Dark Money

Sacramento Bee does a lousy job of helping voters understand why that matters.

The best-qualified candidates may lose out to cronyism.

It is early in the 2014 election cycle, but already we are seeing spending patterns that shed light on whether some of the many speculations about this year's political …

A conservative nonprofit that recently sued the Internal Revenue Service is one of the “dark money” groups pouring anonymous funds into elections since the Citizens United ruling.

In a recent hearing on dark money, some very smart people shared their thoughts about big money's corrupting influence on our democracy, and what might be done to limit …

The Government Integrity Fund spent most of its money on election ads, despite IRS rules prohibiting a social welfare nonprofit from doing so.

Tech corporations out to increase their already immense profits have begun funding organizations professedly aiming to bring positive change for the masses. However, these groups largely serve the interests …

But some members of the court have a potential conflict of interest in the case.

The US could be at the forefront of creating a global green economy that runs on renewable energy. Unfortunately, we can't beat our addiction to big money.

The McCutcheon decision will boost the political power of the one percent at the expense of the rest of us. But it also adds to the urgency of the …