Entries in MassPoliticsProfs by Maurice Cunningham

Can you trust that canvasser who just knocked on your door with some campaign literature? It could be a dedicated volunteer - or a  hired contractor for dark money operation Democrats for Education Reform.

Yesterday's decision by the state Office of Campaign and Political Finance to stand aside as the Republican State Committee flouts state law was another great day for big money.

Trumpism got you down? We can improve our politics by reading.

Donald Trump loves to remind us that he is so rich he doesn't have to grovel to other billionaires for their financial support. Therein lies an important truth about American politics.

Great Schools Massachusetts has some dicey dark money allies in its campaign for more charter schools, like Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance. Our democracy is transforming into a dark money farce-ocracy.

The Republican Party, like Humpty Dumpty, is poised for  a disastrous fall. Can all the king's horses and all the king's men put the GOP back together again?

Conservative social scientist Charles Murray and progressive economist Thomas Piketty come to different conclusions about the rise of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders.

President Barack Obama is following the constitutional process for nominating a Supreme Court justice and the American people want the Senate to hold hearings. The holdup is Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's toadying to his party's radical rich.

Inflammatory language, baiting protesters, and brawls are a constant threat at Donald Trump's campaign events. We've seen this act before - at George C. Wallace's rallies in 1968.

Whether it is a takeover of the Republican State Committee or pushing charter schools, Governor Charlie Baker's political and policy fights in 2016 are being fueled by dark money.