CPSC Not Protecting Children’s Safety CPSC Not Protecting Children’s Safety
Thirteen million toys have been recalled in the last two months due to unsafe levels of lead. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) -- the watchdog agency charged with pro...
Oct 31, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Alaska Warms to The Nation Alaska Warms to The Nation
In this cut from Blue Man/Red State,a documentary on Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson, Juneau peace activists give Nation Editor Katrina vanden Heuvel a warm welcome and a help...
Oct 31, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Destabilizing Europe Destabilizing Europe
If you want to know how stupid Bush's decision to push ahead with building a missile defense system in Eastern Europe really is, check out what Vladimir Putin said last week--comp...
Oct 30, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Cristina and Hillary Cristina and Hillary
UPDATED--Her husband is a former governor and president who presided over an economic boom. She is a popular center-left senator--a tough, disciplined and savvy politician who has...
Oct 28, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Everybody Look What’s Going Down Everybody Look What’s Going Down
There's somethin' happening here, What it is ain't exactly clear. There's a man with a gun over there, tellin' me I gotta beware. I think it's time we stop, hey, what's that sound...
Oct 25, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Bush on Cuba Bush on Cuba
President Bush's belligerent speech on Cuba signals that he intends to continue his Administration's delusional crusade for regime change--despite the self-inflicted wounds of the...
Oct 24, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Pelosi’s Stark Rebuke Pelosi’s Stark Rebuke
It's not suprising that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi criticized 18-term Congressman Pete Stark for his heartfelt and emotional comments about the Republican's failure to override Bus...
Oct 21, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Peace Action: In for the Long Haul Peace Action: In for the Long Haul
If you've been around a long time, as The Nation has (142 years of troublemaking and peacemaking), you know who your friends are. That's why, this week, we celebrate our longtime...
Oct 18, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Stop the FCC’s Gift to Big Media Conglomerates Stop the FCC’s Gift to Big Media Conglomerates
"This is a big deal because we have way too much concentration of media ownership in the United States," Senator Byron Dorgan (ND, Dem.) said at a hearing on Wednesday. &...
Oct 18, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Who Watches the CIA Watchers? Who Watches the CIA Watchers?
In the cloak and dagger, smoke and hall of mirrors that is the CIA, we have more evidence that it's dangerous to be a whistleblower, even if that happens to be your job. The CIA's...
Oct 16, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel