Campaign Finance

‘Controlling Authority’ ‘Controlling Authority’

In campaign speeches George W. Bush repeats Al Gore's defense of his 1996 campaign fundraising phone calls from his government office--"there is no controlling legal authority"--...

Sep 28, 2000 / Robert L. Weinberg

First Amendment for the Rich? First Amendment for the Rich?

At stake is whether the twenty-first-century First Amendment will be a protector of the powerful or a resource for the weak and disfranchised.

Sep 25, 2000 / Feature / Burt Neuborne

Money Talks Money Talks

In this gilded-age election, big money is speaking louder than ever. And voters and large contributors to both parties agree that when money talks, politicians listen.

Aug 10, 2000 / Feature / Robert L. Borosage and Celinda Lake

American Money

In the Eighth Circle of Thieves In the Eighth Circle of Thieves

The power and sovereignty of corporations is an enormous humiliation to a society of free people.

Jul 27, 2000 / Feature / E.L. Doctorow

Paying to Party Paying to Party

It's no secret that the national conventions are no longer dramatic arenas in which the parties decide their presidential nominees or, for that matter, anything else of much impo...

Jul 27, 2000 / Feature / David Enrich

Gore’s Oil Money Gore’s Oil Money

Research assistance was provided by the Investigative Fund of the Nation Institute.

May 3, 2000 / Feature / Ken Silverstein

A Tale of Two Reformers A Tale of Two Reformers

This presidential election--so far--is the tale of two establishments, one that held firm, one that started to crack and moved fast to hang tight.

Feb 16, 2000 / David Corn

The McCain Insurgency The McCain Insurgency

Every presidential contest in the past two decades has produced something of a quasi populist--a mad-as-hell candidate of the left, right or center who runs against the establish...

Feb 10, 2000 / David Corn

If Politics Got Real… If Politics Got Real…

If politics got real, the debate on campaign finance reform would focus on how ordinary citizens can acquire a measure of power in America's money-drenched democracy.

Jan 20, 2000 / William Greider

Our Virtual Primaries Our Virtual Primaries

As the first voting of the 2000 presidential election approaches, in the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primaries, public disinterest is palpable.

Jan 20, 2000 / Feature / Jonathan Schell

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