Stories by Katrina vanden Heuvel
Katrina vanden Heuvel is editor of The Nation.
Myths will need to be debunked, front groups exposed, and money trails followed.
Posted on May 7, 2009
As we mark the first 100 days of his presidency, it is staggering to consider the enormous challenges President Obama inherited from his predecessor.
Posted on Apr 23, 2009
An unlikely senator takes on the cause of reforming America's overloaded and barbaric jails.
Posted on Feb 16, 2009
President Obama supports a nuclear free world, but he faces a high noon showdown in the form of his own Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates.
Posted on Feb 9, 2009
The appointment of Robert Gates -- a vocal critic of Obama's Iraq withdrawal plan who will undoubtedly shape policy-- is alarming.
Posted on Dec 1, 2008
Our current military budget is almost equal to all of the rest of the world's defense budgets combined. This is unsustainable.
Posted on Nov 19, 2008
Obama needs to be bold with the challenges he faces: a cratering economy, broken healthcare system, two wars, poverty and inequality and much more.
Posted on Nov 9, 2008
A sad tale emerges of willfully arrogant behavior designed to undermine a wise woman's good judgment.
Posted on Oct 11, 2008
Biden, Obama, and the Dems are rallying to escalate the war in Afghanistan. But trading one war for another would be catastrophic.
Posted on Aug 28, 2008
Obama will be the president we want him to be if we mobilize support on the progressive issues and ward off the influence of entrenched interests.
Posted on Aug 18, 2008
America is experiencing a surge of hope -- the time is right to invigorate our damaged democracy and capture greater power for the people.
Posted on Jul 7, 2008
Now that a deal with Burger King has been signed, it's time to go after WalMart, Whole Foods and the other big supermarket chains.
Posted on May 29, 2008
The slave-like conditions in the agriculture industry would shock most Americans.
Posted on Apr 21, 2008
Economic populism is the ticket.
Posted on Feb 15, 2008
One built on the backs of ordinary Americans.
Posted on Feb 6, 2008
The current state of dental care in the United States is horrifying.
Posted on Jan 25, 2008
For now, the race is wide open, and that's a good thing.
Posted on Jan 10, 2008
Can Clinton, Edwards or Obama actually fix our health care system?
Posted on Dec 3, 2007
Connecticut is a key state in an emerging anti-poverty movement.
Posted on Nov 21, 2007
To catch up to where the voters are on energy policy, presidential candidates still have a big gap to close.
Posted on May 21, 2007
Forget flash, Edwards seems to be about substance. He just unveiled a bold energy plan that addresses some of the great challenges of our time.
Posted on Mar 26, 2007
There are ten good bills awaiting passage in Congress that could make a real difference.
Posted on Jan 27, 2007
Anna Politkavskaya's murder may mark the beginning of the end for the free press under Putin.
Posted on Oct 12, 2006
The corruption doesn't just stem from Abramoff and cronies, but from virtually every level of the Republican-dominated Congress.
Posted on Jan 6, 2006
Every week brings new evidence of White House attempts to delegitimize the press's role as a watchdog of government abuse.
Posted on Dec 21, 2005
More principle and less testosterone in the AFL-CIO debates might have halted the storm that's split the labor movement in half.
Posted on Jul 26, 2005
While the alarming list of recruiting abuses has received some needed media attention, it's worth reviewing the extremes to which the military has gone to fill its ranks.
Posted on Jun 23, 2005
Progressives tend the think of video games as warped bloodfests, but some are reimagining them as tools for teaching empathy and cultural literacy.
Posted on Apr 5, 2005
The U.S.-led destruction on the ancient city is one of the most 'reckless acts of cultural vandalism.'
Posted on Mar 25, 2005
While Republicans are busy remaking the nation, they're also remaking the English language.
Posted on Feb 12, 2005
The Bush administration's ten most outrageous scandals – an orgy of fraud, mismanagement and corruption.
Posted on Jan 19, 2005
In awarding the Peace Prize to Waangari Maathai, the Nobel Committee signaled its recognition that peace is not possible without environmental sustainability.
Posted on Oct 12, 2004
Democratic Sen. Zell Miller's speech at the Republican convention is the final stage of his bizarre political transformation.
Posted on Sep 1, 2004
House Majority Leader Tom DeLay is hands-down one of the most corrupt politicians in the United States.
Posted on Jun 29, 2004
Former diplomats and retired military commanders accuse George W. Bush of endangering the nation and call for his defeat in November.
Posted on Jun 17, 2004
Too many politicians--and their campaigns--lack the courage to debate, let alone adopt, big ideas in this country.
Posted on Apr 4, 2004
Bush's foreign policy is gravely endangering any prospect of a meaningful partnership with Russia -- and U.S. national security.
Posted on Apr 18, 2002
If progressives are to oppose Bush's right-wing agenda and take on America's powerful conservative forces, the left needs a new strategy. Here it is.
Posted on Jul 17, 2001
