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
The New Senate Democrat The New Senate Democrat
While Bill Bennett is on CNN spinning like a loose top--arguing that tonight represents the end of a liberal "Democrat" party… don't tell that to the voters of Ohio. To them, S...
Nov 8, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Non-Voting Machines Non-Voting Machines
We don't know the election result yet and thanks to the MSM killjoys we don't even know the exit polling at the moment, but what we do know is that the electronic voting machines ...
Nov 8, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Ratherisms Ratherisms
It will apparently be a cold day in Texas before CBS forgives Dan Rather. Katie Couric will be turning to Bob Schieffer for expert advice, while Rather has been confined to basic ...
Nov 7, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Voter Protection Resources Voter Protection Resources
With the need for democracy promotion at home all to clear – particularly voter protection in the face of new Jim Crow-like suppression tactics – many groups are responding t...
Nov 7, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel