Tag: money in politics

The 6-3 ruling strikes down limits on coordinated party spending, giving political committees more power to work directly with candidates before the midterms.

A new national poll finds widespread bipartisan concern that billionaires, dark money and special interest spending are overpowering ordinary voters in U.S. elections as campaign spending continues to shatter records.

Cori Bush’s primary defeat underscores the urgent need to reform campaign finance laws as progressives rally against the influence of super PACs and billionaire-funded elections.

In an unequal society, a society dominated by concentrated wealth, democracy will always be “damnably difficult.”

If we wish to have the change needed inside of this empire, beginning with the election of our representatives, we need to take ALL PRIVATE MONEY OUT OF POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS!

This shuts down a big avenue for dark money just in time for the 2020 federal elections.

Corporate money is dominating our democracy. So how do we get rid of it?

But a deeper look at media coverage suggests that media’s concern with money in politics rarely extends beyond the catchy headline.

Koch Industries leads corporate contributions.

Thanks to a class of reformers elected in 2018, we’ve already begun that process.