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  • Democracy & Government
    What a California Refinery Town Can Teach America
    December 13, 2016
    | Kathy Kiely
    A soon-to-be-published book by a longtime labor organizer chronicles how a grass-roots democracy movement overcame corporate money.
  • Money & Politics
    This Week in Political Money
    July 7, 2016
    | John Light
    Our weekly roundup of money we're following.
  • Race, Gender and Money in Politics
    August 20, 2015
    | Donovan Ramsey
    Former Ohio Secretary of State candidate Nina Turner opens up about the 'cash ceiling' women, candidates of color face.
  • The Path to Freedom From Corruption Goes Through NY State
    March 1, 2015
    | Zephyr Teachout
    Publicly financed elections -- and a return to trust busting -- are key to ending political corruption in the United States.
  • Maine Shows That Publicly Financed Elections Really Can Work
    February 26, 2015
    | Andrew Bossie
    Maine's clean elections worked for several cycles before the Supreme Court got in the way. Now the citizens of Maine are fighting back.
  • Money Talks: Must-Read Stories About Money & Politics
    February 17, 2015
    | Katie Rose Quandt
    The best reporting on the influence of money on our democracy. This week: The fundraising potential of Jeb's surname and a proposal for making small campaign donations tax deductible.
  • Lawrence Lessig's "Moonshot" Plan to Halt Our Slide Toward Plutocracy
    April 25, 2014
    | Joshua Holland
    "We need to interrupt the program, reset the balance and go back to a democracy."
  • NY Disappoints on Campaign Finance Reform
    April 1, 2014
    | Karin Kamp
    The Working Families Party slams Albany for its failure to overhaul New York's system of election funding, calling it a "lost opportunity."
  • Will New York Take the Lead on Clean Elections?
    March 20, 2014
    | Karin Kamp
    Here's what you need to know about the campaign finance reforms New York state is considering to level the political playing field and clean up elections.
  • Watch Lawrence Lessig's TED Talk
    June 11, 2013
    | BillMoyers.com Staff
    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.


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