You say you want to serve your country in Congress? Show me the money. Otherwise, you will be shown the door.
Lawrence Lessig | Posted 06.23.2009 | Politics
It's that time of the year again. Every quarter, just as the FEC reporting deadlines approach, politicians go on a mad scramble for last-minute donations.
Paula Crossfield | Posted 06.16.2009 | Green
While millions still die of smoking related illness every year, it's not too late to lift the veil from Big Food, and in doing so, save lives and public health for years to come.
Bill Mann | Posted 06.11.2009 | Media
Anybody who has any doubts about the outrageous, excessive power of the major broadcasters should examine the sordid history of what's led up to Friday's switch from the analog to the digital spectrum.
Geoffrey R. Stone | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics
If conservatives truly believe in conservative judicial principles, then they should be delighted with Judge Sotomayor's apparent views on affirmative action and campaign finance regulation.
Bernard Rowan | Posted 05.28.2009 | World
The death of Roh Moo-hyun is a call for Koreans on all sides of the political spectrum to limit the influence of money on political candidates and their families.
Craig Newmark | Posted 05.15.2009 | Politics
Hey, part of the Sunlight Foundation network for government accountability and transparency is MAPLight.org, the investigative group that keeps track ...
Mitchell Bard | Posted 05.11.2009 | Politics
If George W. Bush was able to influence the Court for the next 20 years, Obama certainly should do the same.
Jay Mandle | Posted 05.07.2009 | Politics
Advocates of publicly funded political campaigns are handicapped because changing the way electoral efforts are paid for is a "process" issue.
Associated Press | Posted 04.09.2009 | Chicago
Gov. Pat Quinn wants campaign finance limits in place for next year's election, a key component of his effort to clean up state government. The Democ...
Lawrence Lessig | Posted 04.01.2009 | Politics
For years, financial institutions like Bank of America and AIG donated millions to the very people who were supposed to regulate them. The result is obvious.
David Murdock | Posted 03.31.2009 | Politics
On Tuesday, Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) introduced campaign finance legislation intended to ease the rising fundraising burden on politicians. The l...
AP | Posted 03.31.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO — The Illinois reform commission launched in response to the corruption scandal surrounding ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich (blah-GOY'-uh-vi...
Lawrence Lessig | Posted 03.19.2009 | Politics
AIG gave more than $9 million in campaign contributions to Congress -- making the list of the top 100 contributors of all time, splitting its money evenly between those in both parties.
Paul Blumenthal | Posted 03.11.2009 | Politics
Did you know that Senators still file their campaign finance reports on paper, delaying the disclosure of contributors to their campaigns, sometimes for months?
Duncan Quirk | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics
Senators and Representatives are elected to represent their constituents, so why should Madoff and Stanford and others be allowed to donate to campaigns for which they are not constituents?
Joe Trippi | Posted 02.04.2009 | Politics
Like many decent people, Daschle got caught in a bad system that is so corrupted by money it hardly matters whether the money is from good people with good intentions or bad people with bad intentions.
Sarah Newman | Posted 01.13.2009 | Politics
Lawrence Lessig, through his group, Change Congress, has already done some of the important legwork to get us involved in removing the influence of special interests in Congress.
Neil McCarthy | Posted 12.23.2008 | Politics
In electoral politics we want to avoid the rich and famous in favor of the modest but qualified. But we make it impossible for anyone but the rich and famous to get the jobs and then keep them.
Jay Mandle | Posted 12.15.2008 | Politics
Over and beyond the need to stimulate the economy, this country urgently requires reform and renewal. Unhappily, the way Obama's campaign was funded means that we are unlikely to get it.
Curtis Black | Posted 11.07.2008 | Chicago
President-elect Barack Obama now faces tremendous challenges, and local advocates -- many of whom have worked with Obama over the years -- offer a range of ideas on how to move forward.
Gail McGowan Mellor | Posted 10.21.2008 | Home
Voters on November 4, 2008, will be genuine Deciders, using the election not only to select a president but to clean house--to clear a path by gettin...
Jonathan Neil Schneider | Posted 10.11.2008 | Politics
With the election fast approaching and this issue still not getting the attention it warrants, I decided to screen Mr. Schneider Goes to Washington in its entirety for free.
Diane Francis | Posted 09.29.2008 | Politics
The economic crisis will pass but America's biggest crisis is the fact that Washington is an 18th Century American political system operating in the 21st.
Nick Nyhart | Posted 09.26.2008 | Politics
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Bob Kerrey | Posted 06.25.2009 | Politics