February 7, 2010
| San Francisco Chronicle/SFGate Daniel Newman |
The fundraising Legislature |
February 5, 2010
| KPBS FM Radio, San Diego Kenny Goldberg |
Watchdog Group Says Big Contributors Wield Influence In State Senate |
February 4, 2010
| Central Valley Business Times Staff Report |
Report: Senators vote according to contributions |
January 23, 2010
| Sacramento Bee Daniel Newman |
Viewpoints: Solutions already at hand for campaign-spending excesses |
January 22, 2010
| KPFA-FM (94.1) Radio Mitch Jesserich |
Nationally Broadcast: Letters to Washington |
January 22, 2010
| Central Valley Business Times Doug Caldwell |
How to End the Buying of Politics: Article Text and Link to Audio |
January 21, 2010
| San Francisco Bay Guardian Sarah Phelan |
SFBG Politics Blog: Supremes' ruling underscores need for Fair Elections Acts |
January 21, 2010
| Deutsche Press-Agentur Staff Report |
US Supreme Court strikes decades-old campaign finance laws |
January 21, 2010
| Bakersfield Californian Editorial |
Supreme Court opens floodgates of influence |
January 21, 2010
| KGO-TV (ABC), SF Mark Matthews |
Court eases business, union election spending rule |
January 7, 2010
| GovFresh.com Luke Fretwell |
Gov 2.0 Hero: Daniel Newman |
December 30, 2009
| Miller-McCune Emily Badger |
The Idea Lobby:10 (Potentially) Cool Innovations from Government |
December 26, 2009
| Daily Kos Sue4theBillofRights |
NY Times: I'm Mad Because Obama Won't Break "Rules" for HCR |
December 18, 2009
| ABCNEWS.com Huma Khan |
Does Sen. Ben Nelson Stand in the Way of Health Care Victory for Democrats? |
December 18, 2009
| Daily Kos "Accumbens" |
Senators Against Drug Importation Received More $$$ from Pharma |
December 17, 2009
| National Public Radio Peter Overby |
Senators Who Voted Against Drug Imports Got More Big Pharma Money |
December 17, 2009
| Los Angeles Times Michael Hiltzik |
Biotech bonanza lurks in healthcare reform bills |
December 16, 2009
| KPFA-FM Radio Mitch Jesserich |
Letters to Washington: Features Daniel Newman, Executive Director of MAPLight.org |
December 16, 2009
| Salon Thomas Schaller |
Drug Bust: Big Pharma Kills the Competitive Drug Provision from Healthcare Reform |
December 16, 2009
| Contra Costa Times/Media News Group Josh Richman |
Big Pharma’s money talks in the U.S. Senate |
November 27, 2009
| LeMonde.fr Hubert Guillaud |
Réinventer la démocratie à l’heure des réseaux et de la transparence |
November 23, 2009
| The Daily Follow-Up Jeremy Caplan |
Regulatory Reform Rolls On |
November 10, 2009
| Central Valley Business Times/Stockton, CA Staff report |
How they voted: You don't always get what you paid for |
November 10, 2009
| Politico/Live Pulse Chris Frates |
Watchdog finds more industry money going to reform opponents |
November 10, 2009
| Central Valley Business Times/Stockton, CA Staff report |
How they voted: You don't always get what you paid for |
November 9, 2009
| KGO-TV/ABC Mark Matthews |
House Dems split on health care bill |
November 3, 2009
| MediaShift/PBS Katie Donnelly |
10 Projects that Help Citizens Become Government Watchdogs |
October 16, 2009
| The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Bob Keefe |
Price, Gingrey receive thousands in campaign contributions from doctors and health care lobbyists |
October 13, 2009
| Washington Independent Mike Illis |
What’s in a Signature? |
September 28, 2009
| Los Angeles Times Michael Hiltzik |
These crusaders bring transparency to government |
September 23, 2009
| The Guardian Simon Rogers |
From healthcare reform to gun control: does cash mean votes? |
September 21, 2009
| Great Lakes Echo Andrew Norman |
Campaign contributions show that Great Lakes members of Congress play key role in climate change legislation |
September 4, 2009
| Forbes Niv Elis and Brian Wingfield |
A Year Later, Treasury Stiffens TARP Rules |
August 31, 2009
| DesMoines Register Thomas Beaumont |
Grassley: Campaign contributions hold no sway |
August 26, 2009
| Marketplace Jeremy Hobson |
Site shows donations, lawmakers' votes |
July 14, 2009
| SolveClimate Stacy Morford |
Study Finds House Climate Votes Correlate to Campaign Cash |
Jul 2, 2009
| Truthdig James Harris and Josh Scheer |
Illuminating the Connection Between Money and Politics |
June 25, 2009
| Huffington Post Adam Clark Estes |
Introducing Huffington Post Investigative Fund's Health Care Unit |
June 18, 2009
| SF Weekly Joe Eskenazi |
Nonprofits' Legal Victory Takes Legwork Out of Following the Money |
June 18, 2009
| KQED Cy Musiker |
Shedding New Light on Lawmakers' Voting Records |
June 4, 2009
| The Economist Jeanette Borzo |
Mapping a Better World |
May 22, 2009
| Poynter Institute Amy Gahran |
New MAPlight API: Who's Angling on Congressional Bills? |
May 15, 2009
| Huffington Post Craig Newmark |
MAPLight.org LA: Uncovering Campaign Finances |
May 14, 2009
| LAist Zach Behrens |
New Website Connects LA Councilmembers to Campaign Donors |
May 12, 2009
| Telegraph Herald Mary Rae Bragg |
Banks Own the Place |
May 4, 2009
| Huffington Post Kim Cranston |
Humanity's Greatest Challenge and Its Solution |
April 30, 2009
| On Top Magazine | House Approves Hate Crimes Bill |
March 24, 2009
| Stockton Record Daniel Thigpen |
Huber wants to let sunshine in Legislator seeks to ease access to finance records |
March 23, 2009
| WAMU America University Radio Kojo Nnamdi Show |
Transparency, Media and Local News |
March 21, 2009
| New York Times Op Ed: Mark Lange |
A Tumor at the Heart of Medicare |
March 20, 2009
| KCRW / NPR Warren Olney |
The Great Recession and the Erosion of Trust (Daniel Newman's segment runs 30:00 - 37:00) |
March 11, 2009
| San Francisco Bay Guardian Sarah Phelan |
Freeing the Press MAPLight.org Receives Society of Professional Journalists (NorCal) James Madison Award |
February 28, 2009
| Newsweek Christopher Werth |
TECHTONIC SHIFTS: The People’s Data |
February 17, 2009
| WCBS New York | Web Empowers Citizens For Stimulus Package Details |
January 14, 2009
| Chicago Public Radio Richard Steele |
Daniel Newman talks about pay-to-play politics and public financing (segment begins at 44:10) |
December 23, 2008
| Huffington Post Lloyd Chapman |
Obama Appoints Venture Capital Executive to Head Small Business Administration |
December 16, 2008
| China Post Reuters |
Washington faces tough reform test |
December 12, 2008
| CNN: Anderson Cooper 360 | Auto bailout: North vs. South- CNN's David Mattingly discusses why some Southern senators voted against the auto bailout. |
December 12, 2008
| Denver Post Chuck Plunkett |
How Big Labor and The Big Three Bought Congress |
December 9, 2008
| Press Democrat Editorial |
Public Data. Legislators need to stop hiding behind 1950s thinking |
December 7, 2008
| San Francisco Chronicle Editorial: John Diaz |
Open the Windows to the State Capitol |
December 5, 2008
| Sacramento Bee Editorial |
Data is public's, and so is database |
December 4, 2008
| Associated Press Steve Lawrence |
2 Calif. Groups File Suit Seeking Voting Records |
November 18, 2008
| Reuters Kevin Drawbaugh |
Awash in Bank Money, Washington Faces Reform Test |
November 13, 2008
| Boston Herald Dave Wedge |
Out-of-District Bucks Fill Reps’ War Chests |
November 12, 2008
| Washington Times Jim McElhatton |
Allies Rush Cash to Debilitated Murtha |
November 11, 2008
| WDIO (ABC) - TV Kim Johnson |
Money and Politics (video) |
November 7, 2008
| Charlotte Business Journal Dale Gibson |
Representative Government? |
November 5, 2008
| 2008 Knight-Batten Awards-Innovations in Journalism: MAPLight.org/U.S. Congress Website | Presentation and interview at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. (video) |
November 3, 2008
| CNN / Lou Dobbs | Final Hours of Campaigning; Polls Tighten; Broken Borders |
| Hartford Courant Jesse Hamilton |
Outsiders Fuel House Races? |
| Sacramento Bee Pete Basofin |
Out-of-district donations dominate many House coffers |
November 2, 2008
| Baltimore Sun Dan Rodricks |
Campaign 'O8: What zip codes tell |
October 31, 2008
| The Orlando Sentinel Mark K. Matthews |
Where do Feeney, Kosmas, Grayson, Keller get campaign money? |
October 28, 2008
| U.S. News and World Report | Hot Docs: In Congressional Races, House Members Raise Most Money Away From Home |
| Harper's Magazine Ken Silverstein |
Washington’s Congressional Bloc |
| Kiplinger Jon Frandsen |
Who's Buying Your Congressman? |
| Politico Josh Kraushaar |
San Antonio: fundraising mecca? |
| Los Angeles Times Patrick McGreevy |
Outsiders fund California congressional races |
| United Press International | Survey: D.C. funds most House campaigns |
October 27, 2008
| Marketplace Steve Henn |
Outsiders pay most to House campaigns |
| Hartford Courant Jesse A. Hamilton |
House Campaigns Get Most $ Outside Districts |
October 10, 2008
| Media General News Service - Washington Bureau Neil Simon |
Cantor’s Mortgage Background Figured into Bailout Bill |
October 8, 2008
| San Francisco Chronicle Phillip Matier & Andrew Ross |
Matier & Ross: Box Scores |
October 8, 2008
| KALW - SF Public Radio Holly Kernan |
Following the Money on the Bailout Bill (Crosscurrents 10/8/08 / Time - 9:11) |
October 5, 2008
| Hartford Courant Jesse A. Hamiliton |
Bailout Bill Linked To 2 Others, And More Money |
October 1, 2008
| Certification Magazine Lindsay Edmonds Wickman |
Elect IT: Technology and the Democratic Process |
September 30, 2008
| ABC-7 TV Mark Matthews |
Politicians Doing More Damage than Good? |
| MarketWatch Fawn Johnson, Dow Jones Newswire |
Money and Politics Met on Bailout: 'Yes' Votes came from Reps who Took More from Wall St. |
| Baltimore Sun Dan Rodricks |
Bailout Vote's Money Trail |
| CFO Magazine Kate Plourd |
Studies: Bailout Backers Got More Bank Donations |
| OC Register Jon Lanser |
Did Political Donations Swing Bailout Vote? |
| Minnesota Post Judith Yates Borger |
Contributions a factor in Monday vote? Don't bank on it in Minnesota's case |
September 29, 2008
| Mercury News Chris O'Brien |
O'Brien: Why did the bailout vote fail? We just don't trust the administration |
| Mother Jones Josh Harkinson |
The Money Behind the Bailout Vote |
| Contra Costa Times Josh Richman |
Wall Street money parallels today’s bailout votes |
September 21, 2008
| News Tribune Karen Peterson |
Online election page offers more content, lots of extras |
September 15, 2008
| ABC-7 TV Mark Matthews |
Local Organization Tracks Money and Politics |
August 26, 2008
| CNN.com Craig Newmark |
Commentary: Internet can strengthen democracy |
August 14, 2008
| San Francisco Chronicle Tom Abate |
Site Tracks Influence of Interest Groups |
July 28, 2008
| Media General News Service Neil Simon |
Cantor Backs Tobacco Regulation Bill |
July 22, 2008
| Democracy Now! Amy Goodman |
Who’s Paying for the Conventions? Corporate Sponsors Pour Millions into Party Coffers |
June 30, 2008
| Time Magazine Jeremy Caplan |
The Citizen Watchdogs of Web 2.0 |
June 25, 2008