NEWSLETTER: Have you seen this ad?

"Dear Danilo,$427 million. That's what the oil and coal industries spent during the first half of 2008 on lobbying and advertising. They're protecting their interests -- and hurting ours. So we've got a new ad that...

Question mark hangs on Pakistan lobbying firms

Among the beneficiaries are Robin Raphael, widow of former US ambassador to Pakistan Arnold Raphael, who was killed with military dictator General Ziaul Haq in a mysterious plane crash in August 1988. "A report in...

What Does Allen Stanford Have in Common with Anti-Chevron Group?

Just when I thought things couldn’t get any shadier, I’ve learned that the lobbyist now representing the Amazon Defense Coalition (via Kohn Swift & Graf, P.C.) in its $27 billion lawsuit against San Ramon,...

Get to know a lobbyist

Lobbying - the organized attempt to influence legislators - is not new. The term itself has been used to describe influence peddlers gathering in the hallways (or lobbies) of British Parliament as far back as...

Lobbying (April 29, 2009)

Lobbying has a major impact on the way decisions are made in the halls of power today. On this week’s episode we’ll hear from Mark Tovey of World Changing Canada, and former Neuse Riverkeeper and hog-farm...

Serious Concerns Continue to Grow Over Use of HPV Drug GARDASIL

Since it's approval in the summer of 2006 by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), 5 million girls and women, ages 9 to 26, have been vaccinated with GARDASIL. GARDASIL, aggressively marketed by Merck &...