Featured Investigations

Big Oil and the U.S. Chamber Fight to Keep Foreign Bribery Flourishing

By Sara Jerving and Mary Bottari | October 19th, 2012 at 3:36 AM (CDT)

In a new lawsuit against the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), big energy extractors are pushing for carte blanche in their interactions with foreign governments.

Right-Wing Operatives Take Up ALEC’s Voter Suppression Agenda

By Lisa Graves | April 19th, 2012 at 3:22 PM (CDT)

Just as the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) tried to distance itself from its role pushing parts of the NRA’s gun agenda and making it more difficult for American citizens to vote, a controversial right-wing operation has announced that it will step in to help carry forward the “voter ID” agenda.