A $400-Million Problem: How To Close The Presidential Gift Ban Exemption
President Donald Trump confirmed on Sunday that he intends to accept the gift of a Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet, dubbed a “Palace in the Sky” […]
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D21 Joins In Statement Standing In Solidarity With Harvard
|Press Releases |TrumpWatchby Jackie HowellMore than 300 organizations, including Democracy 21 Education Fund, have joined together in a statement against the government’s attack on Harvard University and improper efforts […]
Remarks Of D21 President Fred Wertheimer, Recipient Of The Paul H. Douglas Award For Ethics In Government
|Press Releases |by Jackie HowellOn Wednesday, April 30, 2025, Democracy 21 President Wertheimer received the Paul H. Douglas Award for Ethics in Government for 2025. Previous recipients of the […]
D21 Joins In Urging House Leaders To Approve OCC Board Overseeing House Ethics
|Press Releases |Congress Ethics & Accountabilityby Jackie HowellDemocracy 21 joined with Campaign Legal Center and 18 other good government partners to urge U.S. Representatives to approve the board of the Office of […]
How The Opinions Of Two Supreme Court Justices Paved The Way For The Musk Era
|Press Releases |Campaign Finance Reform Citizens United John Roberts Supreme Courtby Jackie HowellThis op-ed is adapted from a piece that first appeared in Courier Newsroom. How The Opinions Of Two Supreme Court Justices Paved the […]
D21 Joins In Urging U.S. House To Oppose The SAVE Act
|Press Releases |voter suppression Voting Rightsby Jackie HowellIn a letter to U.S. Representatives, the Declaration for American Democracy (DFAD) — a coalition including Democracy 21 and more than 260 organizations working to […]
D21 On Confirmation Of Kash Patel As FBI Director
|Press Releases |FBI Kash Patelby Jackie HowellStatement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer Kash Patel’s 51-49 confirmation today as FBI Director – nominated by President Trump and confirmed by all but […]
50+ Civil & Human Rights Organizations, Including D21, Urge Senators To Oppose Kash Patel’s Nomination To Lead FBI
|Press Releases |Kash Patel TrumpWatchby Jackie HowellAhead of Friday’s Senate confirmation hearing on Kash Patel, Trump’s nominee for FBI director, 58 civil and human rights organizations, including Democracy 21, have urged […]
D21 President Fred Wertheimer To Receive The Prestigious Paul H. Douglas Award For Ethics In Government
|Press Releases |by Jackie HowellDemocracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer has been awarded the 2025 Paul H. Douglas Award for Ethics in Government. The prestigious award is given annually by […]
Trump’s Jan. 6 Pardons & Commutations Are A National Disgrace
|Press Releases |Jan. 6 TrumpWatchby Jackie HowellStatement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer President Donald Trump’s pardons and commuting of sentences today of convicted criminals who carried out the January 6 […]
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