Politics

November 4, 2011 - Christopher Horner, director of litigation for the global-warming denier group the American Tradition Institute, is one of the featured speakers at this weekend's Americans for Prosperity conference in Washington, D.C.

November 3, 2011 - The Department of Justice has largely taken a hands-off approach to state redistricting plans. But when it comes to photo ID laws and other voting rights issues in the South, the DOJ has emerged as a key player.

November 2, 2011 - A judge has decided to allow climatologist Michael Mann to intervene in a Freedom of Information Act suit brought against the University of Virginia by the American Tradition Institute, a group with close ties to fossil-fuel interests that works to cast doubt on manmade global warming.

October 31, 2011 - Dirty-energy interests, wealthy conservatives and the think tanks they fund have joined forces to target global-warming researchers using the Freedom of Information Act -- and this week they're set for a showdown in a Virginia courtroom.

October 27, 2011 - Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour recently called for ending limits on campaign contributions -- part of a broader effort to boost the political power of big money at the expense of ordinary people.

October 27, 2011 - Judges are supposed to be impartial and fair, but a new report finds their independence is increasingly at risk as campaign cash floods into judicial elections -- especially from secret outside sources.

October 26, 2011 - Education Secretary Arne Duncan was in North Carolina yesterday to tout the president's jobs bill -- and he said he was keeping a close eye on the Wake County school board battle over diversity.