Krist Novoselic: My plan to fix Congress, curb obstruction
Nirvana's former bassist is working to end political dysfunction. Here's his plan to make Congress more accountable
Friday, May 17, 2013 6:32 PM UTC 65Elections nirvana, Electoral reform
Citizens United
Elections nirvana, Electoral reform
Billionaires now own American politics
Unless Citizens United is overturned, 1-percenters will forever determine who we can elect to office
Thursday, May 16, 2013 5:47 PM UTC 35Business TomDispatch.com
The real IRS scandal: Targeting by class
For all the outcry about targeting by ideology, IRS has for years unfairly favored a different group: the rich
Thursday, May 16, 2013 4:09 PM UTCBusiness IRS, Scandal, audit, the rich
Like Watergate never happened
Forty years after Nixon was effectively brought to justice, the public no longer holds its government accountable
Friday, Mar 29, 2013 5:13 PM UTC 48Politics BillMoyers.com, Watergate
Santorum honors his biggest donor with philanthropy award
At CPAC, the failed presidential candidate honors Foster Friess' generosity in funding his campaign
Friday, Mar 15, 2013 5:25 PM UTCPolitics Rick Santorum, CPAC, cpac 2013
Campaign finance reform in the age of Citizens United
All is not lost with the SCOTUS decision. Small-donor public financing can still give candidates a fair chance
Tuesday, Mar 5, 2013 7:06 PM UTCElections Next New Deal
Report: SCOTUS naive on super PACs
New data destroys Court's notion that independent spending would be restricted from coordination or quid pro quo
Tuesday, Mar 5, 2013 5:50 PM UTCPolitics Supreme Court, Super PACs
Court won’t hear campaign contributions appeal
The Supreme Court declined to review the ban on corporate campaign contributions in federal elections
Monday, Feb 25, 2013 3:50 PM UTCPolitics Supreme Court, Campaign Finance
Court will hear campaign donation limits appeal
The Supreme Court will hear a challenge to laws limiting how much an individual can donate to political campaigns
Tuesday, Feb 19, 2013 4:32 PM UTCPolitics Supreme Court, Campaign Finance
America’s first progressive revolution
A century ago, a backlash against concentrated wealth and power pushed Congress to forge a graduated income tax
Monday, Feb 4, 2013 1:10 PM UTCBusiness Teddy Roosevelt, Income Tax
Conservative groups take on Hagel nomination
Anonymous right-wingers want to derail the president's choice to head the Defense Department
Sunday, Jan 27, 2013 6:15 PM UTCNews Campaign Finance
10 biggest beneficiaries of Citizens United
A new report reveals the decision enabled an extra $1 billion in special interest funding in the 2012 election
Sunday, Jan 20, 2013 2:00 PM UTCPolitics AlterNet, Citizens United
Dark money helped Democrats hold a key Senate seat
Montana's election reveals that the GOP isn't the only party benefiting from Citizens United
Saturday, Dec 29, 2012 7:00 PM UTC 10Politics ProPublica, Dark Money, Montana
Progressive victories you may have missed in 2012
Some of the progressive movement's biggest wins came in campaigns that had no candidates whatsoever
Friday, Dec 28, 2012 5:49 PM UTCPolitics AlterNet, Progressivism, Colorado
Four huge corporate power grabs possibly worse than Citizens United
These court cases offer a chilling reminder how close America has come to becoming an outright plutocracy
Sunday, Dec 9, 2012 2:00 PM UTC 10Politics AlterNet, Religious Freedom
British Petroleum isn’t a criminal
Its negligence was appalling, yes, but corporations aren't people -- and they shouldn't be punished collectively
Friday, Nov 16, 2012 7:47 PM UTC 21All Salon Business, Citizens United
Election 2012: Everything wrong with Citizens United
The obscene sums of money both parties poured into their campaigns is a haunting presage of things to come
Monday, Nov 12, 2012 11:35 PM UTCPolitics Mitt Romney, Barack Obama
Everyone hates Citizens United
A new poll shows the vast majority of Americans think there's too much money in politics
Thursday, Oct 25, 2012 2:45 PM UTCPolitics Campaign Finance
NYPD block off whole JPMorgan building to arrest three teens
High school students staged a small sit-in to demand the bank reveal political expenditures
Wednesday, Oct 24, 2012 5:24 PM UTCNews Corruption, Protest
Campaign finance reform wins in Montana
The Supreme Court takes a pass on how much political givers can spend, ending a campaign finance saga
Wednesday, Oct 24, 2012 6:10 AM UTCPolitics Supreme Court, Campaign Finance
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