The Editors | The Nation

Forcing the Komen reversal was huge—but it was a campaign born of outrage, not ambitious vision.

But Washington won't follow through unless the grassroots insurgency of Wisconsin and Occupy grows.

We need a constitutional amendment to stem the flood of corporate money that’s poisoning our democracy.

Those clamoring for big cuts shouldn’t expect much, if anything, to change this year.

Awash in Super PAC money, defined by negative TV ads, degraded by dumbed-down media and poisoned by voter suppression—this is not what democracy looks like.

The president has started talking like a populist. It took the Occupy movement to make him do it.

In contrast to Obama’s go-easy approach, officials like Eric Schneiderman and Martha Coakley are insisting on vigorous prosecution of bankers.

Gingrich, the champion of child labor, has risen to the top of a GOP field so extreme it would scare Goldwater and Reagan.

Bloomberg's raid on Occupy Wall Street was, above all, a cowardly act. But Occupy will live on with or without Liberty Square.

The vast majority of Americans want Congress to focus on jobs. So why is it still focused on deficit reduction—and making key budget decisions in secret?