Mitt Romney says we'd be "a lot better off" if Washington took governmental lessons from... the poorest state in America. Come again?

Learn about citizen-led movements to investigate, expose, and counteract super PAC influence on electoral politics.

Tim Karr explores how dirty politics has become a growth industry for local television stations and their corporate parents.

Though most of the country suffered somewhat equally during the great recession, the recovery has disproportionally benefited the richest Americans.

Clickable map shows the total money spent on attack ads by super PACs in the Republican presidential race.

Bill talks with Gretchen Morgenson on how money and political clout empower big business.

Stockman explains how the courtship of politics and high finance rewards the super-rich and corporations.

Texas financier Robert Allen Stanford gave hundreds of thousands of dollars to candidates and political fundraising committees.

Recommended reading in our ongoing coverage of super PACs and their impact on the 2012 election.

Just a few months after public outrage forced Bank of America to drop a planned $5 fee for debit cards, the financial institution is at it again.