The Wrong Journalistic Decision The Wrong Journalistic Decision
If one needed more reason to criticize the Washington Post's decision to withhold information, at the government's request, about the CIA's network of prisons in Eastern Europe f...
Nov 7, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sweet Victory: Wal-Mart Roundup Sweet Victory: Wal-Mart Roundup
It's been a tough year for Wal-Mart, and things are about to get tougher. Last Tuesday, at the world premiere of Robert Greenwald's Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price, SEIU chi...
Nov 3, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Cronyism and Secrecy at the CPB Cronyism and Secrecy at the CPB
Scroll down for an update from Jeff Chester, one of America's leading media reform experts, re Kenneth Tomlinson's departure from the CPB board. Early last month in this space, I...
Nov 1, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Dear Scooter, From Dick Dear Scooter, From Dick
October 28, 2005 MR. I. LEWIS LIBBYc/o MR. JOSEPH A. TATE, ESQ.DECHERT LLP Dear Scooter,
Oct 28, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sweet Victory: United Methodist Church Calls For Withdrawal Sweet Victory: United Methodist Church Calls For Withdrawal
It's one thing when former high-ranking members of your own Administration come out against your war. It's another thing when two-thirds of the country calls the invasion and occu...
Oct 26, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
‘For God And Country’ ‘For God And Country’
Now that he's published a book about his Guantanamo ordeal, it's time to revisit the story of former Army chaplain James Yee. (I published a column about Yee in 2004 but much has ...
Oct 25, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Seeing Through the Smokescreen Seeing Through the Smokescreen
You may have missed it, but the first week of October was Lawsuit Abuse Awareness Week. Was this catchy concept created to raise awareness of people abused by negligence or malpra...
Oct 24, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Fitzgerald Must Broaden Investigation Fitzgerald Must Broaden Investigation
"The CIA leak issue is only the tip of the iceberg," Congressman Jerry Nadler told me when I ran into him on the street near our offices on Friday afternoon. He was quick to tell ...
Oct 22, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sweet Victory Update: Cleaning Up Cosmetics Sweet Victory Update: Cleaning Up Cosmetics
Months ago, we celebrated the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics' impressive drive to eliminate toxic ingredients from beauty products. Due to an FDA loophole, which exempts personal ca...
Oct 21, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Congress Rejects Raising Minium-Wage Congress Rejects Raising Minium-Wage
Today's edition of the New York Times devoted exactly one sentence (on page A18) to one of the most important news stories of the day. "No Rise in Minimum Wage," the headline read...
Oct 20, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel