A Week in the War Against Labor A Week in the War Against Labor
Somehow it seemed fitting that the week former President Ronald Reagan died, the United States was named as one of the world's most serious violators of worker's rights. The othe...
Jun 13, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
‘Mad as Hell’ ‘Mad as Hell’
There's a stealth issue in this presidential campaign that could go far in determining the election results. I'm talking about the rising gas, phone, electricity, milk and cable ...
Jun 10, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Signs of Revival Signs of Revival
Thursday's Wall Street Journal reports that "the American left is seeing signs of political revival" as Bush's economic and foreign policies alienate growing numbers of Americans...
Jun 4, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Responsive Chords Responsive Chords
The pioneering genius of political advertising, Tony Schwartz, used to preach that the most effective ads don't seek to convey information but to reach into the target audiences'...
Jun 2, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
An Image of America An Image of America
A close friend writes: "Here is something I ran across in the new Collected Poems of Robert Lowell (sorry, I know poetry isn't your thing). It's in a note to The Quaker Graveyard...
Jun 2, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
It’s Not a War on Terror It’s Not a War on Terror
It's time to stop calling the post 9/11 struggle against terrorism a "war." Iraq is a (disastrous) war; Afghanistan was a brief one. But the struggle against stateless terrorists...
Jun 2, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Our Camera in NY’s Prisons Our Camera in NY’s Prisons
You need look no further than the prisoner abuse in Iraq to understand the importance of the work of the Correctional Association of New York. For almost 160 years, since a law ...
May 30, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Nader Does the CFR Nader Does the CFR
If only Candidate Nader were Citizen Nader. That's what I kept thinking as I listened Monday evening to his speech delivered in the citadel of America's establishment--the Counci...
May 27, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Help Stephanie Herseth Help Stephanie Herseth
When I wrote about South Dakota populist Stephanie Herseth in this space in April, the polls showed her well ahead of her rightwing rival in the race to finish out Bill Janklow'...
May 26, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Middle Class Scorecard A Middle Class Scorecard
The non-partisan Drum Major Institute has just released its first-ever scorecard of votes on legislation that significantly impact America's middle class. In "Middle Class 2003: ...
May 22, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel