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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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More Corporations Distance Themselves from ALEC
Over the last few months major companies including Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Yelp, Yahoo, International Paper, Occidental Petroleum, News Corp, Overstock.com, SAP America, and AOL have all announced they have left or were leaving the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), the secretive group that brings state politicians and corporate lobbyists behind closed doors to rewrite our laws.
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A Pipeline Full of Special Interest Money
As the U.S. Senate votes on the Keystone XL pipeline today, a new Common Cause analysis reveals that special interest money is what’s really driving the 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 on Net Neutrality
Everyone's talking about net neutrality this week, so we thought we'd take a look back to the hilarious send-up John Oliver did of the issue last summer. He explains what's going on, tells us what's at stake, and urges hordes of internet commenters to direct their outrage towards the FCC's public comment process.
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Ang Net Neutrality Foes ay Gumastos ng Milyun-milyon Noong 2014
Sa ngayon marahil ay narinig mo na ang "net neutrality." Ang netong neutralidad, na magagarantiya sa lahat ng pantay na pag-access sa bukas na internet, ay isang patakaran na kasalukuyang isinasaalang-alang ng Federal Communications Commission at sinusuportahan ng 81% ng mga Amerikano, kabilang ang karamihan ng mga Republikano.
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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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Paghahanda para sa Proteksyon sa Araw ng Halalan
Bilang isang legal na intern sa Common Cause ngayong taglagas,, nagkaroon ako ng kapana-panabik at mahalagang pagkakataon na magtrabaho sa Proteksyon sa Halalan.
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Tallahassee Gumawa ng Kasaysayan
Noong nakaraang Martes, ang Lungsod ng Tallahassee ay nagpasa ng isang mahalagang panukala sa balota laban sa katiwalian na humihinto sa pampulitikang panunuhol, naglalantad ng madilim na pera, at nagbibigay ng kapangyarihan sa bawat botante na marinig -- ang una sa uri nito sa bansa.
