“Confidence Can Accomplish Anything” “Confidence Can Accomplish Anything”
"Confidence can accomplish anything." That's what Maryland's ecstatic coach Brenda Frese told a reporter at the end of one of the greatest games in women's college basketball hist...
Apr 5, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Talk About a Smear Merchant! Talk About a Smear Merchant!
Last week on The O'Reilly Factor Michelle Malkin referred to me as a "smear merchant." This was her attempt at a response to my appearance on ABC's This Week, where I noted the ov...
Apr 3, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sweet Victory: Uniting to Clean Up NOLA Sweet Victory: Uniting to Clean Up NOLA
Co-written by Sam Graham-Felsen. Over half a year after Katrina, New Orleans remains in a shambles. But in the face of the federal government's shamefully lackluster reconstructi...
Apr 3, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Facing Facts on Torture Facing Facts on Torture
In the February 27 issue of The New Yorker, Jane Mayer reported on the efforts of Alberto Mora, outgoing general counsel for the US Navy, to stop the Pentagon from authorizing the...
Mar 29, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Testing Bubble Bursts The Testing Bubble Bursts
Looks like the $2.3 billion standardized testing industry forgot to devise a much needed self-examination. Two weeks ago, after two students paid fees to have their SATs rescored...
Mar 29, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Don’t We Need a New Political Language? Don’t We Need a New Political Language?
A condensed version of this post, titled Had it With Hitler, was published today by the Washington Post. Here's a modest proposal for improving national political discussion. L...
Mar 27, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Giving Americans a Raise Giving Americans a Raise
This article, originally published in the April 10, 2006 issue of The Nation, was co-written by Sam Graham-Felsen. The federal minimum wage has been stuck at $5.15 an hour for m...
Mar 23, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Giving Americans a Raise Giving Americans a Raise
The massive number of Americans who support raising the minimum wage should spur Congress to action.
Mar 23, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel and Sam Graham-Felsen
Independent War Profiteering Commission (Continued) Independent War Profiteering Commission (Continued)
Payments to ghost employees. Contractors overcharging by hundreds of millions of dollars on no-bid contracts. And billions in reconstruction money gone missing. The list of reaso...
Mar 17, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sweet Victory: The Resolutions Roll In Sweet Victory: The Resolutions Roll In
Co-written by Sam Graham-Felsen. No matter how many polls show that the majorityof American citizens (and eventroops) want a speedy withdrawal from Iraq, the stay-the-course cons...
Mar 10, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel