| Mar 17, 2020 | Editors Picks|Rights / DemocracyTen years after Citizens United, our elections are awash with money from mega-donors and corporations. They drown out the voices of everyday people and warp public policy, with serious consequences for racial justice and the economy. An antidote is sitting idle on...
| Jan 21, 2020 | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyTen years ago, in January 2010, the Supreme Court released its disastrous Citizens United decision. The court, either through remarkable naivety or sheer malevolence, essentially married the terrible idea that “money is speech” to the terrible idea that “corporations...
| Feb 13, 2019 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyAmy Klobuchar could’ve waited for the temperature to rise above 15 degrees before launching her 2020 presidential bid. Instead, she chose to risk frostbite and make her pitch in the middle of a snowstorm — all for an election more than 600 days away. The...
| Jul 17, 2018 | Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyDonald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh isn’t just a likely vote against Roe, or an enabler of brash executive authority. He’s also a vocal supporter of a conservative legal “philosophy” that’s designed to block action...
| Apr 25, 2018 | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyThe Koch brothers are oil magnates and billionaire GOP funders. They believe that their great wealth entitles them to rule over the many. For decades, they’ve been running a surreptitious assault on the rules that protect the majority of us from their abuse....