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Presto! The DISCLOSE Act Disappears
The DISCLOSE Act is meant to reveal who's donating $10,000 or more to super PACs and trade groups.
The Labor Law Reform We Need
When the next opportunity for labor law reform arrives, union membership will be smaller and our political clout even more diminished. If we are to succeed, future reform proposals …
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Wisconsin Organizations Push for Election Transparency
A coalition of Wisconsin organizations, including the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD), have asked state legislators to hold hearings on the need for greater transparency and accountability for …
The Election Reflects America’s Conservative Era
This year's presidential campaign is taking place within an extremely conservative era in American political history that will substantially influence the domestic and foreign priorities of the next administration, …
Mitch McConnell and the Corporate War on Transparency
Senator Mitch McConnell argued in 1987 that we should reject limits on corporate campaign contributions and instead, embrace public disclosure of campaign contributions important u201cso,u201d he said, u201cvoters can …
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Four Spending Myths That Could Wreck Our World: How Not to Solve an American Crisis
If lawmakers skipped the myth-making and began putting Americau2019s resources into a series of domestic investments that would spur the economy now, their acts would yield dividends for years …
Inside the Investigation of Leading Republican Money Man Sheldon Adelson
At least one prominent Republican has expressed concern about the source of Adelson's campaign contributions.
Homophobic Chaplain Alliance’s Feeble, Failed Attempt to Rape Servicemembers’ Civil Rights
Under the approving gaze of successive generations of complicit military leaders, ever more powerful sections of the chaplaincy became strongholds for those who sought to turn the Armed Forces …
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Economic Rapture Might Be Around the Corner
If the deficit disappears, our economic nightmare might finally come to an end.
US Ship Attacks Fishing Boat in Persian Gulf, Killing One
A U.S. Navy fuel-resupply ship that had just passed through the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf opened fire at a 50-foot fishing boat moving toward it, killing …