President Obama can still be a force for progressive change.

Today President Obama fulfilled his constitutional duty by nominating Judge Merrick Garland to succeed Justice Antonin Scalia on the U.S. Supreme Court. Now the question is whether U.S. Senators will do their jobs.

The U.S. Supreme Court has become friendly turf for the powerful.

The campaign money chase makes the sliver of Americans who donate large sums the most important citizens.

Same Day Registration is powerful means to reduce the barriers to voting, by making registration and voting a one-stop process that doesn’t depend on navigating confusing pre-election deadlines.

Buckley gave us the dubious principle that unlimited spending on elections is a form of “free speech.”

Sec. Hillary Clinton correctly noted the importance of the next president’s power to appoint Supreme Court justices. On no issue is this more true than on money in politics.

Scandal introduced general audiences to the practice of dog-whistle politics, but it’s also important to know the political consequences of dog-whistle appeals.

Policy solutions to undo the suppression of workers' voice and labor standards.

Hillary Clinton announced a three-part plan for addressing the role of big and secret money in the political process.