Religion and the Left Religion and the Left
Last month, Rabbi Michael Lerner--the founding editor of Tikkun magazine--convened a Conference on Spiritual Activism in Berkeley. It was there that he launched a new organization...
Aug 9, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sweet Victory: MM at 25 Sweet Victory: MM at 25
In an age in which corporate malfeasance abounds, too much of the mainstream media has been unaccountably lax in covering the abuses of big business. Luckily for us--and unluckily...
Aug 4, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Leave No God Behind Leave No God Behind
Days after Bill Frist, the White House's choice for Senate majority leader, turned his back on religious conservatives to support federal funding for stem cell research, President...
Aug 3, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Anti-Sweet Victory: The Week From Hell Anti-Sweet Victory: The Week From Hell
This was supposed to be a Sweet Victory post. That's the weekly feature Sam Graham-Felsen and I started last fall. In those grim days after the election, we believed that one anti...
Jul 29, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Bush Meets Mick (Jagger) Bush Meets Mick (Jagger)
A couple of months ago, with the help of terrific song suggestions from Nation readers, I put together a playlist for Dubya's iPod. Radiohead's Hail to the Thief, Green Day's Amer...
Jul 29, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The House of Labor and the Future The House of Labor and the Future
So, with the heaving sound of an old tree suddenly splitting apart in a storm, the labor movement is finally breaking up. On Sunday, leaders of four of the country's largest labo...
Jul 26, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Corruption Machine The Corruption Machine
At a time when the scale of corruption in Congress has risen to obscene heights, the fight to achieve a clean government has heated up–and the good Senator from Wisconsin, Russe...
Jul 24, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Torture and Lies: Who is Accountable? Torture and Lies: Who is Accountable?
Congressman Maurice Hinchey had the crowd of more than 900--packed into New York's Ethical Culture Society's sweltering auditorium this beautiful summer Saturday--on its feet. H...
Jul 23, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sweet Victory: Governors Embrace Apollo Alliance Sweet Victory: Governors Embrace Apollo Alliance
The Apollo Alliance, one of the best progressive ideas of the millennium, gained some important new supporters last week. Six new Democratic governors--Rod Blagojevich (IL), Jim D...
Jul 20, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Debunking the Spin About Framing Debunking the Spin About Framing
"Whenever the other side has you talking their language, they've got you. That, to me, is what it's about in a nutshell and it's almost that simple." George Carlin in an interview...
Jul 18, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel