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The System is Broken

How Does Dark Money Work? 7 Top Questions Answered

2020’s presidential election involved a record amount of dark money. Here’s exactly where dark money comes from, what it does, and—most importantly—how to get it out of our elections.

Elon Musk’s Conflicts of Interest, Explained

Many of the agencies Musk is scrutinizing through DOGE have taken regulatory or investigative action against some of his companies.

Unpacking Super PACs

Who's behind all the money flooding into the 2024 election?

What’s driving political polarization and how can we solve it?

What if our political system and the way we vote is contributing to the problem?

How Do Special Interests Control Our Government?

These groups lobby for their interests, finance political campaigns, and even write the laws that Congress passes... often with minimal transparency.

How Corruption Affects You

How Corruption Fuels the Housing Crisis

Rent prices in the U.S. are at record highs, straining millions of families. But this isn’t just about supply and demand—it’s about corporate greed and legal bribery that rigs the system to benefit the wealthy few at the expense of renters.

Why are egg prices so high?

When corporations can cut corners, buy silence, and artificially raise prices, both public health and your pocketbook are directly jeopardized.

Lobbyists are poisoning your drinking water

There are many scientific, technical, and logistical challenges to eliminating PFAS in our drinking water, but one thing is absolutely clear: our corrupt political system makes it infinitely more difficult.

Earth Day: How Corruption Affects Our Environment And Health

To be pro-environment, we must be anti-corruption.

Politics Is Literally Killing Us

4 Ways Our Broken System Hurts Our Health

How We Defeat Corruption

Proportional Representation, Explained

Is proportional representation the answer to America’s broken political system?

Ed Helms: “Politics is pretty f$*ked”

Ed Helms and RepresentUs CEO Josh Graham Lynn break down the root causes of corruption in our political system, and how we, the people, can fix them.

Ditties for a Better Democracy

Fighting corruption doesn’t have to be boring.

The Strategy to End Corruption

We have a plan to go around Congress to fix corruption ourselves, and it’s already winning.

Jennifer Lawrence: Solving the Corruption Crisis

Corruption is legal in America. This is how we make it illegal.

Threats to Democracy

Can Trump Serve a Third Term?

President Donald Trump recently suggested he is considering ways to serve a third term, stating, “I’m not joking.”

How Big Money Took Over Politics

Nearly $13 billion more is being spent on elections today than in 1998. This surge in election spending has ultimately led to politicians and government listening more to special interests and the wealthy few, at the expense of everyday Americans.

Is the crypto industry undermining our democracy?

The crypto industry has acted like any other industry that spends millions to buy political influence to rewrite the rules in their favor.

Is America Becoming a Kleptocracy?

This question has become particularly pressing since the United States was recently classified as a backsliding democracy for the first time in its history.

ERIC: A little-known but essential voter registration organization

Leaving ERIC is Exhibit A in how not to fight voter fraud.

Democracy & Politics 101

Does Your Vote Really Count?

You’ve heard it before — every vote matters. But, it might not always feel like it. Being one vote among millions might feel insignificant, but your voice actually has a huge impact on politicians and the laws they pass. Here’s why you should never miss another election.

Does calling Congress really work?

The short answer? YES! Here's why.

The Important Role of the Courts as a Check on Power

Our judicial system plays an important but often overlooked role in the successful balance of power.

What exactly is an Executive Order?

The president isn’t a king, and executive orders aren’t absolute. Our Constitution has a set of checks and balances to keep any one branch from becoming too powerful.

What do inspectors general do?

When the government falls short of serving the public’s interests, inspectors general (IGs) are there to act as safeguards against corruption, mismanagement, and inefficiency.

All About Gerrymandering

How Gerrymandering is Ruining Our Elections

You think when you vote, you get to pick your leaders… right?

Save The Gerrymanderers

You’re creative, and it’s time to put your skills to good use to help end the corrupt practice of gerrymandering.

End Partisan Gerrymandering

Independent redistricting commissions are proven to draw fairer maps, giving voters more power and leading to more competitive elections.

Does your state draw fair voting maps?

When elections are non-competitive, elected officials are less responsive to their constituents and often cater to political extremes.

Gerry’s Partisan Pizza

Fighting gerrymandering - one slice of pizza at a time.

Ranked Choice Voting: A Better Way to Vote

4 Ways Ranked Choice Voting Would Fix America

Ranked choice voting (RCV) is an electoral system where voters rank candidates from favorite to least favorite on the ballot. This way, if your top candidate does not win, your vote still counts toward your second preference.

Ranked Choice Voting vs The Establishment

What if you never had to vote for the lesser of two evils again?

Ranked Choice Voting

Better representation. Better choices. Better outcomes.

How Alaska Changed Everything

Fighting corruption doesn’t have to be boring. Our videos are snarky, hilarious, and informative – and they’ve been watched more than 45 million times.

Ranked Choice Voting

This simple tweak to our elections could fix America.