Lee Fang
Middle Eastern Governments Are on a Shopping Spree for Former Congressmen
Over the past year and a half, regimes throughout the Middle East, from Turkey to the United Arab Emirates, have been snapping up former members of Congress to help push their interests in Washington.
Your Retirement Fund Is Slowly Evaporating
Whether you know it or not, your 401(k) is likely being devoured by marketing fees, investment-management fees, administrative fees, and broker commissions—along with trading fees that pass on to you every time a mutual fund buys or sells a security.
Leading Anti-Marijuana Academics Are Paid By Painkiller Drug Companies
Many of the researchers who have advocated against legalizing pot have also been on the payroll of firms with products that could potentially be replaced by using marijuana.
Leading Anti-Marijuana Academics Are Paid by Painkiller Drug Companies
Researchers who have advocated against legalizing pot have also been on the payroll of top pharmaceutical firms with products that could be easily replaced by using marijuana. Could this be a major conflict of interest in the pot debate?
The Cynical and Weird Hypocrisy of Florida's Marijuana Opponents
If you listen to opponents of Florida's medical marijuana ballot initiative, it will unleash the gates of hell: skyrocketing crime, brain-dead zombies roaming the streets and Floridians flocking to rusty shacks covered in dirt to purchase their...
Trolls Paid by a Telecom Lobbying Firm Keep Commenting on My Net Neutrality Articles
Have you ever read the comment section of a blog post or news article and thought: Damn, these trolls must be paid by someone? When it comes to enemies of a free and open internet, at least, they really are.
The Koch Brothers’ Fake Libertarianism: War, Forced Pregnancies, and Homophobia
The billionaire oil barons want you to think they're selfless libertarian ideologues following their hearts, but following the money tells a different story.
The Judges Approving the NSA’s Surveillance Requests Keep Buying Verizon Stock
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court judges own stock in telecom companies that are handing over data to the government.
The Judges Approving the NSA's Surveillance Requests Keep Buying Verizon Stock
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA) is packed with judges who own stock in the telecom companies handing over data to the government.
How Putin's American Fixers Keep Russian Sanctions Toothless
Amid carnage in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has kept his financial interests chugging along pretty much unscathed.
Georgia Pastor Jody Hice Rises with America’s Militant Right
Jody Hice just secured the GOP nomination for the 10th congressional district of Georgia, calls America's record on abortion "much worse than Hitler's six million Jews," among other gems.
Net Neutrality Kabuki Theater: How Cable Companies Dominate the Debate
The comment period for the public to weigh in on an open internet ends today. But has the telecom industry already won?