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It is not simply a matter of big money in politics. There is big money in all of American life. The more pervasive problem is that we now have self-interested political institutions — the parties — that are considered “too big to fail.” Are we supposed to protect them and their refusal to share power with the people at all costs?

Wisconsin and California: Past and Prologue
August 15, 2012

The future is harder to see than the past. The Wisconsin recall campaign was, in many respects, a story about the past — the century-long clash between labor and capital. which...

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Speaking On Behalf of the Independents
August 8, 2012

The recent Supreme Court health care decision was striking in many ways, but perhaps most of all, for its dramatic separation of constitutional and policy questions.

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What Went Wrong With the Third Party Movement in 2012?
July 18, 2012

Americans Elect, the group aiming to create an alternative nominating process for a centrist “unity” ticket in the 2012 presidential elections, announced in May it would not field a presidential candidate.

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New York City Independence Party Holds Spring Gala
June 20, 2012

The New York City Independence Party held its 15th annual Spring Chair Reception at the Tribeca Grill on Thursday, May 16 in Lower Manhattan. The party's independent mayoral candidate, Adolfo Carrion, who will be on the ballot in November...

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