According to the nature of our economy, it’s typical that costs increase over time (hello, inflation). But what we’re seeing in elections cannot be considered normal. The Pew Research Center recently ...
LANSING — Supplying energy to over 80% of Michigan residents, utility companies DTE and Consumers Energy provide the majority of electricity in the state. However, a recent report from the Citizens ...
Anyone who thinks the U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling tilted political influence toward wealthy donors and corporations (and who doesn’t?) should pay attention to what’s happening in ...
Big money dominates our politics in the United States. The capital of corporations and millionaires, derived from the surplus value of our labor, flows like a sludgy river to the campaign committees ...
FIRST ON FOX: Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., has said the Democratic Party needs to "focus on" corruption in American politics and that the "vast sums of corporate and billionaire money in our political ...
Ever since the Supreme Court ruling on Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission shattered campaign finance law 15 years ago, Americans have lived unhappily with the belief that only two things ...
Organizers are planning a non-partisan march this Sunday in Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach to rally local residents behind a national movement to remove “the corrupting influence of money in ...
Money fuels politics. But when it flows in the shadows, democracy is the first casualty. Across most of Africa, and much of the Asia-Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, citizens are expected to ...
Considering the amount of money spent on elections the past 25 years (over $100 billion dollars per opensecrets.org) one might think we would have the best government money could buy. One would be ...
Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. New York City billionaire John Catsimatidis has long been immersed in ...
According to the nature of our economy, it’s typical that costs increase over time (hello, inflation). But what we’re seeing in elections cannot be considered normal. The Pew Research Center recently ...