State Houses for Sale
The big money battle for state legislatures — why donors are targeting statehouses and what's at stake for redistricting, abortion, and labor.
Ari Berman
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Democracy
For Sale
Long-form conversations on the financial architecture of American political power. With journalists, data analysts, former insiders, and the people who watch money shape democracy in real time.
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The Lobbying Machine
Inside the $4 billion lobbying industry: how Washington insiders trade access for dollars, and why the revolving door keeps spinning.
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The Think Tank Industrial Complex
Behind the policy papers and TV talking heads: how corporate money funds the ideas that become law — and how it stays hidden.
Jane Mayer
Billionaires and Ballot Boxes
A handful of ultra-wealthy donors now account for a staggering share of all political spending. We ask: is democracy still one person, one vote?
Chuck CollinsAnand Giridharadas
Super PACs Explained
Citizens United opened the floodgates. Fifteen years later, we look at how Super PACs have reshaped American elections — and who's really writing the checks.
Trevor Potter
The Lobbying Machine
Inside the $4 billion lobbying industry: how Washington insiders trade access for dollars, and why the revolving door keeps spinning.
Lee Drutman
Dark Money and the Midterms
We trace the rivers of untraceable cash that flowed into the 2022 midterms — who spent it, who received it, and what they got in return.
Jane MayerRobert Maguire