Democracy

In the face of Citizens United and now McCutcheon, to save any semblance of democracy, we must amend the Constitution for the 28th time.

A call to awaken our nation to the suicidal course we are following offers some suggestions on protecting our environment - and reviving our democracy.

The current struggle between democracy and oligarchy in the United States traces its roots back to the 1787 Philadelphia Convention.

Lynn Fries hosts an extended interview with Thomas Piketty about his widely acclaimed Capital in the 21st Century.

In the years since Citizens United, campaign finance reform efforts have either been small ball (e.g. more disclosure) or shoot for the moon.

American democracy is no longer very democratic, according to a new university study.

Nearly a year after he first met Edward Snowden, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald continues to unveil new secrets about the National Security Agency and the surveillance state.

Noam Chomsky reminds us that caring about other people is a dangerous idea in America today, and he trades in ideas that defy scholastic disciplines and intellectual boundaries, says …

Commissioners on an FCC panel which could determine the future of the Internet are feeling the heat this week as protest intensifies against a new set of Open Internet …

In his new book, Matt Taibbi explains how two of the most troubling trends in the United States are interwoven: economic inequality and mass incarceration. Wealth can merit an …