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Minority/Majority (Corporate Lobbying)

Friends of predatory lenders stay in the minority, while foes move toward the majority.

David Sirota
Debunking 'Centrism' (Corporate Lobbying, Parties, Politics)

It's what corporations want, not the public.

David Sirota
DeLay on the Hot Seat (Racism and Discrimination, Corporate Lobbying, Society)

Two investigative bombs with long fuses are sizzling under Tom DeLay, America's Machiavelli of gerrymandering and shakedown fundraising.

Jack Newfield
Dick Cheney and the $5 Million Man (Political Figures, Corporate Lobbying, Corporations, White-Collar Crime, Society)

Will Dick Cheney be indicted for past Halliburton abuses?

Doug Ireland
The Big Money Election (Corporate Lobbying, Electoral Reform, Politics)

Click here for info on how you can help save Arizona's Clean Elections Act.

The Editors
The New Scopes Trials (Bush Administration, Science, Corporate Lobbying, Politics)

Eric Alterman and Mark Green would like to thank Jenny Stepp for her research on this article.

Eric Alterman and Mark Green
Making Money on Terrorism (Corporate Lobbying, War on Terrorism)

The Bush Administration's apparent motto: "Leave no defense contractor behind."

William D. Hartung
Mad Cow, Mad Policy (Bush Administration, Corporate Lobbying, Sustainable Development, Politics)

When Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman and the agribusiness insiders-turned-"regulators" who run George W.

The Editors
Money, Money, Money (Campaign Finance, Corporate Lobbying, Politics)

It really is extraordinary. Bechtel is awarded the biggest reconstruction contract in Iraq without having to compete for it.

Patricia J. Williams
A Present for Murdoch (Corporate Media and Consolidation, Corporate Lobbying, Corporations, Society)

The Bush Administration will make sure that no Grinch spoils Rupert Murdoch's holiday season.

Jeff Chester

Blogs

Will the SEC Force More Campaign Finance Disclosure?
George Zornick

Publicly traded companies should have to disclose their political giving, for the good of investors and the campaign finance system.

January 8, 2013
Grover Norquist's Budget Is Largely Financed by Just Two Billionaire-Backed Nonprofits
Lee Fang

Republicans, meet your real master. Over 60 percent of Grover Norquist’s budget comes from just two billionaire-backed nonprofits. 

November 27, 2012
Corporate Lobbyists Manage Our Presidential Debates
Lee Fang

Why aren’t the candidates asked about corruption or the influence of big money? Maybe it’s because the men running the debates are lobbyists. 

October 22, 2012
Coal Company CEO Dreams of Romney as President, Jim Inhofe as Head of EPA
Lee Fang

Coal companies are using a number of tactics to help boost Mitt Romney's chances this November. 

October 9, 2012
A Promise Obama Can Keep Before the Election: Make Trade Transparent
John Nichols

A sweeping new “Trans-Pacific Partnership” agreement is being negotiated in or name but without our informed consent. Obama should remove the cloak of secrecy.

September 9, 2012
JPMorgan Starts Buying Congress Again
George Zornick

Members are taking money from the bank once again, as memory of the “fail whale” recedes.

August 24, 2012
Lee Fang: It's Not About the CEO, It's That Chick-fil-A Supports Discrimination
Nation in the News

A company that supports hate runs the risk of being told that it’s not welcome.

July 31, 2012
CFPB Demonstrates Why Banks Fought Its Creation Tooth-and-Nail
George Zornick

After spending untold amounts of money battling the creation of the bureau, Capital One finds itself the first victim. 

July 18, 2012
Supreme Court: More Elections for Sale
John Nichols

By striking down a century-old Montana anti-corruption law, a narrow High Court majority has removed barriers to the buying of state and local elections by multinational corporations.

June 25, 2012
Corporate Profits Up. Taxes Not.
Laura Flanders

Corporate profits rose to a record $1.97 trillion in the third quarter of 2011. Corporate income tax payments did not. But it's not a matter of “Honey, I Shrunk Corporate Tax.”

January 6, 2012