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.
June 10, 2013Michael Winship explains how even when baseball players, owners and stadiums win, hard-working concession workers lose.
May 29, 2013Michael Winship says America's celebration of profit runs roughshod over our interest in fairness and justice.
May 20, 2013Bill Moyers and Michael Winship say runaway corporate greed -- enabled by our government -- undermines vital safety protections for Americans.
May 13, 2013As The Great Gatsby movie opens, Michael Winship remembers the last, strange chapter of the Fitzgerald story.
May 10, 2013Drop your weapons and celebrate that we live in a country where peaceful change is still possible.
May 3, 2013If we're truly poised for change in the fight against gun violence, it's time to push harder than ever.
April 26, 2013It's become clear that Congress rarely has the voter in mind at all, unless that voter’s a cash-laden heavy hitter.
April 10, 2013In 1967, the civil rights leader spoke of a society in which the chasm between rich and poor is tragically wide and deep. Sound familar?
March 8, 2013Michael Winship connects the dots between our new Treasury secretary and a famed Cayman Islands investment sanctuary.
February 26, 2013People who jump between representing and regulating the same industry earn our distrust -- and our continued scrutiny.
