Politico on the D.C. Cash Dash/Money Grab/Money Rush

By Liz Cox Barrett   Sep 28, 2010 at 02:38 PM

Today, Politico reports on the "blizzard" of fundraisers in Washington, DC of late-- in its tabulation, “more than 400 fundraisers... More

NYT Examines Most “Active” Among “Shadowy Army” of Nonprofits

But can’t tell us where Americans for Job Security gets its cash

By Liz Cox Barrett   Sep 27, 2010 at 12:36 PM

On Friday, the New York Times’s Mike McIntire provided a detailed look at Americans for Job Security, one among, as... More

WSJ, NYT on the Bug-Eating Foodies of Brooklyn

By Liz Cox Barrett   Sep 22, 2010 at 10:44 AM

Which paper had the better headline for its Bug-eating: Not just for hungry people in faraway places anymore? story: The... More

NYT on the ABC’s of 501(c)s

Why these groups are “popping up like mushrooms” this election season

By Liz Cox Barrett   Sep 21, 2010 at 03:14 PM

Quick: what’s the difference between a 527 group and a 501(c)(5)? What can a 501(c)4 group do that a 501(c)3... More

El Diario de Juarez: “We Do Not Want More Deaths”

By Liz Cox Barrett   Sep 20, 2010 at 10:05 AM

Per the AP: The biggest newspaper in Mexico's most violent city will restrict drug war coverage after the killing of... More

“This Woolly Primary Season”

By Liz Cox Barrett   Sep 16, 2010 at 09:10 AM

That's the New York Times's description of our times, in a profile today of Delaware Republican primary winner Christine O'Donnell,... More

Journalists, “Media Professionals” Gave Over $469,900 To Political Candidates

By Liz Cox Barrett   Sep 14, 2010 at 04:24 PM

An analysis of FEC filings by the Center for Responsive Politics found that 235 people who "identified themselves on government... More

Target Corp.’s “Perfect Storm”

A political contribution spawns weeks of headlines (and a flash mob)

By Liz Cox Barrett   Sep 14, 2010 at 01:05 PM

The big news for Target Corp. this summer might have been the unveiling, after a “decade of wooing, of its... More

A “9/11 Widow” on the Press & Park51

By Liz Cox Barrett   Sep 8, 2010 at 12:22 PM

Back in May, when the words "Ground Zero mosque" began making headlines, CNN wanted to know: "As a family member... More

Parker Spitzer (Awkward Already)

By Liz Cox Barrett   Sep 7, 2010 at 04:28 PM

CNN.com today posted this promo in which Kathleen Parker and Eliot Spitzer pretend to argue over the name of their... More

AP: Election 2010 is “Bursting With Money”

By Liz Cox Barrett   Sep 7, 2010 at 03:56 PM

The AP today lays out evidence that "politics, for all its focus on the gloomy economy, is a recession-proof industry,"... More

Congress and “Corporate-Financed Philanthropy”

How politicians (and companies) do well by doing good

By Liz Cox Barrett   Sep 7, 2010 at 01:23 PM

In yesterday's New York Times, Eric Lipton described how some members of Congress are able to “run something akin to... More

Reflections of an Iraqi Journalist

By Liz Cox Barrett   Sep 7, 2010 at 01:03 PM

Here's Faris al-Qaisi, a 47-year-old Iraqi cameraman for AP Television News, reflecting on "what it has been like to live... More

NYT Advances Oval Office Gets New Rug, Chairs Story

By Liz Cox Barrett   Sep 2, 2010 at 11:51 AM

The New York Times today publishes its third piece on the recent "subtle redo" of the Oval Office. There was,... More

On Palin (“Off The Record?”)

By Liz Cox Barrett   Sep 1, 2010 at 04:58 PM

Some excerpts from Michael Joseph Gross's, er, unflattering Vanity Fair piece on Sarah Palin -- a piece that brought Politico's... More