Through the Back Door, a Late Money Surge for Akin Through the Back Door, a Late Money Surge for Akin
Groups that swore not to back the controversial candidate now are—but it probably won’t matter.
Nov 1, 2012 / Blog / George Zornick
Will California Congressman Buck McKeon Go Down? Will California Congressman Buck McKeon Go Down?
Plagued by ethical troubles, the “poster boy for pay to play politics” and Pentagon BFF is finally facing a competitive election.
Oct 26, 2012 / Lee Fang
Is a ‘Citizens United’ Democracy a Democracy At All? Is a ‘Citizens United’ Democracy a Democracy At All?
Unfettered corporate spending in elections is silencing citizen voices.
Oct 26, 2012 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Wealth and Democracy: An Inverse Relationship? Wealth and Democracy: An Inverse Relationship?
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.
Oct 25, 2012 / StudentNation / Ethan Evans
Selling the Supreme Court Selling the Supreme Court
STUDENT FINALIST: The threat of an even further-right-wing Supreme Court is the forgotten issue of this election.
Oct 23, 2012 / StudentNation / Alex Ritter
A Democracy for Sale Is No Democracy At All A Democracy for Sale Is No Democracy At All
STUDENT FINALIST: What is really at stake this November is nothing less than the existence of an American republic.
Oct 23, 2012 / StudentNation / Guido Girgenti
Ashindi Maxton: America’s Founding Inequality Ashindi Maxton: America’s Founding Inequality
From the founding of the republic, inequality has been built into our country’s DNA.
Oct 19, 2012 / Blog / Laura Flanders
Tammy Baldwin: Overturn ‘Citizens United’ Tammy Baldwin: Overturn ‘Citizens United’
The Wisconsin senate candidate rejects the idea of corporate personhood.
Oct 18, 2012 / Video / The Nation Video
Freedom of Beach: Dump ‘Citizens United’ Freedom of Beach: Dump ‘Citizens United’
One thousand San Francisco activists are standing up (by lying down) against the hugely unpopular Supreme Court ruling.
Oct 16, 2012 / Blog / Laura Flanders
Loophole Allows Saudi Arabian Businesses to Spend Freely in Our Election Loophole Allows Saudi Arabian Businesses to Spend Freely in Our Election
Right-wing blogs are buzzing about a bunk report on Obama’s receiving foreign donations. Citizens United opens up a far more dangerous loophole for foreign cash.