You don't need political power to make real change, says activist Katie Fahey. She tells the story of how she led a successful movement in Michigan to end gerrymandering — the practice of drawing district lines to favor one political...

So political campaigns are a pretty big deal in the United States. For instance the 2012 presidential election clocked in at the most expensive ever - at around $6 billion dollars! Needless to say, money plays a very big role in...

How do you know that the politicians you vote for will represent your interests in office – and not those of powerful corporations? Well, there’s a law for that, and an independent regulatory agency: the Federal Election Commission.

The program begins with a brief history of the people who fought for civil rights and freedoms for all Americans, and explains how their efforts provided the possibility and opportunity that led to the election of President Obama. ...

From the time of slavery right through to the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s there have been many great leaders who fought to break down racial barriers in America. On January 20, 2009 Barack Obama became the first African American...

The FT's political columnist Janan Ganesh and editor Lionel Barber discuss a campaign that turned out to be something quite different from what people expected.

An overview of the 1920 Election electoral match between two Ohio newspaper men, Warren G. Harding the Republican and James Cox the Democrat.

How do elections actually work?

Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, who leads the far-right League party in his home country, met Hungary's leader Viktor Orban on Thursday for talks dominated by immigration and political...

We discuss impeachment with a close friend of Donald Trump’s, and debate the future of ISIL without al-Baghdadi.

Hungary's government has used an interview with Euronews to downplay the scale of protests in the country and suggested western media coverage is biased.



About 10,000 people demonstrated in Budapest on Sunday in...

Brigitte Morten, director at Franks Ogilvie, discusses the key issues at stake for New Zealand's general election. She speaks with Bloomberg's Haidi Stroud-Watts on "Bloomberg Daybreak: Australia."

1960s: Man stands at chalkboard, writes numbers on board with chalk, talks. Man underlines number, taps chalkboard with chalk.

1960s: Car with speakers on roof and covered in political campaign signs drives down street. Man stands in study, leans on furniture, talks.

1960s: Men and women sit in chair, smoke, look around, talk. Man stands at chalkboard, taps board with chalk. Man crosses out number, writes new numbers.

1960s: Man stands at chalkboard, talks, writes numbers on chalkboard. Men and women sit in chair, listen, smoke cigarettes.

1960s: Men and women celebrate, wave pendants. Man on stage smiles, calms crowd, talks.

1960s: Car with speakers on roof drives down street. Kids run through field, jump over fence, walk next to car. Kid looks out window. Women exit store, stand in front of door.

1960s: Man stands at chalkboard, talks, taps board. Men and women sit in chairs, smoke cigarettes, look around and talk excitedly. Man crosses out number on board, writes new number, circles it.

1960s: Man stands at chalkboard, talks, sets chalk down, walks to front of room, talks. Man and woman sit in living room having tea, child lays on floor, writes on paper.

1960s: People sit in chairs in meeting room, smoke cigarettes. Man at front of room sits behind desk, talks. Man stands up, walks to chalkboard.

1960s: People sit in chairs in meeting room. Man at front of room, talks. Woman at side of stage takes notes.

1960s: Man on stage talks into microphone, crowd cheers. Woman comes onto stage, hugs man. Man wipes tears from face.

Sep.12 -- Brittany Kaiser, Whistleblower and Data Rights Advocate speaks with Bloomberg Live's Mark Miller at Bloomberg Sooner Than You Think summit in Singapore.