Backdoor Diplomacy in Iraq Backdoor Diplomacy in Iraq
On Thanksgiving eve, writer and activist Tom Hayden posted an explosive article at Huffington Post about what may be elements of the US's secret diplomatic exit strategy from Iraq...
Nov 25, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Smithfield Walkout Challenges Agribiz Giant Smithfield Walkout Challenges Agribiz Giant
Last week's walkout at the Smithfield Packing Company was a significant victory for labor organizers and exploited undocumented workers at the North Carolina plant.
Nov 20, 2006 / Feature / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Full Steam Ahead Full Steam Ahead
Representatives Barbara Lee and Lynn Woolsey – co-Chairs of the Congressional Progressive Caucus – aren't concerned about the close-to-conventional wisdom that conservative an...
Nov 20, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Talking with Democracy for NYC Talking with Democracy for NYC
On November 14, I was the guest speaker at the first of a new series of conversations with journalists, policy-makers and activists sponsored by Democracy for NYC--a local coaliti...
Nov 16, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Note to Markos Moulitsas A Note to Markos Moulitsas
Dear Markos, I see that you've decided to adopt The Nation's advertising policy. (Or, as you put it, "I'm stealing them for myself.") Markos, you didn't have to "steal" them! As...
Nov 14, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A New Direction A New Direction
It's been so long since Democrats have won a sweeping Congressional election that many don't know quite how to feel. It might be instructive therefore to study the reaction of the...
Nov 14, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Truth and Reconciliation–US-style Truth and Reconciliation–US-style
In an interview with Truthdig.com last week, Congressman Dennis Kucinich--in line to be Chair of the Government Reform Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and Inte...
Nov 13, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sweet Victories on a Sweet Night Sweet Victories on a Sweet Night
Of the many important wins Tuesday night that made up one, huge VICTORY for all, here are a few by candidates I had highlighted in a recent post: Jerry McNerney (D-CA) for Congre...
Nov 10, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Big Story The Big Story
Maryland State Senator-elect Jamie Raskin won 99 percent of the vote today -- this after a brutal primary in which pundits declared his chances of winning were "impossible." His v...
Nov 8, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A New Morality A New Morality
Citizens in Arizona, Missouri, Montana, and Ohio resoundingly passed minimum wage initiatives today. And in Colorado, voters are evenly split on the issue in early returns at the...
Nov 8, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel