Lee Fang

Contributing Writer

@LHFANG

Lee Fang is a reporting fellow with The Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute. He covers money in politics, conservative movements and lobbying. Lee’s work has resulted in multiple calls for hearings in Congress and the Federal Election Commission. He is author of The Machine: A Field Guide to the Resurgent Right, a recently published book on how the right-wing political infrastructure was rebuilt after President Obama's 2008 election. More on the book can be found at www.themachinebook.com.

Defunding Gambit Will Hurt Patients in Boehner’s District

Defunding Gambit Will Hurt Patients in Boehner’s District Defunding Gambit Will Hurt Patients in Boehner’s District

The only part of healthcare reform that could be defunded at this point helps constituents in Republican districts. 

Sep 24, 2013 / Lee Fang

Republican Lawmakers Are Playing Politics With Human Lives, in Four Pictures

Republican Lawmakers Are Playing Politics With Human Lives, in Four Pictures Republican Lawmakers Are Playing Politics With Human Lives, in Four Pictures

Republicans have acknowledged that the health reform programs they intend to defund help save lives.

Sep 20, 2013 / Lee Fang

Generation Opportunity, New Koch-Funded Front, Says Youth Are Better Off Uninsured

Generation Opportunity, New Koch-Funded Front, Says Youth Are Better Off Uninsured Generation Opportunity, New Koch-Funded Front, Says Youth Are Better Off Uninsured

A new Koch-funded political group has a message for young people: you’re better off uninsured. 

Sep 19, 2013 / Lee Fang

GE Gave $1 Million to Fix the Debt

GE Gave $1 Million to Fix the Debt GE Gave $1 Million to Fix the Debt

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

Aug 21, 2013 / Lee Fang

NRA Board Member Explains Advocacy: Gun Ownership Makes People More Republican

NRA Board Member Explains Advocacy: Gun Ownership Makes People More Republican NRA Board Member Explains Advocacy: Gun Ownership Makes People More Republican

NRA board member Grover Norquist adds a partisan twist to his obsessive gun rights advocacy. 

Aug 15, 2013 / Lee Fang

Member of Congressional Science Committee: Global Warming a ‘Fraud’ to ‘Create Global Government’

Member of Congressional Science Committee: Global Warming a ‘Fraud’ to ‘Create Global Government’ Member of Congressional Science Committee: Global Warming a ‘Fraud’ to ‘Create Global Government’

Representative Dana Rohrabacher says global warming is a “fraud” to “create global government.”

Aug 10, 2013 / Lee Fang

Jeff Bezos’s Other Endeavor: Charter Schools, Neoliberal Education Reforms

Jeff Bezos’s Other Endeavor: Charter Schools, Neoliberal Education Reforms Jeff Bezos’s Other Endeavor: Charter Schools, Neoliberal Education Reforms

Will Bezos’s interest in changing education policy affect his control of the Post?

Aug 6, 2013 / Lee Fang

Interns at a Civil Rights Org Say They Were Fired for Disrespecting Walmart

Interns at a Civil Rights Org Say They Were Fired for Disrespecting Walmart Interns at a Civil Rights Org Say They Were Fired for Disrespecting Walmart

Interns at the Organization for Chinese Americans say they were fired for disrespecting Wal-Mart.

Aug 5, 2013 / Lee Fang

Lawmakers Protecting NSA Surveillance Are Awash In Defense Contractor Cash

Lawmakers Protecting NSA Surveillance Are Awash In Defense Contractor Cash Lawmakers Protecting NSA Surveillance Are Awash In Defense Contractor Cash

MapLight reveals that lawmakers voting against the Amash Amendment are awash in defense contractor money. 

Jul 29, 2013 / Lee Fang

Not Just Goldman Sachs: Koch Industries Hoards Commodities as a Trading Strategy

Not Just Goldman Sachs: Koch Industries Hoards Commodities as a Trading Strategy Not Just Goldman Sachs: Koch Industries Hoards Commodities as a Trading Strategy

Goldman Sachs isn’t the only large corporation hoarding commodities for profit.

Jul 22, 2013 / Lee Fang

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