Best Quote Ever on Citizens United!
By Matthew Rothschild, July 26, 2012 “For a very small percentage of your wealth, we’re going to give you the opportunity to own the United States government….”read more
View ArticleThe Campaign Finance Difference
By Matthew Rothschild, September 5, 2012 In Charlotte, the Dems and Obama favorably consider a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United.read more
View ArticleDems Want Constitutional Amendment to overturn Citizens United
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View ArticleThe Founders Versus the Funders
By Lawrence Lessig, October 2012 issue We must overturn Citizens United and let the People—not big money—choose.read more
View ArticleDark Money’s Dark Role in Wisconsin Races
By Elizabeth DiNovella, September 20, 2012 Dark money, aka undisclosed campaign cash, played a pivotal role in Wisconsin’s recall elections of 2011 and 2012. More than half of the $90.4 million raised...
View ArticleWhat I Won’t Miss After Election Day
By Erik Lorenzsonn, November 3, 2012 I can’t wait to bid adieu to the churlish mud-slinging of Super PAC ads.read more
View ArticleCitizens United and the “Right” to Intimidate Employees on Voting
By Roger Bybee, November 2, 2012 CEOs are using the Supreme Court decision to browbeat their employees about voting for Romney.read more
View ArticleThe Supreme Court’s Push to Lift Campaign Limits
By Matthew Rothschild, February 20, 2013 If it rules against cumulative limits, it will spur the effort to amend the Constitution.read more
View ArticleHow Billionaires Are Buying Our Politics
By Stephen C. Webster, October 9, 2013 Ruth Conniff was on MSNBC’s “The Ed Show” Tuesday night to discuss the dire threat posed to campaign finance reform by the Supreme Court.read more
View ArticleNew IRS Rules Aim to Limit Dark Money in Politics
By Kim Barker, Pro Publica, Nov. 29, 2013 New guidelines change how 'social welfare groups' are allowed to engage in politics.read more
View ArticleFour Ways to Track 'Dark Money' In Your State's Politics
By Andy Kroll, Moyers & Company, Jan. 3, 2014 An investigative reporter's best tips for uncovering the people who pull the strings.read more
View ArticleThere's a New Corporate Cash Pipeline Running to Congress
By Jim Hightower, Jan. 28, 2014 Prepare for the explosion of "destination fundraisers."read more
View ArticleEven Congress Critters Can Be Lovable... For a Price
By Jim Hightower, Jan. 30, 2014 Our elected officials are behaving more like official prostitutes these days.read more
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Citizens Rise Up Against "Citizens United"
By Matthew Rothschild, September 23, 2011 I was speaking in Milwaukee the other night to a great group of peace activists, and in the question and answer period, we started talking about what could be...
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Occupy Wall Street and Amend the Constitution to Overturn Citizens United
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Good News on the Citizens United Front
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Election 2012: 'Swift-boat on Steroids'
By Ruth Conniff, January 10, 2012 The Presidential primary season has never seemed less relevant to ordinary Americans. As the Mitt Romney juggernaut moves through New Hampshire and South Carolina,...
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