Democracy

If you want to see how grossly money can distort democracy, just go to the state of Virginia, where there are no limits on how big a check can …

A new Supreme Court campaign finance case could unleash unprecedented political corruption.

This week the Supreme Court began its new term with a case that could further upend campaign finance laws by allowing individual donors to give millions of dollars to …

Political scholars Norman Ornstein and Thomas Mann tell Bill that Congress' failure to make progress on gun control last week is symptomatic of a legislative branch reduced to dysfunction, …

In a major new report, the International Network of Civil Liberties Organizations details a global crackdown on peaceful protests through excessive police force and the criminalization of dissent.

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, the single most important campaign finance case since Citizens United.

A policy paper calls on climate justice activists and environmental NGOs to embrace the “new economy” movement.

Noam Chomsky gives his perspective on the US government shutdown, the Syrian civil war, capitalist reform in South America and more in a Truthout interview.

Bill Moyers shares his own thoughts on the shutdown, and the resulting sabotage of democracy.

While the radical religious right wants to lead a world based on conservative values, in reality it has no interest in promoting actual social values.