Katrina vanden Heuvel

Editorial Director and Publisher

@KatrinaNation

Katrina vanden Heuvel is editorial director and publisher of The Nation, America’s leading source of progressive politics and culture. She served as editor of the magazine from 1995 to 2019.

Cash Cowboys & Other Bush Donors Cash Cowboys & Other Bush Donors

As President George W. Bush prepares to launch his first broadcast ads of the political season next week, it is clear that his well-groomed and well-rewarded donor network is doi...

Feb 24, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Jesse, Jerry and Pat Jesse, Jerry and Pat

You never know who you'll meet in the "green room." Recently,while waiting to be grilled by Chris Matthews on MSNBC I ran into the Reverend Jesse Jackson, who had just come from...

Feb 19, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Barrage of Bush Books Barrage of Bush Books

When White House spokesman Scott McClellan was asked recently about The Price of Loyalty, the best-seller about former treasury secretary Paul O'Neill's disillusionment with the ...

Feb 19, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Welcome to Empire Welcome to Empire

Last month, the Columbia Journalism Review ran a cover story about the death of dangerous art in the mainstream media. In the piece, a number of top illustrators complained abou...

Feb 19, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Lowry–Get A Conscience! Lowry–Get A Conscience!

What planet does Rich Lowry live on? National Review's editor--someone I've sparred with on TV many times--recently weighed in on the causes of poverty. It "has nothing to do wit...

Feb 19, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

MSNBC Under ‘Seige’ MSNBC Under ‘Seige’

Are Bush's plunging poll numbers rattling them over at MSNBC's Scarborough Country? The other day, CBS News had Kerry topping Bush is more "tied to special interests" than Kerr...

Feb 19, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Tax Cheats Tax Cheats

We all know that Halliburton is gouging taxpayers--according to the Pentagon, Vice President Cheney's old company overcharged the US government by as much as $61 million for fu...

Feb 13, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

A Victory for Decency A Victory for Decency

"All eyes of the nation should be on Philadelphia Wednesday, but now they're going to be on Michael Powell's public scolding of Janet Jackson," lamented Jeff Chester, head of the...

Feb 11, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Maybe He’s Smarter Than We Knew? Maybe He’s Smarter Than We Knew?

"I don't think America can stand by and hope for the best from a madman." George W. on "Meet the Press," Sunday, Feb. 8th

Feb 10, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Mission (not) Accomplished Mission (not) Accomplished

If President Bush--was questioned by Tim Russert for an entire hour in the Oval Office. Yet, the gravity of the surroundings did little to obscure the fact that Russert's pointed...

Feb 9, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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