Revolving Door

In Washington, the Revolving Door Is Hazardous to Your Health

Bill Moyers | Posted 10.11.2009 | Politics


Bill Moyers

You can't tell the players without a scorecard in the old Washington shell game. Lobbyist out, lobbyist in. They've been plowing this ground for years, and the soil has never been so fertile.

A Crowd's Take on the Health Care Industry's Revolving Door

Adam Clark Estes | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics


Adam Clark Estes

Earlier this summer, The Washington Post published an eye-catching analysis of the revolving door between Congress and the health industry. The newspaper estimated that at least 350 former staffers and members of Congress are now lobbying their former Capitol Hill colleagues on legislation to change the health care system.

You're Appointing Who? Please Obama, Say It's Not So!

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 08.23.2009 | Green


Jeffrey Smith

The person who may be responsible for more food-related illness and death than anyone in history has just been made the US food safety czar.

Obama Versus "The Lobbyists"

Bara Vaida | Posted 04.23.2009 | Politics


Bara Vaida

While Obama has been railing against lobbyists, he has been hiring lobbyists too. 11 percent of Obama's 267 senior staff and nominees were registered lobbyists in the past five years.

President Obama Opens Up Records, Shuts the Revolving Door

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics


Joseph A. Palermo

By breaking the nexus between lobbyists and government departments, Obama is doing something that hasn't been done before. He has raised the ethical bar higher than any previous president.

Duped: A Nation of Eaters

Robyn O'Brien | Posted 02.07.2009 | Politics


Robyn O'Brien

As I read about baby formulas and jars of salsa laced with who-knows-what, I was left slack-jawed.

Goldman's Revolving Door: Who is Protecting Whom?

Robyn O'Brien | Posted 10.26.2008 | Business


Robyn O'Brien

Goldman went on a shopping spree buying up mortgages -- yours, mine and your neighbors, and bought 8,274 of them.