The Impoverished Republican Poverty Agenda The Impoverished Republican Poverty Agenda
The Republican “war on poverty” looks a lot like a war on the poor.
Nov 26, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The Tantalizing Mockery of Thanksgiving, 1931 This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The Tantalizing Mockery of Thanksgiving, 1931
President Hoover's holiday proclamation was offensive to millions of poor and unemployed Americans, our 'Drifter' columnist wrote.
Nov 23, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Oklahoma Is Schooling the Nation on Early Education Oklahoma Is Schooling the Nation on Early Education
Politicians pay lip service to the idea of preschool; the question is whether they will pay the bill.
Nov 20, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Eight Decades of Hannah Arendt and Her Critics This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Eight Decades of Hannah Arendt and Her Critics
Arendt's life and work have been debated in our pages possibly more than those of any other twentieth-century philosopher.
Nov 16, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The ‘Democratic Wing’ of the Democratic Party Wakes Up The ‘Democratic Wing’ of the Democratic Party Wakes Up
Progressives are waging fights within the Democratic Party, and they’re gaining ground.
Nov 12, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Debating the JFK Legacy, in Real Time This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Debating the JFK Legacy, in Real Time
Was there more to JFK than a coiffure arranged by facing south in a strong east wind?
Nov 9, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Strange Silence on Success in Removing Syria’s Chemical Weapons Strange Silence on Success in Removing Syria’s Chemical Weapons
In Syria, there have been no “Mission Accomplished” banners unfurled, no victory laps of any kind, underscoring the fragile and incomplete nature of OPCW's chemical...
Nov 5, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The Life and Times of Eric Hobsbawm This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The Life and Times of Eric Hobsbawm
Ramachandra Guha’s essay in next week’s issue is only the latest in a long line of critical appreciations of the late historian’s work to be published in The Nati...
Nov 2, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Why It’s Always Been Time to Legalize Marijuana Why It’s Always Been Time to Legalize Marijuana
Let’s put an end to the “war on drugs” that has ruined so many lives.
Oct 30, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The JPMorgan Settlement Is Justice, Not a Shakedown The JPMorgan Settlement Is Justice, Not a Shakedown
JPMorgan deserves to be paying their 13 billion dollar fine—they’ve got a rap sheet longer than a London whale, head to tail.
Oct 29, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel