Investigating Power
…the constitutional and civil rights of all Americans, regardless of their religious views, will take an equal commitment from supporters of an independent judiciary.” Read the report: Conquering the Courts…
By Steven Rosenfeld / Independent Media Institute Technology has bestowed a stunning twist of fate in the arcane world of counting how America votes. A decade ago, activists railed against…
By Steven Rosenfeld / Independent Media Institute Will Facebook’s new political advertising rules tame extremists in American campaigns and elections, accomplishing something that neither Congress, federal regulators nor the judiciary…
…abet Cambridge Analytica’s illegal use of foreign nationals to substantively participate in and advise the Trump campaign and Bolton’s independent expenditures. Special Counsel Robert Mueller has asked Cambridge Analytica for…
…label in order to make a profit. But their anti-union crusades suggest that they don’t want to share those profits with the men and women who show up every shift,…
…have been big donors to RAGA. RAGA has faced scrutiny because its members worked with donors to challenge federal regulations. The forum in Washington suggests the criticism hasn’t fazed them:…
…which creates an ordinance that requires groups that make more than $1,000 in independent expenditures in municipal elections to disclose its financial supporters and details of the organization. The city…
…the National Federation of Independent Businesses, which has been battling paid sick leave ordinances, lobbied in favor of soda tax preemption in Michigan. Grassroots activists know they are up against…
…Law was set up to fight restrictions on campaign financing in the name of “free speech.” In 2017, it spun off and became an independent non-profit legal center. An additional…
…of campaign reform. Even for him, it wasn’t always this way. Back in 1987, the Kentucky senator proposed a constitutional amendment to allow Congress to limit independent expenditures, saying it…
