| Oct 28, 2014 | Rights / DemocracyWhen five Supreme Court justices decreed that corporations are entitled to full free speech rights in our elections and that corporate money is a form of speech that can’t be restricted, they produced a nightmare tsunami of corporate cash that is now drowning...
| Oct 15, 2014 | Rights / DemocracyExactly 54 days after Lisa B. Nelson started her job as the CEO of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), she got some bad news from a major supporter: The tech giant Google wanted out of its relationship with ALEC. Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt...
| Oct 7, 2014 | Rights / DemocracySome people have a recurring nightmare of rising to give a speech, but realizing they know nothing about the topic — and then discovering they’re naked. It turns out that corporations also have such nightmares. OK, corporations aren’t people, no matter...
| Sep 17, 2014 | Environment / HealthLet’s take a cruise down the narrow byways and twisting turns that form Senator Ted Cruz’s mind. The first right turn on our road trip brings us to a sweeping view of the Texas Republican’s Energy Renaissance Act, a proposal so studded with fossil...
| Aug 5, 2014 | Rights / DemocracyThe Koch brothers — the GOP megadonors and fossil fuel magnates — live in their own special world, enshrouded in the fumes emanating from their family’s enormous stockpiles of wealth. Charles and David Koch have always felt very special, and they expect those of...
