Business Amazon spent a fortune to block a socialist candidate's re-election to Seattle city council; she won anyway Cory Doctorow
health Sleuths discover the source of $28m in dark money lobbying in favor of emergency room "surprise bills": private equity firms that own doctors' practices Cory Doctorow
corruption A loophole in nonprofit law means that corporate lobbying is at least double the official figure Cory Doctorow
trumpism Grifty conservative PACs raised millions pushing racist Obama conspiracies to elderly, low-income supporters, then kept almost all of it Cory Doctorow
elections Presidential fundraising scorecard: who's raising the most and who is most beholden to the ultra-wealthy and corporations? Cory Doctorow
LGBTQ Microsoft employees want to starve its PAC, which keeps giving money to homophobic, racist, climate-denying Republicans Cory Doctorow
corruption An end-run around Citizens United: passing state laws that ban rewarding campaign donors with political favors Cory Doctorow
china Offshore illegal GOP campaign megadonors receive record FEC fines after The Intercept reveals their crimes Cory Doctorow
trumpism The longest-serving Congressman in US history proposes a four fixes for American democracy Cory Doctorow
infosec Using information security to explain why disinformation makes autocracies stronger and democracies weaker Cory Doctorow
Democrats Congressional Democrats' first bill aims to end gerrymandering, increase voter registration and rein in campaign finance Cory Doctorow
elections America for sale: 38% of all election funding comes from 0.0001% of Americans (2,210 people account for 25% of the total) Cory Doctorow
Business The dialysis industry just set a campaign spending record to fight California limits on pricing Cory Doctorow
Business Patagonia wants the outdoor industry to start a pro-public lands movement as powerful as the NRA Cory Doctorow
books America, Compromised: Lawrence Lessig explains corruption in words small enough for the Supreme Court to understand Cory Doctorow
Business Anaheim's living wage ballot measure pits big corporate donors against union money Cory Doctorow
uspoli Our political upheaval wasn't caused by mob rule, but by institutions designed to preserve elite oversight Cory Doctorow
Business Avowed "utopian anarchist" Elon Musk is also one of the top donors to the GOP "Protect the House" PAC Cory Doctorow
