Lobbying

The Case for Gun Liability Laws

The Case for Gun Liability Laws The Case for Gun Liability Laws

When the government is worried that you might abuse that second bottle of NyQuil, it’s not unreasonable to put limits on gun purchases.

Sep 24, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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

How a Koch Brothers ‘Business League’ Spent $236 Million to Frame the Debate

How a Koch Brothers ‘Business League’ Spent $236 Million to Frame the Debate How a Koch Brothers ‘Business League’ Spent $236 Million to Frame the Debate

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

Sep 12, 2013 / John Nichols

Dollarocracy

Dollarocracy Dollarocracy

Special interests dominate Washington and undermine our democracy.

Sep 11, 2013 / Feature / John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney

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

Same Old ALEC

Same Old ALEC Same Old ALEC

Its annual conference proved that ALEC is still cozy with the NRA—and still pushing the agenda of giant corporations and right-wing ideologues.

Aug 9, 2013 / Micah Uetricht

Mass Protests Put ALEC Under National Scrutiny

Mass Protests Put ALEC Under National Scrutiny Mass Protests Put ALEC Under National Scrutiny

As labor and civil rights groups demonstrate, watchdog groups seek federal and state inquiries.

Aug 9, 2013 / John Nichols

Charles Koch on the Poor: Let Them Eat Economic Freedom

Charles Koch on the Poor: Let Them Eat Economic Freedom Charles Koch on the Poor: Let Them Eat Economic Freedom

Just give free-market ideology a few seconds of your time and you, too, can join the 1 percent!

Jul 16, 2013 / Leslie Savan

Google Hosts Fundraiser for Climate Denier James Inhofe

Google Hosts Fundraiser for Climate Denier James Inhofe Google Hosts Fundraiser for Climate Denier James Inhofe

As Google and other tech giants gain weight in Washington, the gap between values and political value seems to be widening.

Jul 12, 2013 / Zoƫ Carpenter

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