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.

High Time for a Robin Hood Tax

High Time for a Robin Hood Tax High Time for a Robin Hood Tax

A properly implented FTT can benefit the economy from top to bottom.

Feb 19, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The Comcast/Time Warner Merger Doesn’t Pass the Smell Test

The Comcast/Time Warner Merger Doesn’t Pass the Smell Test The Comcast/Time Warner Merger Doesn’t Pass the Smell Test

The merger doesn’t just impact the marketplace of cable; it threatens the marketplace of ideas.

Feb 18, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Want to Know What NAFTA Teaches Us About the TPP Fight?

This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Want to Know What NAFTA Teaches Us About the TPP Fight? This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Want to Know What NAFTA Teaches Us About the TPP Fight?

It was clear then, as it is now, that "free-trade" agreements are disasters for workers and the environment.

Feb 15, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

For Pussy Riot Members, No More Taking Freedom for Granted

For Pussy Riot Members, No More Taking Freedom for Granted For Pussy Riot Members, No More Taking Freedom for Granted

They are using their fame, however sudden and unexpected, to champion prison reform in Russia, the United States and around the world.

Feb 11, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The Long Battle for Progressive, Humane Immigration Reform

This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The Long Battle for Progressive, Humane Immigration Reform This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The Long Battle for Progressive, Humane Immigration Reform

It’s worth recalling that on the issue of immigration, as on much else, there is little new under the sun.

Feb 8, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Tom Perkins and the Guilt of the Gilded

Tom Perkins and the Guilt of the Gilded Tom Perkins and the Guilt of the Gilded

Perkins’s ignorant comments reflect a spreading disquiet among the super-rich that populist attitudes may be getting out of control. 

Feb 4, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The ‘Dreadfully Increasing Slaughter’ of NYC Pedestrians, 100 Years Ago

This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The ‘Dreadfully Increasing Slaughter’ of NYC Pedestrians, 100 Years Ago This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The ‘Dreadfully Increasing Slaughter’ of NYC Pedestrians, 100 Years Ago

In February 1914, an editorial warned against allowing a small, privileged driving minority to jeopardize the lives of everyone else.

Feb 1, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The Promise of Transpartisanship

The Promise of Transpartisanship The Promise of Transpartisanship

A reactionary shift toward bipartisanship—toward an anodyne centrism—isn’t the solution.

Jan 28, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Celebrating Pete Seeger

Celebrating Pete Seeger Celebrating Pete Seeger

For his 90th birthday, a rollicking celebration at Madison Square Garden paid tribute to the extraordinary activist musician.

Jan 28, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

This Week in ‘Nation’ History: ‘Dr. Strangelove’ as ‘a Cold Blade of Scorn Against the Spectator’s Throat’

This Week in ‘Nation’ History: ‘Dr. Strangelove’ as ‘a Cold Blade of Scorn Against the Spectator’s Throat’ This Week in ‘Nation’ History: ‘Dr. Strangelove’ as ‘a Cold Blade of Scorn Against the Spectator’s Throat’

Robert Hatch’s conflicted review of Stanley Kubrick’s great satire, released fifty years ago this week.

Jan 25, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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