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Investigating the Investigators: Trump Continues His Assault on Independent Justice
If the president and his enablers are permitted to succeed in their campaign to politicize American justice, it will cease to be justice at all.
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A Weekend’s Worth of Outrages
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Common Cause, Allies Back Package of Anti-Corruption Bills
"Bold solutions like the ones included in this package are desperately needed to fix our government and bring balance back to our democracy" - Common Cause President Karen Hobert Flynn.
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This Is No Witch Hunt
As Robert Mueller begins the second year of his investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 election, Americans must insist that he has a free hand to build on already impressive results.
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Whistleblower: Cambridge Analytical Worked to Suppress Voter Turnout
Former Cambridge Analytical researcher Christopher Wylie says the firm spread information geared to keeping African-Americans away from the polls
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Halfway Home in the Battle to Restore Net Neutrality
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Court Ruling Could Flush Out Hidden Campaign Spending
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2018 Partisan Gerrymandering Writing Competition
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Women Setting Records As Candidates, Donors
The #MeToo movement may be felt at the ballot box this year.
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“Red Alert for Net Neutrality” Hitting the Hill Today
Senators are the target of a massive email, social media, and in-person campaign today to round up 51 votes for a resolution restoring net neutrality protections rolled back earlier this year by the Federal Communications Commission.
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Swamp? What Swamp?
Million-dollar payments to his lawyer demonstrate that 16 months into the Trump presidency, the ethical bog candidate Trump promised to drain is larger and deeper than ever.
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Ohio Voters Back Historic Plan to End Gerrymandering
Issue 1, which changes Ohio's Constitution to require strong bipartisan support for changes to the state's congressional districts, rolled up a big vote in Tuesday's statewide balloting.