Democracy Matters


Campaign Financing Must Change!
Submitted by Brian Allison on Mon, 07/12/2010 - 1:03pm.
Joan Mandle, executive director of the Democracy Matters Institute, explains the importance of making our government truly "of, by and for the people" through the Fair Elections Now Act in this guest column in the Utica Observer-Dispatch.
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Attend "We the People: A Forum to Defend Democracy"
Submitted by Monica Rober on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 4:29pm.
This Sunday, April 18 at 4:00 PM EST at SUNY-New Paltz, please join the Honorable Maurice Hinchey (D-N.Y.), and a panel of experts in the field of campaign finance reform, for “We the People: A Forum to Defend Democracy.”
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Big Money Ruins Democracy
Submitted by Monica Rober on Thu, 04/01/2010 - 1:36pm.
The president of the University of Minnesota chapter of Democracy Matters writes about the need to take action in the wake of the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision.
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Why Adonal Foyle is Orlando Magic's Most Important Player
Submitted by Monica Rober on Mon, 03/22/2010 - 11:20am.
The Orlando Sentinel profiles the NBA's Adonal Foyle - touting his work courtside and his work with Democracy Matters, an organization he started that engages young people in the political process.
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NBA Star Works for Fair Elections
Submitted by Monica Rober on Fri, 12/18/2009 - 9:16am.
Basketball star and Democracy Matters Founder Adonal Foyle discusses the need for the Fair Elections Now Act.
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A New Social Movement
Submitted by Monica Rober on Thu, 10/15/2009 - 1:58pm.
Professor Jay Mandle of Colgate University explains why public financing should be the objective of a broad social movement in his monthly column "Money on My Mind."
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