Archive - Jan 21, 2010

Today, the Supreme Court opened the floodgates for corporations to spend obscene amounts of money to sway federal elections. In a 5-4 ruling this morning, the Roberts Court sided with powerful corporate interests, giving them even more voice in the political process and further stifling the voice of the American People in the Citizens United v. FEC case. This Court’s decision is historic and has the potential to distort and corrupt the political process.

-- By Dr. John Stanley, editor for A Buddhist Response to the Climate Emergency and website director at Ecological Buddhism.

Last week, thousands of 1Sky activists from all 50 states picked up their phones to tell their senators to stop Senator Murkowski's (R-AK) unwarranted attack on the Clean Air Act. Thanks to your help, Senator Murkowski's assault on clean air is losing steam, but this fight is far from over. We need to keep the pressure on so that senators know these rollbacks are unacceptable.