Have You No Shame? Have You No Shame?
As Republicans desperately cry out of one corner of their mouths to stop the blame game, they have been blaming everyone but themselves since this catastrophe. Let's look at their...
Sep 7, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Poverty of Our Nation…and the Poverty of Our Politics The Poverty of Our Nation…and the Poverty of Our Politics
Mark Naison on Race, Class and the Disaster As Joan Walsh wrote in Salon last week, "The horror in New Orleans exposed the nation's dirty secrets of race and poverty." But as...
Sep 5, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
‘Indifference Is a Weapon of Mass Destruction’ ‘Indifference Is a Weapon of Mass Destruction’
On Friday, during a special session to provide relief money for the victims of Hurricane Katrina, Representative Dennis Kucinich delivered a powerful indictment of the Administ...
Sep 4, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Messing With Mother Nature Messing With Mother Nature
Rush Limbaugh would should skip the juvenile hurricane jokes and summon up some genuine empathy for the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Sep 1, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Messing With Mother Nature Messing With Mother Nature
(This post was updated on August 31, 2005) Like all Americans, I was horrified watching pictures of the destruction wrought by the hurricane. And like others who share the name K...
Aug 30, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Importance of Being Lazy The Importance of Being Lazy
It's a late August midnight, I'm on vacation, a hurricane named Katrina is heading to Florida--and I'm online. Like some 40 percent of Americans, I have spent half of my time this...
Aug 26, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Ground Control to Major George Ground Control to Major George
There is something profoundly disturbing about the fact that the Commander in Chief is in better shape than his Army, that he has time to ride his bike around his ranch for hours ...
Aug 23, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
August’s Big Pharma Scandals August’s Big Pharma Scandals
August may be a slow news month, but not for stories about what's wrong with the drug industry. In just one recent week, the New York Times published three articles that exposed w...
Aug 19, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
People’s Petition for a Way Out of Iraq People’s Petition for a Way Out of Iraq
A campaign is being launched this week by a host of groups including Progressive Democrats of America, Peace Action and others to demand an exit strategy from Iraq. A central part...
Aug 16, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sweet Victory: Woolsey Says No to Nukes Sweet Victory: Woolsey Says No to Nukes
This past weekend, thousands of activists gathered at Los Alamos and other prominent nuclear facilities across the country to mark the 60th anniversary of the atomic bombings of J...
Aug 12, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel