No. 98 in America · Week of November 9, 2026
Editor and publisher, The Nation
Katrina vanden Heuvel is the publisher and editor of the progressive magazine The Nation.
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Score breakdown
Nine parts, measured fresh each week. This is where Katrina vanden Heuvel's points came from, and the evidence behind each one.
Debate record
Argued at the Munk Debates that capitalism is broken and it is time to try something different.
Vanden Heuvel edited The Nation from 1995 to 2019 and resumed the role in 2025.
She is a frequent political television commentator.
On the record
2019
December 4, 2019
Formal debateLost the audience vote
Against Arthur Brooks and David Brooks · Munk Debates, Toronto
Katrina vanden Heuvel argued for the motion with Yanis Varoufakis. The con side won the audience vote, swinging 2 percent.
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