The Threat of Dark Money in Our Elections The Threat of Dark Money in Our Elections
Super PAC and trade association spending can be most influential in state and local races, where voters—and reporters—pay least attention.
Oct 5, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A New ‘Year of the Woman’? A New ‘Year of the Woman’?
The GOP's War on Women has spurred another women-led movement to reclaim their rights.
Oct 2, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
This Week: Voting Rights Watch 2012. Plus: HBO’s ‘Treme’. This Week: Voting Rights Watch 2012. Plus: HBO’s ‘Treme’.
Voting Rights & the Fight for Democracy, the 1 Percent Court, and the United States of ALEC.
Sep 29, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Better Bargain: Transaction Tax, Not Austerity The Better Bargain: Transaction Tax, Not Austerity
The Inclusive Prosperity Tax would increase revenue for social services Americans need the most.
Sep 25, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
This Week: The 1 Percent Court. Plus: Occupy’s Anniversary This Week: The 1 Percent Court. Plus: Occupy’s Anniversary
Voting rights, the 1 Percent Court and Occupy‘s anniversary.
Sep 22, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Progressives Must Work to Retake the Supreme Court Progressives Must Work to Retake the Supreme Court
Presidential picks for the Supreme Court bench will be crucial, as many justices move further to the extreme right.
Sep 20, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Predistribution: A Big, New Idea Predistribution: A Big, New Idea
As the income gap widens, British Labour leaders say a “tax and spend” approach isn't enough.
Sep 17, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Change We Can Believe In, 2.0 Change We Can Believe In, 2.0
Electoral victories are necessary but not sufficient. Uprooting inequality and restoring prosperity requires much more.
Sep 4, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
This Week: RNC Roundup. PLUS: How Big Business Is Buying the Election. This Week: RNC Roundup. PLUS: How Big Business Is Buying the Election.
Citizens United and foreign spending. Plus: a people’s convention.
Sep 1, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The GOP’s Split-Screen Convention The GOP’s Split-Screen Convention
What happens when reality—and natural disasters—intrude on the Republican's Ayn Rand fantasy.
Aug 28, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel