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Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and David Vitter (R-LA) have introduced a bill entitled “Terminating Bailouts for Taxpayer Fairness Act of 2013.” It is a miracle of modern staffing that Vitter, who loves polluters as much as his prostitutes, was able to pull himself away from demanding that President Obama’s nominee to run the EPA answer ...

In light of the recent Oregon Medicaid study, several people have discussed the idea of taking parts of the social insurance system and replacing them with cash benefits. This naturally brings up the debate about whether it should be a policy goal for the United States to adopt a universal basic income (UBI). These poverty-level targeted incomes are universal ...

Four decades after the campaign finance reforms that followed Watergate, arguments over the role of money in politics seem increasingly tired and unproductive. We ought to build on the experience of recent years and consider what’s necessary for a new phase of political reform. Reforms appear destined to fail unless they rest on three key ...

Some proponents of the current American version of corporate capitalism contend that if there is a problem with the way our largest companies are run, shareholders will take care of it – by putting pressure on directors, sometimes voting them out. Shareholders are not supposed to replace chief executives directly but apply pressure to the ...

After years of repeated reports of sexual assaults — and years of promises to prevent them, and then years of studies and commissions to find the best way of doing so — a Defense Department study released Tuesday estimates that some 26,000 people in the military were sexually assaulted in the last fiscal year, up from about ...

In recent weeks, citizens in many countries suffering from government budget cutbacks have been learning more and more about one of the biggest and most dangerous scams in the world: the global web of tax havens that U.S. and European politicians and bankers have nurtured over the years. The only real purpose of these havens ...

On any given day, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has the power to throw the environmental movement into complete disarray. Tucked into a nondescript neighborhood in Washington, D.C., the court isn’t well known to the public, but it’s often called the second most important court in the United States. It has ...

“Florida Lawmakers Approve Overhaul of State’s Problem-Ridden Voting Process” (news article, May 4) paints a sunny picture of Florida’s elections bill. But this legislation falls woefully short of achieving the kind of election reform that Florida citizens need. It fails to reach the bare minimum of reversing the damage caused by Florida’s 2011 law, which ...

It isn’t your mother’s Mother’s Day any more. There’s a new and lively conversation underway about what it takes to maximize mothers’ contributions, both to the economy and to their families. Policies that make it possible to be a good mother and a responsible employee are firmly on the nation’s agenda. The momentum is palpable. ...

The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law welcomes the opportunity to discuss the need for comprehensive campaign finance reform, including public financing, to address Albany’s persistent corruption problem. We further welcome the chance to debunk misinformation about the public financing systems in New York City and Connecticut.  As an integral part of comprehensive ...