Needed: A New Direction for US-Russian Relations Needed: A New Direction for US-Russian Relations
This past Sunday, on Meet the Press, would-be-Democratic Presidential candidate John Edwards and one-time-Republican presidential candidate Jack Kemp, used the fiftieth anniversar...
Mar 7, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sweet Victory: The States are Sick of Waiting Sweet Victory: The States are Sick of Waiting
Co-written by Sam Graham-Felsen. The federal minimum wage has been stuck at $5.15 per hour for over eight and a half years. If Congress fails to pass an increase by December of t...
Mar 3, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Larry Summers Ghosts–Continued Larry Summers Ghosts–Continued
As Russian-watcher and ex-Nation blogger Matt Bivens detailed in this space last week, despite the spate of media coverage being devoted to Larry Summers' resignation as Harvard U...
Feb 27, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Wisconsin Democrats Vote to Impeach Bush Wisconsin Democrats Vote to Impeach Bush
The other day, I received a letter from Robert Burrows of Whitewater, Wisconsin. I was moved to read his description of why the Democratic Party of Walworth County, Wisconsin voted...
Feb 27, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Costs of War The Costs of War
As we approach the third anniversary of Bush's invasion of Iraq, with domestic spending being gutted, tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans being extended, and the Bush administra...
Feb 27, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Ted’s Excellent New Adventure Ted’s Excellent New Adventure
In the New York Times on Friday, Ted Koppel – now a columnist free from the strictures of ABC-Disney – lays it on the line in examining the undeniable role of oil in ou...
Feb 26, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sweet Victory: Electoral Reform Movement Marches On Sweet Victory: Electoral Reform Movement Marches On
Co-written by Sam Graham-Felsen. If there's one core cause for progressives to unite around, it just may be the clean elections movement. Until elections are publicly financed, b...
Feb 24, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Truth About Dubya and Dubai The Truth About Dubya and Dubai
While there are plenty of important questions to discuss regarding port security in the United States, all of these issues were present before the Dubai World Ports (DP World) cont...
Feb 23, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Larry Summers’s Ghosts Larry Summers’s Ghosts
Maybe it's not surprising that media coverage of Larry Summers's resignation as Harvard University's President has focused on his personal style. After all, Summers--by most accou...
Feb 22, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Looking for Votes in All the Wrong Places Looking for Votes in All the Wrong Places
In 2004, the Bush-Cheney campaign asked conservative activists to send them their church membership directories for political organizing purposes. Although most religious leaders...
Feb 22, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel