A Little Political History A Little Political History
As convention time approached, I asked one of America's most prominent historians, Eric Foner, for some political history about Boston and Massachusetts. Foner, a valued member o...
Jul 25, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Victory for Workers A Victory for Workers
Watch this space all week for DNC-related posts. ********** This past week, the New York State Senate took the historic and long overdue step of passing a bill to raise our state...
Jul 23, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Bush’s War on Science Bush’s War on Science
In August 2001, George W. Bush gave a primetime speech promising to limit the number of stem cell lines available for research on Alzheimer's, cancer and other diseases. Bush ...
Jul 20, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Music Row Democrats Music Row Democrats
My recent weblog about progressive victories worth celebrating seemed to touch a chord. After asking Nation magazine and website readers to nominate their favorite piece of rec...
Jul 19, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Trump to Bush: You’re Fired Trump to Bush: You’re Fired
I've always thought of Donald Trump as a mega-developer with an oversized ego and a really bad dye job. So, I haven't paid much attention to his grotesquely successful "reality"...
Jul 16, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Victory in 2004–and Beyond Victory in 2004–and Beyond
The prospect of hanging, Dr. Johnson said, concentrates the mind wonderfully. The threat posed by George W.
Jul 15, 2004 / Feature / Katrina vanden Heuvel and Robert L. Borosage
On the Waterfront On the Waterfront
It's great that attention has been paid to progressives like Illinois' Barack Obama, South Dakota's Stephanie Herseth, and Pennsylvania's Allyson Schwartz and Lois Murphy and O...
Jul 13, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Reader’s Mailbag: Good News Reader’s Mailbag: Good News
My recent weblog about progressive victories worth celebrating seemed to touch a chord. After asking Nation magazine and website readers to nominate their favorite piece of recen...
Jul 12, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Dems and Iraq The Dems and Iraq
Recently in this space I asked Nation readers to join a grassroots campaign organized by supporters of Democratic Presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich to let the Democratic Par...
Jul 12, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
My Response to the Platform Committee My Response to the Platform Committee
My Response to the Platform CommitteeBy Tom Hayden Dear Madame Chair and Members, I write as a supporter of Senator John Kerry, a former member of the Democratic Platform Commit...
Jul 7, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel