Via Crain’s Chicago Business Chicago’s upcoming municipal elections provide an opportunity to take a hard look at how well the exercise of democracy is working in the city. Favorable evidence would be an electorate that is fully engaged and candidates…
Read MoreVia the Brennan Center for Justice What should a useable framework for political reform achieve? First, it should rest on an accurate description of what’s wrong with the current political process. Second, it should lead to policy responses that are…
Read MoreVia Vox.com I am a member of Congress. I’m not going to tell you from where, or from which party. But I serve, and I am honored to serve. I serve with good people (and some less good ones), and…
Read MoreVia the Progressive Midwesterner Earlier today, Bruce Rauner, the Republican governor of our state that we instinctively know as Illinois, outlined his plan to drive down wages, infringe on the rights of Illinois workers, and destroy an already weak Illinois…
Read MoreThe upcoming February 24th City of Chicago ballot will include an important advisory referendum question: “Should the City of Chicago or the State of Illinois reduce the influence of special interest money in elections by financing campaigns using small contributions…
Read MoreVia Los Alamos Daily Post Research and Polling for Common Cause New Mexico (CCNM) recently conducted a poll, which revealed voters want to see ethics and finance reforms in election campaigns. A poll conducted Jan. 9-13 revealed registered voters are…
Read MoreVia Reboot Illinois At a first-of-its-kind convention in September, then-gubernatorial candidate Bruce Rauner called millennials “the key” to building a bright future for our state. He vowed to listen to the ideas of several hundred millennials who had convened to…
Read MoreVia The Chicago Sun-Times The $2 million super PAC created to re-elect Mayor Rahm Emanuel and strengthen his City Council majority is coming to the rescue of 17 of the mayor’s most loyal supporters. Chicago Forward is hoping to put…
Read MoreVia City Journal Back in the mid-1980s, many observers considered Donald Manes, Queens borough president and chairman of the Queens County Democratic Party, a leading contender to succeed Ed Koch as mayor of New York. But in 1986, after a…
Read MoreVia The Chicago Tribune Mayor Rahm Emanuel is building the most potent political cash machine in Chicago history by focusing on an elite circle of donors who frequently receive City Hall benefits, ranging from contracts and permits to appointments and…
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