#subverted democracy

How Big Money Contributions Cripple our Politics.  

Despite the many setbacks, consumer advocate, author, and former health insurance executive Wendell Potter says there is reason to be optimistic about our politics if we take the long view and challenge corporate power.

Green Party's Jill Stein: Russiagate Being Exploited to Repress Leftist Opposition.  

Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein has completed turning her campaign materials to the Senate Intelligence Committee, and warns Russiagate is being used to silent dissent. 

What If Everyone Voted?

Demos President Heather McGhee looks at what would happen if everyone in the United States voted.

David Daley - Ratf**ked: The Secret Plan to Steal America's Democracy.

Interview with David Daley, Editor-in-Chief at Salon and author of "Ratf**ked: The True Story Behind the Secret Plan to Steal America's Democracy".

Muslim mayor ‘stole votes to win power': London council boss on trial for fraud, as voters are ‘told it was sin not to back him’ and witnesses and families threatened

  Lutfur Rahman, left, who runs Tower Hamlets Council, ‘subverted democracy’ during a campaign last May characterised by bribery, ‘ghost voting’, smears and ‘foul libel’, the High Court heard. The 49-year-old politician is being investigated after local campaigners compiled a vast dossier of evidence showing his re-election was rigged. Four residents, Andrew Erlam, right, Debbie Simone, Azmal…