The Enormous Cost of War The Enormous Cost of War
The National Priorities Project (NPP), a research organization that analyzes and clarifies federal data so that people can understand how their tax dollars are spent, continues to...
Aug 17, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Americans Against Escalation in Iraq Americans Against Escalation in Iraq
This summer, Americans Against Escalation in Iraq – a broad coalition of advocacy organizations and political action committees from across the political spectrum – has launch...
Aug 14, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A New New Deal A New New Deal
When the levees broke in New Orleans, I wrote about the desperate need for a New Deal for the 21st Century – one which would rebuild a crumbling infrastructure, help address gl...
Aug 8, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Divider The Divider
When asked by George Stephanopoulos in the Sunday Republican debate to list his mistakes, Rudy Giuliani replied, "George, your father is a priest. I can explain it to your father,...
Aug 7, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Mea Culpa Time Mea Culpa Time
It's a bad Sunday when I don't agree with Frank Rich. His brilliant, elegant New York Times column has consistently and mercilessly exposed the cruelty, folly and hypocrisy of gove...
Aug 6, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
When a Government Won’t Own Up When a Government Won’t Own Up
Rescue and cleanup workers, who put their lives on the line in our nation's darkest hour, weren't given information about environmental risks and are now paying the price with fin...
Aug 2, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Josh Marshall on Impeachment Josh Marshall on Impeachment
What was once considered marginal is now mainstream. A majority of the country supports beginning impeachment proceedings against Vice-President Dick Cheney; and when it comes to h...
Jul 26, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
War Made Easy War Made Easy
In 2005, Norman Solomon released his book, War Made Easy, which exposes the manner in which US presidents manage to sell war, like clockwork, through the same fallacious arguments...
Jul 26, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Specialist Town Goes to Washington Specialist Town Goes to Washington
Yesterday in the Cannon House Office Building, Room 334, it was standing room only as the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs held a hearing titled "PTSD and Personality Disorder...
Jul 26, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Why Obama Got it Right Why Obama Got it Right
In Monday's debate, and with the benefit of having time to think through her response, HillaryClinton posed as the foreign policy sophisticate to Barack Obama the bold leader who ...
Jul 25, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel