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Citizens United and the Rise of the Campaign... Stalker?
Armed with high-definition cameras, their job is to follow and film everything a political candidate says and does.
October 30, 2012
Chat Transcript: Targeting the Electorate
Join a live screening and chat for "The Digital Campaign" with the film's correspondent Hari Sreenivasan. Tonight 10/29 at 7:00 pm ET.
October 30, 2012
Mysterious Docs Found in Meth House Reveal Inner Workings of Dark Money Group
Boxes of records turned over to Montana authorities show that a top person from Western Tradition Partnership interacted with candidates and helped shape their election efforts, possibly violating laws that bar coordination between campaigns and outside groups
October 29, 2012
Targeting the Electorate
October 23, 2012
"Dark Money" Group Central to Citizens United May Have Misled IRS
A western nonprofit that played a key role in freeing corporate spending on elections nationwide appears to have misled the IRS when it applied for the tax-exempt status that shields its donors from being publicly disclosed.
October 22, 2012
Should Campaign Donors Be Disclosed?
A new Marketplace story asks whether anonymity is detrimental or essential to the political process.
October 19, 2012
Citizens United Lets Unions Canvass for More Votes
When it came to asking for votes, unions once could only knock on their own members' doors. Not anymore.
October 11, 2012
Live Chat 1:30 p.m: Uncovering the Candidates' Character
Join a live chat about “The Choice 2012” on 10/10 at 1:30 p.m. ET with the film's producers and a group of the country's leading journalists covering the candidates. You can leave a question now.
October 9, 2012
The Artifacts of Character
A series of rarely seen documents, photos, speeches and other objects that pinpoint seminal moments for President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.
October 9, 2012