Journalists have a responsibility to plainly tell the truth about how truly different the Democrats and the Republicans are today, especially with both democracy and the rule of law at stake this November.
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Frances Moore Lappé: Why I’m Facing Arrest to Get Money Out of Politics
To raise awareness about the corruption of our political system, thousands have pledged to engage in nonviolent civil disobedience during Democracy Spring, happening April 2-11 between Philadelphia and Washington, DC.
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How the States Are Trying to Rein in Dark Money
The Supreme Court has eviscerated our already thin federal campaign finance rules, so reformers have turned to the states — the “laboratories of democracy” — to do better.
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Under Public Pressure, House Democrats Introduce Plan for Public Campaign Financing
The Government by the People Act would create voluntary public financing of elections for House candidates - and it already has more than 100 co-sponsors on the bill.