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.
October 25, 2013The fawning coverage of crony capitalists by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. does America a disservice.
October 17, 2013In a governor’s race between a glad-handing Democrat and a self-righteous Republican, money wins.
October 4, 2013ALEC is pushing the USDA to relax regulations on food safety that keep us from getting sick.
September 30, 2013Mistakes were made and three investigations are ongoing, but ultimately this is a story about how bureaucratic bungling was turned into scandal by right wing politicians.
August 23, 2013Michael Winship describes the Washington, D.C., he first encountered 45 years ago -- a city very different from the one we know today.
August 16, 2013Michael Winship says the only thing worse than a do-nothing Congress is one that yields "to the urgent, seductive whisper of the dollar."
July 29, 2013A stalwart Congress is cutting Western firefighters’ lifelines despite the fact that they are "facing more extreme fire behavior than they have witnessed in their lifetimes.”
July 22, 2013Bill Moyers and Michael Winship reveal how the owners of capital wring even greater wealth from the sweat and sacrifice of workers, deepening America's economic inequality.
June 28, 2013An ATF report revealing that guns are being lost at an alarming rate would be even more alarming if the gun lobby wasn't so intent on keeping you in the dark.
June 24, 2013Nevada’s just one of the states where the heavy hand of the gun lobby slaps down the majority.
