Katrina vanden Heuvel (born October 7, 1959) is an American editor and publisher. She is the editor, publisher, and part-owner of the magazine The Nation. She has been the magazine's editor since 1995. She is a frequent commentator on numerous political television programs.Vanden Heuvel is a self-described liberal and progressive. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.She received Norman Mailer Prize for Distinguished Magazine Publishing in 2014.