Focus on Rumsfeld Misses the Point Focus on Rumsfeld Misses the Point
Democratic members of the House and Senate wrote George Bush Monday, urging a redeployment of US troops before the end of 2006 and the firing of Donald Rumsfeld. Some excerpts fr...
Sep 6, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Appease Your Thirst Appease Your Thirst
Two weeks ago, we asked readers of thenation.com to submit new definitions for an updated Dictionary of Republicanisms. In that time, we've had hundreds of sharp and hilarious sug...
Sep 5, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Lessons for Labor Day Lessons for Labor Day
CEO's in the oil and defense industries are making out like profiteering bandits. Wages for American workers are declining while their productivity is rising. Recent polls show ...
Sep 1, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Republicans and Race Republicans and Race
One of the few appeals of compassionate conservatism was the hope that it might mark the end of the Republican's race-baiting Southern strategy. Anyone who still believes that has...
Aug 31, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Battle Over Reconstruction The Battle Over Reconstruction
Charles Jackson, media coordinator for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), was anxious last week as today's anniversary of Hurricane Katrina approach...
Aug 29, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Whitewash Whitewash
It is staggering. It is horrifying. But, then again, it isn't. It is what we have come to expect of this war and those who have misled our nation into it. According to the Was...
Aug 24, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Dictionary of Republicanisms: One Year Later The Dictionary of Republicanisms: One Year Later
Almost a year ago, NationBooks published The Dictionary of Republicanisms, a book that set out to deconstruct Republicans' Orwellian attempts to manipulate the language for their...
Aug 17, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
This is What Democracy Looks Like? This is What Democracy Looks Like?
Scroll down to read a letter of response from Steve Paulus, General Manager of NY1. "Celebrity is no substitute for an honest and vigorous debate on a matter as fundamentally imp...
Aug 16, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
California Dreamin’ California Dreamin’
What will happen to me if I get sick or injured and can't pay my bills? On the domestic front, that's a key question on voters' minds as the November elections approach. A poll...
Aug 16, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Making a Difference in Connecticut Making a Difference in Connecticut
Primary elections are not usually very exciting. A few political insiders pay close attention, a few party activists go to the polls and the news media give them a day's worth of ...
Aug 14, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel