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Buckley gave us the dubious principle that unlimited spending on elections is a form of “free speech.”
Blog
Adam Lioz
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.
Blog
Adam Lioz
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.
Blog
Policy solutions to undo the suppression of workers' voice and labor standards.
Blog
Amy Traub
Hillary Clinton announced a three-part plan for addressing the role of big and secret money in the political process.
Blog
Adam Lioz
Consumer advocacy groups have long complained that there is no link between bad credit and job performance. They argue that such checks lead to discriminatory hiring.
In the media
Michelle Singletary
Executive action on paid sick days for employees of federal contractors would be in keeping with Obama’s steps to raise workplace standards for contract employees.
Blog
Amy Traub
The New York fast food wage board today recommended a wage increase in a series of steps to $15 an hour by 2018 in New York City and by 2021 in the rest of the state.
Blog
Amy Traub
Racism has affected voting in America since its founding, and it continues to affect voting today.
Blog
Sean McElwee
States around the country are making registering to vote through the DMV more cumbersome and difficult than federal law allows.
Blog
Stuart Naifeh