January 20, 2016In his new book Plutocrats United, election law scholar Rick Hasen argues that the problem isn't that politicians are corrupted by special interests — it's that they have no incentive to pay attention to anyone but the rich.
January 20, 2016When it comes to money in politics, the real problem is not corruption, but inequality.
January 19, 2016Even as fossil fuel companies see the writing on the wall, they're pushing new projects and policy that will keep us polluting for years to come.
January 12, 2016It can be discouraging to realize that it often takes decades to overturn a Supreme Court decision, but one campaign finance reformer says the good news is that we're already 40 years into that struggle.
January 12, 2016In a Q&A, veteran campaign finance reformer Derek Cressman says Americans are becoming increasingly aware that something has to change about the growing amount of money in politics.
January 12, 2016The Washington Post's Dana Milbank writes that arguments before the court yesterday in a case involving unions and money could mean less political clout for working people.
January 11, 2016Right-wing populist candidates have sprung up all over Europe as well as in the US. It's the product of democracy in crisis, says Gary Younge.
January 8, 2016Clone armies, super PAC spawns and Potemkin headquarters. Welcome to the age of the Uncampaign.
January 7, 2016The candidates shaking up both party's primaries, Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump, are not reliant on super PACs in the same way candidates were in other recent federal elections.
January 6, 2016A new book further explores the "red thread" that connects the war on terror, the militarization of America's foreign policy, rising inequality and the dysfunction that plagues our government.
