Nation Topics - Citizens United | The Nation

The good news is that things have gotten so bad, almost everyone agrees we need to make big changes.

We all know the damage done by corporate money in politics. On January 19, we have the opportunity to do something about it.

From Senate races to state and city referendums, Americans made clear they wanted to limit the corrupting power of corporate money.

In the next four years—and beyond—progressives must create the political space for the president to represent the majority of Americans.

The Wisconsin senate candidate rejects the idea of corporate personhood.

Giving corporations the inalienable right to buy elections.

Since Citizens United, corporations and foreign entities can spend unlimited undisclosed funds on elections. Here's what it looks like.

Thanks to Citizens United, US and foreign corporations can secretly spend millions on political campaigns under the cover of trade associations.

The depressing defeat of the recall suggests that “money power” cannot be easily thwarted, even by determined “people power.”

A former ACLU attorney points out that corporate spending on political campaigns is not “free speech” deserving First Amendment protection.