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
Backdoor Diplomacy in Iraq Backdoor Diplomacy in Iraq
On Thanksgiving eve, writer and activist Tom Hayden posted an explosive article at Huffington Post about what may be elements of the US's secret diplomatic exit strategy from Iraq...
Nov 25, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Smithfield Walkout Challenges Agribiz Giant Smithfield Walkout Challenges Agribiz Giant
Last week's walkout at the Smithfield Packing Company was a significant victory for labor organizers and exploited undocumented workers at the North Carolina plant.
Nov 20, 2006 / Feature / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Full Steam Ahead Full Steam Ahead
Representatives Barbara Lee and Lynn Woolsey – co-Chairs of the Congressional Progressive Caucus – aren't concerned about the close-to-conventional wisdom that conservative an...
Nov 20, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Talking with Democracy for NYC Talking with Democracy for NYC
On November 14, I was the guest speaker at the first of a new series of conversations with journalists, policy-makers and activists sponsored by Democracy for NYC--a local coaliti...
Nov 16, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Note to Markos Moulitsas A Note to Markos Moulitsas
Dear Markos, I see that you've decided to adopt The Nation's advertising policy. (Or, as you put it, "I'm stealing them for myself.") Markos, you didn't have to "steal" them! As...
Nov 14, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A New Direction A New Direction
It's been so long since Democrats have won a sweeping Congressional election that many don't know quite how to feel. It might be instructive therefore to study the reaction of the...
Nov 14, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Truth and Reconciliation–US-style Truth and Reconciliation–US-style
In an interview with Truthdig.com last week, Congressman Dennis Kucinich--in line to be Chair of the Government Reform Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and Inte...
Nov 13, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel