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.

Cold War Against Russia—Without Debate

Cold War Against Russia—Without Debate Cold War Against Russia—Without Debate

The Obama administration’s decision to isolate Russia, in a new version of “containment,” has met with virtually unanimous support from the political and media es...

May 1, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel and Stephen F. Cohen

What Cliven Bundy Learned From the Koch Brothers

What Cliven Bundy Learned From the Koch Brothers What Cliven Bundy Learned From the Koch Brothers

The real “takers” are the biggest corporations and banks, the richest Americans.

Apr 29, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Elizabeth Warren Wants to Give Students a Fighting Chance

Elizabeth Warren Wants to Give Students a Fighting Chance Elizabeth Warren Wants to Give Students a Fighting Chance

Forty percent of households headed by someone under the age of thirty-five are saddled with student debt, unable to buy homes, raise families and secure their futures.  

Apr 23, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Time to Return Earth Day to its Radical Origins

This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Time to Return Earth Day to its Radical Origins This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Time to Return Earth Day to its Radical Origins

The most important day to advocate for the Earth is not April 22nd, but April 23rd.

Apr 23, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Earth Day’s Founding Father

Earth Day’s Founding Father Earth Day’s Founding Father

As a student and politician and activist, Gaylord Nelson kept his eyes open. 

Apr 22, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Here’s the Backstory on Marx and Marxism in Our Pages

This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Here’s the Backstory on Marx and Marxism in Our Pages This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Here’s the Backstory on Marx and Marxism in Our Pages

The substance and tone of Nation articles on Marxism have tended to shift with the larger political, cultural and economic tides.

Apr 18, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel

For Now, Diplomacy Defuses Ukraine Crisis

For Now, Diplomacy Defuses Ukraine Crisis For Now, Diplomacy Defuses Ukraine Crisis

We don’t need a new Cold War.

Apr 17, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Climate Change Is Here—It’s Too Late for Pessimism

Climate Change Is Here—It’s Too Late for Pessimism Climate Change Is Here—It’s Too Late for Pessimism

Years of Living Dangerously will make you boiling mad about the climate calamity that awaits us in the twenty-first century.  

Apr 15, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel

We Are Witnessing Civil War in Ukraine

We Are Witnessing Civil War in Ukraine We Are Witnessing Civil War in Ukraine

Katrina vanden Heuvel joins Sonali Kolhatkar on Uprising Radio to discuss the unfolding crisis.

Apr 15, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Thanks to Republicans, the World Just Got a Little More Dangerous

Thanks to Republicans, the World Just Got a Little More Dangerous Thanks to Republicans, the World Just Got a Little More Dangerous

When the GOP threatened to cut national security ties with Russia over Ukraine, they put everyone’s safety on the line.

Apr 10, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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