Rumsfeld Must Go Rumsfeld Must Go
Amid the Generals Revolt against Rumsfeld; union officials representing 200,000 civilian defense workers calling for his resignation; and scores of Democrats as well as a good num...
Jun 26, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sweet Victory: Waging War on Emissions Sweet Victory: Waging War on Emissions
Co-written by Sam Graham-Felsen. If trends continue, 2006 may be remembered as the year the world woke up to the global climate crisis. And Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth--which...
Jun 22, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
How Congress Is Shafting the Middle Class How Congress Is Shafting the Middle Class
In 2005, Congress failed the middle class. This is the blunt assessment of the nonpartisan Drum Major Institute for Public Policy (DMI), which today released its third annual sco...
Jun 20, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Peace Race The Peace Race
The peace majority is real. A CBS poll finds that 80 percent of Democrats believe the United States should have stayed out of Iraq, and more than 60 percent want US troops home...
Jun 15, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Peter Beinart and the Beltway Crusaders Peter Beinart and the Beltway Crusaders
As Robert Borosage, co-Director of the Campaign for America'sFuture, argues in The Nation's current issue, "the current rage in center-right Democratic circles is to resuscit...
Jun 12, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sweet Victory: Bold Ballot Initiatives Sweet Victory: Bold Ballot Initiatives
Co-written by Sam Graham-Felsen. In the 1990s conservative strategists began to reshape the politicallandscape with an onslaught of ballot initiatives. State by state,Republican...
Jun 9, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Bold Ballot Initiatives Bold Ballot Initiatives
Progressive organizations are learning to use ballot propositions to promote bold, innovative policy on the minimum wage, renewable energy, stem cell research and voting reform.
Jun 8, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel and Sam Graham-Felsen
All About Paris All About Paris
Senator Bill Frist has promised a vote to repeal the estate tax soon after Memorial Day and the spin on this issue is as egregious as it is outrageous. So let's get one thing stra...
May 30, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sweet Victory: A Wake-Up Call from Alaska Sweet Victory: A Wake-Up Call from Alaska
Co-written by Sam Graham-Felsen. Al Gore's new film, An Inconvenient Truth, which finally hits theatersthis week, makes the case with devastating clarity: globalwarming is not a ...
May 24, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
What Won’t Rudy Do? What Won’t Rudy Do?
Much ado was made of McCain's Light on the Road to Damascus moment regarding Jerry Falwell, formerly known as an agent of intolerance, last week. But the story of unlikely bedfell...
May 22, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel