the special...
Dec 19, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
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