Money In Politics

November 15, 2007 - The Institute's special report released this week -- exposing the NC-based John Locke Foundation's crusade against state climate policy, and the corporate interests backing them -- continues to rage on.

November 14, 2007 - The story I wrote about the fossil-fueled attack against the Center for Climate Strategies by the North Carolina-based John Locke Foundation has apparently touched a nerve with Locke's Executive Director John Hood, judging by his

October 24, 2007 - Lately it seems campaign finance reform has fallen out of favor with some progressives and public interest advocates.

July 18, 2007 - A story that appears in today's Washington Post reveals the industry players who participated in Vice President Dick Cheney's controversial energy task force, and quite a number of South-based companies made the list:

September 8, 2006 - Our friends at the NC Justice Center are hosting a series of events next week in North Carolina.

July 27, 2006 - By way of C.E. Petro, Mother Jones has a report on some statistics entitled "How the poor get dinged at every turn." Here is a random sampling:

July 17, 2006 - Part of the "culture of corruption" is the undue influence of big money in politics. Despite fits and starts of reform, special interest money dominates the political system -- and it's those with the biggest wallets that benefit.