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Amy Meyer
Charged With the Crime of Filming a Slaughterhouse (Animal Rights Activism, Law, Soft Money)

So-called "Ag-Gag" laws reveal the lengths to which the agriculture industry will go to keep their business practices secret.

Leighton Akio Woodhouse
No More Pigs at the Trough (Corporate Responsibility, Soft Money, Politics, Society)

How to cure infectious greed.

Arianna Huffington
The Evil of Access (Campaign Finance, Soft Money, Politics)

Campaign finance reform can succeed--but only if the pressure stays on.

Mark Green
Going Down the Road (Soft Money, Politics)

How quickly the joy fades.

Jim Hightower
Clinton Follows the Money (Bill Clinton, Parties, Soft Money, Politics)

Bill Clinton is moving to install Terry McAuliffe as the head of the DNC, a cynical move in this day of pay-to-play politics.

William Greider

Blogs

How a Koch Brothers 'Business League' Spent $236 Million to Frame the Debate
John Nichols

A previously unknown “secret bank” funds massive projects to overturn Obamacare, mangle Social Security and advance austerity.

September 12, 2013
GE Gave $1 Million to Fix the Debt
Lee Fang

General Electric gave $1 million to the pro-austerity group Fix the Debt last year.

August 21, 2013
America's Most Dynamic (Yet Under-Covered) Movement: Overturning 'Citizens United'
John Nichols

Sixteen states have called for a constitutional amendment, as have 500 communities. And a lot of the reformers are Republicans.

July 5, 2013
The Third Koch 'Brother' Hits North Carolina
Katrina vanden Heuvel

Art Pope and his cash are responsible for the state’s recent rise in repressive politics.

June 11, 2013
It Wasn't Michele Bachmann's Ideas, It Was Her Money Power
John Nichols

The exiting conservative congresswoman won Minnesota elections because of big money she got from Texas, California and Florida. That’s the real challenge facing the GOP and American politics.

May 29, 2013
The Very American Cynicism of House of Cards
Michelle Dean

We need to ask ourselves what these tales in political corruption are teaching us to believe.

February 21, 2013
Corporate Lobbyists Run Almost Every Pro-Romney Super PAC
Lee Fang

Corporate lobbyists are at the helm of almost every large pro-Romney Super PAC and 501(c) group, channeling business cash into ads, and potentially, a lucrative career after the election. 

October 10, 2012
DNC Offers Obama an Opportunity to Show Who the Real Reformer Is
John Nichols

The president’s support for an amendment the constitution to overturn Citizens United is a big deal. But will he use Charlotte to position as the 2012 race’s real reformer?

September 3, 2012
Republican Spending on Dishonest Ads Increases
Ben Adler

Ads that lie about Democrats will be the product of recent major donations to Mitt Romney, brought to us by billionares and Wall Street.

June 15, 2012
Corporate-Funded Conservative Propaganda Machine Distorts Obama’s Record
Ben Adler

Karl Rove and the Koch brothers want to promote falsehoods about Obama’s policies. 

April 20, 2012
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