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  • Money & Politics
    Unsanitized, Election Edition: Following the (Cancelled) Money
    October 29, 2020
    | David Dayen

    At some level, the ad cancellations are more accurate than the polls on the big questions of who may win easily and who’s still in a fight.

  • Money & Politics
    The FCC's Dark Money Detector, v. 2.0
    June 27, 2016
    | Kathy Kiely
    This week, radio and cable stations must upload political ad data to public online database.
  • Money & Politics
    The FCC Can Help Clean Up Big Money in Campaigns
    June 2, 2016
    | Michael Copps
    Law compels the agency to deal with anonymous, misleading, special interest political ads on TV — it just refuses to comply.
  • "The Last Campaign Ad Ever"
    November 6, 2014
    | Mark Fiore
    Even before the big loss for the Democrats, we had all lost.
  • Oligarchs Form Their Own Shadow Parties
    October 17, 2014
    | Joshua Holland
    A roundup of this week's news from our Wild West campaign finance system.
  • The Dog Whistle Politics of Race, Part II
    March 7, 2014 | Moyers & Company
    Bill continues his conversation with author and legal scholar Ian Haney López about how politicians use strategic racism to win votes.
  • History
    The Dog Whistle Politics of Race
    February 28, 2014 | Moyers & Company
    Ian Haney López tells Bill that dog whistle politics is “the dark magic” by which middle-class voters have been seduced to vote against their own economic interests.
  • Track the 2014 Campaign Cash Bonanza in Your State
    January 3, 2014
    | Andy Kroll
    A "dark money" reporter explains how you can follow the campaign cash — secret and not — flooding into 2014 races in your state.
  • Analyzing Debates and Ads in the Election's Final Stretch
    October 26, 2012
    | BillMoyers.com Staff
    Web Exclusive: Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Marty Kaplan assess how presidential debates and campaign ads serve the public interest.
  • Campaign Cash? Local TV News Hits Mute Button
    October 1, 2012
    | Michael Winship
    Michael Winship reveals how local TV stations are glad to accept campaign cash, but loathe to cover it as news.


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