Katrina vanden Heuvel
| Katrina vanden Heuvel | |
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Katrina vanden Heuvel, 2011
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October 7, 1959 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Princeton University |
| Occupation | Editor, publisher and entrepreneur |
| Spouse(s) | Stephen F. Cohen (m. 1988) |
| Children | Nicola (b. 1991) |
| Parent(s) | Jean Stein and William vanden Heuvel |
| Relatives | Jules and Doris Stein (maternal grandparents) |
Katrina vanden Heuvel (/ˈvændənhuːvəl/; born October 7, 1959) is an American editor and publisher. She is the editor, publisher, and part-owner of the liberal / progressive magazine The Nation. She has been the magazine's editor since 1995. She is a frequent commentator on numerous political television programs. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Vanden Heuvel was born in New York City, the daughter of Jean Stein, an heiress, best-selling author, and editor of the literary journal Grand Street, and William vanden Heuvel, an attorney, former US ambassador, member of John F. Kennedy's administration, businessman, and author. She has one sister and two step-siblings. Her maternal grandparents were Music Corporation of America founder Jules C. Stein and Doris Babbette Jones (originally Jonas). Through her maternal grandmother, vanden Heuvel is a distant cousin of actor and comedian George Jessel. Her mother is of Jewish descent and her father is of Dutch and Belgian ancestry.
Vanden Heuvel graduated from the Trinity School in 1977. She studied politics and history at Princeton University. During her undergraduate years, she served as an editor and eventually as editor-in-chief of the Nassau Weekly, a school publication, and had an internship at National Lampoon magazine in 1978. vanden Heuvel wrote her senior thesis on McCarthyism, and graduated summa cum laude from Princeton in 1981, after which she worked as a production assistant at ABC for two years.
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