ALEC Exposed: Rigging Elections ALEC Exposed: Rigging Elections
Looking toward 2012, ALEC is peddling “Voter ID” laws to disenfranchise voters least likely to support their right-wing candidates.
Jul 12, 2011 / Feature / John Nichols
How to Make Elections Competitive How to Make Elections Competitive
When it comes down to it, the easiest way to make elections competitive is to give candidates more money.
Jun 20, 2011 / The Notion / Jamelle Bouie
The Breakdown: How Does US Campaign Finance Stack Up Against the Rest of the World? The Breakdown: How Does US Campaign Finance Stack Up Against the Rest of the World?
Are other countries as vulnerable to the effects of money and private interests in politics as we are in the United States?
Apr 15, 2011 / Audio / Chris Hayes
Curbing Big Money Curbing Big Money
Momentum is growing to reform campaign finance and rebalance our election system.
Apr 7, 2011 / Editorial / Nick Nyhart and David Donnelly
The Best Things in Life… The Best Things in Life…
Reed Richardson on the GOP's campaign finance dodge and Eric takes the mail.
Mar 31, 2011 / Blog / Eric Alterman
A Reply to The Atlantic’s Wendy Kaminer A Reply to The Atlantic’s Wendy Kaminer
I don’t begrudge Wendy Kaminer her determination to defend Citizens United. But I do wish that she would come up with her own arguments for why she thinks the justices were...
Feb 10, 2011 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
From the Village Green to the C-SPAN Screen: ‘Legalize Democracy!’ Campaigners Attack Corporate Control of Elections From the Village Green to the C-SPAN Screen: ‘Legalize Democracy!’ Campaigners Attack Corporate Control of Elections
On one-year anniversary of Citizens United ruling, in dozens of communities across the country, Americans rally to demand a renewal of democracy. Updated with reports from marches,...
Jan 21, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
Ten Years After ‘Bush v. Gore’, Five Unfinished Election Reforms Ten Years After ‘Bush v. Gore’, Five Unfinished Election Reforms
The United States still has an unstable and unequal election system that is ripe for gaming by political insiders.
Dec 13, 2010 / Blog / John Nichols
Republican Justice(s) Republican Justice(s)
Citizens United and Bush v. Gore don't stand alone. A decade worth of Supreme Court decisions has tiled the electoral playing field toward the Republicans.
May 21, 2010 / Herman Schwartz
Rethinking the Veepstakes Rethinking the Veepstakes
The process of picking a Vice President needn't be the craven political exercise it is today. Do we even need one?
Jul 31, 2008 / Editorial / John Nichols