February 17, 2017This week's installment in our series in which we regularly point you to some of the best investigative reporting you might otherwise miss.
February 16, 2017For marginalized communities along the California-Mexico border, projects to gather and share scientific reports are crucial to holding agencies accountable.
December 13, 2016A soon-to-be-published book by a longtime labor organizer chronicles how a grass-roots democracy movement overcame corporate money.
November 4, 2016A theatrical adaptation of Sinclair Lewis' eerily prescient 1935 novel closes Sunday in California.
November 2, 2016Initiatives in California, South Dakota and New Mexico could put key reforms in place.
October 31, 2016Measures to reduce the influence of money on politics could win approval in cities and states across the country Nov. 8.
October 19, 2016Though some states' efforts to suppress voter turnout have been rampant, others are trying to make it easier for citizens to cast ballots on Election Day.
September 30, 2016Thirty percent of rural Americans have substandard housing — and it’s expensive. But these communities are finding ways to give low-income residents homes of their own.
September 30, 2016The watchdog group Public Citizen finds total corporate spending on just eight local measures has topped $139 million.
September 28, 2016Since the founding of the United States, government at every level has tended to make unpopular behavior illegal — and that hasn't always made it stop.
