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How India's New Prime Minister Won Over the Tea Party
Narendra Modi may be the first world leader to record a welcome message for an American political action committee.
Bitcoin Is Hiring Lobbyists
Some argue money spent wining and dining K Street suits would be better used innovating and improving the virtual currency.
The Corporate PR Industry's Sneaky War on Internet Activism
Meet the people using social media and Wikipedia to spread misinformation.
Lawmakers Are Gearing Up For An Anti-Trust War With Comcast
But the cable giant definitely has the upper hand.
Reforming Democracy, One Crowdfunded Lobbyist at a Time
We spoke with the founder of The Lobby, a crowdfunding platform that lets you hire lobbyists to lobby your cause.
Chuck Strahl Oversaw Government Spies While Registered as an Enbridge Lobbyist
Like those underemployed twenty-somethings the internet loves to ridicule, former cabinet minister Chuck Strahl has to hustle a few side jobs to get the bills paid. “I’m not independently wealthy,” he told the National Post earlier this month, when...
Surprise! Big Pharma Don't Want Developing Countries Having Access to Cheap Medicine
Poor people using India's replica medication means they're not making as much money as they'd like to.
BPA Not Only Messes With Your Hormones, It May Mess with Your Genes and Lungs, Too
Two new studies this week add new evidence to the case against BPA.
Tech Giants Are Lobbying Themselves to Death
"You will rue the day when you called in the government."
Facebook, Google and Friends Want to Kill Regulation That Doesn't Yet Exist
The tech industry is not unaware that regulators in Washington will catch up with its unchecked growth sooner or later. As such, a consoritium of companies including Facebook, Google, Amazon and eBay are joining forces to form the Internet Association...
Jack Valenti, Hollywood Super Lobbyist, Blamed Money for Ruining Politics
As Hollywood's longtime lobbyist, Jack Valenti fought hard against copyright infringement, once infamously claiming the VHS cassette was as threatening to the film industry and America as the Boston Strangler was "to the woman home alone." But on a...
Hollywood's Last Stand: the Desperate Plot Behind the SOPA Opera
Look back at any period of rapid technological progress and you'll find two groups of individuals: Pioneers tirelessly charting new territory for the benefit of the species and members of the old order standing against the tide to fight back the...