Hillary Clinton Is Still Too Cautious on Campaign Finance Reform Hillary Clinton Is Still Too Cautious on Campaign Finance Reform
The Democratic front-runner would be wise to go all in for this necessary reform.
Apr 14, 2015 / John Nichols
Once Upon a Time, Politics Existed in a Place Called America Once Upon a Time, Politics Existed in a Place Called America
The flood of money into Washington has changed all that.
Apr 2, 2015 / The Nation
How the Roberts Supreme Court Has Strengthened the Powerful and Screwed Everyone Else How the Roberts Supreme Court Has Strengthened the Powerful and Screwed Everyone Else
From criminal justice to workers’ and voting rights to campaign finance, it has defied customs that buttress the Court’s legitimacy.
Jan 28, 2015 / Nan Aron, William Yeomans, and Michelle D. Schwartz
Bernie Sanders Won’t Be Entering the Koch Brothers Primary Bernie Sanders Won’t Be Entering the Koch Brothers Primary
As Republicans beg for the favor of the oligarchs, the Vermont Senator challenges billionaire politics.
Jan 24, 2015 / John Nichols
Campaign Finance Reform: Not Just for Democrats? Campaign Finance Reform: Not Just for Democrats?
On the fifth anniversary of Citizens United, there’s little chance of reform in Congress. Outside the Beltway is another story.
Jan 21, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter
Bernie Sanders’s Bold Economic Agenda Seeks to Transform Politics Bernie Sanders’s Bold Economic Agenda Seeks to Transform Politics
The senator has a twelve-point plan for getting the debate, and perhaps the movement, started.
Dec 3, 2014 / John Nichols
Obama Can Reform Dark Money With a Stroke of a Pen Obama Can Reform Dark Money With a Stroke of a Pen
Executive action could eradicate dark-money flows through government contractors.
Nov 10, 2014 / Lee Fang
Guess Who’s About to Buy Congress Guess Who’s About to Buy Congress
The US Chamber of Commerce is poised to spend more than any other dark-money group during the midterms.
Oct 29, 2014 / George Zornick
Secretive, Deep-Pocketed Shadow Campaigns Pervade Midterms Secretive, Deep-Pocketed Shadow Campaigns Pervade Midterms
Campaign-finance operations have mutated at a frightening pace each successive election since the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision—and this year may represent t...
Oct 22, 2014 / George Zornick
How Mitch McConnell Is Bending Every Last Campaign Finance Rule How Mitch McConnell Is Bending Every Last Campaign Finance Rule
Post–Citizens United, candidates aren’t supposed to coordinate with “outside” spending groups—but even that minimal restriction isn’t being enforced.