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Citizens Unite Against ‘Citizens United’ Citizens Unite Against ‘Citizens United’

MoveOn.org is leading a coalition of advocacy groups to overturn the Supreme Court decision.

Jul 29, 2010 / Feature / Ari Berman

Wall Street Not Giving to Dems: Good Riddance Wall Street Not Giving to Dems: Good Riddance

Isn't it time legislators focus on diminishing the strings-attached purchasing power of corporate campaign contributions?

Jul 8, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The Money Primary The Money Primary

In recent primaries, winners clinched nominations by spending big.

Jun 9, 2010 / John Nichols

Republican Justice(s)

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 Judging Elena Kagan

Obama's Supreme Court nominee should be "borked."

May 13, 2010 / 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 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Noted. Noted.

Morton Mintz on what Rehnquist would have thought of Citizens United; John Nichols on net neutrality.

Feb 4, 2010 / 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 / William Greider

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