The Battle for Healthcare Begins The Battle for Healthcare Begins
"If there is no public insurance option…then this is not reform at all." That's what Governor Howard Dean said last night in a conference call with thousands of activists -- an...
May 5, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Springsteen to Seeger: ‘You Outlasted the Bastards’ Springsteen to Seeger: ‘You Outlasted the Bastards’
"You outlasted the bastards, man," Bruce Springsteen told the roaring crowd. I think that was my favorite line at the rollicking birthday concert celebrating Pete Seeger's 90th! ...
May 5, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Ways to Perfect Our Democracy Ways to Perfect Our Democracy
The first 100 days of the Obama Presidency have come and gone in a state of crisis. For supporters of democracy reform, however, that could describe the last eight years since Bus...
May 4, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Around The Nation Around The Nation
The Nation did not take home a National Magazine Award this week. We were nominated in two categories: Naomi Klein for Columns & Commentary, and William Deresciewicz for Reviews &...
May 1, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Progressive Caucus and Obama The Progressive Caucus and Obama
The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) met with President Obama for one hour in the East Room of the White House yesterday. CPC Co-Chair, Congressman Raúl Grijalva, said tha...
Apr 29, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Chasing Ghosts in Afghanistan Chasing Ghosts in Afghanistan
There were two important hearings regarding Afghanistan on the Hill last week -- in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and at the Congressional Progressive Caucus' (CPC) third...
Apr 27, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
100 Down, 900 to Go 100 Down, 900 to Go
As we mark the first 100 days of his presidency, it is staggering to consider the enormous challenges President Obama inherited from his predecessor, arguably the worst President ...
Apr 22, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Rethinking Afghanistan Rethinking Afghanistan
As we mark Obama's first 100 Days, there is much to celebrate--from repeal of the global gag rule to the passage of the stimulus and the Administration's pledge to close Guantanam...
Apr 21, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Nearing 100 Nearing 100
Three days after Senator Obama's historic election, I proposed an agendafor President Obama's first 100 days. As we near this iconic marker I'msurprised to see just how much of t...
Apr 17, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Step for Press Freedom in Russia? A Step for Press Freedom in Russia?
As someone who has been close to Russia's leading opposition newspaper "Novaya Gazeta" for many years, it's a very important development that Russian President Dmitrii Medvedev g...
Apr 16, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel