Tag: Lobbying
These four challenges will shape the next farm bill – and...
Kathleen Merrigan, Arizona State University
For the 20th time since 1933, Congress is writing a multiyear farm bill that...
Corporate spending in state politics and elections can affect everything from...
Richard A. Devine, DePaul University and R. Michael Holmes Jr., Florida State University
Political spending by corporations is big...
Cheap plastic is flooding developing countries – we’re making new biodegradable...
Deirdre McKay, Keele University
Squeezed by lower fuel demand during the pandemic and the rise of renewable energy, the oil industry is staking out a...
Gates launches lobbying arm – higher education on agenda
Nicholas Tampio, Fordham University
Bill and Melinda Gates have launched a lobbying group in part to drive their agenda on education.
The move comes as Congress...
Putin’s flacks: Russia’s stealth public relations war
Sue Curry Jansen, Muhlenberg College
The Russian attempt to influence the 2016 American presidential election, using what intelligence agencies call “active measures,” has dominated U.S....