| Apr 7, 2014 | Rights / DemocracyA poll conducted late last year found that more than seven in ten voters think our election system is “biased in favor of the candidate with the most money.” While nothing about this number is surprising — except, perhaps, that it’s not even higher —...
| Feb 5, 2014 | Rights / DemocracyThe chance to win Seems so remote, When the Man decides Who gets to vote. Political operatives are running websites with smiling photos of Democratic candidates as part of a fundraising campaign. But there’s a catch: They’re asking for money to defeat...
| Jan 22, 2014 | Rights / DemocracyIn the four years since the Supreme Court’s infamous Citizens United v. FEC ruling, two things have become abundantly clear. First, we have a major democracy problem. Citizens United paved the way for unlimited corporate spending to distort our elections....
| Oct 16, 2013 | Economy / BusinessThe U.S. Supreme Court is mulling a case that could end up giving America’s wealthy a perpetual green light to contribute as much as they want directly to politicians and political parties. Credit Shaun McCutcheon, an Alabama businessman who owns an electrical...
