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Citizens United

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

Elizabeth Warren Democratic Party Wall Street

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

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"We need this package—all of it—to unrig a political system that is working for corporations and the superrich."

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Recognizing Populist Demand, Gillibrand and Booker Swear Off Corporate Cash

Jake Johnson, staff writer

In making pledge, Gillibrand and Booker join a small group of their Senate...

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

Lauren McCauley, staff writer

During Tuesday's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) questioned Judge Neil Gorsuch on the conservative "front groups" supporting his nomination. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Judge Neil Gorsuch claims he 'speaks for' himself, but secretive sources have...

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How SCOTUS Campaign Finance Rulings 'Distorted' US Democracy

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

Blow for Transparency as Supreme Court Rejects Wisconsin Corruption Case

Leaked 'John Doe' Docs Offer Stark Look at Post-Citizens United Landscape

Koch Brothers Waging War Against Local Effort to Expose Dark Money

With Clinton at Helm, Democratic Party Again a 'Plaything of the Super-Rich'

Landmark Survey Finds Special Interests are Pouring Money into Local Elections

Time is Running Out: Coalition Calls on Obama to Protect Democracy Before November Election

Newswire

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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Views

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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