Katrina vanden Heuvel

Editor and Publisher

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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.

This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The Long Battle for Progressive, Humane Immigration Reform

This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The Long Battle for Progressive, Humane Immigration Reform This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The Long Battle for Progressive, Humane Immigration Reform

It’s worth recalling that on the issue of immigration, as on much else, there is little new under the sun.

Feb 8, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Tom Perkins and the Guilt of the Gilded

Tom Perkins and the Guilt of the Gilded Tom Perkins and the Guilt of the Gilded

Perkins’s ignorant comments reflect a spreading disquiet among the super-rich that populist attitudes may be getting out of control. 

Feb 4, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The ‘Dreadfully Increasing Slaughter’ of NYC Pedestrians, 100 Years Ago

This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The ‘Dreadfully Increasing Slaughter’ of NYC Pedestrians, 100 Years Ago This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The ‘Dreadfully Increasing Slaughter’ of NYC Pedestrians, 100 Years Ago

In February 1914, an editorial warned against allowing a small, privileged driving minority to jeopardize the lives of everyone else.

Feb 1, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The Promise of Transpartisanship

The Promise of Transpartisanship The Promise of Transpartisanship

A reactionary shift toward bipartisanship—toward an anodyne centrism—isn’t the solution.

Jan 28, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Celebrating Pete Seeger

Celebrating Pete Seeger Celebrating Pete Seeger

For his 90th birthday, a rollicking celebration at Madison Square Garden paid tribute to the extraordinary activist musician.

Jan 28, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

This Week in ‘Nation’ History: ‘Dr. Strangelove’ as ‘a Cold Blade of Scorn Against the Spectator’s Throat’

This Week in ‘Nation’ History: ‘Dr. Strangelove’ as ‘a Cold Blade of Scorn Against the Spectator’s Throat’ This Week in ‘Nation’ History: ‘Dr. Strangelove’ as ‘a Cold Blade of Scorn Against the Spectator’s Throat’

Robert Hatch’s conflicted review of Stanley Kubrick’s great satire, released fifty years ago this week.

Jan 25, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel

‘We Can’t Wait’ for Congress

‘We Can’t Wait’ for Congress ‘We Can’t Wait’ for Congress

President Obama can and should take smart steps without Congress. 

Jan 21, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

This Week in ‘Nation’ History: What We Wrote About Olympic Boycotts in 1936 and 1980

This Week in ‘Nation’ History: What We Wrote About Olympic Boycotts in 1936 and 1980 This Week in ‘Nation’ History: What We Wrote About Olympic Boycotts in 1936 and 1980

We’ve supported boycotts before, but this time engagement is the way to go.

Jan 18, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Bill de Blasio’s Persuasive Case for Universal Pre-K

Bill de Blasio’s Persuasive Case for Universal Pre-K Bill de Blasio’s Persuasive Case for Universal Pre-K

If the mayor can get the governor and state legislators to support him, New York could become the model for how to fund crucial priorities in a progressive, sustainable way.

Jan 14, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The Passion of Amiri Baraka

This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The Passion of Amiri Baraka This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The Passion of Amiri Baraka

We published some of his earliest poems as well as his great 1964 essay on Sonny Liston vs. Cassius Clay.

Jan 11, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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