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All right, maybe not “rips,” but definitely some scolding over on former Sen. Russ Feingold’s Progressives United blog today. Responding to a Politico report on the growth of the Senate Dems SuperPAC, Feingold critiques Dems’ putting politics above principle by … Continue reading →

Check out RIFE member Ben Wofford’s great op-ed in last Monday’s Providence Journal! It’s a great argument for how the goals of the Transparency In Political Spending Act (new name!) align perfectly with both the Citizens United backlash, and the … Continue reading →

We don’t have to look very far to find some spooky stuff in America this Halloween weekend. A recent report from the Congressional Budget Office found that the distribution of wealth in America has grown increasingly uneven over the past … Continue reading →

This Venn-Diagram has been circulating around the internet and it sums up quite well the major problem in this country and what is the underlying cause of much of the current unrest in America. While this is certainly a simplistic … Continue reading →

The New Yorker takes a close look at how one man’s fortune is changing the direction of state politics in North Carolina. Since Citizens’ United, corporations and businesses can spend unlimited sums to support or oppose candidates. Read the article … Continue reading →

Citizens United has a few more tricks up its sleeve. While the Supreme Court decision is primarily known for unleashing a torrent of independent expenditures, it also removed barriers to union participation in politics. As described in the New York … Continue reading →

Last month, in a national advance for Fair Elections, a subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing to discuss the Fair Elections Now Act. The bill, sponsored by Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), would offer voluntary public financing to … Continue reading →

With all the ideological racket in play over the Supreme Court’s consideration of Arizona election law, currently under a publicly funded system, the LA Times editorial staff parse through some of the arguments in opposition to the publicly funded elections … Continue reading →

A study put out by the nonpartisan, non-profit Center for Governmental Studies has shown that publicly funded elections on the municipal level of Albuquerque resulted in decreased money spent in the elections and campaigns, and even more importantly, an increased … Continue reading →

The makers of The Story of Stuff explain why democracy only works when the people are in charge.