The year 2020 has caused many white people to realize we live in a racist system. The Green New Deal is about systemic change for all, and deconstructing racism must be front and central in this agenda.
Citizens United
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In Richmond, We Would Not Let Democracy Be Bought
Our progressive achievements and electoral victories in Richmond have garnered national attention and we hope our story provides inspiration, and instruction, to other cities and communities.
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Reverend William Barber: Leader of the Biggest Social Movement the Media Won't Talk About
"They’re not attacking us because we’re weak – they’re attacking us because we can fulfill the hope of Dr. King and form that demographic bloc that can shift the politics in the South."
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Money In Politics Takes Central Stage In New Hampshire Where A Rebellion Is Underway
Lawrence Lessig, who led the NH Rebellion, eschews the term "campaign finance reform" – he prefers "corruption," because money determines who wins primaries, who wins elections, who gets hired, and what laws get passed in D.C.
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In Absence of Accountability, General Motors Kills Hundreds of People for Profit
Unless we end the corporate rule over our government, executives at General Motors will continue to get away with negligent murder.
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Extremists On the Bench: Five Years After Citizens United, Our Rogue Supreme Court
Five "unelected, unaccountable kings in black robes" are systematically stripping Constitutional rights from real, live human beings and giving those rights to corporations and a very small group of plutocrats.
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Nationwide Actions Mark Fifth Anniversary of Citizens United
This Wednesday, activists and organizations across the country are getting loud, bold and creative as they demand the overturn of Citizens United.
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Five Years After Citizens United, Wealthy Donors' Campaign Spending Has Skyrocketed
A new report finds outside spending, dark money and super PACs more than doubled candidates' campaign war chests between 2010 and 2014.
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Four Marches, Two Weeks, One Destination: The New Hampshire Rebellion To Get Money Out of Politics
The New Hampshire Rebellion embarks on its third march to recruit citizens in the fight against systemic corruption in Washington.
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"Corporations Are Not People": A Lawyer's Book About Fighting Back Against Corporate Personhood
After Citizens United, says Jeff Clements, “I felt that I couldn't just leave it at that, that democracy is really on the line, that the country is on the line – I don't think it's an exaggeration to say that humanity is on the line.”
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Justice On the Take: How Dark Money Is Seeping Into U.S. Courtrooms
Right-wing organizations have committed unprecedented sums of money to influence state judicial elections, including a number of key state supreme court retention races.
