Katrina vanden Heuvel

Katrina vanden Heuvel is an awesome liberal who was born in New York City, New York on October 7, 1959 to William vanden Heuvel, a member of John F. Kennedy's administration and Jean Stein, editor of "Grand Street", a literary journal

Vanden Heuvel got her start at The Nation as an intern from 1976-1978 before graduating from Trinity School and returned to there in 1984 when she became an assistant editor on foreign affairs. She would become an owner of the magazine as well and blogs there under "Editor's Cut" and writes a column for The Washington Post. She is the editor, publisher, and part-owner of the magazine.

She is married to Stephen F. Cohen and has one daughter, Nika. She's blunt and knows how to tell it like it is as she is a strong liberal.

Books edited by vanden Heuvel

 * Voices of Glasnost: Interviews with Gorbachev's Reformers (1990), co-authored with Stephen F. Cohen (ISBN 0-393-30735-2)
 * A Just Response: The Nation on Terrorism, Democracy, and September 11, 2001 (2002), edited by Katrina vanden Heuvel (ISBN 1-56025-400-9)
 * Taking Back America: And Taking Down the Radical Right (2004), edited by Katrina vanden Heuvel and Robert Borosage (ISBN 1-56025-583-8)
 * Dictionary of Republicanisms: The Indispensable Guide to What They Really Mean When They Say What They Think You Want to Hear (2005) by Katrina vanden Heuvel (ISBN 1-56025-789-X) (ISBN 1-56025-789-X) It's a book full of terms that is very likely code talk Republicans use to push their right-wing agenda!
 * The Change I Believe In: Fighting for Progress in the Age of Obama. New York: Nation Books. 2011. (ISBN 977-1-56858-688-5)