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
Facing Facts on Torture Facing Facts on Torture
In the February 27 issue of The New Yorker, Jane Mayer reported on the efforts of Alberto Mora, outgoing general counsel for the US Navy, to stop the Pentagon from authorizing the...
Mar 29, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Testing Bubble Bursts The Testing Bubble Bursts
Looks like the $2.3 billion standardized testing industry forgot to devise a much needed self-examination. Two weeks ago, after two students paid fees to have their SATs rescored...
Mar 29, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Don’t We Need a New Political Language? Don’t We Need a New Political Language?
A condensed version of this post, titled Had it With Hitler, was published today by the Washington Post. Here's a modest proposal for improving national political discussion. L...
Mar 27, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Giving Americans a Raise Giving Americans a Raise
This article, originally published in the April 10, 2006 issue of The Nation, was co-written by Sam Graham-Felsen. The federal minimum wage has been stuck at $5.15 an hour for m...
Mar 23, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel