Law Anoa Changa Jun 20, 2024

There Is Nothing Normal About a Corrupt SCOTUS

Anoa Changa Jun 20, 2024

We have two Supreme Court justices seriously violating the code of ethics and a chief justice John Roberts who refuses to enforce them. What can we do to preserve the legitimacy of our nation’s highest court?

State of Disunion Kaitlin Byrd Nov 21, 2023

Saving Democracy Starts at the Local Level

Kaitlin Byrd Nov 21, 2023

Since the red wave of 2010, GOP state legislatures have ignored the will of the American people and bulldozed ahead with their agenda—which will have a devastating impact on Election 2024.

Corruption Greg Olear Oct 20, 2021

Following the Dirty Money

Greg Olear Oct 20, 2021

To understand how America's democracy moved to the brink of collapse, we need to look at the underbelly of power—and how it’s funded.

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State of Disunion Robin Alperstein Jun 11, 2018

The GOP Is Killing Diplomacy

Robin Alperstein Jun 11, 2018

Many see the G-7 disaster as the crossing a new line of awful for the occupant of the Oval Office. But it’s just another manifestation of Trump's continued corruption of the presidency.

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State of Disunion Robin Alperstein Apr 17, 2018

Democracy Is Not a Needle to Be Threaded

Robin Alperstein Apr 17, 2018

If Republicans were true patriots, they'd go to the mat for the country, not for a corrupt, morally bankrupt president. So why are they hedging?

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That’s What She Said Fiona Landers Apr 17, 2018

Love It or Loot It

Fiona Landers Apr 17, 2018

Trump's Cabinet is spending gazillions of our hard-earned dollars to buy themselves gaudy home goods. We show them how to shop like normal people.

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State of Disunion Robin Alperstein Apr 11, 2018

Trump’s Game of Cronies

Robin Alperstein Apr 11, 2018

The President. Pruitt. Mnuchin. Carson. DeVos. This is an administration defined by corruption and greed. And it is bankrupting our democracy.

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Corruption Lisa Needham Jun 16, 2017

This Is What Kleptocracy Looks Like

Lisa Needham Jun 16, 2017

The actual Emoluments Clause is very brief, but Trump’s apparent violations of it are anything but. As the lawsuits pile up, will he and his family of grifters be punished for fleecing the nation?

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Corruption Robin Marty Jun 1, 2017

‘Handmaid’s Tale,’ Ep. 8: Would You Rather Be a Handmaid or a Jezebel?

Robin Marty Jun 1, 2017

As it turns out, the sanctimonious evangelical Commanders are just as hypocritical and corrupt in dystopic Gilead as their evangelical GOP lawmaking counterparts in present-day U.S.A.