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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.

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.

Why is Congressional Stock Trading Legal?

Insider trading is a highly illegal practice, and it could land you up to 25 years in prison… unless you happen to be a member of Congress.

How Corruption Affects You

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

Unbreaking America’s Healthcare

Healthcare is broken because our political system is broken.

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

ERIC: A little-known but essential voter registration organization

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

Direct Democracy Under Attack

Are politicians are attacking the direct democracy process in your state?

10 Reasons Why Americans Rank ‘threats To Democracy’ As Their Number 1 Issue

In a recent poll, voters ranked “threats to our democracy” as the number one issue facing the country.

17 Ballot Measures From History That Might Never Have Become Law

Ballot measures have long been a crucial way for American voters to fight for change through direct democracy.

Our Elections Are Under Threat. Here’s What You Can Do About It

Anything that you can do to spread awareness and support the pro-democracy movement counters the big money interests who want to undermine our elections.

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.

Why do we call America a democracy?

And why do some insist it isn’t?

Why Aren’t There More Political Parties in the U.S.?

Americans want more options, but our election system pushes us toward a duopoly.

The U.S. is an Oligarchy? The Research, Explained

A recent study shows that citizens “have little or no independent influence" on U.S. government policy.

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.