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Political Fever (Barack Obama, Citizens United, Political Analysis)

Since recent shock waves of populism, Obama has made some bigger promises.

William Greider
Democracy Inc. (Citizens United, Corporations, The Courts)

The Citizens United campaign finance decision makes it possible for the nation's most powerful economic interests to manipulate not just individual electoral contests but political discourse itself.

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As Maine Goes… a Bipartisan Call to Overturn 'Citizens United'
John Nichols

Thirty Republican legislators join Democrats and independents to demand a constitutional amendment.

May 1, 2013
If Switzerland Can Crack Down on CEOs, Why Not the US?
John Nichols

Swiss voters just empowered shareholders to restrict and restrain corporate abuses. The US should follow their lead, especially when it comes to corporate influence on campaigns. 

March 4, 2013
To Beat Austerity, Obama Must Campaign for Democracy
John Nichols

How committed is the president to kicking big money out of politics?

February 25, 2013
Secret Money Lobbyists Fight SEC Disclosure Rule
Lee Fang

A new proposal from the SEC to require companies to disclose political spending is drawing a harsh rebuke from big business lobbyists. 

January 10, 2013
Will the SEC Force More Campaign Finance Disclosure?
George Zornick

Publicly traded companies should have to disclose their political giving, for the good of investors and the campaign finance system.

January 8, 2013
Katrina vanden Heuvel: Dark Money Drowns Out the Voice of the People
Nation in the News

“Social welfare groups” don’t have to disclose their donors, even though they’re giving millions to campaigns.

November 5, 2012
Is a 'Citizens United' Democracy a Democracy At All?
Katrina vanden Heuvel

Unfettered corporate spending in elections is silencing citizen voices. 

October 26, 2012
Wealth and Democracy: An Inverse Relationship?
StudentNation

STUDENT FINALIST: When one candidate can raise over seven time the funds of the other, it becomes nearly impossible to get a nonbiased view of the election.

October 25, 2012
Selling the Supreme Court
StudentNation

STUDENT FINALIST: The threat of an even further-right-wing Supreme Court is the forgotten issue of this election. 

October 23, 2012
A Democracy for Sale Is No Democracy At All
StudentNation

STUDENT FINALIST: What is really at stake this November is nothing less than the existence of an American republic.

October 23, 2012