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November 23, 2022
Daniel Strauss
Inside Sam Bankman-Fried’s Long, Long,
Long
Money
Trail
Democrats, Republicans, PACs, Senate candidates, House candidates, right-wingers to left-wingers (one or two): SBF peddled influence with them all.
September 9, 2022
Walter Shapiro
Why Candidates Get More Bang for Their Buck Than Super PACs—Starting Now
A 50-year-old law allows candidates—but not fundraising groups—to get discounted TV ad rates in the 60 days before the election. What does that mean for the home stretch of their campaigns?
May 21, 2022
Jason Linkins
There Are No Super PAC Cops
Let’s stop pretending that rules forbidding coordination between campaigns and dark money groups exist.
July 16, 2021
Jeff Burdick
The Republicans’ Latest Skeezy Campaign Trick: Cash Swaps to Help Each Other
Members of Congress aren’t allowed to spend leadership PAC funds on their own campaigns. But wouldn’t you know it: They’ve found a way.
June 9, 2021
Walter Shapiro
Are Democrats Done Fighting Big Money in Politics?
New York City has one of the most generous campaign finance programs in the country. So why are all the leading Democrats in the mayoral race relying on super PACs?
June 30, 2020
J.C. Pan
Democrats Can’t Quit Their Addiction to Big-Money Donors
The urgency of beating Trump in November has once again set campaign finance reform on the back burner.
October 23, 2018
Nihal Krishan
How Dark Money Groups Keep Their Donors Hidden
A new campaign finance disclosure rule was hailed as a "victory for transparency." But most groups found a way around it.
February 7, 2017
Clio Chang
Can the Left Win? A Q&A With Zephyr Teachout.
The activist and former congressional candidate talks about grassroots politics, the future of the Democratic Party, and Super PACs.
August 17, 2016
David Dayen
Debate the Billionaires!
How progressive congressional candidates can fight Republican super PACs.
July 8, 2013
Molly Redden
The Complicated Politics of Reporting on Female Mega-Donors
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