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.
December 5, 2012Ask the FCC this basic question: What part of NO don’t you understand?
November 12, 2012Senior Writer Michael Winship looks at how the partnership of money and politics played out both during and after the election.
November 5, 2012Senior Writer Michael Winship reminds us -- as Sandy did as well -- why voting indeed matters.
October 19, 2012Not content with just buying American elections, corporate bosses strong-arm their employees to do political work on company time.
October 12, 2012State courts are under siege by the corrupting forces of money and politics, putting justice itself in jeopardy.
October 9, 2012What Congress, the candidates, and all of us can learn from the pleas of Matthew Sitton, a U.S. solider killed in Afghanistan last August.
October 1, 2012Michael Winship reveals how local TV stations are glad to accept campaign cash, but loathe to cover it as news.
September 21, 2012The contempt with which some wealthy Americans privately view those beneath them is actually an old story.
September 13, 2012Bill Moyers and Bernard Weisberger document the Supreme Court's history of supreme power to the present day.
August 30, 2012Bill Moyers and historian Bernard Weisberger review examples of systemic corruption flourishing at the shadowy intersection of money and politics.
