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Missouri “Dark Money” Group Invokes Trump in Campaign to Change Title IX Laws
The nonprofit was created by a lobbyist whose son was expelled from college following allegations of sexual misconduct.
Mueller Report Exposes Campaign Finance Problems Far Beyond Russia
Campaign finance law has a major digital advertising and disclosure gap.
How the IRS Gave Up Fighting Political Dark Money Groups
The agency has largely given up on regulating an entire category of nonprofits.
Health Care Corporations Flooded Political Campaigns With Cash in 2017
The nation’s largest health care corporations spent at least $61 million in 2017 to influence politics.
The Man Who Saw Trump Coming a Century Ago
In the second coming of the Gilded Age, one author's prescient theory is more important than ever.
When Money Talks, Citizens’ Voices Get Drowned Out
Thanks to their wealth, a minuscule economic elite as well as big corporations now shape policies.
How Shadowy Tax Havens Skirt Conservation Efforts
Dark money foreign investments may bankroll deforestation and overfishing.
Trump Is Providing Cover for Radical Anti-Choice Activists on College Campuses
The president's rhetoric mimics that deployed by fascists such as Milo Yiannopoulos and Richard Spencer.
Trump-Linked Christian “Fundamentalists” Pour Millions Into European Far Right
An openDemocracy analysis reveals “shocking” flows of cash crossing the Atlantic to push ultra-conservative agendas.
Foreign-Owned Corporations Funnel Millions Into US Elections
Under current rules, the Federal Election Commission has no tools to stop any sort of influence from foreign nationals.