Katrina vanden Heuvel
Katrina vanden Heuvel is the editorial director and publisher of The Nation magazine,[1] where she served as editor-in-chief between 1995 and 2019, when D. D. Guttenplan succeeded her.[2] Vanden Heuvel has commented on U.S. and global politics on MSNBC,[3] CNN[4] and PBS.[5] Her articles have appeared in The Washington Post, where she writes a weekly column[6] as well as The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times and The Boston Globe. Vanden Heuvel is married to Russian Studies professor Stephen F. Cohen,[7] a contributing editor at The Nation. She is the author of The Change I Believe In: Fighting for Progress in the Age of Obama.
Contents
Political Beliefs
Support of Bernie Sanders
2020 Democratic Primary
As of September 2019, vanden Heuvel has written positive coverage of both highest-polling progressive candidates, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren. In an opinion piece for The Washington Post, vanden Heuvel criticized the media for its coverage of Sanders, saying "Despite the evidence that the Sanders movement is very much alive and has had a profound effect on how issues are being framed in the 2020 race, some in the media seem eager to write him off. That impulse has been manifested in a recent trend of reports that seemed to intentionally play down Sanders’s position in the polls, in some cases by not mentioning him at all. MSNBC has been arguably the worst offender, repeatedly listing Sanders’s name below candidates he’s beating."[8] After Sanders was repeatedly criticized and compared to Donald Trump for his criticism of "corporate media", vanden Heuvel defended him in another Washington Post opinion piece.[9]
2016 Democratic Primary
During the 2016 Democratic primary, vanden Heuvel wrote several pieces favorable to Bernie Sanders, mentioning his fundraising success,[10] advocating for a candidate to support change over continuity,[11] praising him as a "foreign policy realist"[12] and calling him "the realist we should elect."[13] When Clinton's victory over Sanders began appearing inevitable in the spring of 2016, vanden Heuvel wrote articles which welcomed a intra-party debate between Democrats[14] and encouraged Sanders to continue pushing his message until the end of the race.[15] After Clinton's officially secured enough delegates to clinch the nomination, vanden Heuvel continued complimenting Sanders and his movement, claiming he had "started a sea change in Democratic politics",[16] lauding the Democratic party platform he had helped inspire[17] and highlighting the continued fight for a "political revolution".[18]
After Sanders endorsed Clinton, van Heuvel and John Nichols interviewed him for The Nation.[19]
Board Membership
- Brave New Films[20]
- Campaign for America's Future[21]
- Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park[22]
- Institute for Policy Studies, Trustee[23]
- Osborne Association[24]
- Roosevelt Institute[25]
- Type Media Center (formerly The Nation Institute), Trustee[26]
Awards
Note: vanden Heuvel's author pages for The Nation and The Washington Post mention several awards which could not be individually sourced. According to the Washington Post,
"She has received awards for public service from numerous groups — the New York Civil Liberties Union’s Joseph Callaway Prize for the Defense of the Right to Privacy;[27] the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee's Voices of Peace Award; and the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund’s Justice in Action Award. In 2010, she received the Exceptional Woman in Publishing Award. In 2013, she received American Rights at Work’s Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award and the Center for Community Change's Champion in Activism Award. In 2015, she received the Progressive Congress Leadership Award on behalf of her work "creating pathways of success on behalf of progressive causes."[6]
- 2013 National Women’s Political Caucus EMMA Award for Women for Paid Sick Days[28]
Visit The Nation page to view awards the magazine received during vanden Heuvel's tenure there.
Books
Author
- The Change I Believe In: Fighting for Progress in the Age of Obama(2011, Bold Type Books) ISBN 1568586884
Editor
- Dictionary of Republicanisms: The Indispensable Guide to What They Really Mean When They Say What They Think You Want to Hear(2005, Nation Books (now Bold Type Books)) ISBN 156025789X
- Taking Back America: And Taking Down the Radical Right(2004, Nation Books (now Bold Type Books)) ISBN 1560255838
- A Just Response: The Nation on Terrorism, Democracy, and September 11, 2001 (2002, Nation Books (now Bold Type Books)) ISBN 1560254009
- The Nation, 1865-1990: Selections from the Independent Magazine of Politics and Culture(1991, Basic Books) ISBN 1560250232
Education
- B.A. in Politics from Princeton University, summa cum laude[6]
Contact Information
Katrina vanden Heuvel, editorial director and publisher at The Nation magazine
Facebook: /katrina.vandenheuvel
Twitter: @KatrinaNation
Resources and articles
Articles
- "The Nation’s Katrina vanden Heuvel on Obama’s First 100 Days, and His First Foreign Policy Challenge from Russia", DemocracyNow, November 10, 2008.
- John Stauber, The Progressive Movement is a PR Front for Rich Democrats, March 15, 2013, CounterPunch.
Video
- Amy Goodman, Juan González and Katrina vanden Heuvel, Katrina vanden Heuvel: Democrats Must Offer Bold, Progressive Plan While Holding Trump Accountable, Democracy Now!, November 7, 2018, accessed September 16, 2019.</ref>
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References
- ↑ The Nation, Katrina vanden Heuvel, organizational website, accessed September 16, 2019.
- ↑ David Smith, The Nation: oldest weekly magazine in the US names new editor, Guardian, April 10, 2019, accessed September 16, 2019.
- ↑ MSNBC, The importance of a US-Russia relationship, organizational website, December 21, 2015, accessed September 16, 2019.
- ↑ CNN, Clinton's lead shrinks, organizational website, January 28, 2016, accessed September 16, 2019.
- ↑ Katrina vanden Heuvel, "It's time to end the 'war on terror'", PBS, May 2, 2011, accessed September 16, 2019.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Washington Post, Katrina Vanden Heuvel, organizational website, accessed September 16, 2019.
- ↑ Center for Foreign Relations, Russia Update: Is the Reset Working?, organizational website, October 28, 2009, accessed September 16, 2019.
- ↑ Katrina vanden Heuvel, Bernie Sanders’s bold ideas are transforming Democratic politics, Washington Post, July 30, 2019, accessed September 16, 2019.
- ↑ Katrina vanden Heuvel, Bernie Sanders has a smart critique of corporate media bias, Washington Post, August 8, 2019, accessed September 16, 2019.
- ↑ Katrina vanden Heuvel, "Why Bernie Sanders is Beating Fundraising Expectations", Nation, January 5, 2016, accessed September 16, 2019 (subscription needed after five free monthly articles).
- ↑ Katrina vanden Heuvel, "The Economic Dilemma Democrats Face In 2016", Nation, February 23, 2016, accessed September 16, 2019 (subscription needed after five free monthly articles).
- ↑ Katrina vanden Heuvel, "Bernie Sanders, Foreign Policy Realist", Nation, March 8, 2016, accessed September 16, 2019 (subscription needed after five free monthly articles).
- ↑ Katrina vanden Heuvel, "Bernie Sanders Is the Realist We Should Elect", Nation, January 26, 2016, accessed September 16, 2019 (subscription needed after five free monthly articles).
- ↑ Katrina vanden Heuvel, "The Welcome Rebellion In the Democratic Party", Nation, April 12, 2016, accessed September 16, 2019 (subscription needed after five free monthly articles).
- ↑ Katrina vanden Heuvel, "Before 'Unity', Sanders Must Stay In the Fight", Nation, April 26, 2016, accessed September 16, 2019 (subscription needed after five free monthly articles).
- ↑ Katrina vanden Heuvel, "Clinton May Take the Nomination, But Sanders Has Won the Debate", Nation, June 7, 2016, accessed September 16, 2019 (subscription needed after five free monthly articles).
- ↑ Katrina vanden Heuvel, "The Most Progressive Democratic Platform Ever", Nation, July 12, 2016, accessed September 16, 2019 (subscription needed after five free monthly articles).
- ↑ Katrina vanden Heuvel, "The Sanders Movement Is Only Just Beginning", Nation, August 9, 2016, accessed September 16, 2019 (subscription needed after five free monthly articles).
- ↑ Katrina vanden Heuvel and John Nichols, Bernie Sanders: The ‘Nation’ Interview, The Nation, September 20, 2016, accessed September 16, 2019 (subscription needed after five free monthly articles).
- ↑ Brave New Films, Board, organizational website, accessed September 16, 2019.
- ↑ Campaign for America's Future Katrina Vanden Heuval [sic], organizational website, accessed September 16, 2019.
- ↑ Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park, Board of Directors, organizational website, accessed September 16, 2019.
- ↑ Institute for Policy Studies, Staff and Board, organizational website, accessed September 16, 2019.
- ↑ Osborne Association, Board of Directors, organizational website, accessed September 16, 2019.
- ↑ Roosevelt Institute, Board, organizational website, accessed September 16, 2019.
- ↑ Type Media Center, About, organizational website, accessed September 16, 2019.
- ↑ NYCLU, NYCLU Presents 2003 Lasker-Callaway Awards, organizational website, October 8, 2003, accessed September 16, 2019.
- ↑ Katrina vanden Heuvel, "Women for Paid Sick Days", Nation, July 24, 2012, accessed September 16, 2019 (subscription needed to access over five articles per month).
