On Democracy
“On Democracy” is a collection of essays by Michael Winship that address issues integral to American life, politics and culture. They’ll be focusing much of their attention on money’s corrosive influence on government and politics: who’s spending big bucks on contributions and lobbying — and to whom it’s going, as well as the monster impact of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision that unleashed vast — and often anonymous — corporate and special interest dollars.
February 23, 2012A monologist takes on America's consumer-driven lust for i-products, and the human toll taken by their manufacture.
February 13, 2012Meet the highest bidders for the best government money can buy.
January 30, 2012Wall Street billionaires are partying like it's 1899.
January 23, 2012The revolving door between government service and big money hurls politics and high finance together so completely it’s impossible to tell one from the other.
January 17, 2012Decrying income inequality isn't "class warfare" -- and it matters to us all.
January 5, 2012Bill and Michael share some modern-day lessons from legendary artist Woody Guthrie
