Our highlighted issues, actions, and events in the democracy movement this week—please share widely.
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Our highlighted issues, actions, and events in the democracy movement this week—please share widely.
STATEMENT: THE SENATE IMPEACHMENT VOTE
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Donald Trump: And when you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything.
Billy Bush: Whatever you want.
Donald Trump: Grab 'em by the pussy. You can do anything.
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BAYARD RUSTIN FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM—CALL FOR MENTORS
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STATEMENT: CORPORATIONS ARE NOT PEOPLE
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For Immediate Release
January 21, 2020
Statement from Wendy Fields, Executive Director of Democracy Initiative, on the ten year anniversary of the Citizens United v. FEC decision:
Ten years ago, with Citizens United v. FEC, the Supreme Court of the United States told the American people that corporations are people, and opened the flood gates for unlimited, undisclosed corporate money in our elections.
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"This will be the day when we shall bring into full realization the dream of American democracy—a dream yet unfulfilled. A dream of equality of opportunity, of privilege and property widely distributed; a dream of a land where men will not take necessities from the many to give luxuries to the few." —Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Our highlighted issues, actions, and events in the democracy movement this week—please share widely.
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A message from DI Executive Director Wendy Fields:
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This week's DI Weekly Update is shortened for the holiday break.