2014 Articles
December 29, 2014: Big money breaks out Politico
December 12, 2014: The Best Government Wall Street and the Billionaires Can Buy Huffington Post
December 10, 2014: A hidden measure that could devastate campaign finance laws MSNBC
November 21, 2014: 8 Things You Can Do to Help Get Money Out of Politics Bill Moyers
November 14, 2014: Where Campaign Finance Reformers Actually Won On Election Day Huffington Post
November 13, 2014: Here’s a 2014 Mandate: Pass an Amendment to Remove Big Money From Politics The Nation
November 9, 2014: VIDEO: Green Bay’s referendum on corporate personhood Thom Hartmann
November 9, 2014: Dark Money Helped Win the Senate NY Times
November 7, 2014: In Five States Voters Vote To Overturn Citizens United PopularResistance.org
November 7, 2014: ‘We will only get louder’: Dozens of communities vote to boot big money from politics RawStory.com
November 7, 2014: Elizabeth Warren: It’s time to work on America’s agenda Washington Post
November 5, 2014: 6 Ways Americans Voted Against Corporate Power in the Most Expensive Midterm Elections Ever Yes! Magazine
October 31, 2014: Referenda allow Wausau voters to weigh in directly Wausau Daily Herald
October 28, 2014: 12 Wisconsin communities to vote on Citizens United repeal Wisconsin Gazette
October 23, 2014: Big Money Bankrolls Opposition to Movement to Overturn Citizens United PRWatch.org
October 22, 2014: Election to Cost Nearly $4 Billion, CRP Projects, Topping Previous Midterms OpenSecrets.org
October 17, 2014: How Billionaire Oligarchs Are Becoming Their Own Political Parties The NY Times
October 16, 2014: Teddy Roosevelt v. Citizens United Rueters
October 14, 2014: Goldwater would have hated ‘Citizens United’ Washington Post
October 14, 2014: The Secret Money Buying Wisconsin’s Laws The Daily Beast
October 14, 2014: Corporate campaign cash breeds corruption Vicky Daubert via The Cap Times
October 4, 2014: Americans Should Be Protesting for Democracy, Too Lawrence Lessig via Reader Supported News
October 3, 2014: Letter: Wausau wants Big Money out of politics Wausau Daily Herald
October 3, 2014: A shareholder solution to ‘Citizens United’ Washington Post
September 30, 2014: The “rubber stamp” SCOTUS: How corporations’ ugly myth became law Salon / Jeff Clements
September 24, 2014: Can we be political but not partisan? Jeff Zdrale, Post-Crescent Community Columnist
September 15, 2014: Framing: Value in anti-Koch attacks Politico
September 12, 2014: A constitutional amendment to take Big Money out of politics dies quietly Jim Gaines via Reuters
September 9, 2014: Senator Durbin Voices Support For Anti-Citizens United Constitutional Amendment Public Campaign
September 7, 2014: This Is a ‘Pivotal Moment’ for the Movement to Remove Big Money From Politics John Nichols
September 3, 2014: The Conservative versus the Corporatist: Justice Rehnquist’s Opposition to Justice Powell’s Drive To Create “Corporate Speech” Rights Jeff Clements
August 18, 2014: The Disease of American Democracy Robert Reich
August 12, 2014: Who rules America? The Hill
July 31, 2014: Poll: Support for Campaign Finance Reform Strong in Key Senate Races. Time
July 31, 2014: ALEC’s Jeffersonian Project Pushes to Amend U.S. Constitution. P.R. Watch
July 28, 2014: When Did Companies Become People? Excavating The Legal Evolution. N.P.R.
July 28, 2014: Leaked Memo Tells Senate Candidate To Spend 80 Percent Of Her Time Raising Money. Huffington Post
July 16, 2014: Amend corporate cash out of politics. The Cap Times
July 12, 2014: We, the people can overturn ‘Citizens United’. Wausau Daily Herald
July 11, 2014: Campaign Finance Reform – That’ll Shut ‘Em Up. readersupportednews.org
July 10, 2014: 10 Supreme Court Rulings That Turned Corporations Into People. Mother Jones
July 10, 2014: Wisconsin Working Hard to Get Money Out of Politics. Occupy River West
July 4, 2014: Will of people shines in direct-legislation petitions. PostCrescent.com
July 4, 2014: A Stampede to Amend the Constitution and Get Big Money Out of Politics. Truth-out
July 3, 2014: How Hobby Lobby Undermined The Very Idea of a Corporation. Mother Jones
July 2, 2014: Money in Politics: What Can a Person Do?. Kathleen Vineout
June 25, 2014: Wausau group joins effort to amend U.S. Constitution. Wausau Daily Herald
June 24, 2014: Voters to get say on money in politics. PostCrescent.com
June 24, 2014: Move to Amend petition requests referendum on November ballot. fdlreporter.com
June 20, 2014: Grassroots activists in Fond du Lac, Ripon, seek measure to limit corporate campaign spending. Star Tribune
June 19, 2014: What politicians really think about Citizens United: Guest commentary. LA Daily News
June 19, 2014: Local grassroots movements aim to limit corporate campaign spending. Fond du Lac Reporter
June 19, 2014: Fox Cities petitioners call for referendum to curb political spending. PostCrescent.com
June 17, 2014: Koch-Funded Group Won’t Back Kansas Republicans Who Supported Clean Energy. Think Progress
June 10, 2014: Republican Congressman Demolishes The Supreme Court’s Rationale For Killing Campaign Finance Laws. Think Progress
June 9, 2014: Democracy Movement Leads Push for Democracy Amendment. PR Watch
May 31, 2014: A conversation between Ron Johnson and Koch donors. The Cap Times
May 25, 2014: Walking a Fine Line on Campaign Finance. The New York Times
May 23, 2014: G.O.P. Sues for a Loophole to Raise Unlimited Money From Individuals. The New York Times
May 21, 2014: Listen to the people: Money isn’t speech. The Cap Times Editorial
May 16, 2014: Abortion foes kill ‘corporations aren’t people’ legislative push. MinnPost.com
May 12, 2014: Board overrides Chris Abele veto, sets vote on free speech ruling. Milwauke Journal
May 12, 2014: How Chief Justice Roberts Dissembled, Obfuscated and Misled in his McCutcheon Opinion to Radically Change the Court’s “Corruption” Standard and Legalize the Use of Contributions to Buy Government Influence and Results. Fred Wertheimer, Democracy 21
May 6, 2014: New Poll: Americans Think The Supreme Court Is Political, Closed Off, And Got Citizens United Wrong. Buzz Feed Politics
May 2, 2014: Vermont first state to call for constitutional convention to get money out of politics. VTdigger.org
April 30, 2014: Senate Plans Vote on Constitutional Amendment to Counter ‘Plutocracy’ Politics. The Nation
April 30, 2014: John Paul Stevens: ‘Money is not speech’. The Hill
April 21, 2014: Oligarchy Nation. U.S. News & World Report
April 16, 2014: A Decade of McCain-Feingold. Campaigns & Elections
April 9, 2014: The 5 Most Absurd Quotes in McCutcheon v FEC Decision. Common Blog
April 8, 2014: How the Supreme Court Blowtorched Democracy and What You Can Do About It. The Nation
April 8, 2014: Rich people rule!. Washington Post
April 7, 2014: Now He Tells Us: McCutcheon Attorney Admits Money Is Not Speech. Huffington Post
April 7, 2014: Americans Don’t Think Donation Limits Hurt Free Speech, Poll Shows. Huffington Post
April 7, 2014: Opening the polical money chutes. Reuters
April 4, 2014: On Politics: High court ruling will lift Wisconsin’s campaign donor limits, experts say. Wisconsin State Journal
April 3, 2014: A Resounding Vote Against Koch Brothers Dollarocracy. The Nation
April 2, 2014: Originalists Making It Up Again: McCutcheon and ‘Corruption’. The Daily Beast
April 2, 2014: With ‘McCutcheon’ Ruling, An Activist Court Opts for Full-On Plutocracy. The Nation
April 2, 2014: How The Supreme Court Just Legalized Money Laundering By Rich Campaign Donors. Huffington Post
April 1, 2014: Bombshell Corruption Case Shines Merciless Light On How Politicians Raise Money. Huffington Post
March 31, 2014: How to Vote Against the Koch Brothers. The Nation
March 31, 2014: More Than Corruption Threatens the Integrity of Our Democracy. The American Prospect
March 28, 2014: Get money out of politics, take back our vote. Manitowoc htrnews.com
March 28, 2014: Dane County will vote on marijuana, suburbs on Citizens United and a leaf vacuum. Wisconsin State Journal
March 24, 2014: Will New Hampshire Be the Next State to Declare Democracy Is for People—Not Corporations?. The Nation
March 19, 2014: The Plutocrats Take To The Barricades. Campaign for America’s Future
March 18, 2014: Scalia’s looming fiasco: Obscure new SCOTUS case may be worse than Citizens United. Salon
March 18, 2014: A Campaign Inquiry in Utah Is the Watchdogs’ Worst Case. NYTimes
March 14, 2014: McCutcheon combined with Citizens United could wipe out democracy. Missoulian
March 13, 2014: Join effort to change campaign financing. The Appleton PostCresent.com
March 10, 2014: Move to Amend, Senate redistricting bill outlined. Jefferson Daily Union
March 7, 2014: Koch Spends More Than Double Top Ten Unions Combined. Republic Report
February 28, 2014: What the Supreme Court Has Already Said About McCutcheon v. FEC. Demos
February 26, 2014: The Pro-Money Court: How the Roberts Supreme Court Dismantled Campaign Finance Law. Brennan Center for Justice
February 18, 2014: Faith groups push back on role of money in politics. The Hill
February 9, 2014: D.C. Needs a Grassroots Fix That Will Come When Left and Right Find Common Ground. The Daily Beast
February 6, 2014: A Midwest Republican Senator Crusades Against the Corruption of Money In Politics. Occupy.com
February 4, 2014: Reversing the grievous error of Citizens United. The Washington Post
February 3, 2014: Campaign Finance Law Is Even Worse Than You Think. U.S. News & World Report
February 3, 2014: Will Elizabeth Warren Purge American Politics of Corruption?. Vice
January 23, 2014: Mary Sanderson: Waunakee, DeForest and Windsor also to vote on amending Constitution. The Cap Times
January 22, 2014: How Citizens United changed politics, in 7 charts. Washington Post
January 22, 2014: Cuomo takes a first step toward campaign finance reform. CapitalNewYork.com
January 21, 2014: Four Years After ‘Citizens United,’ There Is Real Movement to Remove Big Money From Politics. John Nichols via The Nation
January 19, 2014: Citizens United decision made our political problems worse — Valerie Murphy. The Cap Times
January 18, 2014: Belleville voters can speak up for repair of democracy. The Cap Times
January 16, 2014: Former Senate Leader Says Senators Spent Two-Thirds of Time Asking for Money. The National Journal
January 15, 2014: Dark money: How Wisconsin’s most politically influential organizations avoid disclosing their donors. The Cap Times
January 11, 2014: The sequel to Citizens United. The Wisconsin State Journal
January 8, 2014: Residents might get chance to vote on special-interest funding. MyWalworthCounty.com
January 5, 2014: Koch-backed political coalition, designed to shield donors, raised $400 million in 2012. The Washington Post
January 2, 2014: Major Social Transformation Is a Lot Closer Than You May Realize – How Do We Finish the Job? PopularResistance.org via Truth-Out.org