Crisis of the Republic Time Crisis of the Republic Time
If you had any doubt that this is a time of constitutional crisis, read the important, frightening (and under-covered) story in Sunday's Boston Globe. It documents an accumulating...
May 1, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sweet Victory: Arkansas Gets a Raise, Who’s Next? Sweet Victory: Arkansas Gets a Raise, Who’s Next?
Co-written by Sam Graham-Felsen. The evidence is mounting: there is perhaps no issue that transcends ideology like increasing the minimum wage. 86 percent of America supports boo...
Apr 29, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Reconstruction Watch Part V: We Deserve Answers Reconstruction Watch Part V: We Deserve Answers
In the Washington Post last week, Griff Witte reported that American businessman Philip Bloom--whose companies were awarded $8.6 million in Iraq reconstruction contracts--pleaded ...
Apr 27, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Green Salute A Green Salute
In celebration of Earth Day, The Nation salutes those who took part in the top five environmental victories of the year.
Apr 27, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel and Sam Graham-Felsen
White House Shuffle White House Shuffle
After a week spent manhandling the Chinese President and kicking ScottMcClellan to the curb, The Decider finally got around to downsizing his brain. Karl Rove is giving up his pol...
Apr 25, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sweet Victory: Top Five Environmental Wins Sweet Victory: Top Five Environmental Wins
Co-written by Sam Graham-Felsen. Of all of the disastrous hallmarks of the Bush presidency, Bush's darkest legacy in the long run may be his unmitigated assault on the environmen...
Apr 22, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Death and Taxes Death and Taxes
Those inveterate whiners in the White House are now complaining that the president's poll numbers should be much higher given the strong economic indicators at the moment. Their p...
Apr 19, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sweet Victory: WiFi For All Sweet Victory: WiFi For All
Co-written by Sam Graham-Felsen. As corporate telecommunications giants accelerate their efforts to create a two-tiered Internet, one of our greatest tools for democracy and equa...
Apr 17, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Generals Revolt The Generals Revolt
Batiste. Eaton. Newbold. Riggs. Zinni….Is there a retired general left in the States who hasn't called on Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to fall on his sword? While The...
Apr 14, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
$13,700 an Hour $13,700 an Hour
The Democratic Party needs to reset its moral compass and close the gap between workers' pay and CEO salary by raising the minimum wage.
Apr 13, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel