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.
August 21, 2014News coverage of Michael Brown's death in Missouri is proof once more of social media's power and the necessity of an Open Internet.
August 8, 2014Moyers & Company's senior writer reflects on the week President Nixon resigned, and what America has since forgotten about Watergate.
July 22, 2014In its official 2014 platform for Texas, the GOP has gone for the chimerical bucket list of the extreme right instead of trying out real solutions to address real problems.
July 14, 2014A nostalgic London trip for fun reminds our senior writer that the power of money in politics corrupts both our democracies.
June 30, 2014Insider information passed between Washington and Wall Street helps the already-powerful at our expense.
May 31, 2014The same story unfolds around each new mass shooting. When will the cycle be broken?
May 25, 2014The Memorial Day holiday makes the news of abuses and preventable deaths in the veterans medical system even more poignant.
May 2, 2014 | Updated July 16, 2014Speak up. You have a chance to tell both President Obama and the FCC what you think, so that the will of the people, not the power of money and predatory interests, is heard.
April 29, 2014Our tax dollars are subsidizing both the fast-food workers who need the help and the companies' CEOs who don’t.
April 21, 2014An increasing body of research shows the government serves only the wealthy. When money talks and you have none, how can you believe in democracy?
