Katrina vanden Heuvel

Editorial Director and Publisher

@KatrinaNation

Katrina vanden Heuvel is editorial director and publisher of The Nation, America’s leading source of progressive politics and culture. She served as editor of the magazine from 1995 to 2019.

To Get Back at Russia, the GOP Is Playing Games With Nuclear Safety

To Get Back at Russia, the GOP Is Playing Games With Nuclear Safety To Get Back at Russia, the GOP Is Playing Games With Nuclear Safety

The world just became a lot less safe.

May 8, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Healing the Rot at the Heart of the Criminal Justice System

Healing the Rot at the Heart of the Criminal Justice System Healing the Rot at the Heart of the Criminal Justice System

As reforms have caused incarceration rates to fall and the sky has not fallen with it, Americans are increasingly supportive of such measures. 

May 7, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The Most Popular Tax in History Has Real Momentum

The Most Popular Tax in History Has Real Momentum The Most Popular Tax in History Has Real Momentum

The visible success of the European Financial Transaction (a k a Robin Hood) tax should boost efforts to build support for such a tax in the US. 

May 5, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Here’s What John Steinbeck Would Have Thought of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers

This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Here’s What John Steinbeck Would Have Thought of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Here’s What John Steinbeck Would Have Thought of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers

For seventy-five years, industry has tried to paint organized workers as "red agitators."

May 1, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Cold War Against Russia—Without Debate

Cold War Against Russia—Without Debate Cold War Against Russia—Without Debate

The Obama administration’s decision to isolate Russia, in a new version of “containment,” has met with virtually unanimous support from the political and media es...

May 1, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel and Stephen F. Cohen

What Cliven Bundy Learned From the Koch Brothers

What Cliven Bundy Learned From the Koch Brothers What Cliven Bundy Learned From the Koch Brothers

The real “takers” are the biggest corporations and banks, the richest Americans.

Apr 29, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Elizabeth Warren Wants to Give Students a Fighting Chance

Elizabeth Warren Wants to Give Students a Fighting Chance Elizabeth Warren Wants to Give Students a Fighting Chance

Forty percent of households headed by someone under the age of thirty-five are saddled with student debt, unable to buy homes, raise families and secure their futures.  

Apr 23, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Time to Return Earth Day to its Radical Origins

This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Time to Return Earth Day to its Radical Origins This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Time to Return Earth Day to its Radical Origins

The most important day to advocate for the Earth is not April 22nd, but April 23rd.

Apr 23, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Earth Day’s Founding Father

Earth Day’s Founding Father Earth Day’s Founding Father

As a student and politician and activist, Gaylord Nelson kept his eyes open. 

Apr 22, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Here’s the Backstory on Marx and Marxism in Our Pages

This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Here’s the Backstory on Marx and Marxism in Our Pages This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Here’s the Backstory on Marx and Marxism in Our Pages

The substance and tone of Nation articles on Marxism have tended to shift with the larger political, cultural and economic tides.

Apr 18, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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