Politics

In a new paper, law professor Joseph Leahy has outlined a new theory under which shareholders can contest corporate political contributions.

Sen. Whitehouse reintroduces measure to shed light on funders behind campaign ads.

Walker pushed ALEC-inspired tough-on-crime measures that experts say contributed to Wisconsin having the country's highest rate of African-American men behind bars.

In DC, being a celebrity empowers you with the status of being able to influence people and also - if you are in the media - to raise the …

Citizens plan to occupy California's Capitol if their demands to get money out of politics are not met by June 22.

Does war have a future?

The governor has called for closing a gap in the stateu2019s campaign finance laws, but heu2019s taken far more through the loophole than his predecessors, much of it from …

No doubt there are Republicans who are both racist and politically unprincipled in their attitudes to President Obama.

While Bush and Cheney - exemplars of wealth and the politically elite - benefited from scientific and medical advancements, veterans have not.

Bill de Blasio's role in helping Andrew Cuomo attain the endorsement of the Working Families Party has opened up a space for a more vigorous and radical discussion of …