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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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Kansas Academic Asks Judge to Keep Koch Brothers Correspondence Sealed
Students want to expose the documents as part of their exploration of conflicts of interest – and violation of academic principles – involving the Kochs and $1.4 million in funding they have provided the University of Kansas.
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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.
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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.
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And Now the Richest .01 Percent
According to new research, the richest one-hundredth of one percent of Americans now hold over 11 percent of the nation’s total wealth – a higher share than the top .01 percent held in 1929 before the Great Crash.
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Unlike Corporations and Millionaires, Unions Disclose Midterms Dark Money
Not all dark money is the same – meaning the imbalance of disclosure requirements give corporations and wealthy individuals greater secrecy in elections than organized labor.
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How Voters In Richmond, Calif., Defied Chevron Money To Re-Elect Progressives
The oil giant spent more than $3 million on the Richmond election, but voters rejected the candidates Chevron supported in favor of a scrappy, volunteer-driven coalition.
