More broadcasters will now need to disclose the names of groups funding ads on their airwaves. But dark money groups can still keep their donors hidden.

An informed citizenry is still essential to the challenges we face today.

Democrat spending has kept pace with conservative dollars by and large, but Republicans still dominate at least one facet of the outside money equation: dark money.

Reform groups are asking the FCC to disclose online who funds political ads on cable and satellite television.

In the new issue of The Washington Monthly, Paul Glastris and Haley Sweetland Edwards look at how Republicans have given Congress a "self-lobotomy."

All members of the Senate committee reviewing the merger that are up for reelection this year have profited from Comcast or Time Warner contributions.

What little power the government still has to regulate campaign finance donations is being eroded by funding cutbacks, intimidation and bureaucracy.

The Sunlight Foundation's Lisa Rosenberg offers some practical remedies to the culture of corruption and greed in Washington depicted in Mark Leibovich's recent book.

As the amount of carbon dioxide in our planet's atmosphere has increased, so too have donations to politicians from the fossil fuel industries.

Sunlight Foundation Executive Director Ellen Miller updates us on what's on the horizon in terms of government transparency and open data.