Democracy Now explores what's at stake locally and nationally in the Chicago teacher's strike

September 10, 2012

Democracy Now spends most of the broadcast exploring the regional and national implications of the Chicago teacher's strike (skip past headlines to view the interviews):

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TPP deal can get decided during the lame-duck session
Climate goals unable to be reached under TPP trade deal
Rigged
Debate Night Questions
Who will protect our rights?
You can help: The struggle of 2011 continues
Voter registration purge in Georgia disenfranchises thousands
Answer the call to support the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
Community rights activists fight against corporate suppression of direct democracy
Court protects voters in 3 states by blocking proof-of-citizenship requirement
Millions of people will be barred from voting in November
Join us in supporting The Movement for Black Lives
Will the courts protect voting rights?
Trump's 'rigged election' rhetoric could inspire voter intimidation, say experts
Do workers deserve the right to vote?
Computerized voting systems under scrutiny
Voting rights for disabled Californians being sought for November election
FBI urges increase in computer security after revealing election databases were hacked in two states
Does your vote matter?
U.S. Seeks to Protect Voting System From Cyberattacks
We urge you to pledge "No More Stolen Elections!"
Native Americans across the country sue in attempt to protect voting rights in 2016
Voting from home is one option that can help voters bypass suppression
The radical roots of Mother’s Day
Anti-drone activists arrested at Creech Air Force Base protest
U.S. peace activists refuse to pay taxes in protest of military spending
REPORT - UN study highlights crisis for refugee women fleeing Central America and Mexico, calls for international border protection due to forced displacement
Judge rules detaining asylum-seekers in order to deter others is illegal
Watch a dramatic reading of Julia Ward Howe’s Mother’s Day Proclamation against war
Truthout: What Comes After Capitalism? Upcoming Teach-Ins Can Show a Way Forward
New York voters file lawsuit to protect voting rights of millions before presidential primary
Supreme Court upholds counting all residents, not just registered voters, for determining state Senate Districts
Voter suppression comes in a variety of forms throughout the country, disenfranchising many
Join thousands in building our future
Southern California middle school students call for re-hiring of coach after he was fired for collecting and redistributing wasted fruit
University presidents admit student activists are effective in forcing schools to address racial disparities in new study
Madison students using restorative justice to build community, address school to prison pipeline
Student led “National Day of Action” against racism and student debt named divestment from private prisons among list of demands
Thousands of workers join united strike effort, reflecting labor movement power
Over 100,000 flood streets of France in pro-democracy “Up All Night” protests
Villagers continue to peacefully protest plan for coal plant creation in their community after death caused by police violence in Bangladesh
Information about the secret financial dealings of some the world’s richest and most powerful people exposed in “The Panama Papers”
Group of kids sue Obama, federal agencies for supporting the destructive fossil fuel industry
Scientists warn earthquake risks are increasingly linked to corporate injection of wastewater from gas and oil extraction into the ground
Hundreds of Californians protest and testify against dangerous crude oil trains
Dozens of organizations rally for New York Governor Cuomo to use state authority to deny pipeline after lands have been seized through eminent domain
Berta Cáceres’ assassination, land rights and the growing criminalization of social justice leaders
South African anti-mining group continues speaking out against plans for titanium mine, calling for solidarity after assassination of founder
Where will the 2017 Democracy Convention take place?
Great American Think Off 2016 explores how income inequality threatens democracy with essay contest and debate
Corporate controlled “Itasca Project” circumvents democracy in Twin Cities decision-making
Twin Cities janitors reach agreement after negotiations following 24-hour strike in February addressing wages and workload
Community democracy scores a win for the environment through the passing of Minneapolis’ plastic bag restrictions ordinance
People power - it’s what drives democracy
Grassroots activists successfully pressured corporate giant Kraft into dropping artificial dyes
Climate activists challenge using eminent domain for fracking with “Pancakes Not Pipelines” protest
GMO labeling victory in Senate may be short-lived, but sheds light on successful pushback against corporate interests
Climate activists call for no new oil extraction in New Orleans Superdome protest
Preemption being used to block local democracy measures including minimum wage laws
Toronto based coding groups empower youth of color in response to lack of diversity in tech industry
Lack of polling places and long lines punctuate reports of voter suppression in Arizona
Montana community members stopped largest new coal mine in North America
Teach-ins unite students, activists and visionaries from New York to Madison
What's trade policy got to do with climate policy?
How trade deals like the TPP undermine climate protections
Model legislation for local “TPP Free Zones”
Tips for getting a “TPP Free Zone” law adopted in your community
Climate change creating dramatic loss of glaciers
10 Days to Change Course: Earth Day to May Day!
Expanding the sense of the necessary and the possible
Audit reveals over 100 preemption, other actions to shut down local democracy in Wisconsin
Detroit "People's Water Board" coalition fights against water privatization
Michigan activist imprisoned after organizing against nation's first Emergency Financial Manager
Flint crisis shines light on Navajo water contamination and encourages movement against environmental racism in U.S.
Recently signed TPP undermines democracy in municipalities, finance, environment
How the corporation captured the academy
Join us in Boston on Nov. 6th to kick-off "10,000 for Democracy"!
Pope speaks of "right of the environment" in address to Congress
ILSR: The growing energy democracy movement has huge potential
NYC Participatory Budgeting Wins $100K Prize
5 Steps to Turn Your Business Into a Worker-owned Co-op
Alperovitz and Hanna: Socialism, American-Style
Community activists in St. Louis win decade long fight to create civilian board to investigate police misconduct
Community activists in St. Louis win decade long fight to create civilian board to investigate police misconduct
Why media mega-mergers are bad news for Latinos and communities of color in general
Maryland bill would restore voting rights to ex-felons
Participatory budgeting empowers communities of color in New York
Introducing the Next System Project
Democracy News - Local Democracy: Growing but under attack
What you need to know about the Democracy Movement and the TPP
The Democratic Turn of the Century: Learning from the U.S. Democracy Movement
Democracy News: The future of labor and the environment
Global Climate Convergence Update - Earth Day to May Day 2015
Glen Ford on what true black community control of the police would look like
CAP TIMES: WMC's economic plan would hurt Wisconsin to help wealthiest
STEVENS POINT JOURNAL: WI Public Service Commission serves corporate interests, not public
Longtime movement activists share why they support Liberty Tree
A year-end Global Climate Convergence update from Timeka
FOND DU LAC REPORTER: Wisconsin business coalition opposes "right-to-work" law
Why Washington should fear the silence of the anti-war movement
ALTERNET: Corporations get $760 from government for every $1 they spend on elections
SUN PRAIRIE STAR: WMC's 2015 priorities include "right-to-work" law, tax cuts for rich
Locking Up Black Dissidents and Punishing the Poor: The Roots of Mass Incarceration in the US
BARABOO NEWS REPUBLIC: WI state chamber's main product is misinformation
BILL LUEDERS: WMC and other groups dropped big money in 2014 WI elections
Ben ManskI: Seattle WTO Uprising Still a Force in World Events, 15 Years Later
MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL: Incoming Attorney General names WMC lobbyist as top aide
UK students take to the streets to demand 'free education'
BARABOO NEWS REPUBLIC: Schultz's successor is beholden to WMC
Reclaiming Armistice Day on November 11th
Remembering the Christmas Truce of 1914
Why doesn't the US observe Armistice Day?
Liberty Tree News- Democratizing Defense
IPS to host webinar on "U.S.-ISIS Crisis and Washington's New Wars" on 11/13/14
Tom Hayden: Letter to Congress on Escalation in Iraq & Syria
RYDER and HAYDEN: Importance of the War Powers Resolution
Peace Ecology: Deep Solutions in an Age of Water Scarcity and War
CHIPPEWA HERALD: Environmental violations, ethical issues widespread in frac sand industry
WMC lobbyist claims raising minimum wage would hurt workers
The struggle for democracy in D.C. moves forward
Liberty Tree News - Power to the Cities! (and towns, and villages, and counties)
CAP TIMES: WMC defends graphic depicting pay equity advocates as "anti-business"
Chevron engaged in massive election spending to subvert local democracy in Santa Barbara
PUBLIC NEWS SERVICE: Wisconsin Supreme Court mired in conflict of interest
STATE JOURNAL: WI Club For Growth's tax-exempt status challenged over political spending
Detroit's water crisis is a democracy crisis
Tribal activists plan community owned solar power plant
CAP TIMES: WMC, Gogebic Taconite used dark money to target anti-mining bill legislators
Medea Benjamin: Corporate media responsible for selling ISIS war
MANITOWOC HERALD TIMES REPORTER: Repeal of Equal Pay Act hurt women
STATE JOURNAL: WI Supreme Court majority to decide on investigation of groups that spent millions to elect them
Week of action to oppose the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Nov. 8-14
The New War, the Forever War, and a World Beyond War
Community organizing successfully ends militarized-policing convention's presence in Oakland
THE PROGRESSIVE: Business lobby fights equal pay for women
The Global Climate Strike: Why We Can't Wait
Live stream guide for the Climate Convergence Conference
Don't miss the NYC Climate Convergence Conference and People's Climate March!
Climate Convergence Workshops Featuring Liberty Tree Board and Staff
ISTHMUS: WI tech leaders get little help from Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce
ISTHMUS: WI tech leaders get little help from Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce
POLITIFACT: Walker's promise of 250,000 new jobs broken
THE PROGRESSIVE: Chamber's attack on Walker prosecutor's wife falls apart
Join Liberty Tree at the We are Woman Rally!
CENTER FOR MEDIA AND DEMOCRACY: After subpoenas to big-money donors, WI GOP tried to quietly change law
ISTHMUS: Don't believe WMC claims about impact of coal regulations
EXPRESS MILWAUKEE: The buying of Walker's Wisconsin
MILWAUKEE JOURNAL-SENTINEL: Walker falling far short of promise to create 250,000 new jobs
MILWAUKEE JOURNAL-SENTINEL: Walker falling far short of promise to create 250,000 new jobs
BILL LUEDERS: After helping politicians win power, interest groups spend millions lobbying them
MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL: Gogebic Taconite funneled big money into WI politics during mining fight
WKOW: WMC head: Don't ban state subsidies to companies that outsource jobs
WKOW: WMC head: Don't ban state subsidies to companies that outsource jobs
MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL: WI Supreme Court bought and paid for by corporate special interests
MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL: Federal court reinstates WI voter ID law for 2014 election
Majority of US Chamber of Commerce donations come from just 64 entities
ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE: Life is worse in "right to work" states
Community Democracy, and the Future of Broadband
Center for Social Inclusion maps the movement for Energy Democracy
Denmark town achieves true Energy Democracy
San Diego fights for Energy Democracy
Nigerian communities challenge corporate power in quest for Energy Democracy
Massive trade union confederation calls for “Energy sovereignty and democratization”
UK's largest union calls for fracking ban and "democratic control of the energy industry"
Gar Alperovitz on the cooperative economy's enormous potential
Participatory Budgeting in NYC: Governing at the Grassroots
Public Banking & Economic Democracy
Jackson, Miss. using worker-owned cooperatives to advance economic democracy
DAILY CARDINAL: Madison environmental, social justice advocates converge in Earth Day rally
CAP TIMES: Demonstrators address fossil fuel divestment at Earth Day rally
The Wisconsin Wave is hiring a new Public Outreach Canvass Director!
Participatory Budgeting continues to grow in NYC
NEW YORK TIMES: Penokee Hills mine controversy is a fight for Wisconsin's soul
NYT: Cooperative businesses benefit both worker-owners and their communities
TRUTHOUT: Building a more democratic banking system
WTAQ: WMC takes stand against minimum wage increase
IN THESE TIMES: Saving Lake Superior from mining
WTAQ: WMC pushes bill to limit compensation for injured workers in Wisconsin
COMMON DREAMS: Is the 'sharing economy' a pathway to greater economic democracy?
Al Jazeera: Oxfam says world's rich threaten democracy
AL GEDICKS: WMC, GTac lied to legislators to pass iron mining law
EAU CLAIRE LEADER-TELEGRAM: WMC pushes 7-day work week bill in WI legislature
WISCONSIN WAVE: What business owners are saying about WMC-Free Wisconsin
EXPRESS MILWAUKEE: Second John Doe investigation focused on big money
STEVEN ROSENFELD: How US Chamber and corporations spy on civil society
JEFF MILCHEN: Holiday shopping goes local, independent
STATE JOURNAL: Investigation of Walker recall campaign targets WMC and other big money groups
WATCH: Gar Alperovitz at the 2013 Democracy Convention
CAP TIMES: Reports show how Koch Brothers and corporate interests funnel big money into state campaigns
CAP TIMES: Wisconsin Supreme Court hears Act 10 case involving their biggest financial backers
CAP TIMES: Wisconsin Supreme Court hears Act 10 case involving their biggest financial backers
ISTHMUS: Schools expert warns Wisconsin off privatization, high-stakes testing
WATCH: Ben Manski, Leland Pan, Jolie Lizotte and more on the future of student organizing
CAP TIMES: How to stop WMC from hijacking our democracy
NAOMI KLEIN: How Science Is Telling Us All To Revolt
WATCH: New documentary about Move to Amend
APPLETON POST-CRESCENT: WMC supports corporate welfare
GAZETTEXTRA: WI Supreme Court justices tend to favor attorney donors
WATCH: Debra White Plume at the Democracy Convention
BELOIT DAILY NEWS: WMC spends $800,000 to sell Walker to public
BARABOO NEWS REPUBLIC: WMC ad needs reality check
State Journal: WMC tells the same lie until people believe it's true
ISTHMUS: Wisconsin's rich getting richer in "new Gilded Age"
DIANE RAVITCH: Ex-charter school proponent: why charters are a mistake
ELLEN BROWN: We need public banks more than ever
LACROSSE TRIBUNE: Philly Fed says Walker, WMC using misleading data on Wisconsin economy
CAP TIMES: New WMC ad makes misleading claim about WI economic growth
PAUL BUCHHEIT: Average American family pays $6,000 a year in subsidies to big business
WI DEMOCRACY CAMPAIGN: Governor continues to rake in money from elite class of donors
STATE JOURNAL: State survey shows one third of teachers would change their profession
WMC spins economic reality in TV ad thanking Walker
CAP TIMES: Job growth under Scott Walker - August 2013
NICHOLS AND MCCHESNEY: Dollarocracy: How big money undermines our democracy and how we can take it back
APPLETON POST-CRESCENT: Walker making excuses for slow WI job growth
CAP TIMES: Walker aide requests removal of jobs story from Rhinelander station
BILL LUEDERS: Wisconsin civil society presses for redistricting reform
CAP TIMES: Women protest WMC's attempts to repeal Family and Medical Leave Act
WPR: WMC seeks rollback of Wisconsin's Family Medical Leave Act
CAP TIMES: Does freedom of the press still apply in state Capitol?
STATE JOURNAL: Despite arrests, Capitol protest grows
MIKE MCCABE: Public and pols far apart on money in politics
STATE JOURNAL: Walker creates stir with talk of stripping police, firefighter union rights
CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBILITY AND ETHICS IN WASHINGTON: Walker worst governor in America
FLOWERS & ZEESE: Learn to build economic democracy at the Democracy Convention!
JOHN NICHOLS: 16 states call to overturn 'Citizens United'
RAW STORY: Gogebic hires private paramilities to guard Wisconsin mining site from protesters
MIKE JOHNSON: Chamber-backed pols defeat Madison donation disclosure proposal
WI Citizens Media Cooperative: Citizens testify for strong mining ordinance
CAP TIMES: Researcher: Walker 'fed us a sedative' when stimulus was needed
CAP TIMES: Walker joins Koch brothers' pledge to oppose climate action
NYT: Big companies paid a fraction of corporate tax rate
ISTHMUS: Wisconsin goes back to budget deficits
ISTHMUS: Scott Walker's high-speed fail: Train service would have started now
CAP TIMES: WMC lobbyists 'very excited' about GOP budget
JOHN NICHOLS: Budget fails majority of Wisconsinites
CAP TIMES: Chamber pays Walker to impose its policies, ranks Wisconsin 44th in economic performance
MIKE KONOPACKI: Scott Walker’s jobs fraud
ESQUIRE: Walker's Chamber agenda a spectacular failure
Action Alert: What you can do to stop School Privatization in Wisconsin
WISCDC: Legislature seeks to ram through further attacks on voting rights, clean government
AUDIO: Hear Dennis Kucinich's speech at the Rally for Democracy
WISCONSIN WATCH: Redistricting entirely responsible for GOP’s "success" in congressional and legislative races
WSJ: Wisconsin's GOP legislature lays out their priorities for mining, education, taxes, and jobs
SALON: Provisional ballots still being counted in Arizona and reports of suppressed Latino votes could affect outcome of close races
CAP TIMES: Law enforcement union sues Wisconsin over collective bargaining law that creates 2 classes of workers
GOP: arrest Federal officials who try to implement new healthcare law in WI
Democracy Now investigates the corporate influences behind the "Fix the Debt" campaign
Overpass Light Brigade groups challenge free speech restrictions around the country
Electoral maps rigged to favor well-funded incumbents
NYT: Americans in non-swing states less likely to vote and millions of ballots are still being counted
CAP TIMES: Supreme Court case could eliminate the Voting Rights Act
TRUTHOUT: Lack of transparency in exit polling makes it more difficult to know when an election is rigged
AP: South Carolina GOP wants to stop recount, but Election Day problems show importance of completing recount
CAP TIMES: Journalists face restrictions as they cover Election Night events
ALTERNET: Latino organizers call attention to thousands of uncounted votes in Arizona county sheriff's race
GOP's 2013 agenda for WI: mining, school voucher, tax cuts, sandhill crane hunt
GOP's 2013 agenda for WI: mining, school voucher, tax cuts, sandhill crane hunt
We CAN do better
International observers release report on integrity of 2012 Presidential Election
No More Stolen Election's Sarah Manski and other election integrity activists speak about the risks of a stolen election
DAILY BEAST: Longer lines and 3 page ballots plague Florida's 2012 elections
BRADBLOG: Voter films touch-screen voting machine that flips the vote from Obama to Romney
HARPER'S: How the 2004 election in Ohio was stolen
SALON: Is the GOP Stealing Ohio?
RAW STORY: Robo-calls to Arizona Democrats tell voters the wrong polling place
IPS: Abolishing the Electoral College will solve the problem of having "swing" states
FREE PRESS: Why we must fight to prevent elections from being stolen through disenfranchisement and machine fraud
ISTHMUS: GAB Director Kevin Kennedy receives criticisms from all over of the political spectrum
MOTHER JONES: Texas and Iowa threaten to arrest foreign election observers here to assess the integrity of American elections
FREE PRESS: Ohio's voting machines have "experimental patch" installed week before election
WASHINGTON POST: Wisconsin Republicans give inaccurate information to poll watchers
NYT: Ohio Secretary of State discovers that all of Ohio's voting systems are easily corrupted
MOTHER JONES: Paperless voting systems leave the 2012 election open for fraud
AMERICAN PROSPECT: Study shows that votes cast by mail are more likely to be uncounted
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR: Electronic voting machines to be used in the 2012 elections can be hacked
WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL: Wisconsin's ban on vouching for unregistered voters will disenfranchise eligible voters
Democracy Now talks to civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis about the ongoing struggle for voting rights
THINK PROGRESS: Ohio Secretary of State determined to limit early voting despite federal court order
COLORLINES: Black citizens confused if Florida has restored their voting rights after felony convictions
Democracy Now interviews Greg Palast about voter disenfranchisement in the 2012 elections
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom suggest democratic changes that require the abolishment of corporate personhood
PROPUBLICA: How super PACS came to have so much influence in our elections
NATION: Election Protection coalition helps voters navigate voter suppression laws
NYT: Voting machine industry plays large role in the Election Assistance Commission
PACIFIC COAST BUSINESS TIMES: Computer science professors and students hack California's voting machines
GUARDIAN: Corporate-sponsored Commission on Presidential Debates places undemocratic restrictions on debates
Democracy Now discusses how the Obama and Romney campaigns control debate questions and exclude third party candidates; Chilean student movement receives award
NYT: An in-depth look at our touch screen voting machines
SALON: Diebold voting machines can be hacked by remote control
BRAD BLOG: Germany's highest court rules electronic voting unconstitutional
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: Voting technologies require many changes before they can be reliable for voters
LA TIMES: Arizona's voter ID law will go to the Supreme Court
COMMON DREAMS: Bain Capital owns electronic voting machines that will count many of Ohio's ballots
THE REVIEW: 15 states back Ohio in early voting case
AMERICAN PROSPECT: Third party presidential candidates locked out of debates
ROLL CALL: Ohio votes must be counted if poll workers put provisional ballots in wrong precinct
AMERICAN PROSPECT: True the Vote trains poll watchers to intimidate voters
NATION: Voting Rights Act protects South Carolina and Mississippi citizens that voter ID laws would disenfranchise
NATION: Ohio's Secretary of State Subverts Voting Rights
COLORLINES: Nevada Disenfranchises Its Poor Citizens
PROPUBLICA: State voting restriction could make voting more difficult for many citizens
PIONEER PRESS: County Board in Minnesota votes to oppose voter ID constitutional amendment
LA TIMES: Judges temporarily block state voter ID laws for 2012 elections
WSJ: Virginia votes will be tallied on wireless voting machines
POLITICO: Voter ID laws may prevent millions from voting
ALTERNET: Quebec students vow to keep fighting after historic victory
WSJ: Many states still do not require a paper trail for touch screen machines
CHICAGO TRIBUNE: Teachers are winning concessions at the bargaining table
CTU: Poll demonstrates strong public support for teacher's strike
CPS alum release song in support of striking teachers
Boston college students fight for tuition freezes across the city
Chicago Teachers Strike for Better Schools
Democracy Now explores what's at stake locally and nationally in the Chicago teacher's strike
WSJ: New capitol police chief to clamp down on protests
'Yo Soy 132' Mexican student movement looks to the future
Student Power Convergence Happening August 10-14!
JANESVILLE GAZETTE: Citizens group auditing statewide recall election results—by hand
MJS: Nickolaus changed software before April election breakdown
THE NATION: Chilean Students Demand Education Reform
USA TODAY: Electronic voting is the real threat to elections
COLORLINES: Young and Black Voters Turn Out in Wisconsin Despite Suppression Efforts
MJS: Major logistical problems mar Milwaukee elections
MJS: More reports surface from Waukesha that Kathy Nickolaus is still in charge
Reuters: Exit polls put Wisconsin recall at 50-50 dead heat as of poll closing
MOTHER JONES: The Dark Money Behind the Wisconsin Recall
PR WATCH: Right wing front group gins up fears of "voter fraud" during Wisconsin recalls
MOTHER JONES: Kathy Nickolaus may remain in charge of Waukesha Co elections on June 5th
Is right-to-work legislation next on Scott Walker's agenda?
Community rallies around striking workers in Ashland, WI
LA TIMES: Students protest tuition hikes at regents meeting
ROBERT F KENNEDY JR: The 2004 Presidential election was stolen via institutional fraud
NEWSWEEK: Serious doubts remain about the 2000 Florida recount's legitimacy
FAIR: Media Get Bored With Occupy—and Inequality
THE GUARDIAN: Quebec student protests mark 'Maple spring' in Canada
Madison Commemorates 50th Anniversary Of “Port Huron Statement” With Series Of Public Events
May 1st 2012: No Work, No School, No Banking!
TRUTHOUT: Occupy vs. 99% Spring Movement?
NATION OF CHANGE: Five Tax Fallacies Invented by the 1%
CAP TIMES: DNR enforcement down under Walker administration
ALTER NET: May Day's Radical History: What Occupy Is Fighting for This May 1st
THE CHRONICLE: Protests highlight growing divide on Puerto Rican college campuses
HUFF POST: Wisconsin Voters Reportedly Asked To Show Photo ID in April Election Despite Suspension Of Law
HIGHTOWER: The Truth About the U.S. Postal Service
BRAD BLOG: Columbia County, NY uses system of hand-counted paper ballots to verify their votes
COMMON DREAMS: Local Businesses Hit by 'Cash Mobs'
Gerrymandering at its Worst
For-Profit Higher Ed and the Occupy Movement
Just How Much Money Does It Take To Become President?
The 0.000063% Election -- How the Politics of the Super Rich Became American Politics
First Evidence of Foreign Money in the 2012 Presidential Race -- Santorum Takes $50K From London-based Securities Firm, Later Forced to Return It
BRAD BLOG: PBS documentary exposes the insecurities of internet voting
JOHN NICHOLS: David Koch Admits Big Spending to Help Scott Walker Bust 'Union Power'
Hostile Takeover: Turning MI Cities Over to "Managers" Who Can Sell Off City Hall, Break Union Contracts, Privatize Services—and Even Fire Elected Officials
JOHN NICHOLS: America's Youth Uprising
JOHN NICHOLS: What Do Barack Obama and Scott Walker Have in Common?
DANE 101: Footage from "We Still Heart UW" one year anniversary march
Republicans Extend Open Enrollment To Unleash Market Forces On School Districts
Few Wisconsinites Contributing to SuperPAC's
THE ISTHMUS: Wisconsin Wave leads "Wisconsin Day!" protest to kick-off anniversary week of action
JOHN NICHOLS: Gov Walker, Koch Brothers, ALEC Renew the Reagan Delusion
David Koch's Non-Profit Flouts Law And Spends $700,000 Against Wisconsin Recall
Education Gap Grows Between Rich and Poor
Koch Brothers Convene Super-Secret Billionaires' Meeting for 2012 Elections
Walker Heads to Florida Fundraiser, Finds More Protesters Than Supporters
Why the Right Wing Is Petrified of Letting Voters, Instead of the Electoral College, Pick Presidents
GOP Redistricting Designed to Force Out a Top Progressive Congressmember
Indiana's New 'Right to Work' Law: More Jobs or Lower Wages For All Workers?
Scott Walker and the Secret "John Doe" Investigation Explained
JOHN NICHOLS: Chrysler Super Bowl ad features Wisconsin union rally, but edits out union signs
GOP Lawmakers, Pledged to Secrecy, Told to Ignore Public Comments on Redistricting
JOHN NICHOLS: How Scott Walker and ALEC plotted the attack on Arizona's Unions
The Tea Party Plan to Save Scott Walker
US House Passes Bill To End Public Funding Of Campaigns
WSJ: Assembly committee passes devastating mining bill
MJS: Contrary to Walker's claims state budget deficit still exists
WSJ: Indoor Capitol protest photos tell the 'real story'
SSWIDTMS
UPPITY WISCONSIN: Request for data base tries to cause more chaos in recall process
CNN: Why vote on Tuesdays? No good reason
DAILY KOS: Pulaski WI Marching Band Plays "Union Maid" in Rose Bowl Parade
THE GUARDIAN: Unlimited super-pac money flooding Iowa before caucuses
Using participatory budgeting to fight forced austerity
TRUTHDIG: If You Can’t Beat Them, Enjoin Them (From Voting)
CAP TIMES: Austerity in Wisconsin killing jobs
JOHN NICHOLS: Scott Walker's ton of cash can't counter people power
JOHN NICHOLS: Former state legislator Frank Nikolay embodied the best of Wisconsin's progressive tradition
ED GARVEY: More corruption among Wisconsin's Supreme Court justices
HUFF POST: The Truth is a Lie? A Lie is Truth?
NYT: Jury nullification a powerful tool to bring democracy to the judicial system
FORBES: Scott Walker Kills Women's Cancer Screening Program For Political Gain
CAP TIMES: Solidarity Singers director says 'we're there to petition our government'
CAP TIMES: ACLU sues over Wisconsin voter ID law
WSJ: Waukesha County clerk 'likely broke state law' during April Supreme Court race
MJS: Arrest made in John Doe investigation of current and former Walker aides
CAP TIMES: Madison lawmaker seeks to expose ties between Walker, mining interests
NYT: From Finland, an intriguing school-reform model
CAP TIMES: Capitol protest limits violate constitution
DAILY KOS: Standoff Coming in Wisconsin Against Restrictions to Protest at Capitol
LA City Council Meeting Votes Today on Our Resolution - Watch the Hearing Live!
Los Angeles City Council Calls for Constitutional Amendment to End Corporate Personhood
CAP TIMES: Occupy Madison works to overcome legal and weather related obstacles
CAP TIMES: Integrity of Wisconsin's elections further in dobut as GAB comes under partisan control
Move to Amend LA Press Conference Following Historic Vote (Video)
AP: Occupy protests fuel anti-foreclosure movement
WSJ: Wisconsinites decry new anti-free speech Walker policy on protests in the capitol
NYT: Excessive over votes recorded by electronic machines in New York results in thousands of lost votes
PR WATCH: ALEC orchestrated nationwide attacks on workers, public sector institutions
NAACP: States systematically taking away voting rights for blacks and Latinos
CAP TIMES: Gov. Scott Walker continues to deceive while advancing his extremist agenda
NYT: Experienced government workers flee public sector after year of attacks
WSJ: Egyptians stood in solidarity with Wisconsin, now we must return the favor
JOHN NICHOLS: Walker used to like recalls
CAP TIMES: Gov. Walker's cuts to Wisconsin education decimating public education
Vermont's Push to End Corporate Personhood
LOS ANGELES, CA: City Council to Vote on Resolution to End Corporate Personhood
AP: Public employees hold general strike in Britain
JOURNAL SENTINEL: Union role strong in Finland education
AMY GOODMAN: Invest in your community- bank at your local credit union
An Amendment to End Corporate Rule
DECEMBER 2-12: Florida Move to Amend Barnstorming Tour
CUNY Students Beaten By Police At Protest Over Tuition Increases & Student Representation
California’s Campus Movements Dig In Their Heels Over Tuition Fights
JOHN NICHOLS: Wisconsinites of every political stripe overwhelmingly support recall effort
Arundhati Roy addresses People's University in Washington Square, NYC
AMY GOODMAN: The Brave New World of Occupy Wall Street
NYT: Oregon tests if the iPad could replace voting machines for disabled voters
COMMON DREAMS: OWS vows to continue fighting
Intern with Move to Amend in 2012 - Applications Due November 25
MOTHER JONES: Conservatives Plot to Sabotage Scott Walker Recall Effort
WSJ: Workers held occupation in state capitol in 1936
Missoula Voters Say Corporations Are Not People, Demand Constitutional Amendment
YES!: New Oregon process empowers citizens during ballot referendums
Boulder Votes for a Constitutional Amendment to Abolish Corporate Personhood
Move To Amend Los Angeles needs your help!
NOVEMBER 8-10: Minnesota Move to Amend Barnstorming Tour
Psychologists for Social Responsibility Stands Against Harmful Legal Definitions of Corporate Personhood
OCTOBER 25-29: Move to Amend Connecticut Barnstorming Tour
MOVE TO AMEND: Solidarity with Occupy Wall Street
AFP: Anti-corporate protests spread to U.S. capital
WPR: Manski versus Halpern on the Occupy Movement
COUNTER PUNCH: Corporate Greed is on the Table
THE WASHINGTON POST: ‘Occupy DC’ Protesters Rally in Freedom Plaza
PRESS TV: US in a Revolutionary Period
THE BIG PICTURE: The 99ers - tipping point for revolutionary changes?
AP: Protests Against Wall Street Spread Across US
REUTERS: Occupy Wall Street protests grow as hundreds block Brooklyn Bridge
OCTOBER 2-10: Move to Amend Texas Barnstorming Tour
Grassroots anti-mining group Waters Edge blasts Dem. Sen. Jauch for pro-mining statement
MJS: Prosecutors investigating possible right wing voter bribery during recall elections
DEFEND WISCONSIN: Lower-paid workers are taking twice the pay cut of higher-paid workers
NEW YORKER: Special interest money dominated Wisconsin recall elections
TENNESSEE: By the People, For the People: Rally Against Corporations’ Growing Power Set for Saturday
IN THESE TIMES: Corporations Are Not People
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ALPEROVITZ: America's Massive Wealth Disparity
ALPEROVITZ: The Environmental Movement's Civil Disobedience
HONKALA: No American Should Be Poor
BOYER: Stewart Acuff is fighting for labor and our democracy
PRWATCH: Local Ordinances and Land Grabs: Democracy Convention Panels Discuss Food Sovereignty
The Wisconsin Wave to host rally Tuesday to “Welcome the Legislature Back to the Capitol”
Jamestown, CO Trustees Approve Resolution Against 'Corporate Personhood'
HUFFINGTON POST: Wisconsin Worker Fired for Email on Free Voter IDs
KC ACTIVE: On hand at the Democracy Convention in Madison
MJS: WI leads nation in cuts to public education
SEPTEMBER 10-21: Move to Amend California Barnstorming Tour
Democracy Convention draws 1,000 to Madison, plans next steps
ROLLING STONE: The GOP War on Voting
TCT: Cheri Honkala rallies audience at Democracy Convention
WRN AUDIO: Event Focuses on Democracy
MJS: Democracy Convention under way in Madison
WSJ: Madison convention focuses on strengthening democracy
Missoula City Council Puts Corporate Rights Measure on Ballot
Welcome to the 2011 Democracy Convention
The Isthmus previews the Democracy Convention
WULF: How Citizens United Twisted Decades of Legal Precedent to Empower Corporations
ISTHMUS: Democracy Convention kicks off, boosted by Wisconsin Capitol protests
NICHOLS: Mitt Romney, Dark Prince of Oligarchy, Battles the Demons of Democracy
Missoula City Council to Consider Placing Corporate Personhood Resolution on Ballot
Boulder City Council Votes to Put Move to Amend Resolution on November Ballot
WDC: Voters act to rein in extremism
John Nichols discusses the significance of the August 9th recalls
Hartmann: Long Live the Oligarchy! & How to Fight Back With Move to Amend
Thom Hartmann & David Cobb: Fighting Back Against Corporate Personhood
Thom Hartmann & Ben Manski: Fighting Back Against Citizens United
FOR YOUR EARS ONLY: "Democracy, U.S.A."
Voter Intimidation and Surveillance In Wisconsin
AUGUST 3-18: Move to Amend Public Speaking Tour in New York, Jersey & Delaware
RELEASE: As faith in system crumbles, organizers to announce launch of new U.S. Democracy Movement
Cheri Honkala to keynote Democracy Convention
BOULDER WEEKLY: Say No to Corporate Personhood
Movement Seeks Amendment to Curb Corporate Political Power
How to Privatize the Post Office: Piece by piece, step by step
6/30/11 Field Organizing Report
Supreme Court's Latest Sabotage of Democratic Process -- Are Only Wealthy Corporations Supposed to Have a Say in Our Government?
Drug Prescription Data Mining Cleared By Supreme Court
WDC warns of a "creeping fascism" in GOP backed bill to eliminate campaign finance transparency
Oregon Tour Report: Move To Amend is on the Move!
Supreme Court Sides With Wal-Mart In Sex Bias Case
Report from Colorado Tour
JUNE 11-19: Move to Amend Public Speaking Tour in Oregon
TRUTHOUT: Egregious violations mar Wisconsin Supreme Court recount
BREAKING: Legislative committee recommends cuts to WI Arts Board
Unexpectedly Robust Turnout at University Forum on Citizens United v. FEC
BRADBLOG.COM: WI's Supreme Court Election 'Recount' is a Mess
Target Donation Dispute Fades, But New Controversy Over Corporate Contributions Certain in 2012 Elections
Supreme Court Allows Contracts That Prohibit Class-Action Arbitration
MAY 20-25: Move to Amend Public Speaking Tour in Colorado
Madison and Dane County WI Voters Support Constitutional Amendment
Ft. Bragg, CA Passes Resolution in Support of Constitutional Amendment!
MINNESOTA: Bill Introduced to Amend State Constitution to Define ‘Natural Persons’ as Human Beings
SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS: Vermont Says ‘No’ to Citizens United
Money Changes Everything: Move to Amend wants to Restrict Corporate Donations
New Video Resource: The Story of Citizens United v. FEC
RICHMOND, CA: City Council Votes to Adopt Resolution Calling for Constitutional Amendment to End Corporate Personhood
VERMONT: Resolution Calling to Amend the Constitution Banning Corporate Personhood Introduced in State Legislature
WA STATE: Introduces Resolution Calling for a Constitutional Amendment Against Corporate Personhood
HIGHTOWER: Top 4 Victories Handed to Corporate America by the Supreme Court -- So Far
THE NATION: Students active leaders in fight to oppose WI budget "repair' bill
HIGHTOWER: 8 Ways We're Making America a Better Place
THE NATION: Move to Amend is "Top Idea of 2010"
HEDGES: A Brave New Dystopia
BLUMENTHAL: In 2011, Tax Laws May Result in More Advertising from Post-Citizens United Groups
KANNER: Shasta and Goliath: Bringing Down Corporate Rule
GALLAGHER: European election observers find secret funding undermines democracy in U.S.
NICHOLS AND MCCHESNEY: The Money & Media Election Complex
BROOKS: Class War
CLANCY: The Journey Ends but Quest Has Just Begun
CORPWATCH: Citizens United v. America's Citizens: A Voter's Guide
NEW YORK TIMES: Top Corporations Aid U.S. Chamber of Commerce Campaign
HUFFINGTON POST: Cross-Country Walk Opposing Corporate Personhood
PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY: The Pro-Corporate Players in our Post-Citizens United Politics
THINK PROGRESS: Foreign-Funded ‘U.S.’ Chamber Of Commerce Running Partisan Attack Ads
WASHINGTON POST: Supreme Court rulings enable frenzy of campaign spending
SWANSON: Law professors and former Attorneys General call for constitutional amendment
LA TIMES: Senator asks IRS to investigate tax-exempt groups' political spending
Move to Amend Member Nominated for Huffington Post’s 2010 “Ultimate Green Game Changer”
PUBLIC NEWS SERVICE: Corporate $$$ = Free Political Speech: Two Brothers Can't Take It Sitting Down
NEW YORK TIMES: The Secret Election
NEW YORK TIMES: Anonymous money floods political races
SCAHILL: Blackwater's Black Ops
HIGHTOWER: Two Multibillionaire Brothers Are Remaking America for Their Own Benefit
GERLING: Lakoff and Westen Miss the Constitutional Elephant in the Room
Ten Candidates File Suit as 'Massive Improprieties, Tampering' Seen in Shelby County, TN, Election
OTT: Hide and Leak
TRUTHDIG: Fox and Friends Trying to Bully and Buy Their Way Back to Power
NOLAN: The Top Ten Universities for Student Debt
NYC Public Advocate website tracks corporate campaign spending pledges
COLLINS: My Favorite August
Move to Amend rallies with the Monahans in Kansas City and Des Moines
LOS ANGELES TIMES: Corporate Campaign Fundraising Picks Up Speed
VIDEO: MoveOn 'Stand for Democracy' Rally in Chicago
SUZY KHIMM: Are the Corporate Money Floodgates About to Open?
Denver Direct: Monahan Brothers reach Denver in march against corporate personhood
ACLU: Georgia's voter-registration racially discriminatory
AMERICAN JOURNALISM REVIEW: Cappuccino and Citizen Journalism
MERCURY NEWS: CA cities vote to pay more taxes to help schools
AP: Residents oppose challenge to Alabama voting rights law
NEW YORK TIMES: One Person, One Vote for President
KURTZ: Increasingly, nonprofits fill a need for investigative reporting
WILSON: What should Feds do for journalists?
PUERTO RICO DAILY SUN: Students’ win in University of Puerto Rico confict
LEWIS: Why Our President Should Be Elected by a National Popular Vote
YES! MAGAZINE: Real People v. Corporate “People”: The Fight Is On
CALIFORNIA WATCH: Emerging nonprofit journalism ventures set sights on education
BUSINESS NEWS AMERICAS: Costa Rican constitutional reform would protect water resources
RADIO NETHERLANDS: World watches as Dutch vote with pencil
MONTGOMERY COUNTY ADVERTISER: Alabama needs constitutional reform
LAHONTAN VALLEY NEWS: Brothers bring awareness to corporate personhood
ARIZONA REPUBLIC: Supreme Court refuses to stop Arizona Clean Elections law
ARIZONA REPUBLIC: Supreme Court refuses to stop Arizona Clean Elections law
ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION: Town wanting to opt out of Voting Rights Act draws rebuke
BOSTON GLOBE: Massachusetts House passes National Popular Vote bill
OAKLAND LOCAL: What's IRV? Civic organizations to educate public on new system
MOORE: Regaining voting rights for felons is challenging but worthwhile
TIMES OF INDIA: State moves to get prisoners their voting rights
GUARDIAN: EU pressures Britian on voting rights for prisoners
MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE: South Dakota settles voting-rights suit
MARIN INDEPENDENT JOURNAL: Newspaper relaunches as nonprofit
ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION: Civil rights coalition targets voter verification
National meeting builds Move to Amend coalition
WASHINGTON POST: Virginia Governor cuts wait times for felons wanting voting rights
BUSINESSWEEK: Bill aimed at limiting Louisiana law clinics dies
NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD: Philippine Elections Rife with Violence, Irregularities and Voting System Malfunctions
MURRAY: Eastern Michigan students celebrate tuition freeze
PRICE: Pair walks country for a cause
COLERIDGE: The Biology of Oil and the Sociology of Democracy
COLERIDGE: The Biology of Oil and the Sociology of Democracy
KOULISH: Public-private "immigration control complex" threatens democracy
DEMOCRACY NOW! Student Strike at University of Puerto Rico Enters 28th Day
COLUMBIA JOURNALISM REVIEW: Non-Profit Investigative Journalism to the Rescue?
ALLIANCE FOR COMMUNICATIONS DEMOCRACY: Community groups urge FCC to protect local community media
AP: Maryland ends prison-based gerrymandering
AMMORI: Citizens United: Does Elena Kagan Disagree With Barack Obama On Corporate Speech?
LIU: Manski Wins Democracy on Campus
PROVIDENCE JOURNAL: Rhode Island students rally against tuition hikes
STEVENSON: This education is ours, so act like it
AP: Democracy Now! files suit over RNC arrests
VLAHOS: Return Our Weekend Warriors
BURNS: Tuition-hike roundup for April 2010
CASPER STAR-TRIBUNE: Federal court rules at-large elections violate Native American voting rights
THE NATION: 'The Cleveland Model': Democracy, Community, and Economic Vision
RECLAIM DEMOCRACY: ACLU shifts stance on campaign spending, needs to go further
LERNER: Chicago’s $1.3 Million Experiment in Democracy
ROTHSCHILD: Corporations Aren't Persons
DOBBIN: Rebuilding democracy, from the community up
JUNEAU EMPIRE: Alaska students protest tuition hikes
CASPER STAR_TRIBUNE: University of Wyoming needs to explain why it banned Ayers
STVERAK: Investigations and explanations – two journalism tasks where nonprofits can thrive
NEW YORK TIMES: Bay Area Emerges as Center of Nonprofit Journalism
ROTHSCHILD: Corporations Aren't Persons
OTT: The Corporations Are Coming! The Corporations Are Coming!
MANSKI AND GRAVES: Corporations are People Too
HOFF: Democracy Unlimited of Humboldt County responds to Supreme Court
KORTEN: 10 Ways To Stop Corporate Dominance Of Politics
HIGHTOWER: Fighting the Subversion of Our People's Sovereignty
UCONN: Students call for reforms over 'corporate personhood'
MURPHY: Locals look to organize movement to abolish corporate personhood
C.L. COOK: Interview with Riki Ott of Campaign to Legalize Democracy
MANSKI - MCCABE - GRAVES: 'Overrule the Court' Rally in Madison
MCLARTY: Fighting corporate power in the wake of the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling
MANSKI: Supreme Court's decision creates an American crisis
MANSKI AND GRAVES: Amend the Constitution to rein in corporations
GRANT: Voters of both parties object to Supreme Court activism
Daily Sentinel: Voters of Both Parties Object to Supreme Court Activism
WRN: Move to Amend sees “Pearl Harbor for American democracy"
WASH POST: On pins and needles ahead of Citizens United
NICHOLS: Feingold Fears Lawless Court Ruling
MONKS and MURRAY: Is the Supreme Court Determined to Expand Corporate Power?
SEATTLE TIMES: Foreign electronic voting systems similar to the US systems are suspected of being tampered
NYT: The largest tester of electronic voting machines banned from testing after they failed to prove that they conducted all of the required tests
SALON: Princeton University study demonstrates how Diebold's machines can be hacked
NYT: North Carolina's election machine blunder
WSJ: Diebold security flaws emerge as electronic voting spreads
SOJOURNERS: The e-voting system is dangerously vulnerable to fraud
NATION: How the 2004 election could be stolen
HARPER'S: A citizens' guide to hacking the 2004 election
HUMANIST: Touchscreen voting machines leave a paperless trail in districts where the polls do not match the results
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