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Citizens United

Since 'Citizens United,' Just 15 Groups Account for 75 Percent of the $800+ Million in Dark Money Spent on US Elections

Because Corporate Money 'Poisoning Our Democracy,' Progressives Launch #FixDemocracyNow Campaign

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

A new nationwide initiative calls for campaign finance reform, stronger voting rights, and an end to gerrymandering

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'Dark Money': New Documentary Offers Up-Close and 'Harrowing Portrait' of How Secret Corporate Cash Is Destroying American Democracy

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

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After Citizens United , says director Kimberly Reed, "you could just see...

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'Actions Speak Louder Than Words': Prominent Group 'End Citizens United' Called Out for Backing Democrats Drowning in Corporate Cash

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"If their organization only supported candidates who firmly pledged no PAC...

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As Trump Readies Pick, 70% of Democrats and 67% of Republicans Want Supreme Court to Overturn Citizens United

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Elizabeth Warren: Democrats Will Keep Losing Until the Entire Party Is 'Willing to Take on the Billionaire Class'

'A Good Start': Democrats' Anti-Corruption Proposals Applauded as Actual Plan to Drain the Swamp

Recognizing Populist Demand, Gillibrand and Booker Swear Off Corporate Cash

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

How SCOTUS Campaign Finance Rulings 'Distorted' US Democracy

Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont appeared on CNN Sunday and called President Donald Trump a "fraud"—one who is simultaneously leading the nation in an "authoritarian direction" while also actively betraying many of the working- and middle-class Americans who believed his promises that he would take on powerful interests on their behalf. (Photo: Screenshot/CNN/YouTube)

Bernie Sanders: Trump 'Is a Fraud' Sending Nation in 'Authoritarian Direction'

EPA Pick Pruitt Awash in Industry Cash as Nomination Battle Heats Up

Career of Trump's Top Ethics Lawyer Marred by Questionable Ethics

To Reclaim Democracy, New Lawsuit Aims to Be 'Death of the Super PAC'

Battle for Senate Leads to 'Precipitous Rise' in Dark Money Spending

From Citizens United to Ranked-Choice Voting: Democracy on the Ballot 2016

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American Promise

Top Legal Minds, Elected Officials, Democracy Reform Leaders, And Citizen Leaders Join In An 18-Month-Long Deliberative Project To Write And Vet The 28th Amendment To The U.S. Constitution

Public Citizen

Shameful: Republican House Appropriators Vote to Keep Secret Political Money Hidden

Public Citizen

Trump’s Executive Order Is Citizens United 2.0, Threatens Integrity of Religious and Charitable Sectors

Public Citizen

U.S. Supreme Court’s Assumption That Outside Groups Are Independent Is Proven False at the State and Local Levels

NARAL Pro-Choice America

New Poll: Majority of Voters Oppose GOP Attempts to Push Through Ultraconservative Supreme Court Nominee

Move to Amend

Voters Reject Citizens United in Landslide Election Victories in Four States

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Robert Reich

How To Stop Trump

Paul Street

Who Will Protect Elections From U.S. Oligarchs?

Ben Gubits

To End Gun Violence, We Need to Address the Influence of Big Money In Politics

Sue Sturgis

How Citizens United Continues to Transform Money in Politics

Jasmine Gomez

The Fight For Democracy

Laura Bonham

Citizens United vs. United Citizens: The Showdown of the Century

Jeffrey D. Sachs

Big Data and Big Money Have Subverted Our Democracy

Ralph Nader

How Big Corporations Game Our Democracy into Their Plutocracy

David Schwenk

Five Pro-Democracy Activists Sentenced for Disrupting the U.S. Supreme Court

Daniel I. Weiner

Obama's Last Chance to Take on Dark Money

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