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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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It’s not about “Can we?” It’s about “Will we?”
Next week public comments are due regarding the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) proposed rules for net neutrality. Much of the focus will be on arcane legalisms, the particulars of various court decisions, and the confounding twists and turns of FCC regulatory oversight (or lack thereof). This is all well and good, and based on more than a decade tracking such minutiae as a member of the FCC, I am confident that those of us favoring real Open Internet will have much the better detailed arguments to put forward. But it’s...
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What We’re Reading This Week – 7/3/14
This week – super PACs, the Voting Rights Amendment Act, Hobby Lobby, and Twitter
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Fighting For Net Neutrality in Burlington
The Media and Democracy team recently traveled to beautiful Burlington, Vermont. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) invited Michael Copps, former FCC Commissioner and special advisor to our Media and Democracy program, to testify on the Open Internet ("net neutrality").
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FCC Calls for Political Ad Disclosure
Politicians have learned to harness every form of technology to manipulate voters, but none are more visible than ads on TV. For many voters who haven't had time to do their own research, these ads may be the only information they have as they head to the polls.
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Hawái avanza en la participación electoral
Hawaii está dando pasos hacia una mayor participación en sus elecciones. En un esfuerzo por combatir la baja participación electoral actual en el estado y ampliar el acceso a las urnas, el gobernador Neil Abercrombie ha firmado un proyecto de ley que permite a los votantes registrarse en los centros de votación por correspondencia a partir de 2016, allanando el camino para que el registro el día de las elecciones comience en 2018.
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Lo que estamos leyendo, semana que termina el 27 de junio
Esta semana: Equipos SWAT de MA, Mayday PAC, divulgación y poder ejecutivo
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Common Cause, Students Press Sallie Mae to Disclose All Lobbying
Common Cause and other public interest groups called on student loan giant Sallie Mae today to make detailed financial disclosures of its lobbying activity.
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Defending The People’s Pledge
Does the Pledge keep money out of politics? Yes!
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Grupos respaldados por Koch vinculados al viaje y discurso de Scalia el verano pasado
Minutos después de que un grupo de abogados financiado en parte por los industriales Charles y David Koch recibiera al juez de la Corte Suprema Antonin Scalia para un discurso en un almuerzo en agosto pasado, otra entidad respaldada por Koch encabezó una manifestación para "detener el gasto gubernamental" en el mismo hotel de Montana, según indica un análisis de Common Cause del informe anual de divulgación financiera de Scalia.
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Common Cause Hawaii welcomes four new board members
We are so excited to bring on four talented new board members to our team at Common Cause Hawaii!
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Walker Documents Strengthen Case for Campaign Finance Reform
New evidence of coordination between Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and groups supporting him strengthens case for campaign finance reform.
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Newly Released Documents Put Scott Walker in the Hot Seat
Documents unsealed Thursday by a federal appeals court in Chicago suggest that Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s campaign in the 2012 recall election worked hand-in-glove – perhaps illegally – with special interest groups.
