Katrina vanden Heuvel

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Katrina vanden Heuvel has been The Nation's editor since 1995 and publisher since 2005.

She is the co-editor of Taking Back America--And Taking Down The Radical Right (NationBooks, 2004) and, most recently, editor of The Dictionary of Republicanisms, (NationBooks, 2005)

She is also co-editor (with Stephen F. Cohen) of Voices of Glasnost: Interviews with Gorbachev's Reformers (Norton, 1989) and editor of The Nation: 1865-1990, and the collection A Just Response: The Nation on Terrorism, Democracy and September 11, 2001.

She is a frequent commentator on American and international politics on MSNBC, CNN and PBS. Her articles have appeared in The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times and The Boston Globe.

Her weblog for thenation.com is "Editor's Cut."

She is a recipient of Planned Parenthood's Maggie Award for her article, "Right-to-Lifers Hit Russia." The special issue she conceived and edited, "Gorbachev's Soviet Union," was awarded New York University's 1988 Olive Branch Award. Vanden Heuvel was also co-editor of Vyi i Myi, a Russian-language feminist newsletter.

She has received awards for public service from numerous groups, including The Liberty Hill Foundation, The Correctional Association and The Association for American-Russian Women. In 2003, she received the New York Civil Liberties Union's Callaway Prize for the Defense of the Right of Privacy. She is also the recipient of The American-Arab Anti-discrimination Committee's 2003 "Voices of Peace" award. Vanden Heuvel is a member of The Council on Foreign Relations, and she also serves on the board of The Institute for Women's Policy Research, The Institute for Policy Studies, The World Policy Institute, The Correctional Association of New York and The Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute.

She is a summa cum laude graduate of Princeton University, and she lives in New York City with her husband and daughter.

Currently

  • Moving Obama

    November 25, 2008

    Progressives need to be as clear-eyed, tough and pragmatic about Obama as he is about us.

  • Obama's Dream Team

    November 5, 2008

    A fantasy lineup of progressive advisors to help the next president end war, repair alliances and rebuild the economy.

  • America Needs a New New Deal

    September 27, 2008

    We should apply FDR's principles of relief, reform and reconstruction to our current financial crisis.

  • Blood in the Caucasus

    August 13, 2008

    It's time for the US to dissolve its cold war military alliances and develop realistic new policies toward Russia.

  • Progressives in the Obama Moment

    August 13, 2008

    Here's how progressives can ensure Obama's success.

  • Solzhenitsyn's Life and Our Times

    August 6, 2008

    Despite the controversies he aroused in the West and in Russia, Solzhenitsyn remains above all else a writer who bore witness to Soviet society's long-censored suffering.

  • Woman in the House

    July 29, 2008

    House Speaker Nancy Pelosi talks about politics, sexism, impeachment, Obama, and her own personal VP pick.

  • Pushing Limits--and Proud of It

    July 15, 2008

    The Nation has a long history of publishing images even some of our staunchest fans find offensive. Just ask our cartoonists.

  • Democracy on the Net

    July 1, 2008

    An online guide to organizations working to build a more perfect union.

  • Just Democracy

    July 1, 2008

    Progressives need to drive a bold new agenda to invigorate democracy and capture greater power for the people

  • A Misunderstanding on Iraq

    March 26, 2008

    Progressives who support Barack Obama must use the primary race help shape his policies on Iraq.

  • Nation Editor Comments on Spitzer Scandal

    March 13, 2008

    On MSNBC's Morning Joe, Nation editor and publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel talks about the Spitzer scandal and what it means for New York.

  • What Makes Ralph Run

    March 5, 2008

    Ralph Nader explains the reasons why he must run in 2008. They haven't changed since 2004.

  • Obama vs. Clinton--What Now?

    February 13, 2008

    Nation editor and publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel debates Pat Buchanan on the cost of war, and why The Nation supports Barack Obama.

2007

  • VideoNation: The Cost of War

    November 15, 2007

    Democratic candidates need to make the war as a campaign issue, and hammer away at the staggering economic and human, costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

  • Alaska Warms to The Nation

    October 31, 2007

    In this cut from Blue Man/Red State, a documentary on Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson, Juneau peace activists give Nation Editor Katrina vanden Heuvel a warm welcome and a helping hand.

  • Cindy Sheehan's Political Ambitions

    August 29, 2007

    A dialogue between the peace activist and The Nation's editor over Sheehan's plan to run for Congress against Representative Nancy Pelosi.

  • The Economy Debates

    August 23, 2007

    Want to know the real differences between the candidates? Listen to what they say about the economy.

  • High Stakes on Health

    June 27, 2007

    Campaign '08 is heading for a great debate: Will individualized plans or a broad public guarantee of coverage replace our broken corporate system?

  • New Energy for America

    May 17, 2007

    Under Bush, the right has failed to address energy independence. Can Democrats rise to the challenge?

  • Yeltsin's (Real) Legacy

    May 2, 2007 Subscribe

    Don't believe the glowing obituaries: Boris Yeltsin's legacy was to de-democratize Russia.

  • Katrina vs. Colbert

    April 10, 2007

    Katrina vanden Heuvel appears on The Colbert Report to debate the host on the question of truthiness and much more.

  • What Really Matters

    February 22, 2007

    Candidates and the media should focus on the real issues facing this country: ending the war and bringing our troops home.

  • War Drums on Iran

    February 16, 2007

    To rein in the President's efforts to provoke a confrontation with Iran, Congress can start by nullifying his authority to wage war.

  • A Message to Congress

    February 7, 2007

    It's time for Congress to stop talking and start moving on Iraq.

  • Bush Isn't Listening

    January 11, 2007

    By ignoring his advisors and the will of the people, Bush is recklessly using American lives to salvage a delusional policy.

  • Top 10 for a More Perfect Union

    January 4, 2007 Subscribe

    Ten good bills await passage that could make a real difference.

2006

  • Morality of the Minimum

    December 16, 2006

    Let Justice Roll deserves credit for mobilizing values voters around minimum wage initiatives.

  • If It's Broke, Fix It...

    December 6, 2006 Subscribe

  • Smithfield Walkout Challenges Agribiz Giant

    November 20, 2006

    Last week's walkout at the Smithfield Packing Company was a significant victory for labor organizers and exploited undocumented workers at the North Carolina plant.

  • Bring Democracy Home

    November 3, 2006

    To repair our broken voting system, declare Election Day a holiday, establish national election standards and require reliable voting machines and a paper trail.

  • Anna Politkovskaya

    October 12, 2006 Subscribe

    The killing of Anna Politkovskaya has rallied her journalistic colleagues and fellow citizens in a way few other recent events have.

  • A Just Response

    September 21, 2006

    The most effective response to terrorism involves nonmilitary actions in cooperation with the global community and within a framework of domestic and international law.

  • A Just Response

    September 10, 2006

    The most effective response to terrorism involves nonmilitary actions in cooperation with the global community and within a framework of domestic and international law.

  • A Politics of the Common Good

    July 12, 2006

    A movement is growing that aims to build a politics of decency and sanity, which speaks to the generosity of the American people. It's not going to be easy, but it's time to rock the boat.

  • Bold Ballot Initiatives

    June 8, 2006 Subscribe

    Progressive organizations are learning to use ballot propositions to promote bold, innovative policy on the minimum wage, renewable energy, stem cell research and voting reform.

  • Constitutional Crisis

    May 4, 2006

  • A Green Salute

    April 27, 2006 Subscribe

    In celebration of Earth Day, The Nation salutes those who took part in the top five environmental victories of the year.

  • $13,700 an Hour

    April 13, 2006

    The Democratic Party needs to reset its moral compass and close the gap between workers' pay and CEO salary by raising the minimum wage.

  • Giving Americans a Raise

    March 23, 2006 Subscribe

    The massive number of Americans who support raising the minimum wage should spur Congress to action.

2005

  • A Year of Sweet Victories

    December 15, 2005 Subscribe

    Among the sweetest victories of 2005: Social Security reform has been blocked, pressure to withdraw from Iraq is growing and progressive activists are making progress on local, state and national issues.

  • Dictionary of Republicanisms

    November 22, 2005

    Compassionate conservativism n. An expensively cultivated phrase created by a decades-old and well-funded Radical Right program of Orwellian doublespeak.

  • Messing With Mother Nature

    September 1, 2005 Subscribe

    Rush Limbaugh would should skip the juvenile hurricane jokes and summon up some genuine empathy for the victims of Hurricane Katrina.

  • Babushkas vs. Putin

    January 20, 2005

  • Annals of Outrage

    January 13, 2005

    The Bush Adminstration's ten biggest scandals.

2004

2003

2002

  • Progressive Blooms

    April 18, 2002

    As long as there is no bold challenge to the extremism of this Administration, it will exploit the tragedy of Sept. 11 in an ever more regressive direction.

  • Endangering US Security

    March 28, 2002

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Podcast

RadioNation with Laura Flanders, 12/15/08
This week: Liberal living coast to coast. A look at the forthcoming "Nation Guide to the Nation," with Katrina vanden Heuvel. Plus: Patty Hearst, and Obama's choice for Secretary of Education. (13mb mp3)

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