Defining “Progress” in Iraq Defining “Progress” in Iraq
Three months into the job, General David Petraeus says it is difficult to predict, before the full number of troops arrive, if the surge in Baghdad will succeed. And he now says ...
May 18, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
New Energy for America New Energy for America
Under Bush, the right has failed to address energy independence. Can Democrats rise to the challenge?
May 17, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel and Robert L. Borosage
The Iraq Memoir Industry The Iraq Memoir Industry
The Iraq-official memoir publishing industry is beginning to resemble a circular firing squad. In last Sunday's Washington Post, Paul Bremer duked it out with those who've accuse...
May 16, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
California Demands Health Care For All (Again) California Demands Health Care For All (Again)
After a brief hiatus, I'm re-starting "Sweet Victories" as a weekly feature. Launched in the bleak aftermath of the 2004 elections, "SV" chronicles progressive wins--from legislat...
May 15, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Big Business Invades Your Mailbox Big Business Invades Your Mailbox
Note: I appeared on American Public Media's Marketplace todayto talk about sharp increases in US postal rates that will have a serious impacton independent journals. Here's a tr...
May 14, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Michael Moore Exposes ‘Sicko’ US Cuba Policy Michael Moore Exposes ‘Sicko’ US Cuba Policy
Michael Moore meet Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, Colin Powell's former chief of staff. I think you'd both agree that the current US policy toward Cuba is the "dumbest policy on...
May 12, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Real Mother’s Day Tradition The Real Mother’s Day Tradition
"Arise then, women of this day! Arise all women who have hearts, whether your baptism be of water or of tears!" So begins the original Mother's Day proclamation of 1870, written ...
May 10, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Surge of Insanity A Surge of Insanity
Just one day after a majority of Iraqi lawmakers rejected the continuing occupation of their country, the Washington Post reports that the Pentagon will begin deploying 35,000 sol...
May 9, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
‘No Shame, No Blame’ ‘No Shame, No Blame’
In an elegant "Talk of the Town" piece on the subject of George Tenet's new book in the current issue of The New Yorker, George Packer levels a strong indictment against the Bush...
May 8, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
2007 Progressive Victories 2007 Progressive Victories
The Center for Policy Alternatives (CPA) new report – 2007 Progressive Victories in the States – shows that state legislatures aren't waiting around on Congress to address som...
May 8, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel