Expose the Insurrection Financiers
The January 6 assault on our democracy should lead to greater accountability for political leaders — and their wealthy financial backers.
A New Progressive Standard on Campaign Cash: It Can’t Come from Corporations
PACs aren’t sitting well with left-leaning voters, leading candidates to move away from a reliance on corporate funding.
How One Coal Baron Set an Entire Administration’s Energy Agenda
In a political system awash with money, it’s Big Coal vs. democracy.
Outside Tax Prom, Protesters Offer a Different Party
The gala, like the Trump tax plan, caters to the wealthy at the expense of everyone else.
Private Jets and Trust Fund Kids Show Where the GOP’s Tax Priorities Lie
The private jets provision in the Senate bill is indicative of who’s at the table – the wealthiest presidential cabinet in American history and their billionaire friends.
Republicans Admit Their Tax Plan Is All About Rich Donors
It’s unpopular. It’s expensive. But the donors want it.
Texas Is Flooded Because Our Democracy Is, Too
Our culture of legalized bribery makes climate disasters more likely, but there’s an alternative.
The Alt-Right and the 1%
When President Trump equated white supremacists with anti-racism protesters, he was sending a message to the thugs in the streets and to some in executive suites.
Money Talks. We Need to Talk Louder.
Liberals and conservatives don’t agree on much, but we all want money out of politics.
Ballot Initiatives to Watch if You Care About Inequality
On Nov. 8, voters in many states will weigh in on a variety of inequality-related issues, from taxing the wealthy to price-gouging on drugs.
Across Racial Justice Issues, a Common Enemy
Democracy Spring demonstrated an opportunity for cross-issue collaboration: fighting big money in politics.
Hundreds of People Are Getting Arrested For Democracy This Week
The Democracy Spring protests in D.C. are building the power needed to break our politics free of its corporate choke-hold.
IPS Director Arrested During Capitol Hill Protest Against Money in Politics
Statement from IPS Director John Cavanagh
Who stands to benefit the most from Carl Icahn’s new super-PAC? Carl Icahn.
Billionaire Carl Icahn launches a super-PAC with aims to cut taxes for corporations and increase his own influence in Washington.
Do the Rich Rule America?
Our campaign finance system isn’t just sending us toward a new Gilded Age — it’s a new Platinum Age.