Congress on Steroids Congress on Steroids
When appearing before the House Government Reform Committee last week, Mark McGwire didn't want to talk about his past. It was an appropriate place to develop historical amnesia. ...
Mar 22, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sweet Victory:Taking Back the Campuses Sweet Victory:Taking Back the Campuses
For all the talk of left-wing bias in academia, little notice has been given to the right's growing influence on America's college campuses. As part of the conservative message ma...
Mar 18, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Andy Stern Speaks His Mind Andy Stern Speaks His Mind
"Andy Stern is not shy about speaking his mind," veteran labor reporter David Moberg wrote in our recent cover story, Can't Workers of the Word Unite? In these last months, Stern ...
Mar 16, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Talking with Andy Stern Talking with Andy Stern
Excerpt from DMI "Marketplace of Ideas" Series with SEIU President Andy Stern. March 14, 2005. New York City, New York. Hon. Carl McCall: President Stern I have a practical quest...
Mar 16, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sweet Victory: Yo Quiero Justice! Sweet Victory: Yo Quiero Justice!
On Tuesday, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers scored aprecedent-setting victory for America's beleaguered farm workers. After three years of a CIW-led boycott against Taco Bell,...
Mar 11, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sunshine Is the Best Disinfectant Sunshine Is the Best Disinfectant
At a time when we need accountability more than ever in Washington, when corruption and ethical violations are sweeping our capital, we must turn to groups like Citizens for Respo...
Mar 9, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
GM Chair for National Healthcare? GM Chair for National Healthcare?
G. Richard Wagoner, Jr., chairman and chief executive of General Motors, is urging business and federal and state government leaders to find what the Washington Post described asÂ...
Mar 8, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sweet Victories Sweet Victories
Since starting Editor's Cut in April 2003, I've often written about how it can be difficult, in these times, to maintain a sense of hope--as corruption, war, lies and injustices l...
Mar 3, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
“I Am Free–To Think–To Speak” “I Am Free–To Think–To Speak”
In a series of extraordinary speeches, Senator Robert Byrd, a longtime historian of the Senate, has persistently sounded the alarm about imperial executive power. He has unflinchi...
Mar 2, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
She Has the Power She Has the Power
Gloria Totten is the savvy executive director of Progressive Majority--and she's bullish about Howard Dean's ascendance: he will speak "with a clear voice," pursue a "movement-bui...
Feb 28, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel