The California Supreme Court has cleared the way for voters to demand a constitutional amendment to get big money out of politics.

What did the mainstream media ignore this year? Reporters, editors and bloggers highlight stories that didn't get nearly enough attention.

How oil industry lobbyists played the long game — wearing down an overmatched federal bureaucracy to gain access to a fuel-rich corner of the Alaskan wilderness.

The vast inequality they are creating is a death sentence for government by consent of the people. This is the fight of our lives and how it ends is up to us.

Political campaigns, as well as anonymous (and not so anonymous) millionaires and billionaires, are spending more and more on ads to influence the presidential election — and network heads are cheering them on.

The bipartisan budget compromise is a holiday giveaway to the wealthy.

The state with one of the richest progressive traditions has the highest inequality and the most segregated schools, not to mention a tax code that allows hedge funders to get away with murder.

She has a plan that she claims will reform Wall Street — but she’s deflecting responsibility from old friends and donors in the industry.

In a new petition, more than a hundred thousand Americans are asking the president to take action on special-interest money in politics.

The one bipartisan thing on which both Democrats and Republicans agree: at holiday time a little something tucked away in legislation in exchange for campaign largesse is the greatest gift of all.