Training to 'Hold Power Accountable'
August 10, 2017
California Common Cause recently completed its annual Student Activist Training, a weekend of seminars and team-building for collegians interested in working on democracy reform on their campuses and in their communities.
Fixing 'the Engine of Government'
August 3, 2017
Faces of Common Cause: Miranda Viscoli and Steve Lipscomb
An Eloquent Plea; A Flawed Vote
July 25, 2017
Diagnosed with a brain tumor last week, John McCain returned to the Senate on Tuesday with his perspective on his life and service there sharpened by that confrontation with his own mortality.
Justice Department Backing Away from Civil Rights Enforcement
June 15, 2017
The Justice Department under Attorney General Jeff Sessions is gradually eliminating one of the judiciary’s most important tools for civil rights enforcement: “consent decrees” that give judges long-term oversight over individuals, groups and government agencies that have engaged in discrimination.
From Tragedy, a Moment of Unity on Capitol Hill
June 14, 2017
Could bipartisan grief produce bipartisan resolve to put aside the rancor that dominates our politics?
