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Still from 'Money Fer Nuthin' by Mark Fiore featuring IRS auditors reviewing 501(c)4 applications
May 23, 2013 | Cartoons

In Mark Fiore’s new cartoon, Little Suzy Newsykins tells us about her summer job at the IRS “Determination Center,” where she expects to pass her days doing very little work at all. Continue reading

IRS Headquarters in Washington, DC
May 22, 2013 | Money & Politics

Get need-to-know facts about social welfare nonprofits — also known as dark money groups — who don’t have to disclose their donors. Continue reading

In this July 10, 2012 file photo, a United plane prepares to land at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J., with the New York City skyline in the background. Commercial airline flights moved smoothly throughout most of the country on Sunday, April 21, 2013, the first day air traffic controllers were subject to furloughs resulting from government spending cuts, though some delays appeared in the late evening in and around New York. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
May 21, 2013 | Money & Politics
Mattea Kramer and Jo Comerford look ahead to what life could be like after 10 years of sequestration and austerity.
Plant Explosion Investigation
May 20, 2013 | On Democracy

Bill Moyers and Michael Winship say runaway corporate greed — enabled by our government — undermines vital safety protections for Americans. Continue reading

Robert Reich talking about the hollowing-out of government.
May 19, 2013 | Perspectives

Robert Reich explains why reducing, de-funding and disabling government agencies and programs hurts the American people in the long run (and why Republicans won’t stop doing it). Continue reading

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May 17, 2013 | Moyers & Company

The heads of two independent watchdog groups discuss their efforts to scrutinize special interest money going into political pockets. Continue reading

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May 16, 2013 | Perspectives

With the advent of super PACs and a growing reliance on secretly funded nonprofits, the very wealthy can pour their money into the political system with an ease that didn’t exist as recently as this moment in Barack Obama’s first term in office. Continue reading

"The Destruction of Tea at Boston Harbor" by Nathaniel Currier, a lithograph depicting the 1773 Boston Tea Party shows how some colonists disguised themselves as Native Americans. In this scandal, the IRS was looking for political operatives disguised as tea partiers. (Wikicommons)
May 15, 2013 | Money & Politics

The revelation that a Cincinnati IRS field office was targeting conservative social welfare organizations for special scrutiny has generated more outrage than even the IRS is used to receiving. Continue reading

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May 15, 2013 | Moyers & Company

This week, Bill explores why lead and other toxins continue to threaten America. Also, how money secretly rules Washington. Continue reading

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May 13, 2013 | Moyers & Company

Bill explores why lead and other toxins continue to threaten America. Also, how money still secretly rules Washington. Continue reading

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