Katrina vanden Heuvel

Editor and Publisher

@KatrinaNation

Katrina vanden Heuvel is editor and publisher of The Nation, America’s leading source of progressive politics and culture. An expert on international affairs and US politics, she is an award-winning columnist and frequent contributor to The Guardian. Vanden Heuvel is the author of several books, including The Change I Believe In: Fighting for Progress in The Age of Obama, and co-author (with Stephen F. Cohen) of Voices of Glasnost: Interviews with Gorbachev’s Reformers.

Health Care Workers in Spain Clap

This Crisis Has Created a New and Profound Sense of Solidarity This Crisis Has Created a New and Profound Sense of Solidarity

This crisis has exposed many cruel weaknesses in our social systems, but the best of humanity is also on display.

Apr 14, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

After This Pandemic Passes, America Must Reckon With Its National Security

After This Pandemic Passes, America Must Reckon With Its National Security After This Pandemic Passes, America Must Reckon With Its National Security

Not just with Trump’s performance, but with the profound failure of America’s domestic and foreign policies and priorities.

Apr 7, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Cuomo speaking from Jacob Javits Center

Can Andrew Cuomo Become FDR? Can Andrew Cuomo Become FDR?

The answer lies in whether he continues to embrace society’s fundamental inequalities.

Mar 31, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The Coronavirus’s Threat to Democracy Itself

The Coronavirus’s Threat to Democracy Itself The Coronavirus’s Threat to Democracy Itself

Time to enact vote-by-mail.

Mar 24, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The Coronavirus Makes a Powerful Case for Boosting Our Social Safety Net

The Coronavirus Makes a Powerful Case for Boosting Our Social Safety Net The Coronavirus Makes a Powerful Case for Boosting Our Social Safety Net

A global pandemic coinciding with a presidential campaign is the time to make the case for boosting the closest thing America has to an immune system: our social safety net.

Mar 17, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Bernie Sanders South Carolina

It’s Propaganda, All Right—Against Bernie Sanders It’s Propaganda, All Right—Against Bernie Sanders

The debate we need simply won’t take place if those challenging the failed policies of the past are met not with argument but with slurs.

Mar 10, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Mike Bloomberg Democratic Presidential candidate speaks during the 2020 launch Women for Mike at Sheraton New York

Bloomberg’s Campaign Threatens to Turn Our Elections Into an Auction Bloomberg’s Campaign Threatens to Turn Our Elections Into an Auction

In our broken campaign finance system, the barrier to running for office keeps getting higher.

Mar 3, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Sanders speaks at LA Rally

Get Ready for the Anti-Sanders Media Avalanche Get Ready for the Anti-Sanders Media Avalanche

Bernie Sander’s political rivals will target him. The question is whether cable-news contributors and other pundits pile on or act as a reality check.

Feb 25, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Down-Ballot Races Are Critical to Turning Texas Blue

Down-Ballot Races Are Critical to Turning Texas Blue Down-Ballot Races Are Critical to Turning Texas Blue

Progressive Texans will need to leverage coalitions and grassroots enthusiasm in November.

Feb 18, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Trump and Pelosi

Don’t Fall for Trump’s Lie. Democrats Have Been Very Productive. Don’t Fall for Trump’s Lie. Democrats Have Been Very Productive.

Mitch McConnell and other Senate Republicans have blocked almost everything House Democrats have passed.

Feb 11, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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