Pelosi–Mother, Grandmother, Speaker Pelosi–Mother, Grandmother, Speaker
Did you see the New York Times page one photo of newly-elected House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, gavel in hand, celebrating the start of the 110th Congress surrounded by a swarm of her ...
Jan 8, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Top 10 for a More Perfect Union Top 10 for a More Perfect Union
The "thumping" taken by the Republican Congress on election day was notjust a rejection of K Street corruption and the catastrophe in Iraq. Itwas a call to action on issues that ...
Jan 5, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Top 10 for a More Perfect Union Top 10 for a More Perfect Union
Ten good bills await passage that could make a real difference.
Jan 4, 2007 / Feature / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Year of the Democratic Woman The Year of the Democratic Woman
History will be made on Thursday morning with the US Capitol serving as a backdrop as Nancy Pelosi is sworn in as the first woman Speaker of the House. Pelosi was unanimously ele...
Jan 4, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Time Is on Our Side? Time Is on Our Side?
"The pace of life feels morally dangerous to me."--Richard Ford, novelist"Time is on my side" --The Rolling Stones As the New Year begins, I keep reflecting on Time. It runs thro...
Dec 30, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Let the Sunshine In Let the Sunshine In
Last week, a New York Times editorial was spot-on in calling for "a heavy dose of Internet transparency" to shed light on the relationships between our legislators and the special...
Dec 19, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Fat Cats 2007 Fat Cats 2007
"There's class warfare, all right, but it's my class, the rich class, that's making war, and we're winning." Â Â Â --Warren Buffett The divide between rich and poor in America ha...
Dec 18, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Morality of the Minimum Morality of the Minimum
Let Justice Roll deserves credit for mobilizing values voters around minimum wage initiatives.
Dec 16, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel and Sam Graham-Felsen
Citizen Dreyfuss Citizen Dreyfuss
Richard Dreyfuss stood before a packed community meeting in Martha's Vineyard last week and asked, "Where do we offer young people the chance to fall in love with America?" He ins...
Dec 13, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Gore v. Nader Gore v. Nader
Can Al Gore ever escape him? No, I don't mean Bill Clinton; I'm talkingabout Ralph Nader. In 2000, the Nader vote was the margin of victory inFlorida, and thus, a Gore presidency,...
Dec 12, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel