Around The Nation Around The Nation
Last summer, just hours after President Bush continued his dangerousexpansion of executive powers and signed the "FISA Amendments Act of2008," legislation that needlessly expande...
Jul 27, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Ain’t Nothing Centrist About Them Ain’t Nothing Centrist About Them
At this moment -- when 72 percent of the nation supports a public planoption and 14,000 people lose their healthcare every day -- the HouseBlue Dogs and conservative Democratic S...
Jul 24, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Better Way for Afghan Women than War A Better Way for Afghan Women than War
Earlier this year, I challenged the notion put forth by some feminists and human rights groups that a US military presence in Afghanistan is both justified and necessary in orde...
Jul 21, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Eric Cantor’s Cant Eric Cantor’s Cant
Eric Cantor may be a GOP rising star, but he sure is a hypocrite.
Jul 19, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Courage of Natalya Estemirova The Courage of Natalya Estemirova
In October 2007, Russian human rights activist Natalya Estemirova wrote for us about the assassination of the crusading investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya. In 2009, Estemi...
Jul 15, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Around The Nation Around The Nation
Last week The Nation, and our friends at Campus Progress, hosted theFourth Annual National Youth Student Journalism conference, a gathering ofstudents and award-winning journalis...
Jul 15, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Criticism of Afghan War is on Rise in Britain Criticism of Afghan War is on Rise in Britain
In a brilliant essay in a recent issue of the London Review of Books ("The Irresistible Illusion, July 9), Rory Stewart, the Director of the Carr Center on Human Rights Policy at ...
Jul 13, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Real Health, Real Reform Real Health, Real Reform
With both the House and Senate looking to pass health care bills priorto the summer recess which begins August 8, now is the moment of truth forDemocrats: will they offer a real...
Jul 8, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Obama’s Eloquent Moscow Speech Obama’s Eloquent Moscow Speech
On the second day of a highly anticipated US-Russian summit meeting, after reaching a preliminary agreement to cut each country's stockpiles of strategic nuclear weapons by one th...
Jul 6, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Rediscovering Secular America Rediscovering Secular America
This Fourth of July, those who identify themselves as non-believers, or humanists, or atheists -- or a whole host of other names which signify a nontheistic worldview -- have much...
Jul 4, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel