The Progressive: A Bigger, Darker Rightwing Funder
-By Ruth Conniff April 30, 2013- It's "the most powerful organization in America that no one seems to know about." That's how Scot Ross, executive director of the progressive think…
Think Progress: After Casting Key Fifth Vote For Bush, Justice O’Connor Now Regrets Bush v. Gore
-By Ian Millhiser April 29, 2013- Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the conservative retired justice who provided the fifth vote to install George W. Bush as president, is now having second…
Ny Times: S.E.C. Is Asked to Require Disclosure of Donations
-By Nicolas Confessore April 23, 2013- A loose coalition of Democratic elected officials, shareholder activists and pension funds has flooded the Securities and Exchange Commission with calls to require publicly…
Texas Tribune: Bob Perry, Prolific GOP Donor, Dead at 80
-by Ross Ramsey April 14, 2013- Bob Perry, a wealthy homebuilder and philanthropist who was among the nation's largest political givers, has died at his home in Nassau Bay, near…
Think Progress: AG Holder: ‘We Will Not Sit By’ While Republicans Rig The Electoral College
-By Ian Millhiser April 5, 2013- Attorney General Eric Holder has a solid record on voting rights, and he’s criticized Republican state lawmaker’s efforts to restrict the franchise in the…