In Politics, Money Will Always Talk. Unless…
What lesson can we take so far from this year’s primary election results?
Why Can’t Inner-Ring Democrats Just Say ‘No’ to Billionaires?
The problem runs even deeper than Donor Class donations.
If You Hate Campaign Season, Blame Money in Politics
The fact that 2020 candidates are announcing now is a testament to the huge expense of elections. Can a new law change that?
Both Candidates Are Bad on Climate, and You Can Thank Campaign Finance Rules For That
Building new pipelines and subsidizing fossil fuels with taxpayer dollars will not help us avoid climate disaster, Janet Redman tells the Real News.
How Sky-High CEO Pay Pollutes Our Planet — and Our Politics
The leaders of fossil fuel companies are personally incentivized to keep their firms on a path of climate destruction.
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.
The Drill Is Gone
GOP hopefuls are paying close attention to energy policy even if they’re mum about it.
Virginia Is for Dirty-Energy Lovers
Dominion is skimping on solar and wind as it aims to build a fracked-gas pipeline and another nuclear reactor.
The Political Calculations behind Growing Inequality
A gusher of campaign cash is driving our politicians to comfort the already comfortable.
The Return on Those Bad Bets on Romney
Billionaires can win politically even when they lose on Election Day.
The One Percent Supreme Court: A Conversation with the Nation’s Katrina vanden Heuvel
Martha Burk interviews Katrina vanden Heuvel about the poisoning of politics by the Citizens United Supreme Court decision, and what can be done about it.
Cleaning Up Campaign Finance
Citizens United is here to stay unless we show it the door.
Sabotaging Montana’s Campaign Finance Legacy
The Supreme Court has trumped a century-old state law that made the state a model for campaign finance in America.
Wisconsin’s Alien Seed
There can be no joy in the fact that money rules.
Wisconsin Wakeup Call
It’s too simple to say that money bought this election.