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Citizens United
Thomas Frank on Money in Politics
When it comes to the vast, corrupting influence of money in politics, historian Thomas Frank has sounded the alarm loudly and often.
BREAKING: Johnson & Johnson Drops ALEC
Pharmaceutical giant Johnson and Johnson announced today that they are dropping their membership from the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).
How the 1 Percent and Transnational Corporations Hijacked Our Political System and What to Do About It
A major political realignment is the only way plutocratic control over our current elected officials in DC will change, according to Chuck Collins in his new book,
20,000 United Republic Members Petition Supreme Court to Overturn Citizens United
Tens of thousands of signatures collected against Citizens United decision.
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What Wisconsin Taught Us
The left will make a big mistake if it ignores the lessons of the failed recall of Gov. Scott Walker in Wisconsin. The right will make an even bigger …
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Snarling Banks
Jim Hightower: Thank you, Supreme Court, for making money play possible with your Citizens United decision. Now bankers are going to intimidate officeholders with the threat to put unlimited …
Wal-Mart Is Not a Person
“We the People” now explicitly means “We the Citizens, Corporations, and Churches” with a few of the richest humans who run them thrown in.
The Perfect Storm
A few Americans are buying our democracy as never before. And they're doing it completely in secret.