American writer, editor, publisher, activist

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Katrina vanden Heuvel

<p><b>Katrina vanden Heuvel</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt"><a href="/en/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English" class="wl">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span>ˈ</span><span>v</span><span>æ</span><span>n</span><span>d</span><span>ən</span><span>h</span><span>uː</span><span>v</span><span>əl</span></span>/</a></span></span>; born October 7, 1959) is an American editor and publisher. She is the publisher, part-owner, and former editor of the <a href="/en/Progressivism_in_the_United_States" title="Progressivism in the United States" class="wl">progressive</a> magazine <i><a href="/en/The_Nation_(U.S._periodical)" title="The Nation (U.S. periodical)" class="mw-redirect wl">The Nation</a></i>.  She was the magazine's editor from 1995 to 2019, when she was succeeded by <a href="/en/D._D._Guttenplan" title="D. D. Guttenplan" class="wl">D. D. Guttenplan</a>. She is often a <a href="/en/Pundit" title="Pundit" class="wl">commentator</a> on political television programs. Vanden Heuvel is a member of the <a href="/en/Council_on_Foreign_Relations" title="Council on Foreign Relations" class="wl">Council on Foreign Relations</a>, a US nonprofit think tank. She is a recipient of the <a href="/en/Norman_Mailer_Prize" title="Norman Mailer Prize" class="wl">Norman Mailer Prize</a>.</p>

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mobile-collapse-element"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn" style="display:inline">Katrina vanden Heuvel</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size"><a href="/en/File:Katrina_vanden_Heuvel_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:Katrina_vanden_Heuvel_01.jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Katrina_vanden_Heuvel_01.jpg/220px-Katrina_vanden_Heuvel_01.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="621" data-file-height="600" data-file-type="bitmap" height="213" width="220" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Katrina_vanden_Heuvel_01.jpg/330px-Katrina_vanden_Heuvel_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Katrina_vanden_Heuvel_01.jpg/440px-Katrina_vanden_Heuvel_01.jpg 2x" alt="Katrina_vanden_Heuvel_01.jpg"></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">vanden Heuvel in Seattle, 2011</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1959-10-07</span>) </span>October 7, 1959<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age<span>&nbsp;</span>63)</span><br><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace">New York City, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Alma<span>&nbsp;</span>mater</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Princeton_University" title="Princeton University" class="wl">Princeton University</a> (A.B.)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupations</th><td class="infobox-data role"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output 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Cohen" class="wl">Stephen F. Cohen</a></div>
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Katrina vanden Heuvel is an American editor and publisher. She is the publisher, part-owner, and former editor of the progressive magazine The Nation.  She was the magazine's editor from 1995 to 2019, when she was succeeded by D. D. Guttenplan. She is often a commentator on political television programs. Vanden Heuvel is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a US nonprofit think tank. She is a recipient of the Norman Mailer Prize. 