The Money Primary The Money Primary
In recent primaries, winners clinched nominations by spending big.
Jun 9, 2010 / Editorial / John Nichols
Republican Justice(s) Republican Justice(s)
Citizens United and Bush v. Gore don't stand alone. A decade worth of Supreme Court decisions has tiled the electoral playing field toward the Republicans.
May 21, 2010 / Herman Schwartz
Judging Elena Kagan Judging Elena Kagan
Obama's Supreme Court nominee should be "borked."
May 13, 2010 / Editorial / The Editors
How to Turn Congess, Inc., Back to Just Congress How to Turn Congess, Inc., Back to Just Congress
The biggest political scandal of our age is the pay-to-play system that buys up Congress, pollutes our political system with special-interest cash and deep-sixes the kind of bold ...
May 11, 2010 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Noted. Noted.
Morton Mintz on what Rehnquist would have thought of Citizens United; John Nichols on net neutrality.
Feb 4, 2010 / Editorial / The Editors
How to Get Our Democracy Back How to Get Our Democracy Back
There will be no change until we change Congress.
Feb 3, 2010 / Feature / Lawrence Lessig
Corpus Ex Machina Corpus Ex Machina
Citizens United raises the questions: why is speech the functional equivalent of money, and why are corporations considered persons?
Jan 28, 2010 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Political Fever Political Fever
Since recent shock waves of populism, Obama has made some bigger promises.
Jan 28, 2010 / Editorial / William Greider
Democracy Inc. Democracy Inc.
The Citizens United campaign finance decision makes it possible for the nation's most powerful economic interests to manipulate not just individual electoral contests but political...
Jan 28, 2010 / Editorial / The Editors
The Big Kids Play With Corked Bats The Big Kids Play With Corked Bats
What if campaign finance reform took a page from baseball's playbook?
Oct 23, 2009 / Feature / Helen Rosenthal