The Best Investigations of Money in Politics Since the Last Elections

Staff / Truthdig Oct 22, 2014 With this year's elections just two weeks away, ProPublica has rounded up some of the best investigative reporting on campaign finance. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

IRS Delays New Rules for Dark Money Groups

By Theodoric Meyer, ProPublica May 24, 2014 The agency has pushed back indefinitely a hearing on new regulations for social welfare nonprofits that spend money on politics. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Dark Money Group Sues IRS Over Targeting, Disclosure

Staff / Truthdig Apr 30, 2014 A conservative nonprofit sued the Internal Revenue Service on Monday because the agency targeted it for extra scrutiny and disclosed the group's application for tax-exempt status to ProPublica. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

What Newly Released Docs Tell Us About the IRS and How It Handles Dark Money Groups

Staff / Truthdig Apr 10, 2014 Here are five takeaways ProPublica found from the documents released Wednesday by a House committee. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

The Top Is Off: McCutcheon Opens Floodgates for 1 Percent to Spend Millions

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 4, 2014 Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and Mother Jones investigative reporter Andy Kroll told "Democracy Now!" about "the next Citizens United" -- the Supreme Court's decision this Wednesday to eliminate a long-standing limit on how much donors can give to political candidates and causes. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Bill Moyers: Who’s Buying Our Elections?

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Mar 22, 2014 Bill Moyers interviews Kim Barker and Andy Kroll about the explosion of dark money spending in this year's midterm elections, and the impact of looming Supreme Court decisions. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Sen. Bernie Sanders (Video)

BLANK Mar 3, 2014 In a Truthdig exclusive, the Vermont senator and avowed socialist discusses why the super-rich should support an amendment mandating the public funding of elections. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

The Dark Money Man: How Sean Noble Moved the Kochs’ Cash Into Politics and Made Millions

Staff / Truthdig Feb 15, 2014 For a brief, giddy moment, Sean Noble—a little-known former aide to an Arizona congressman—became one of the most important people in American politics. Dig deeper ( 25 Min. Read )

Bill Moyers on ‘Dark Money’s’ Influence on North Carolina

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 28, 2014 The treasured American broadcast journalist tells "Democracy Now!" how untraceable political donations have shoved North Carolina to the political right. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Facebook Is Work, and You Should Get Paid for It

Staff / Truthdig Jan 17, 2014 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: The Internet as we know it could soon disappear, we remember the radical Martin Luther King, the mega rich and Citizens United 2, and why Facebook's 1.3 billion users should think of socializing as work. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Dark Money’ Funds U.S. Climate Deniers

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Jan 6, 2014 U.S. organizations that deny climate change receive most of their funding from unidentifiable sources. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Great American Class War

By Bill Moyers, TomDispatch Dec 12, 2013 Toward the end of his tenure, when he was writing an increasing number of dissents on the Rehnquist Court, Supreme Court Justice William Brennan was asked if he was getting discouraged. He smiled and said, “Look, pal, we’ve always known -- the Framers knew -- that liberty is a fragile thing. You can’t give up.” And he didn’t. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )