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
Ballotground in the Battlegrounds Ballotground in the Battlegrounds
For years, the rightwing has used divisive anti-gay, anti-immigrant, anti-fear-of-the-day ballot initiatives to boost voter turnout on Election Day and squeak out wins over Democr...
Oct 12, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Five Years On…. Five Years On….
This week marks the fifth anniversary of Congress's vote to authorize the Bush Administration to overthrow the government of Iraq by military force. The Nation opposed the war aut...
Oct 10, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Dems Fail Litmus Test Dems Fail Litmus Test
The Washington Post reported today that Sen. Harry Reid has informed private-equity funds that the Senate will not be closing the obscenely inequitable tax loophole that allows meg...
Oct 9, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Moscow Remembers Politkovskaya Moscow Remembers Politkovskaya
Heidi Hoogerbeets, a graduate student at Columbia University's Harriman Institute, traveled to Moscow last week to participate in memorial events for the courageous Russian journa...
Oct 8, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
World War II Interrogators Denounce Administration World War II Interrogators Denounce Administration
On Friday, President Bush lied to the American people, as he has many times before, telling us that "this government does not torture people." But the metastasizing recor...
Oct 8, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Anna Politkovskaya’s Legacy Anna Politkovskaya’s Legacy
One year ago, the Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya was murdered. The fearless, crusading journalist for Russia's leading opposition newspaper, Novaya Gazeta, was just 48 year...
Oct 4, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel