Democracy Wire

Just a few weeks ago, the Senate Intelligence Committee looked like the best hope for those of us holding out hope that Congress might conduct a serious investigation of Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election. No more.

PolitiFact, a nonprofit news organization, has launched an online almanac to identify "fake news" websites

A lawsuit filed Wednesday by Common Cause North Carolina and 10 Carolinians asks a state court to nullify two bills passed at a special session of the state legislature last December because legislative leaders provided no advance public notice of their meeting.

The new administration is killing one of the last vestiges of bipartisanship in Washington: a long tradition that formal inquiries posed to federal agencies by members of Congress, regardless of party, get a formal answer.

With "Hold Power Accountable" on one side and "People. Action. Democracy." on the other side of blue signs, our fierce band of Common Causers stuck together in Bryant Park for the Tax March on Saturday, April 15th.

Legal scholars, Republicans, Democrats, and Independents, agree there is no way to limit an Article V convention