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Five Things Your Tax Dollars Could Fund Instead of an Illegal Iran War
While Americans are struggling to afford basic necessities, the Trump Administration is pouring billions of dollars into an illegal war in Iran.
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Más corporaciones se distancian de ALEC
En los últimos meses, importantes empresas, entre ellas Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Yelp, Yahoo, International Paper, Occidental Petroleum, News Corp, Overstock.com, SAP America y AOL, anunciaron que habían abandonado o que iban a abandonar el Consejo Americano de Intercambio Legislativo (ALEC), el grupo secreto que reúne a políticos estatales y lobistas corporativos tras puertas cerradas para reescribir nuestras leyes.
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Un oleoducto lleno de dinero de intereses especiales
Mientras el Senado de Estados Unidos vota hoy sobre el oleoducto Keystone XL, un nuevo análisis de Common Cause revela que el dinero de intereses especiales es lo que realmente impulsa el debate.
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Common Cause Maryland Forum Makes the Case for Ending Gerrymandering
The Tame the Gerrymander Coalition, including Common Cause Maryland, featured U.S. Rep. John Delaney, Maryland Del. Aisha Braveboy, and Common Cause National Redistricting Coordinator Dan Vicuna at a forum to discuss solutions to the problem of partisan gerrymandering.
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Common Cause Scores Florida Supreme Court Victory on Redistricting Transparency
The Florida Supreme Court ruled this week that documents detailing an unlawful redistricting collaboration between Florida legislators and a partisan political consultant must be released to the public.
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John Oliver sobre la neutralidad de la red
Esta semana todo el mundo habla de la neutralidad de la red, así que pensamos que sería bueno echar un vistazo a la hilarante parodia que John Oliver hizo sobre el tema el verano pasado. Explica lo que está sucediendo, nos cuenta lo que está en juego e insta a hordas de comentaristas de Internet a dirigir su indignación hacia el proceso de comentarios públicos de la FCC.
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Net Neutrality Foes Spent Millions In 2014
By now you have probably heard of “net neutrality.” Net neutrality, which would guarantee everyone equal access to the open internet, is a policy the Federal Communications Commission is currently considering and is supported by 81% of Americans, including a majority of Republicans.
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SCOTUS Takes on Redistricting in Alabama Case
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments today in a combined case challenging Alabama’s state legislative districts as an illegal racial gerrymander.
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Supreme Court Takes on Redistricting In Alabama Case
The Supreme Court is considering whether Alabama grouped African-American voters into a few districts to enhance Republican prospects in other, mostly white districts.
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Getting into the habit of democracy
Our country, too, needs to instill new habits. For the past few decades, and particularly over the past couple of years, our collective civic engagement has suffered. We just don’t have down the habit of democracy.
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President Obama calls for full net neutrality
Those of us fighting for a free and open Internet got some good news this morning. President Obama just reiterated his strong stance on net neutrality, and asked FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler to reclassify broadband internet as a telecommunications service.
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Gearing Up for Election Day Protection
As a legal intern at Common Cause this fall,,I had an exciting and important chance to work on Election Protection.
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Tallahassee Makes History
Last Tuesday, the City of Tallahassee passed a landmark anti-corruption ballot measure that stops political bribery, exposes dark money, and empowers every voter to be heard -- the first of its kind in the nation.
