Rush to Pass This Bill Rush to Pass This Bill
Today, while Congress listens to the latest spin from the Bush Administration on "democracy building" in Iraq, an important pro-democracy effort continues to be waged at home by R...
Apr 8, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Bernie Sanders Does Small “d” Democracy Bernie Sanders Does Small “d” Democracy
Last Monday, well over 300 Vermonters packed City Hall in downtown Burlington. It was standing room only with every seat on the floor and in the balcony occupied. The occasion w...
Apr 5, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Time to Break the Silence Time to Break the Silence
Since 1865, when it was founded by Northern abolitionists, The Nation has always believed in the liberating power of truth, of conviction, of conscience, and of fighting for cause...
Apr 2, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Finland Comes to Vermont Finland Comes to Vermont
On Monday night in Burlington, Vermont, Senator Bernie Sanders will host a town meeting with Finland's Ambassador to the US, Pekka Lintu. Why? Well, how about because Finland ...
Mar 31, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Is This a Watershed Moment? Is This a Watershed Moment?
I gave the remarks below at a recent forum celebrating the 10th anniversary of the invaluable New Labor Forum journal. The organizers asked the panelists, including Bill Fletcher,...
Mar 27, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Misunderstanding on Iraq A Misunderstanding on Iraq
Progressives who support Barack Obama must use the primary race help shape his policies on Iraq.
Mar 26, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Barbara Lee’s War on Poverty Barbara Lee’s War on Poverty
Recently, Congresswoman Barbara Lee said to me, "This is a moment when people are suffering. They are one paycheck -- if they have a paycheck -- away from poverty." That's why L...
Mar 24, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Nation Editor Comments on Spitzer Scandal Nation Editor Comments on Spitzer Scandal
On MSNBC's Morning Joe, Nation editor and publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel talks about the Spitzer scandal and what it means for New York.
Mar 13, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel and The Nation Video
Follow Bernie Sanders’s Lead Follow Bernie Sanders’s Lead
In countless speeches over the past seven years, Democrats have rightly slammed "the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy" as reckless, unnecessary, and unjust. Yet Senator Bernie Sand...
Mar 11, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Missile Defense: “Longest Running Scam” Exposed Missile Defense: “Longest Running Scam” Exposed
In Congress yesterday, Representative John Tierney, Chair of the House National Security and Foreign Affairs Subcommittee, convened the first in a series of hearings to examine a ...
Mar 7, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel