Killing and Dying in the Nation’s Capital Killing and Dying in the Nation’s Capital
If I do well in school can I jump over jail?If I pray every night can I jump over this hell?Will the preacher say a special prayer?Will the social workers really care?It doesn't ...
Jul 14, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Politics of the Common Good A Politics of the Common Good
A movement is growing that aims to build a politics of decency and sanity, which speaks to the generosity of the American people. It's not going to be easy, but it's time to rock t...
Jul 12, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Maverick Media Mogul Takes on Mainstream Spinelessness A Maverick Media Mogul Takes on Mainstream Spinelessness
"I will tell you that there won't be any corporate considerations. No earnings per share issues, No worries about advertisers and what they might think." Okay, you probably think ...
Jul 11, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
David Brooks–Just Another Joe Lieberman Fan David Brooks–Just Another Joe Lieberman Fan
David Brooks had a laughable column in Sunday's New York Times. "What's happening to Lieberman can only be described as a liberal inquisition," Brooks proclaims. What Brooks ch...
Jul 10, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Nation and NY Times: Bay of Pigs Deja Vu Nation and NY Times: Bay of Pigs Deja Vu
"The assault on a free press ...should be recognized for what it is," wrote New York Times columnist Frank Rich last Sunday. "Another desperate ploy by officials trying to hide t...
Jul 6, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A July Fourth Declaration A July Fourth Declaration
It is clear that the American Constitution is in grave danger. It is time to make the defense of the Constitution a national theme for all candidates in this year's electoral cont...
Jul 2, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Right Pejoratives, Wrong Targets Right Pejoratives, Wrong Targets
Representative Peter King – and now President Bush – are demonizing the New York Times and threatening to prosecute the paper for its story on a secret money monitoring progra...
Jun 27, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Rumsfeld Must Go Rumsfeld Must Go
Amid the Generals Revolt against Rumsfeld; union officials representing 200,000 civilian defense workers calling for his resignation; and scores of Democrats as well as a good num...
Jun 26, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sweet Victory: Waging War on Emissions Sweet Victory: Waging War on Emissions
Co-written by Sam Graham-Felsen. If trends continue, 2006 may be remembered as the year the world woke up to the global climate crisis. And Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth--which...
Jun 22, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
How Congress Is Shafting the Middle Class How Congress Is Shafting the Middle Class
In 2005, Congress failed the middle class. This is the blunt assessment of the nonpartisan Drum Major Institute for Public Policy (DMI), which today released its third annual sco...
Jun 20, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel