Campaign Finance

Acting on Referral from Mueller, FBI Raids Office and Home of Trump's Personal Lawyer Michael Cohen

Robert Mercer Backed a Secretive Group That Worked With Facebook, Google to Target Anti-Muslim Ads at Swing Voters

Robert Maguire, OpenSecrets

If it wasn’t already clear that the ad was meant to stoke viewers’ fears of imminent Muslim conquest, the video is interspersed with violent imagery.

'This Is About the Cover-Up': Stormy Daniels Details Affair With Trump and What Followed

Julia Conley, staff writer

Years before the president's lawyer made a $130,000 payment to Daniels ahead of...

As Students Demand End to NRA's Stranglehold, Group Says Stronger Democracy Key to Gun Control Victory

Julia Conley, staff writer

"The truth is that our system has been thrown out of balance by the power of...

Lawmakers Opposing Assault Weapons Ban Received 130 Times More Gun Industry Donations

Shrouded in Darkness, Just Four People Gave $30 Million to Pro-Trump Group in 2016

Koch Brothers Memo Reveals Laundry List of Victories Under Trump

Trump's Personal Lawyer Admits $130,000 Pre-Election Payment to Porn Actor Stormy Daniels

Jimmy Carter Speaks Out Against US 'Oligarchy' and Trump's Diplomatic Failures

Can You Say Oligarchy? 75% of Americans Think Wealthiest Have "Too Much" Power

Industry Was Doubly Generous With These 13 GOP Senators Now Drafting Trumpcare

Pro-Democracy Activists Arrested at Pennsylvania Capitol Demanding Reforms

How Much to Buy a Congressional Vote? New Research Seeks Answer

Feinstein Hosts Industry Fundraiser Days After Dissing Single Payer

Watch: Bernie Sanders Talks 'Dark Money' with Journalist Who Literally Wrote the Book On It

Gorsuch Refuses Chance to Condemn 'Dark Money' Lobbying on His Behalf

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Moonshot: Lessig Calls May Day On Our Democracy With A SuperPAC For Political Reform

A year after the death of Aaron Swarz, who convinced him to take up the fight, academic and activist Lawrence Lessig has launched the MAYDAY Citizens' SuperPAC, an ambitious campaign to fight corruption in American politics by raising enough money - starting with $1 million in 30 days - to elect legislators who will pass meaningful campaign finance reform. Likening the effort to leaping off a high building, but also "the beginning of hope," Lessig describes his "unstoppable walk to political...