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So You Want to Buy an Election?
Article post with courtesy of Mother Jones.
If you have a ton of cash and a political agenda, it's easier than ever to make powerful friends and influence people. Here's a handy how-to guide to the complex, cash-drenched world of federal campaign finance.
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Gaze Into the Exploding Universe of Dark Money
Article post with courtesy of Mother Jones. Mother Jones has charted the red giants and blue dwarfs spending millions to influence the 2012 election.
If Citizens United was the Big Bang of a new era of money in politics, here's the parallel universe it formed: rapidly expanding super-PACs
Scandal: Sex, Drugs, and Oil
According to a series of reports sent to Congress on September 10, 2010 by the Interior Department's inspector general, department employees have engaged in serious misconduct throughout the last several years. Allegations include rigging oil contracts, taking money as oil consultants, having
Facts
Five Facts That Put America to Shame
"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses...I lift my lampbeside the golden door!" These words, from poet Emma Lazarus, wereinscribed on the Statue of Liberty over 100 years ago. Today the goldendoor has a lock on it, paid for with record profits from the health care,education, and
The 1 Percent, Revealed
The superrich have drawn a clear line in the sand between themselves and everybody else. How did we get here?
This story first appeared on the TomDispatchwebsite.
"Class happens when some men, as a result of common experiences (inherited or shared), feel and articulate the identity of their
Totalitarian Systems Always Begin by Rewriting the Law
Chris Hedges speaks at Occupy DC, January 9, 2012. (Photo: Shrieking Tree)
I spent four hours in a third-floor conference room at 86 Chambers St. in Manhattan on Friday as I underwent a government deposition. Benjamin H. Torrance, an assistant U.S. attorney, carried out the questioning as
New Economy
Endgame: When Debt is Fraud, Debt Forgiveness is the Last
We hold this to be self-evident: When Debt is Fraud, Debt Forgiveness is the Last and Only Remedy.
This article appeared in Of two Minds by Charles Hugh Smith on September 1st 2011
Today I present an important guest essay by long-time contributor Zeus Yiamouyiannis, who suggests that when debt
Nineteen Million Jobs for US Worker
By: Robert Pollin, James Heintz, Heidi Garrett-Peltier and Jeannette Wicks-Lim , Political Economy Research Institute | Report
Summary of Study
Amid the ongoing employment crisis in the U.S. economy, U.S. commercial banks and large corporations are sitting on huge hoards of cash and other
Economics in 2012: No Gain, Just Pain as Austerity Brings
With the eurozone on the brink of a new recession, this will be the year when millions of people bear the brunt. The fluctuations of the financial markets and the relentless round of make-or-break euro-summits gripped the attention in 2011, but this will be the year when the shockwaves are
Real Change
300,000 Organic Farmers Sue Monsanto in Federal Court
Little did Willie Nelson know when he recorded "Crazy" years ago just how crazy it would become for our cherished family farmers in America. Nelson, President of Farm Aid, has recently called for the national Occupy movement to declare an "Occupy the Food System" action.
Nelson states,
Business Leaders Demand SEC Regulate Corporate Political
By: Lisa Gilbert - for AlterNet.org
If you're not a campaign finance wonk, then you may not have noted that a significant anniversary will arrive on this weekend on January 21st. Citizens United vs. FEC.
This week two years ago, I and many other reformers spent days constantly refreshing
Buddy Roemer: Candidate Who Backs Campaign Finance Reform
We speak with Buddy Roemer, a candidate who is on the Republican ballot in New Hampshire but has not been invited to this weekend’s two Republican debates—or any of the past 16 debates—even though he is a former governor of Louisiana and four-term member of Congress. Roemer’s campaign
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Mexico Says ‘No’ to Monsanto
The Mexican government denied Monsanto’s request to expand its pilot project in northern Mexico. The request was rejected because the government says additional tests and studies need to be carried out to determine the effect of genetically modified corn on native corn species.
Importance
Portland City Council approves anti-war and corporate-per
City Council vote follows on heels of N.Y. and L.A.
Portland, Ore., has followed in the steps of New York and Los Angeles in passing a city resolution denouncing the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision, which allowed unlimited spending by corporations and unions in elections. The
“Art is My Occupation”
“Art is My Occupation”: Rethinking the Role of Artists in the Movement
As a member of the self-identified “slash profession” – writer/organizer/educator/whatever pays the rent that month – I have learned how to wear multiple hats. How to move between different worlds and
