Sweet Victory: Cintas Workers Win Big Sweet Victory: Cintas Workers Win Big
In 1999 Cintas Corp, the largest uniformrental provider in the country, signed a contract with Hayward,California to become the officiallaunderer of the city's uniforms. As a cond...
Oct 8, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
‘Are You Going to Provide $5 Million for The Nation?’ ‘Are You Going to Provide $5 Million for The Nation?’
In a scathing report issued on September 30, the Government Accountability Office's investigators said the Bush Administration had broken the law by using taxpayer dollars to diss...
Oct 4, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sweet Victory: Desegregation Works Sweet Victory: Desegregation Works
As Jonathan Kozol points out in his new book Shame of the Nation, the promise of Brown v. Board of Education remains unfulfilled. Thanks largely to a spate of Rehnquist Court deci...
Sep 30, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Exposing the Culture of Corruption Exposing the Culture of Corruption
Today's indictment of House Majority leader Tom DeLay is a sign that there is some accountability in our capitol. Over the last year, a small group of public interest organization...
Sep 28, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Why Bush is Wrong on Poverty Why Bush is Wrong on Poverty
In his September 15 speech to the nation, President Bush asserted that poverty in America is mostly restricted to the nation's Southern states.Like a lot of right-wing ideologues ...
Sep 26, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sweet Victory: Cities Push for Pullout Sweet Victory: Cities Push for Pullout
Somehow, the disconnect persists. Despite a steady stream of polls and statements indicating public opposition to the war in Iraq, the stay-the-course consensus continues to suffo...
Sep 23, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
“We Can Do Better” “We Can Do Better”
"What does it mean to be poor in America? We can offer no single description of American poverty. But for many, perhaps most, it means homes with peeling paint, inadequate heating...
Sep 20, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Who’s Really Screwing Up America? Who’s Really Screwing Up America?
If you want to understand how the right debases our political culture, take a peek at Bernard Goldberg's screed 100 People who are Screwing up America (And Al Franken is #37), whi...
Sep 19, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sweet Victory: Bridging the Health Gap Sweet Victory: Bridging the Health Gap
"It is time to come home, America. Time to look within our own borders and within our own souls," Sen. Robert Byrd said Tuesday on the Senate floor. "There are many questions to ...
Sep 16, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Ukraine’s Tarnished Orange Revolution Ukraine’s Tarnished Orange Revolution
The Hurricane and its aftermath have, rightly, seized our attention. I find it hard to focus on other news--even the growing violence in Iraq. But there is a world turning and chu...
Sep 14, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel