Cinderella Man Vs. Social Security Privatization Cinderella Man Vs. Social Security Privatization
Will Ron Howard's new film Cinderella Man help deliver a KO to Bush's Social Security privatization scam? It's easy to read too much into Hollywood's influence on our politics, bu...
May 31, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Bloggers of Iran Bloggers of Iran
Did you know that on the eve of the Iranian presidential election, that country--with 70 percent of its population under 30--has 75,000 bloggers? I find that pretty stunning--and ...
May 30, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sweet Victory: Electoral Reform is On the March Sweet Victory: Electoral Reform is On the March
Electoral reform is on the march. Burlington, Vermont, the state's biggest city, recently adopted instant runoff voting for its 2006 mayoral elections. On May 18th, Portland, Or...
May 26, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
M.A.D. About You M.A.D. About You
When the Republicans thought they were going to win the filibuster fight, they tried to change the term of art from "nuclear option" to "constitutional option." The GOP's lexicogr...
May 25, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Cowboy Cheers Cowboy Cheers
Flouting the fact that Pat Robertson thinks the "activist" (Republican-sponsored and approved) judiciary is the worst threat America faces, the moralistic majority in the Texas le...
May 23, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Wal-Mart Avarice Wal-Mart Avarice
Kudos to veteran 60 Minutes correspondent Morley Safer for lambasting the New York Times for its "paean" to Wal-Mart heir Alice Walton, and taking aim at Wal-Mart's "systematic ob...
May 23, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sweet Victory: CPC Gets in Gear Sweet Victory: CPC Gets in Gear
If you don't know much about the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), you should. With 50-plus members, it's the single largest caucus in the House, and according to a study by...
May 19, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Annals of Outrage II Annals of Outrage II
In January, I wrote my first Annals of Outrage weblog about the waste, fraud and abuse that the Bush Administration has perpetrated against the US taxpayer. But so much has happen...
May 17, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Insurgents of Labor, Unite! Insurgents of Labor, Unite!
As I wrote in March, charismatic SEIU leader Andy Stern has been anything but shy about triggering the most far-reaching strategic debate in labor in more than a generation. And w...
May 16, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sweet Victory: Cleaning Up the Cosmetics Industry Sweet Victory: Cleaning Up the Cosmetics Industry
Each day, women and girls use an average of twelve personal careproducts, according to a study by the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics. "Users of these products might assumethat somebo...
May 13, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel