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 15, 2013Through Washington's revolving door go hundreds of former SEC employees who work with the SEC on behalf of corporations the agency is supposed to regulate.
February 12, 2013Our humanity and rule of law are among the collateral damage caused by U.S. drone strikes.
February 1, 2013The Obama Administration is engaged in a worldwide dragnet of detention and death that raises troubling questions and fervent debate over the fight against terrorism.
January 25, 2013The Senate's gift to biotech firm Amgen is a brazen example of the crony capitalism that erodes our democracy.
January 18, 2013Big businesses are helping to cover the tab for Obama's D.C. bash, but what might they want in return?
January 11, 2013Our economic quick-fixes do little for most of us, but continue to reward those at the top. And yet Wall Street still wants more.
January 4, 2013For many, the cure for gun violence seems to be more guns and bigger profits.
December 31, 2012Accusations and counter-accusations follow the acrimonious exit of the movement's chairman and Tea Party hero Dick Armey.- December 18, 2012Washington influence peddling isn't new, but that doesn't mean the peddlers shouldn't be called out.
December 13, 2012Moyers and Winship say revolving-door politics allows corporate interests to have an upper hand in the close calls that determine public policy.
