Politics

February 3, 2014 - Two new reports from Good Jobs First take a critical look at public assistance for large corporations. One compares revenue loss from corporate subsidies and tax breaks to public employee pensions, while the other looks at how fully states disclose public assistance to corporations.

January 30, 2014 - A new study tallies the impacts of states' refusal to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act -- including the number of people expected to die as a result. The death toll is particularly heavy in the South, where most states are blocking expansion.

January 24, 2014 - A January 2010 Supreme Court decision further opened the floodgates to money in politics -- and inspired a growing grassroots push for reform.

January 22, 2014 - Projections about what the U.S. electoral map will look like in the coming decades show the nation's political gravity will continue to shift to Southern states.

January 17, 2014 - A new report by United for a Fair Economy examines the racial economic implications of one of the most important human rights issues and public policy debates of the day: health care.

January 15, 2014 - Nearly half of the TV ads in a national $20 million ad blitz launched by Americans for Prosperity have been directed at Sen. Kay Hagan, solidifying North Carolina's status as a key battleground.

January 14, 2014 - North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory's decision to put off a special election to fill the open 12th Congressional District seat until November has been criticized for denying representation to some 700,000 people for almost a year. Now a leading civil rights group is considering legal action to force an earlier vote.