Sitting in a corner office high above K Street here, Dennis M. Kelleher, one of the most powerful lobbyists on financial regulatory reform, looks ever...
J. Kelly Conklin | Posted 05.30.2012
While we may not all share the same political ideology, we all do have one thing in common: every day we get up, leave home and head to our respective enterprises. That is how we survive and hopefully prosper.
David DeGraw | Posted 05.30.2012
As I type, thousands of working groups are spread throughout the country organizing toward the same goal: ending the corrupt culture that has consumed our government by getting money out of politics. It's time to Occupy Democracy.
HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 05.28.2012
WASHINGTON -- It may be years before unmanned aircraft are common in the sky, but lobbyists for the industry that develops and manufactures the drones...
The Huffington Post | Jeffrey Young | Posted 05.24.2012
Mark Eustis, the president CEO of a Minnesota hospital company under fire from state and federal authorities for allegedly harsh tactics its employees...
David_Halperin | Posted 05.24.2012
Standing before soldiers at Fort Stewart, Georgia, last month, President Obama signed an executive order to protect U.S. troops, veterans and their families from predatory abuses by some for-profit colleges. So the for-profit colleges' most loyal allies swung into action.
Charles Ferguson | Posted 05.22.2012
Over the last thirty years, in parallel with deregulation and the rising power of money in American politics, significant portions of American academia have deteriorated into "pay to play" activities. No where is this more pronounced than in the realm of economics.
The Washington Post | Posted 05.20.2012
Before 9 a.m., a group of lobbyists began showing up at the White House security gates with the chief executives of their companies, all of whom serve...
The Huffington Post | Jeffrey Young | Posted 05.16.2012
Employees at Minnesota hospitals that contracted with Accretive Health repeatedly complained about the company's methods of getting money from patient...
The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 05.18.2012
By Michael BeckeliWatch NewsFor the second time in two weeks, super PACs will play a major role in determining the outcome of a U.S. Senate primary ...
Paul Szep | Posted 05.16.2012
Suzanne Merkelson | Posted 05.16.2012
The food and beverage industry has been relentless in Washington lately, more than doubling their spending in Washington during the past three years, completely outpacing public interest groups looking out for children's health.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jeffrey Young | Posted 05.15.2012
Accretive Health, a debt-collection company under fire for allegedly hounding hospital patients over unpaid bills, has hired former President George W...
HuffingtonPost.com | D.M. Levine | Posted 05.15.2012
At the annual JPMorgan Chase shareholders meeting on Tuesday morning in Tampa, Fla., CEO Jamie Dimon offered what amounted to a spirited defense of th...
Gary Hart | Posted 05.15.2012
The influence business is no longer about votes up or down on particular measures that may emerge in Congress or policies made in the White House. This is about setting agendas, deciding what should, and should not, be brought up for hearings and legislation.
Phil Wolfson, MD | Posted 05.14.2012
The Republic based on the people's interests having sway through an unpolluted representative democracy is gone. Money and government are nearly one. The interests of the earth and our people -- the 99% -- are virtually unrepresented.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jeffrey Young | Posted 05.11.2012
Accretive Health, a debt-collection company under fire from Minnesota and federal officials for aggressive tactics to squeeze money from hospital pati...
Zaid Jilani | Posted 05.11.2012
For-profit schools need a way to distract the public and lawmakers from the fact they've been caught again and again abusing veterans and sucking up taxpayer dollars while often providing poor quality programs.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jeffrey Young | Posted 05.08.2012
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel wants his Democratic colleague Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson to lay off hospital debt-collector Accretive Health,...
The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 05.18.2012
By Paul AbowdiWatch NewsThis spring has brought constant controversy for the American Legislative Exchange Council, the conservative group of legisl...
HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 05.07.2012
WASHINGTON -- As the Securities and Exchange Commission considers requiring corporations to disclose their political spending to shareholders, a coali...
The Sunlight Foundation | Posted 05.02.2012
While the proposed voluntary principles set for food marketers are ambitious and would take time to put into place, the public health stakes could not be higher.
Ed Sayres | Posted 05.02.2012
The ASPCA was proud to co-host, along with the Animal Welfare Institute and The Humane Society of the United States, the "Horses on the Hill" event, in which we publicly urged legislators to stop our nation's horses from being slaughtered at home or abroad.
The Huffington Post | Khadeeja Safdar | Posted 05.02.2012
Corporations might want to reconsider throwing large sums of money at Washington. That's because these contributions correlate with poor company...
Marci Harris | Posted 04.27.2012
How did POPVOX co-founder Rachna Choudhry and I start caring about disruption? A few years ago, we noticed that in our world -- that of advocacy, Congress, and civic engagement -- NO ONE was doing the task that was expected of them.
New York Times | Posted 05.30.2012