Democracy

Matt Taibbi and Yves Smith join Bill to discuss how the folly and corruption of both banks and government leaves deep wounds in our democracy.

In his June 11, 2012, op-ed in The New York Times, Paul Krugman goes beyond economic analysis to bring up the morality and the conceptual framing that determines economic …

Opportunity and wealth end up in the hands of a few where authority is held in the hands of a few, in other words, where democracy is missing.

When the NATO summit began, the presence of the police force felt as substantial as the massive crowd they were there to control.

Gated intellectuals do not work with ideas, but sound bites.

Rescinding corporate personhood is the first step toward a larger vision of reclaiming and reinvigorating democracy around the world.

Now is the most important time for us all to be paying attention, to show up, and to wake up our friends, family, and neighbors

(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout; Adapted: mtsofan, FlyingSinger) The democracy uprising in the Arab world has been a spectacular display of courage, dedication, and commitment by popular …

Over the past century, corporations have repeatedly asserted that they are, in fact, “persons” and therefore eligible for the human rights protections of the Bill of Rights -- while …

It is a possibility – nay, a likelihood - that the link between public agenda and private worries, the very hub of the democratic process, has been broken.