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
What Makes Ralph Run What Makes Ralph Run
Ralph Nader explains the reasons why he must run in 2008. They haven't changed since 2004.
Mar 5, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The “Politically Influential” Working Families Party The “Politically Influential” Working Families Party
The Nation has been covering the ascendancy of The Working Families Party since it was started in 1998 by a group of labor and community activists who wanted to end the rightward ...
Mar 5, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
March 4, 1933 March 4, 1933
Today marks the 75th anniversary of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's inaugural as President. On a cold day at the tail of winter, Roosevelt looked out over a nation gripped by Depress...
Mar 4, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Stopping the New Arms Race Stopping the New Arms Race
The White House will do everything it can to push its reckless, European-based missile defense plan forward. Not only is there growing citizen opposition in the host countries t...
Feb 26, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel