The Unsexy Ballot Initiative The Unsexy Ballot Initiative
Did you know that voter turnout in states with ballot initiatives is much higher in general elections? This year each additional initiative on the ballot could correspond to an i...
Apr 12, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A New Populist on the Block A New Populist on the Block
South Dakota has a proud populist tradition. In the late 19th-century, the state's farmers faced plummeting wheat prices and mounting piles of debt at the hands of large Eastern ...
Apr 8, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Bush-Free Zone Bush-Free Zone
I don't need to tell anyone reading this blog that this is an election year full of passion, activism and real historical importance. I've written in this space about the powerf...
Apr 6, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Lott Congratulates Vote Fraud Lott Congratulates Vote Fraud
I was in Moscow last month the day Vladimir Putin was reelected in whatever is the opposite of a cliffhanger of an election. His victory was as predictable as it was overwhelmin...
Apr 5, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Teresa Heinz Was Right Teresa Heinz Was Right
At a 1993 press conference, when Teresa Heinz-Kerry declined to run for her late husband's Pennsylvania Senate seat, she explained, "the best ideas for change unfortunately no lo...
Apr 2, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
‘Conservatives for Nader. Not a Large Group.’ ‘Conservatives for Nader. Not a Large Group.’
Ralph Nader continues to fantasize that his candidacy will succeed in peeling as many Republican and Independent votes away from Bush as progressive votes from Kerry. But, as com...
Apr 1, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sean Hannity’s Sense of Humor Sean Hannity’s Sense of Humor
As the editor of a magazine with one of America's greatest humorists-- Calvin Trillin--I love a good joke. But there's a time and a place for humor. President Bush's joke about ...
Mar 31, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Children Soldiers The Children Soldiers
I recently received the letter below. It's so moving, powerful and illustrative of the situation of many young US soliders in Iraq that I thought it was worth sharing. I am grate...
Mar 30, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Let the Franken Reign Begin! Let the Franken Reign Begin!
Conservatives used to have all the fun. Many years ago, right-wingers managed to use one-liners and political spoofs to skewer liberals as out of touch with mainstream American v...
Mar 25, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Letter From Moscow Letter From Moscow
Uncle Sam hovered over the small crowd of 200 protesters gathered in Moscow today to mark the first anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq. The papier mache puppet--with dollar s...
Mar 20, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel