Public Pensions and Saving Souls Public Pensions and Saving Souls
In recent years, I have written many times of the tremendous public investment deficit facing this country. Our infrastructure is old, and it isn't being replaced or maintained--we...
Oct 20, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Around The Nation Around The Nation
A few quick hits from The Nation's orbit this week:
Oct 19, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Happy Days? Happy Days?
Happy days are here again--if you're Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase.
Oct 16, 2009 / Feature / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Why Arianna Doesn’t Get It Why Arianna Doesn’t Get It
I admire Arianna Huffington. She is a strong, bold voice in our media firmament. But in the last few days, she has advanced an idea which, in my view, is wrong. She is urging Vice ...
Oct 16, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The House is on Fire The House is on Fire
It is now clear: our economy is shrinking, unemployment and underemployment are on the rise at nearly 20 percent, and a tsunami of foreclosures continues unabated--what we have on ...
Oct 13, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Burden & The Nobel The Burden & The Nobel
The choice has always been, as a former chair of the Nobel Peace Prize judging committee explained in 2001, " a political act." This year it was also an ingenious leap of...
Oct 11, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Around The Nation Around The Nation
Last Spring, Sebastian Jones was fact-checking in The Nation's modest Capitol Hill office as our DC intern, keeping track of the excitement (and corruption) in Congress. Like a sea...
Oct 11, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
It’s About the People It’s About the People
When it comes to the media, we hear a lot of talk about a conservative-liberal divide, or the thoroughly discredited idea of aliberal bias. But the divide worth paying attention to...
Oct 6, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Fight for Financial Reform The Fight for Financial Reform
These next few months are a time of reckoning. Every so often in American political history, a window for change opens, and the combination of crisis, leadership, ...
Oct 3, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Around The Nation Around The Nation
A few quick hits before the weekend
Oct 2, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel