Democracy & Government

The importance of democracy and politics in our daily lives is a driving force behind our journalism, whether it’s an ongoing examination of the political engineering of inequality or exposing the revolving door of power and influence that spins individuals in and out of jobs in the public and private sectors. Below are a variety of programs and interviews that illustrate democratic principles and the ways in which they’ve come under fire and been defended. Be inspired, encouraged, and alarmed… but mostly be aware.

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FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2008 file photo, a mountaintop removal mining site at Kayford Mountain, W.Va. with Coal River Mountain, left, in the background. Environmental activists gained more momentum this year than in the past decade against the destructive, uniquely Appalachian form of strip mining known as mountaintop removal. But they have yet to mobilize the millions of supporters they want. (AP Photo/Jeff Gentner, File)
Rise Up or Die
May 20, 2013 | Perspectives
Chris Hedges writes that we must either defy the corporate state or accept our extinction as a species. He believes rebellion is the only way to remain fully human.
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Enabling Greed Makes U.S. Sick
May 20, 2013 | On Democracy

Bill Moyers and Michael Winship say runaway corporate greed — enabled by our government — undermines vital safety protections for Americans. Continue reading

A sign for Wall Street is displayed on the side of building near the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, March 4, 2013. Uncertainty over the outcome of a budget battle in Washington pushed world stock markets lower on Monday. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Fighting Poverty Through Wall Street Accountability
May 19, 2013 | Perspectives
Greg Kaufmann speaks with labor union organizer Stephen Lerner about the intersection between poverty and Wall Street accountability.
Robert Reich talking about the hollowing-out of government.
The Hollowing-Out of Government
May 19, 2013 | Perspectives

Robert Reich explains why reducing, de-funding and disabling government agencies and programs hurts the American people in the long run (and why Republicans won’t stop doing it). Continue reading

In a Tuesday, June 5, 2012 photo, Lt. Sam Greenaway, right, looks at side scan sonar data along with survey tech Dvid Moehl, left, aboard the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration research ship Ferdinand R. Hassler in Norfolk, Va. The federal research vessel that will help update nautical charts on the East Coast will be commissioned Friday June 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Blinding Us From Science
May 18, 2013 | Q&A

The director of the Center for Science and Democracy says scientific research is a core part of our democracy that is under threat from corporations and sequestration cuts. Dr. Andrew Rosenberg, the Center’s director, explains how industry manipulates and undermines scientific research, and the challenges scientists face in the digital age. Continue reading

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Sheila Krumholz and Danielle Brian on How Money Rules Washington
May 17, 2013 | Moyers & Company

The heads of two independent watchdog groups discuss their efforts to scrutinize special interest money going into political pockets. Continue reading

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Why the DOJ’s AP Action Threatens Press Freedom
May 16, 2013 | Perspectives
The executive director of the Project on Government Oversight says the AP case marks a new frontier in government overreach.
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“Snuggly the Security Bear”
May 16, 2013 | Cartoons

Snuggly the Security Bear is working with the Department of Justice and Eric Holder. See what they’ve been up to lately as they fight press freedom– er, terrorism. Continue reading

Poll worker Eric Carr, background center, watches a technician for the New York City Board of Elections clear a paper jam in a ballot scanner as voters wait to scan their ballots, at a school in New York's Harlem neighborhood, Nov. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
The Link Between Mass Incarceration and Voter Turnout
May 15, 2013 | Smart Charts

A new study contends that the percentage of black males who voted is even higher than the Census reported. Voter turnout figures look a lot different when you take felony convictions into account. Continue reading

"The Destruction of Tea at Boston Harbor" by Nathaniel Currier, a lithograph depicting the 1773 Boston Tea Party shows how some colonists disguised themselves as Native Americans. In this scandal, the IRS was looking for political operatives disguised as tea partiers. (Wikicommons)
The Taxman and the Tea Party
May 15, 2013 | Money & Politics

The revelation that a Cincinnati IRS field office was targeting conservative social welfare organizations for special scrutiny has generated more outrage than even the IRS is used to receiving. Continue reading

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