Betsy Reed

Executive Editor

Betsy Reed is the executive editor of The Nation. She and Nation senior editor Richard Kim co-edited the New York Times bestseller Going Rouge: Sarah Palin–An American Nightmare.

She is also the editor of Unnatural Disaster: The Nation on Hurricane Katrina, a collection of the magazine’s coverage of the storm and its aftermath published by Nation Books on the hurricane’s one-year anniversary, and of the anthology Nothing Sacred: Women Respond to Religious Fundamentalism and Terror, published by Nation Books in 2003.

FeminismMarch 23, 2015

Spreading Feminism Far and Wide

Straight talk about essentialism, sexism, leaning in and speaking out.

Betsy Reed and Katha Pollitt
CitiesFebruary 12, 2014

How Universal Pre-K Could Redistribute Wealth—Right Here, Right Now

The case for Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plan does not actually require copious amounts of data on long-term educational outcomes.

Betsy Reed
CitiesDecember 27, 2013

How Bill de Blasio Changed the Conversation About Education

In the Bloomberg era, the woes of wealthy parents eclipsed those of everyone else. Now we’re talking about what most families are up against.

Betsy Reed
Drug War and Drug PolicyOctober 23, 2013

Have You Ever Met ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán?—and Seven Other Questions for Anabel Hernández

Braving the wrath of traffickers and government officials, Mexican journalist Anabel Hernández has exposed the corruption at the heart of the drug war. She talked to The Nation’s Betsy Reed.

Betsy Reed
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Political FiguresJanuary 22, 2013

What Obama’s Inaugural Address Got Wrong About Poverty

It makes no sense to suggest that a poor child could ever have “the same chance to succeed as anybody else.”

Betsy Reed
Election 2012September 5, 2012

The GOP’s Welfare Lie

Let’s at least set the record straight.

Betsy Reed
Economic PolicyAugust 30, 2012

The Lies Republicans Tell About Obama and Welfare

Let’s at least set the record straight.

Betsy Reed
Election 2012February 1, 2012

Newt vs. Mitt

How can it be that a party with nearly limitless financial resources has such paltry human resources?

Betsy Reed
January 27, 2012

Newt vs. Mitt

How can it be that a party with nearly limitless financial resources has such paltry human resources?

Betsy Reed
CongressDecember 15, 2011

Occupy the Safety Net

Republicans in Congress are quietly killing the provisions of Obama’s stimulus act that have kept millions out of poverty.

Betsy Reed

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Betsy Reed

Executive Editor

FeminismMarch 23, 2015

Straight talk about essentialism, sexism, leaning in and speaking out.

CitiesFebruary 12, 2014

The case for Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plan does not actually require copious amounts of data on long-term educational outcomes.

CitiesDecember 27, 2013

In the Bloomberg era, the woes of wealthy parents eclipsed those of everyone else. Now we’re talking about what most families are up against.

Drug War and Drug PolicyOctober 23, 2013

Braving the wrath of traffickers and government officials, Mexican journalist Anabel Hernández has exposed the corruption at the heart of the drug war. She talked to The Nation’s Betsy Reed.

The stakes are higher now than ever. Get The Nation in your inbox.

Political FiguresJanuary 22, 2013

It makes no sense to suggest that a poor child could ever have “the same chance to succeed as anybody else.”

Election 2012September 5, 2012

Let’s at least set the record straight.

Economic PolicyAugust 30, 2012

Let’s at least set the record straight.

Election 2012February 1, 2012

How can it be that a party with nearly limitless financial resources has such paltry human resources?

January 27, 2012

How can it be that a party with nearly limitless financial resources has such paltry human resources?

CongressDecember 15, 2011

Republicans in Congress are quietly killing the provisions of Obama’s stimulus act that have kept millions out of poverty.