Coalition Bloggers
This page features a collection of blogs written by coalition partners.
Citizen Vox, July 27, 2016
Special Interests National Convention
AFSCME, June 17, 2016
Runaway Pay and Undisclosed Lobbying Are Addictions, and BlackRock Is an Enabler
Citizen Vox, May 20, 2016
Obama should take cue from investors and require corporate political spending disclosure
Citizen Vox, April 15, 2016
New Report Details How Top Utility Companies Are Choosing to Address the Challenges of Climate Change
Citizen Vox, March 14, 2016
Utility Provider Keeps Customers and Shareholders in the Dark on Disclosure
Citizen Vox, February 29, 2016
Corporate Reform Coalition Response to Vanguard’s Glenn Booraem’s Letter on Proxy Voting
Citizen Vox, February 2, 2016
Failing to Support Proxy Access, Vanguard Lags Well Behind Top Mutual Funds
Citizen Vox, Oct. 22, 2014
Surprise! The Wall Street Journal Wants Corporate Political Spending Kept In the Dark
The Brennan Center For Justice, Oct. 21, 2014
Why Is Chevron Spending Millions on a Municipal Election?
The Brennan Center, Oct. 1, 2014
Thank Shareholders for the Ever-Shrinking ALEC
Citizen Vox, Sept. 12, 2014
Making History, Breaking Records
The Brennan Center, Sept. 12, 2014
One Million Opinions on Transparency in Corporate Political Spending
The Progressive, Sept. 5, 2014
Erasing History One Forgotten Political Expenditure at a Time
Harvard Law Forum, Sept. 4, 2014
The Million-Comment-Letter Petition: The Rulemaking Petition on Disclosure of Political Spending Attracts More than 1,000,000 SEC Comment Letters
Union of Concerned Scientists, Sept. 4, 2014
On the SEC Disclosure Rule, the People Have Spoken
Citizen Vox, May 2, 2014
Corporations don’t eat food
Citizen Vox, April 28, 2014
The politics are as dirty as the water
The Union of Concerned Scientists, Jan. 21, 2014
Companies, Trade Groups, and Climate Change: Why We Need an SEC Rule on Corporate Political Disclosure
Citizen Vox, Jan. 17, 2014
Corporations have their cakes and eat it too, then deny cake’s existence
Brennan Center for Justice, Dec. 4, 2013
Not Because It Is Easy, SEC
AFL-CIO, Dec. 4, 2013
New ALEC Documents Show Why the SEC Needs to Require Corporate Political Spending Disclosure
Huffington Post, October 30, 2013
Why Both Shareholders and Companies Should Support Political Spending Transparency
CLS Blue Sky Blog, October 30, 2013
Addressing Congress on the Need for Transparency in Corporate Political Spending
Common Blog, October 29, 2013
Let’s see what’s under the hood
Sunlight Foundation, October 29, 2013
SEC Poised to Improve Political Spending Transparency
Citizen Vox, October 23, 2013
It’s not a coincidence
CitizenVox, June 18, 2013
The Surprising Answer From Google On Its Membership In The U.S. Chamber Of Commerce
CitizenVox, March 27, 2013
Google Should Disclose Political Spending And Leave The U.S. Chamber of Commerce
CitizenVox, May 31, 2013
What George Takei Said
CitizenVox, May 30, 2013
Activists And Shareholders Take Chevron To Task
CitizenVox, March 27, 2013
Starbucks Can Still Do The Right Thing
CitizenVox, Feb. 11, 2013
Harvard Professor Issues Scathing Rebuke To U.S. Chamber of Commerce Comment
CitizenVox, Jan. 25, 2013
Investors Are Pushing Back Against Corporate Political Spending
CitizenVox, Jan. 8, 2013
SEC Moves to Shine a Light on Corporate Political Spending
Citizen Vox, Nov. 20, 2012
Shareholder Resolutions for Political Spending Enjoy Significant Support
Citizen Vox, Nov. 8, 2012
Study Spotlights Dark Money in Senate Races
Citizen Vox, Oct. 29, 2012
Finally, A Poll to Add Some Clarity to the Election
Citizen Vox, Oct. 25, 2012
“Celebration” at Chamber of Commerce Protests Dark Money
People for the American Way, Oct. 17, 2012
Chamber of Commerce – Big Spenders in the 2012 Elections
The Hill, Oct. 5, 2012
U.S. Chamber of Commerce – Doing bidding for big business
Opposing Views, August 13, 2012
State of Corporate Reform: What’s Good and What’s Bad
USA Today, July 18, 2012
Column: Protect democracy from corporate cash tsunami
The Huffington Post, July 18, 2012
Romney, the Senate GOP and the Right-Wing Secrecy Machine
Demos, July 16, 2012
Pass the DISCLOSE Act Now
People for the American Way, July 16, 2012
Obstruction to Election Spending Disclosure: Welcome to 2012 America
People for the American Way, July 16, 2012
For DISCLOSE Before They Were Against It
The Huffington Post, July 16, 2012
The DISCLOSE Act and the Public’s Right to Know
Sunlight Foundation, July 16, 2012
Dark Money in the 2012 Election (so far)
Common Blog, July 16, 2012
Cloture for DISCLOSE: American Citizens Deserve It
Common Blog, July 16, 2012
Rules of the Game: Debate Over Corporate Spending Spans Parallel Universes
Alternet, July 16, 2012
Pass the DISCLOSE Act! Why the Senate Needs to Unmask Secret Political Donors
Citizen Vox, July 16, 2012
“Ignorance is Freedom”
Citizen Vox, July 16, 2012
The People Want to Know
American Constitution Society, July 16, 2012
Brinks Trucks in the Campaign
People for the American Way, July 12, 2012
DISCLOSE Act to Get Senate Vote
Sunlight Foundation, July 12-13, 2012
What You Should Know About the DISCLOSE Act Series
Part 1: What is the DISCLOSE Act?
Part 2: How does the DISCLOSE Act Shine a light on Super PACs and Dark Money?
Part 3: Does the DISCLOSE Act favor unions?
Common Cause, June 13, 2012
Shareholders Telling Target: We Expect More
U.S. PIRG, June 13, 2012
Why Target is Still a Target
Citizen Vox, June 13, 2012
Target Should Know Better
Green Century Funds, June 12, 2012
Shareholders to Target: “Preserve Shareholder Value – Stop Political Spending”
People for the American Way, June 6, 2012
New Report Grades States’ Response to Citizens United
The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation, May 22, 2012
Rulemaking Petition on Disclosure of Corporate Political Spending Attracts Massive Support from over 250,000 Comments Filed with the SEC
Huffington Post , May 21, 2012
An Investor Perspective: WellPoint’s Political Disclosure Controversy
Huffington Post, May 14, 2012
‘Tis the Season of the Shareholders
Citizen Vox, May 10, 2012
Despite Shareholder Pressure, Corporate Money Spigot Gushes Away
People for the American Way, May 8, 2012
Political Spending Resolutions Filed at 3 Corporations
Citizen Vox, May 8, 2012
Who do you support in 2012?
Citizen Vox, May 7, 2012
Shareholders spring into action to fight post-Citizens United corporate political spending spree
Policy Shop, May 7, 2012
Asking for Trouble: 3M Again Under Fire for Political Giving
People for the American Way, May 2, 2012
Record-Breaking Effort to SEC: Disclose Corporate Spending on Elections
The Huffington Post, April 27, 2012
FCC Brings Sunlight to Elections, But the SEC Needs to Help, Too
US PIRG, April 23, 2012
Who Owns Big Oil? We Do!
Policy Shop, April 6, 2012
Corporations Under Pressure To Curb Political Spending
Green Century Funds, April 5, 2012
Standing up to Corporate Cash: The Investor Case Against Corporate Campaign Spending
Citizen Vox, March 29, 2012
Spending Spotlight
Policy Shop, March 20, 2012
Big Money in Politics Makes U.S. Economy “Fundamentally Unsound”
Harvard Law and Policy Review, March 20, 2011
The WSJ’s Anonymous Defense of Anonymous Corporate Political Spending
Policy Shop, March 1, 2012
The Changing Center of Gravity in Campaign Finance Reform
Common Blog, Feb. 29, 2012
Disclosing is Fundamental, says SEC Commissioner Aguilar
Citizen Vox, Feb. 24, 2012
BREAKING: SEC Commissioner Gets It Right
Citizen Vox, Feb. 8, 2012
Your Money, Your Vote
Huffington Post, Jan. 18, 2012
Mandate Transparency on the Anniversary
Citizen Vox, Dec. 19, 2012
The SEC’s Teeth