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MapLight research on the influence of money and politics.
Andrew Perez and Tim Zelina
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October 30, 2019
With calls for big tech companies to be broken up growing louder, Silicon Valley is flooding think tanks and nonprofits in the nation’s capital with cash.
Frank Bass
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October 24, 2019
Pacific Gas & Electric, the California utility that’s shutting off power to hundreds of thousands of people to avoid sparking more catastrophic wildfires, has given almost $150,000 to federal candidates since filing for bankruptcy protection earlier this year.
Andrew Perez
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October 15, 2019
Investor-owned hospitals are leading the fight against the creation of a comprehensive, universal health care system.
Anthony Nadler, Doron Taussig, Hamsini Sridharan
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October 10, 2019
Tech journalists have illuminated the puzzles. Should they help solve them?
Ann M. Ravel
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October 04, 2019
As we approach the 2020 election, it seems almost a foregone conclusion that foreign powers or other bad actors will try to use social media to spread false information and influence political campaigns.
Alec Saslow and Bergen Smith
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Senators who have refused to cosponsor a resolution affirming California’s ability to enforce vehicle fuel economy standards have received almost 15 times more campaign money from major oil and gas interests than lawmakers supporting the measure.
Frank Bass
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September 25, 2019
A trio of utility giants building a natural gas pipeline that would cut across the Appalachian Trail has spent more than $109 million lobbying federal lawmakers and officials since the project was unveiled five years ago.