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Transforming the Supreme Court’s flawed approach to money in politics

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Bankruptcy's Student Loan Exception Hurts Elders

December 14, 2015

Over one-third of the $1.2 trillion in student debt—or nearly $420 billion—is currently held by those 40 or older.

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Distributive Institutions Are to Blame for Income Inequality, Not Power Couples

Tyler Cowen had a popular piece in the New York Times last week in which he agued that assortative mating (rich marrying rich, poor marrying poor) reinforces income inequality. As in his book "...

December 28, 2015 | Matt Bruenig

Toward a New Understanding of “We the People”

Does the arc bend, slowly, towards justice? Or is the course that was set at our nation’s founding so deeply misguided that progress towards true justice is asymptotic? Must we, in fact, break the...

December 23, 2015 | Heather McGhee

How All New Yorkers Benefit When Municipal Workers Get Paid Parental Leave

Now that’s a holiday gift! On Tuesday, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that approximately 20,000 employees of New York City would be guaranteed paid parental leave—giving mothers and fathers...

December 22, 2015 | Amy Traub

It's Time for the DOJ to Investigate Sandra Bland's Death

Sandra Bland’s arrest after a routine traffic stop was a terrible injustice; her death three days later was a tragedy; the fact that no one will be held accountable is beyond comprehension but,...

December 22, 2015 | Heather McGhee

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Breaking the Vicious Cycle: Rescuing Our Democracy and Our Economy by Transforming the Supreme Court’s Flawed Approach to Money in Politics

“For let it be agreed that a government is republican in proportion as every member composing it has an equal voice in the direction of its concerns…” Thomas Jefferson Letter to Samuel...

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Adam Lioz

Buckley v. Valeo at 40

Buckley v. Valeo is a January 30, 1976 Supreme Court case that struck down key pieces of Congress’ post-Watergate money in politics reforms, and set the structure of modern campaign finance law.1...

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