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    _The New Yorker:_ Billionaire Brothers Charles & David Koch Have Quietly Given More Than $100 Million to Right-Wing Causes

    An article in the latest issue of The New Yorker magazine by Jane Mayer profiles billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch, two of the richest men in America who have quietly given more than a hundred million dollars to right-wing causes. Mayer writes, "The [Koch] brothers have funded opposition campaigns against so many Obama Administration policies — from health-care reform to the economic-stimulus program — that, in political...
    Aug 25, 2010 | Story

  • "Astroturf Activism": Leaked Memo Reveals Oil Industry Effort to Stage Rallies Against Climate Legislation

    A leaked memo reveals the American Petroleum Institute is asking oil companies to recruit employees, retirees and contractors to take part in rallies against climate change legislation. We speak with Greenpeace USA research director Kert Davies. [includes rush transcript]
    Aug 21, 2009 | Story

  • Candidates' Trail of Money

    Today we continue with our look at how corporate money has been injected into the presidential campaign, and at the role of corporate-sponsored non-profits and think tanks in the electoral process. This past Saturday’s Washington Post carried an article about the group Citizens for a Sound Economy, one of the many non-profits that takes millions of dollars from corporations and that uses that money to influence public opinion. Unlike others,...
    Feb 03, 2000 | Story

  • Dole's Seedy Past and Powell's Track-record

    Bob Dole’s efforts on behalf of corporate criminals, Koch Oil and Colin Powell’s track-record.
    Aug 13, 1996 | Story