“This country needs to take a deep breath. We are a strong, resilient nation. And the idea that the Russians hacked our election needs to be investigated. There is very little evidence at that moment except for the DNC servers.” NeedsLittlesIdeasCountryMomentsStrongNationsEvidenceBreathsElectionThat MomentResilientDeep BreathServerTake A Deep BreathHacked Author:Katrina vanden Heuvel
“We are seeing a working-class, a middle class, which over the last three decades has seen their wages and income stagnate, while the very rich have seen their tax burden lighten in ways not seen in three or four decades. It's a face of a country that we need to look at and understand that inequality is perhaps the greatest threat to our economic recovery and democracy, and in that context we must take action.” CountryActionDemocracyRichEconomicTaxesThreatBurdenRecoveryInequalityMiddle Class Author:Katrina vanden Heuvel
“On issue after issue, the polls - and these are not snapshot polls; these are polls over a consistent period of time - show that most Americans share what one could call core liberal or progressive values: investment in health care and education over tax cuts; fair trade over free trade; corporate accountability over deregulation; environmental protection over laissez-faire policies; defending Social Security and Medicare over privatizing them; raising the minimum wage over eliminating it. The country prefers progressive alternatives to the failed policies of the conservative right.” CountryShowsCareValuesSocialIssuesCuttingShareSecurityPolicyHealthPeriodsTaxesFairsTradeInvestmentEnvironmentalConservativeProtectionCoreAlternativesHealth CareCorporateConsistentAccountabilityProgressiveMinimumSocial SecurityPollsMedicareMinimum WageTax CutsEliminatingFree TradeEnvironmental ProtectionLaissez FaireSnapshotsDeregulationFair Trade Author:Katrina vanden Heuvel
“I think people are too often misinformed and, in some cases, deceived. We don't have a full marketplace of ideas in this country that in any way reflects the broad, real range of ideas.” PeopleThinkingWayIdeasRealCountryCasesMediaRangeBroadsDeceivedMarketplace Author:Katrina vanden Heuvel
