United Professionals, Unite! United Professionals, Unite!
In 2002, Barbara Ehrenreich and Thomas Geoghegan wrote in The Nation, "The underlying reason for organized labor's decline is that our labor laws do not let people join unions, fr...
Sep 21, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Just Response A Just Response
The most effective response to terrorism involves nonmilitary actions in cooperation with the global community and within a framework of domestic and international law.
Sep 21, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Lab Rat for Crony Capitalism Lab Rat for Crony Capitalism
In Sunday's Washington Post, excerpts from Rajiv Chandrasekaran's Imperial Life in the Emerald City reveal the fundamentally corrupt approach this administration took to Iraq Reco...
Sep 19, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Pointing the Way Pointing the Way
Last night's primary contests had some highs and lows. [Check out John Nichols's dispatches on the web and in the magazine to get a better sense of what we can take away from Sept...
Sep 13, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Iraq for Sale Iraq for Sale
The Bush administration's approach to Iraq reconstruction is about the same as its approach to everything else – greed, cronyism and corruption. Now, an important new document...
Sep 12, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Just Response A Just Response
The most effective response to terrorism involves nonmilitary actions in cooperation with the global community and within a framework of domestic and international law.
Sep 10, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
It’s Not a ‘War’ on Terror It’s Not a ‘War’ on Terror
It's time to stop calling the post 9/11 struggle against terrorism a "war." The struggle against stateless terrorists is not the same thing. And framing it as a war was a consciou...
Sep 8, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Focus on Rumsfeld Misses the Point Focus on Rumsfeld Misses the Point
Democratic members of the House and Senate wrote George Bush Monday, urging a redeployment of US troops before the end of 2006 and the firing of Donald Rumsfeld. Some excerpts fr...
Sep 6, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Appease Your Thirst Appease Your Thirst
Two weeks ago, we asked readers of thenation.com to submit new definitions for an updated Dictionary of Republicanisms. In that time, we've had hundreds of sharp and hilarious sug...
Sep 5, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Lessons for Labor Day Lessons for Labor Day
CEO's in the oil and defense industries are making out like profiteering bandits. Wages for American workers are declining while their productivity is rising. Recent polls show ...
Sep 1, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel