Newt Gingrich to GOP–Wake Up or Perish Newt Gingrich to GOP–Wake Up or Perish
In early 2007, The Nation published an extraordinary speech by Bill Moyers. In "A New Story for America," America's media conscience wrote of how "voters have provided a a respit...
May 8, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Young Voters Hold the Key Young Voters Hold the Key
With an unprecedented number of youth voters participating in the Democratic primary this season, Anna MartÃnez--the Democratic National Committee's Deputy Political Director for...
May 7, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Faith-Based Missile Defense Faith-Based Missile Defense
In an oversight hearing on the US missile defense program last month, Philip Coyle III, a former Assistant Secretary of Defense and Director of Operational Test and Evaluation in...
May 2, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Audacity of Our Gotcha Media The Audacity of Our Gotcha Media
As the Rev. Jeremiah Wright's eruptions filled the media, driving out issues of war and recession, skyrocketing gas prices and the global food crisis, I picked up a copy of Bar...
Apr 30, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Grilling Burger King Grilling Burger King
Last week I wrote about a Senate hearing on working conditions for tomato pickers inFlorida. Much of the discussion there revolved around the"penny-per-pound" deal, and the Flor...
Apr 23, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
NYT Investigation Exposes Pentagon Pimps & Propaganda Operation NYT Investigation Exposes Pentagon Pimps & Propaganda Operation
If you thought the US media had hit a new low with last week's ABC Debate Debacle, read Sunday's New York Times's 10,000 (plus) word cover story, "Behind TV Analysts, Pentagon...
Apr 20, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Decoys, Countermeasures and Deception Decoys, Countermeasures and Deception
In Congress last week, Representative John Tierney, Chair of the House National Security and Foreign Affairs Subcommittee, convened the latter in a series of hearings to examine t...
Apr 20, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Ending Slavery for Pennies Ending Slavery for Pennies
The exploitation of farmworkers should not be tolerated in Florida. It should not be tolerated anywhere in the United States. There are many social problems that are extremely d...
Apr 16, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Fighting for the Franchise Fighting for the Franchise
National syndicated radio host, Tom Joyner, appeared before the House Administration Committee on Wednesday, testifyingon continuing voting problems as documented by his 1-866-MY-...
Apr 11, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Norman Mailer-Requiem for a Champion Norman Mailer-Requiem for a Champion
Don DeLillo described him as a writer who "gave America a literature worthy of her vastness." Joan Didion spoke of his 1000 page nonfiction masterpiece "The Executio...
Apr 10, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel