Truthout
Campaign Finance
Welcome Back to Smoke-Filled, Back-Room Politics
People, not party insiders or billionaire plutocrats, should pick our presidents.
How Right-Wing Groups Hope to Chip Away at Rules Allowing Us to Know Who Funds Campaign Ads
Corporate speech advocacy groups are trying to chip away at what's left of disclosure requirements.
Five Things to Know About the Scott Walker “John Doe” Ruling
The ruling eviscerates Wisconsin's campaign finance law and could threaten similar limits around the country.
How the Billionaires Bought Justice for Scott Walker
The Kochs spent more than $10 million in less than a decade to buy Wisconsin's Supreme Court.
Is the IRS Abandoning Its Duty to Stop “Dark Money” From Ruling the Election?
Contractors are still contributing anonymously to dark money nonprofit groups.
Bottom-Up Politics: Bernie Sanders and the Dream of Participatory Democracy
By shifting from top-down structures to bottom-up organizations, progressives can help populist political candidates to succeed in elections.
|
Capitalism and the TPP: A Kinder, Gentler Totalitarianism
Corporate strategy, as seen in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), now dominates our government and dictates all government policy.
|
Meet the “Dark Money” Phantom
Ohio lawyer at the nexus of nonprofit network is conservatives' secret weapon.
|
Rapid Rise in Super PACs Dominated by Single Donors
Super PACS that get nearly all of their money from one donor quadrupled their share of overall fund-raising in 2014.
Corporations Are Bribing Bill Instead of Hillary
It'd be smart to not only track who Hillary accepts contributions from, but also Bill.