This last month has shown America that society will gladly tolerate vigilante violence, provided a vigilante chooses the right target.
corporate campaign spending
Follow:
-
The Investments of the 158: Look Who's Buying American Democracy
For the country's biggest political donors, the success of their "investments" depends on whether their candidates get elected, lower their taxes further, expand loopholes and let them get even richer.
-
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.
-
Despite Election Day Losses, MayDay and the Anti-Corruption Movement Are Making Inroads
The People's Super PAC analyzes data from the 2014 election and begins working on a new way to end systemic corruption.
-
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.
-
Chevron, With $3 Million and False "News" Site, Tries To Buy Richmond Elections
The oil giant, with $21.4 billion in 2013 revenue, is trying to buy upcoming municipal elections in Richmond that pit a pro-Chevron bloc of city council members against an anti-Chevron bloc.
-
Corporations Are Not People. Period.
80% of the American public believes corporations should not have the same rights as people. Yet our community is one of thousands that has been slapped down in the name of “corporate personhood.”
-
Failing to Rein in Spending, IRS Delays New Rules for Dark Money Groups
The agency has postponed rules to impose new spending limits by social welfare nonprofits, which have poured money into politics since the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision in 2010.
-
How the States Are Trying to Rein in Dark Money
The Supreme Court has eviscerated our already thin federal campaign finance rules, so reformers have turned to the states — the “laboratories of democracy” — to do better.
