A roundup with the latest news highlighting the corrosive nature of money in New York State politics — and the need for public financing and robust campaign finance reform.
The Supreme Court recently denied California’s petition to delay the federal three-judge panel’s order to reduce its prison population by an additional 9,600 prisoners by the end of 2013.
Forty-eight years ago today, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) into law, codifying the 15th Amendment’s guarantee of the right to vote free from racial discrimination.
Unfortunately, our federal courts, which were designed to be outside of politics, have become entrenched in partisan battles. Slashing court budgets and refusing to confirm judges for petty political advantage is now standard practice.
A roundup with the latest news highlighting the corrosive nature of money in New York State politics — and the need for public financing and robust campaign finance reform.
Losing by 12 is not usually cause for celebration. But for a growing number of Americans worried that the National Security Agency has gone too far, last week's narrow defeat to a bipartisan amendment is more a glimmer of hope.
North Carolina's restrictive voting bill not only makes it harder for seniors, minorities, and youth to vote, it ensures big money's influence in elections. Here's a look at six measures that are sure to drown out more voters' voices with special interest cash.
The House's new Over-Criminalization Task Force held its second hearing last week, focusing on a narrow aspect of overcriminalization. But if the task force wants to make a dent on overincarceration, they must instead focus on the policies responsible for creating too many crimes and overly harsh sentences.
Thirty-eight years before Edward Snowden’s leaks, the NSA was embroiled in its first scandal over secret surveillance. A review of that history reminds us that abuses, even severe ones, can be met by investigation, broad debate, and reform.
