The Criminal Justice System Is Broken. Here’s How to Start Fixing It. The Criminal Justice System Is Broken. Here’s How to Start Fixing It.
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman wants his office to be able to prosecute cases in which police officers kill unarmed citizens.
Dec 16, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
‘We Can’t Breathe’: The Movement Against Police Brutality Is Just Beginning ‘We Can’t Breathe’: The Movement Against Police Brutality Is Just Beginning
In order to breathe, people have begun to move.
Dec 9, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
This Is Why John Oliver Supports Net Neutrality This Is Why John Oliver Supports Net Neutrality
Standing in opposition to net neutrality is tantamount to standing against innovation, against small business, against private-sector job creation and against competition.
Dec 2, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Rethinking the Cost of Western Intervention in Ukraine Rethinking the Cost of Western Intervention in Ukraine
When it comes to Ukraine, it’s time for the hawks to stand down.
Nov 25, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Moral and Political Case for Reforming the Criminal Justice System The Moral and Political Case for Reforming the Criminal Justice System
Criminal justice reform is one of those rare instances where moral decency, popular opinion and political incentives all align.
Nov 19, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
When Mega Corporations Get Mega Tax Breaks, We All Pay When Mega Corporations Get Mega Tax Breaks, We All Pay
A study finds that of the 100 highest-paid CEOs in the US, twenty-nine of them received more compensation than their companies paid in federal income tax.
Nov 18, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Republicans’ Reckoning The Republicans’ Reckoning
The “party of ‘no’ ” has no agreement on what is yes.
Nov 11, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Democrats Lost Big Tonight. Why Obama Should Double Down The Democrats Lost Big Tonight. Why Obama Should Double Down
It’ll provoke a giant outcry from the GOP—but that’s part of the point.
Nov 5, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Will the Midterms Create a Mandate for Minimum Wage Hikes? Will the Midterms Create a Mandate for Minimum Wage Hikes?
Progressives should not think of this election as another Republican “shellacking,” but as the year some Americans got a raise.
Nov 4, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Justice for Edward Snowden Justice for Edward Snowden
Obama should offer clemency to Snowden for revealing the alarming truth to the American people.
Oct 29, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel