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Reclaiming Our Democracy Event
Money, Politics and the Fall of the Middle Class These are tough times for the American middle class. In addition to struggling with social and economic forces with global reach, ordinary Americans...
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Limiting the Damage
Why We Need to Rein in Government Contractors Who Use Taxpayer Money for Political Advantage President Obama is mulling an executive order to force big government contractors to disclose details of...
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Conflict of interest: Contractors and their political spending
President Obama is mulling an executive order requiring that big government contractors disclose their political spending. He should stop their political spending altogether. Take Lockheed Martin, the...
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The Last Word on Money in Politics: Amend
Robert Reich, chair of Common Cause’s national governing board, joined Lawrence O’Donnell last night for The Last Word on Super PACs and made clear how serious the issue of money in politics really...
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Amend 2012 to Reclaim Democracy
Two years ago today, the U.S. Supreme Court handed American corporations a license to take control of our elections and our government. We’re determined to make this second anniversary the last, and a...
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ALEC Exposed, for 24 Hours
What is the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)? For almost 40 years now, up to 300 of the largest US corporations—including Koch Industries, Verizon, Bank of America and Exxon—have used ALEC...
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Reich: 2012 Campaign is about People vs. Power vs. Privilege
Common Cause Board Chairman Robert Reich talks Super PACs, Fair Elections, constitutional amendment to reverse Citizens United, and disclosure. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news...
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Reich: ‘Big Government’ Isn’t the Problem, Big Money Is
Robert Reich writes for The Nation: “Big government” isn’t the problem. The problem is the Big Money that’s taking over government. Government is doing fewer of the things most of us want it to...
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The Billionaires’ Long Game
This post originally appeared on robertreich.org I keep hearing that the billionaires and big corporations that poured all that money into the 2012 election learned their lesson. They lost their...
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On Watergate’s anniversary, calls for media reform
Written by Graham Vyse Could structural changes to American journalism — like increased federal support for public media — help prevent future political scandals? That was one of the big questions...
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