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
Haditha, Iraq Haditha, Iraq
As the Los Angeles Times reported on Saturday, this much is known to be true: On November 19, after a roadside bomb killed Lance Cpl. Miguel Terrazas, 15 Iraqi civilians – inclu...
Apr 12, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
It’s the Cover-Up It’s the Cover-Up
After all the breathless suspense, after all the effort federal agents spent trying to seal a national security breach, after all the fingers were pointed directly at the Vice-Pre...
Apr 11, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
$13,700 an Hour $13,700 an Hour
Last Sunday, the New York Times reported that--for the first time--a full-time worker earning minimum wage cannot afford a one-bedroom apartment anywhere in America at market rate...
Apr 7, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
“Confidence Can Accomplish Anything” “Confidence Can Accomplish Anything”
"Confidence can accomplish anything." That's what Maryland's ecstatic coach Brenda Frese told a reporter at the end of one of the greatest games in women's college basketball hist...
Apr 5, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Talk About a Smear Merchant! Talk About a Smear Merchant!
Last week on The O'Reilly Factor Michelle Malkin referred to me as a "smear merchant." This was her attempt at a response to my appearance on ABC's This Week, where I noted the ov...
Apr 3, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sweet Victory: Uniting to Clean Up NOLA Sweet Victory: Uniting to Clean Up NOLA
Co-written by Sam Graham-Felsen. Over half a year after Katrina, New Orleans remains in a shambles. But in the face of the federal government's shamefully lackluster reconstructi...
Apr 3, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel