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How Do Potential Supreme Court Nominees Stack Up on “Citizens United”?
Would President Obama's Supreme Court justice candidates favor campaign finance reforms?
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Revealed: The Fossil Fuel Tycoons Trying to Buy the US Election
An elite group of millionaires and billionaires with ties to fossil fuels have spent more than $100 million in this US election cycle.
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Money and the 2016 US Presidential Elections: The $10 Billion Contest
The people of the US now believe the entire process is rigged in favor of rich contributors.
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Numbers to Know About the 2016 Presidential Race
New financial filings filled with curiosities, surprises.
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A Glossary of Campaign Finance in the US
Campaign finance in the US can be very complicated and confusing.
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Hillary Clinton’s Little Red Riding Hood Problem
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As Candidates Vie for the “Anti-Establishment” Label, Real Establishment Lives On
There is a money establishment behind the political establishment, spending secretly in our elections, and they are playing the long game.
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Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton and the Money
Many politicians identify with the interests of the rich and powerful so that they don't even see themselves as compromising a principle.
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Democracy in Peril: Twenty Years of Media Consolidation Under the Telecommunications Act
In 1996, President Clinton signed the bill into law. Today, the media industry is donating big to Hillary Clinton's campaign.
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Why Our Government Isn’t Listening: How Greed Is at the Root of US Suffering
Why doesn't the government of a country as wealthy as the US provide for its people? Oppression is a profitable business.