Institute Index

May 11, 2012 - A by-the-numbers look at the groups and individuals who played key roles in financing the fight over North Carolina's Amendment One.

May 2, 2012 - A watchdog group has filed a petition with North Carolina regulators seeking to change the way the power giant sets its rates, which dramatically favor energy-hungry data centers run by well-heeled companies like Google, Apple and Facebook over residential customers and small businesses.

April 27, 2012 - Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich announced this week that he's suspending his campaign, but he continued campaigning -- and taxpayers were footing part of the bill.

April 5, 2012 - A by-the-numbers look at the effort underway in Florida and other states to set up roadblocks to voter registration drives.

March 29, 2012 - A by-the-numbers look at what Americans stand to lose if the high court strikes down the Affordable Care Act.

March 22, 2012 - The narrowing of the gap between men's and women's earnings from 2010 to 2011 can't be attributed to progress but to men's wages falling faster than women's. Add race to the analysis and the inequities are especially stark.

March 16, 2012 - A large majority of U.S. voters say super PACs should be illegal, and a growing number of actions are targeting the Supreme Court decision that made them possible.