A soon-to-be-published book by a longtime labor organizer chronicles how a grass-roots democracy movement overcame corporate money.

Despite transparency about the community "news" site's funding, residents are getting a corporate take on what's news and what isn't.

A retired schoolteacher who bested the corporate bigs offers a lesson on how to turn anger into change.

A city council member from Richmond, California, tells how she and her allies took on big corporate money -- and won.

On Election Day, a small California city took on one of the biggest corporations in America… and declared victory.

The Republican wave of election victories was more about changing the rules of democracy to favor big business and conservative interest groups, than a reflection of the American people's opinions.

The only independent member of the US Senate tells Bill big money’s purchase of political power is a grave threat, and shares his plan to put government back in voters' control.

Michael Winship interviews Mayor Gayle McLaughlin about the oil giant’s expensive campaign to defeat her and other progressive candidates in the small city of Richmond, California.

The independent senator from Vermont urges the citizens of Richmond, California, to stand up to the oil giant and "give hope to people all over America that we can control our destinies."

Historian Peter Dreier explains why Schur is a part of a new wave of grassroots activists changing America.