Stand Up for DC’s Right to Vote Stand Up for DC’s Right to Vote
A striking yard sign is springing up on lawns across the nation's capital: a fist grasping a "V" with the words "I Demand The Vote" and "No Taxation Without Representation" writte...
Jul 24, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
YouTube Rocks YouTube Rocks
A few minutes into Monday night's CNN/You Tube debate at the Citadel Military Academy in South Carolina, Senator Barack Obama said, "I believe in the core decency of the Ameri...
Jul 24, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Legislation Watch: Ballot Integrity Act of 2007 Legislation Watch: Ballot Integrity Act of 2007
The Bush administration, its political appointees and their cronies have fomented dramatic fears in order to justify laws, policies and prosecutions that suppress the vote of mino...
Jul 23, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Censure for Bush & Cheney? Censure for Bush & Cheney?
On Meet the Press Sunday, Senator Russ Feingold announced that he will be introducing two censure resolutions in the next few days, aimed at holding President Bush, Vice-President ...
Jul 22, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Coming up on Meet the Press Coming up on Meet the Press
Friday night, one of my colleagues alerted me to the fact that I had confused McConnells. It's not the Bush "enabler" Senator (Mitch of Kentucky) who's going to be on NB...
Jul 21, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sweet Ideas Sweet Ideas
Behind each sweet victory, there is usually a sweet idea. So it is heartening to see that The Roosevelt Institution, the nation's first student think tank, has been channeling it...
Jul 20, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Community, Conference Calls & Our Postal Rate Campaign Community, Conference Calls & Our Postal Rate Campaign
Yesterday afternoon I had one of the most moving experiences in my time here as editor. It was on a conference call with readers and friends committed to helping The Nation deal w...
Jul 19, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Subpoena Watch: Tenth Time’s a Charm Subpoena Watch: Tenth Time’s a Charm
Nine times the Senate Judiciary Committee asked the Bush Administration for the legal justification of its warrantless (and illegal) domestic spying program. Nine times. To no av...
Jul 18, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Scaife to Bush: Withdraw from Iraq Scaife to Bush: Withdraw from Iraq
The conservative movement has cracked apart. If any more evidencewas needed, check out Editor & Publisher's website for an articleabout Richard Mellon Scaife's newspaper and it...
Jul 17, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Dark Force The Dark Force
When John McCain was running his insurgent campaign against George W. Bush in 2000, he frequently compared himself to "Luke Skywalker trying to get out of the Death Star." But the...
Jul 17, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel