Andy Stern Speaks His Mind Andy Stern Speaks His Mind
"Andy Stern is not shy about speaking his mind," veteran labor reporter David Moberg wrote in our recent cover story, Can't Workers of the Word Unite? In these last months, Stern ...
Mar 16, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Talking with Andy Stern Talking with Andy Stern
Excerpt from DMI "Marketplace of Ideas" Series with SEIU President Andy Stern. March 14, 2005. New York City, New York. Hon. Carl McCall: President Stern I have a practical quest...
Mar 16, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sweet Victory: Yo Quiero Justice! Sweet Victory: Yo Quiero Justice!
On Tuesday, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers scored aprecedent-setting victory for America's beleaguered farm workers. After three years of a CIW-led boycott against Taco Bell,...
Mar 11, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sunshine Is the Best Disinfectant Sunshine Is the Best Disinfectant
At a time when we need accountability more than ever in Washington, when corruption and ethical violations are sweeping our capital, we must turn to groups like Citizens for Respo...
Mar 9, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
GM Chair for National Healthcare? GM Chair for National Healthcare?
G. Richard Wagoner, Jr., chairman and chief executive of General Motors, is urging business and federal and state government leaders to find what the Washington Post described asÂ...
Mar 8, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sweet Victories Sweet Victories
Since starting Editor's Cut in April 2003, I've often written about how it can be difficult, in these times, to maintain a sense of hope--as corruption, war, lies and injustices l...
Mar 3, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
“I Am Free–To Think–To Speak” “I Am Free–To Think–To Speak”
In a series of extraordinary speeches, Senator Robert Byrd, a longtime historian of the Senate, has persistently sounded the alarm about imperial executive power. He has unflinchi...
Mar 2, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
She Has the Power She Has the Power
Gloria Totten is the savvy executive director of Progressive Majority--and she's bullish about Howard Dean's ascendance: he will speak "with a clear voice," pursue a "movement-bui...
Feb 28, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Making It Even Harder to Make Ends Meet Making It Even Harder to Make Ends Meet
Your credit card issuers are hoping that the sixth time will be the charm for a bill they've been pushing since the Clinton years: "The Consumer Bankruptcy Reform Act" (now S.256 ...
Feb 25, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Facing South Facing South
Ex-Nation intern Chris Kromm and the Institute for Southern Studies--a "think tank/act tank" founded by civil rights veterans, which publishes the award-winning Southern Exposure ...
Feb 23, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel