United States of Walmart
Buy two congressmen, get one free.
Corporate Campaign Spending: They Get What They Pay for
For America’s corporations, it pays to get involved in elections. This might be good for business, but it’s bad for politics.
Corporations Commit Atrocities, My Friend
The Supreme Court is weighing a case with major ramifications for corporate accountability.
Buying Our Future
Sheldon Adelson, a Las Vegas-based global casino baron who has long been a major funder of far-right-wing causes, is Newt Gingrich’s very special political pal.
Dollar Democracy
Some eras are more corrupt than others.
Organize in 2012
Last year’s many political downers have prompted promising uprisings at America’s grassroots, including a strong national coalition for repealing “corporate personhood.”
Missoula’s Supremely Important Vote
Making clear that corporations aren’t people takes people power.
A Little Less Corporate Political Corruption
Obama is thinking about issuing an executive order that would mitigate some of the damage done to our democracy by the Supreme Court’s dastardly Citizens United edict.
Elections You Can’t Count On
Our elections aren’t yet like those in Egypt, Haiti, or Belarus, but give us time.
From the Frontlines: May 21st, 2010
Your wrapup before the weekend.
Constitution v. Corporations
Kagan’s confirmation process should usher in a much-needed national conversation about the Supreme Court.
Now Foreign Corporations are Citizens Too
It appears that Toyota, Unilever, Deutsche Bank, Bin Laden Construction group, and thousands of other foreign entities can also add their trillions of dollars to drown out the democratic voices of real Americans.
Consumer Protection and Corporate Purses
We need a strong agency to protect us from the perils of big businesses.
Free Those Corporate Slaves
Murray Hill Inc., wants to run for Congress.
Fighting Back Against a Corporate Court
Enormous corporations can now pour unlimited money into supporting or defeating candidates.