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The Supreme Court got it supremely wrong when it held that corporations had the same rights as people to spend money in elections.

14 Big Ideas to Build a Strong & Diverse Middle Class

How the dominance of politics by the affluent & business undermines economic mobility in America

Give states additional Child Care and Development Block Grant funding to double the number of children served by child care assistance, make the federal Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit refundable, and expand Head Start and Early Head Start.

Home ownership is commonly understood as the quintessential marker of having arrived in the middle class: a family’s home is often the single largest asset that they own and has traditionally served as an important vehicle for wealth accumulation and economic security. 

Public financing of elections, as a state and local democracy reform, can help enhance the political voice and power of working-class people and people of color. It is an effective antidote to the outsized influence corporations and major donors currently have on both politics and policy.

Why we need an executive order requiring government contractors to disclose their political spending.