New techniques in districting allow legislators to essentially pick their voters, instead of the other way around. And in 2010, Republicans in several states redrew maps that guaranteed victory.

It has been a long held tradition in American politics that every 10 years, the party in control of state houses would use gerrymandering to redraw districts in their favor for the next election. But in 2010, something different happened.

With campaign spending over seven times what it was at this point in 2012, these mid-term elections are shaping up to be the darkest in a long time.

What little power the government still has to regulate campaign finance donations is being eroded by funding cutbacks, intimidation and bureaucracy.

Three years ago, a Supreme Court case, the US Census and anti-Obama backlash set the course for an all-out assault on women's fundamental freedoms.

Special interest groups are pouring millions into state judge elections, hoping to tip the scales of justice on key issues.

Salon's Alex Seitz-Wald points out that almost everything "reported" about the big IRS scandal was wrong, and yet no one has been held accountable.

The academic and political activist will talk about the corrupting influence of money on politics and how to take our democracy back from the billionaires.

Los Angeles Times journalist Matea Gold talks to Michael Winship about her efforts to investigate Washington's money trail.

A new report finds that many local TV stations selling airtime to dark money groups for political ads are not following the FCC disclosure requirements.