dependency corruption

Why Your Vote Matters More, Not Less, Than Ever

Author: Benjamin LennonOn: Jun 01Categories: Undergraduate Post No Comments

Why Your Vote Matters More, Not Less, Than Ever

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By Ben Lennon |  These days, it seems like it never truly goes away. Or, if it does, it’s always lurking behind a corner, before jumping into the spotlight months before anyone thinks it should. No, I’m not talking about the Christmas shopping season....

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What Environmental Activists Can Learn from Politicians

Author: Xu QifeiOn: May 26Categories: Undergraduate Post No Comments

What Environmental Activists Can Learn from Politicians

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By Xu Qifei | Is there actually a scientific consensus on climate change, hydraulic fracturing, nuclear wastes and other controversial environmental issues?  In a way, asking questions like that is almost irrelevant at this point. The rhetoric against...

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Bridging the Environmental Gap

Author: KateOn: Mar 11Categories: Undergraduate Post No Comments

Bridging the Environmental Gap

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A recent survey by the New York Times found that most Americans, including over 50% of those who identify as conservative, “support governmental action to address global warming.” Why then do we see so little action taken by conservative politicians...

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So What Is Dependency Corruption Anyways?

Author: ashleeeyvdOn: Jan 20Categories: Undergraduate Post 4 Comments

Arista Burwell-Chen In Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig’s book Republic Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress—and a Plan to Stop It, he argues that the biggest obstacle we face in our judicial system

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Americans For Tax Reform

Author: Guest ContributorOn: Jun 03Categories: Undergraduate Post No Comments

Millie Goebel   Grover Norquist, one of the pioneers of Americans For Tax Reform is striking pledge that 1,037 legislators, 14 Governors, 4 Lieutenant Governors, 5 Attorney Generals, 3 Secretaries

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How to stop the feeding frenzy in D.C.

Author: skeptykalOn: May 27Categories: Undergraduate Post 1 Comment

The secret is out; it turns out that there is a lot of money in politics these days, and it might not be producing the best results for everyone. In fact, unless the issues that matter to you just so happen

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America’s Democracy?

Author: Guest ContributorOn: May 22Categories: Undergraduate Post No Comments

Kaleigh B So we’ve been talking (and posting) a lot about dependency corruption and it’s effect on Congress. As Lawrence Lessig has pointed out numerous times in his work Republic Lost,we don’t have

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Campaign Financing: Where Does the Money Come From?

Author: KateOn: May 20Categories: Undergraduate Post 2 Comments

  Kate Vavrousek Where does the money

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The Super PAC To End All Super PACs

Author: Guest ContributorOn: May 19Categories: Undergraduate Post 2 Comments

Millie Goebel Removing big money in politics is something that many of us would like to see happen in our lifetime. A lot of us are stuck and feeling slightly apathetic as

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What Will You Do As A Citizen?

Author: Guest ContributorOn: Apr 29Categories: Undergraduate Post No Comments

Millie Goebel   Lawerence Lessig in his latest TED Talk this past March identifies what is at the core of our dysfunctional government, corruption. However,

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