Sweet Victory: Living Wage Coalition Honors MLK Legacy Sweet Victory: Living Wage Coalition Honors MLK Legacy
"There is nothing but a lack of social vision to prevent us from paying an adequate wage to every American citizen whether he be a hospital worker, laundry worker, maid, or day la...
Jan 13, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Elizabeth Holtzman: Nixon to Bush & the Case for Impeachment Elizabeth Holtzman: Nixon to Bush & the Case for Impeachment
A few days before the New Year, soon after the New York Times reported that Bush had authorized the warrantless wiretapping of thousands of Americans, I called Elizabeth Holtzman....
Jan 12, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Frank Wilkinson’s Legacy Frank Wilkinson’s Legacy
When Frank Wilkinson died on January 2nd, obituaries focused on his role as a leading defender of the First Amendment and as a fierce opponent of McCarthyism. But Wilkinson was by...
Jan 10, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
On Pat Robertson and Divided You Fall from Grace On Pat Robertson and Divided You Fall from Grace
Pat Robertson's God sure has been angry of late, smiting on a scale not seen since Sodom and Gomorrah. First, the Lord collapsed the Twin Towers because of homosexuals, then drown...
Jan 9, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sweet Victory: Huge Win for Wal-Mart Workers Sweet Victory: Huge Win for Wal-Mart Workers
Try as it might, no amount of spin from Wal-Mart's multimillion-dollar war room in Bentonville, Arkansas can undo the latest bit of bad news for the world's largest corporation. ...
Jan 6, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Abramoff , The GOP Corruption Machine & What Dems Need to Do Abramoff , The GOP Corruption Machine & What Dems Need to Do
It didn't take Republican super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff's guilty plea to three felony counts of conspiracy, mail fraud and tax evasion to understand that the scale of corruption in...
Jan 4, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Year of Sweet Victories A Year of Sweet Victories
In the dark days after the election of 2004, the mainstream media was touting the making of a permanent rightward shift, and the progressive community was deeply deflated. It was...
Dec 30, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The I-Word is Gaining Ground–UPDATED The I-Word is Gaining Ground–UPDATED
In 1998, House Majority Whip Tom DeLay, currently under indictment on corruption charges, proclaimed: "This nation sits at a crossroads. One direction points to the higher road of...
Dec 27, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Why Intelligent Design Is ‘Creationism Relabeled’ Why Intelligent Design Is ‘Creationism Relabeled’
In the history of the ongoing battle between science and faith, Dover, Pennsylvania, has written the latest chapter. Last month, the residents, who usually vote Republican, ouste...
Dec 21, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Spying and Lying Spying and Lying
"This shocking revelation ought to send a chill down the spine of every American." Senator Russell Feingold, December 17, 2005 As reported by the New York Times on Friday, "M...
Dec 18, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel