Owensboro (and Elizabethtown), Kentucky Owensboro (and Elizabethtown), Kentucky
Maybe two people I met in Owensboro, Kentucky this past weekend knew who Judith Miller was. And on Sunday, when I left town, the local paper devoted far more space to listing the ...
Oct 17, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Innocent Voices Innocent Voices
When Oscar Torres saw a Venezuelan band perform the song "Casas de carton" ("cardboard houses") in 2001, he knew that he wanted to "write something about the song" that he remembe...
Oct 12, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
What’s The Matter With What’s The Matter With Kansas What’s The Matter With What’s The Matter With Kansas
I'm a Tom Frank fan. I think he's a wonderful and passionate writer. But, now a respected political scientist is arguing that the "Great Backlash" Frank chronicled in his last boo...
Oct 11, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sweet Victory: Cintas Workers Win Big Sweet Victory: Cintas Workers Win Big
In 1999 Cintas Corp, the largest uniformrental provider in the country, signed a contract with Hayward,California to become the officiallaunderer of the city's uniforms. As a cond...
Oct 8, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
‘Are You Going to Provide $5 Million for The Nation?’ ‘Are You Going to Provide $5 Million for The Nation?’
In a scathing report issued on September 30, the Government Accountability Office's investigators said the Bush Administration had broken the law by using taxpayer dollars to diss...
Oct 4, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sweet Victory: Desegregation Works Sweet Victory: Desegregation Works
As Jonathan Kozol points out in his new book Shame of the Nation, the promise of Brown v. Board of Education remains unfulfilled. Thanks largely to a spate of Rehnquist Court deci...
Sep 30, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Exposing the Culture of Corruption Exposing the Culture of Corruption
Today's indictment of House Majority leader Tom DeLay is a sign that there is some accountability in our capitol. Over the last year, a small group of public interest organization...
Sep 28, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Why Bush is Wrong on Poverty Why Bush is Wrong on Poverty
In his September 15 speech to the nation, President Bush asserted that poverty in America is mostly restricted to the nation's Southern states.Like a lot of right-wing ideologues ...
Sep 26, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sweet Victory: Cities Push for Pullout Sweet Victory: Cities Push for Pullout
Somehow, the disconnect persists. Despite a steady stream of polls and statements indicating public opposition to the war in Iraq, the stay-the-course consensus continues to suffo...
Sep 23, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
“We Can Do Better” “We Can Do Better”
"What does it mean to be poor in America? We can offer no single description of American poverty. But for many, perhaps most, it means homes with peeling paint, inadequate heating...
Sep 20, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel