Facing scrutiny over global outage, cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike on track for record year of federal lobbying spending ~tech security.cyber Link 17 votes
Manhattan co-op in crisis spearheads push to cap land rent hikes ~finance Article 1122 words, published May 13 2024 10 votes
US libraries struggle to afford the demand for e-books and seek new state laws in fight with publishers ~books libraries Article 912 words, published Mar 12 2024 46 votes
'Smoking gun proof': fossil fuel industry knew of climate danger as early as 1954, documents show ~enviro pollution climate change Article 1078 words 28 votes
Google formally endorses right to repair, will lobby to pass repair laws ~tech google apple Article 556 words 25 votes
Group dynamics and division of labor within the anti-LGBTQ+ pseudoscience network ~lgbt Article 624 words 13 votes
Israeli spyware firm NSO demands “urgent” meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken amid Gaza war lobbying effort ~tech Article 1957 words, published Nov 10 2023 22 votes
Large livestock companies and lobby groups will target pavilions in a coordinated campaign at the UN climate summit, documents show ~food meat Article 3176 words 7 votes
Benjamin Netanyahu lobbied EU to pressure Egypt into accepting Gaza refugees ~society politics Article 290 words 15 votes
‘Who benefits?’ Inside the EU’s fight over scanning for child sex content ~tech privacy Link 23 votes
Despite years of Maui wildfire warnings, Hawaii Electric the Hawaii utility giant did little and spent more on lobbying than prevention ~enviro Article 1295 words 27 votes
The US tech industry has largely co-opted the once-dreaded “patchwork” of state rules through effective lobbying— and its success is sapping momentum for federal legislation ~tech privacy Article 1674 words 7 votes
How Big Tech rewrote the USA's first cellphone repair law ~tech Article 2009 words, published Feb 8 2023 11 votes
More than 1,500 US fossil fuel lobbyists serve as “double agents” ~enviro climate change Article 1363 words 23 votes
Inside Big Beef’s climate messaging machine: Confuse, defend and downplay ~food meat Article 3903 words, published May 3 2023 8 votes
Dark waters: How the adventure of a lifetime turned to tragedy ~sports Article 5892 words, published May 11 2023 5 votes
Fruity Pebbles and Lucky Charms threaten to block “healthy” food labelling guidelines in court ~health Article 1143 words 9 votes
Academy looking into whether Andrea Riseborough campaign violated rules ~movies Article 317 words, published Aug 19 2019 2 votes
Anti-trans candidates fail to make major gains in Ontario school board elections ~lgbt transgender Article 846 words 8 votes
Stomping the margarine: Life when we had to color our food ~food history Article 901 words, published Aug 9 2022 7 votes
Leaked: US power companies secretly spending millions to protect profits and fight clean energy ~enviro climate change energy Article 2272 words 21 votes
Right-wing think tank Family Research Council, a staunch opponent of abortion and LGBTQ rights, joins growing list of activist groups seeking church status to shield themselves from financial scrutiny ~finance Article 2849 words 6 votes
Uber broke laws, duped police and secretly lobbied governments, leak reveals ~transport Article 2453 words 18 votes
"Letter in Support of Responsible Fintech Policy" - Twenty-six well-known computer scientists send letter to Congress urging them to resist crypto lobbying ~tech Article 1887 words 11 votes
Big Telecom convinces Missouri lawmakers to block funding for broadband competition ~tech internet Article 5 votes
A plastic bag’s 2,000-mile journey shows the messy truth about recycling ~enviro recycling plastics energy Article 6 votes
How the sugar industry makes political friends and influences elections ~food Article 3340 words 2 votes
'Democracy for sale': Analysis ties corporate consolidation to increased lobbying ~society politics Link 9 votes
Toyota is quietly pushing Congress to slow the shift to electric vehicles ~transport Article 747 words 14 votes
Exxon lobbyist shares parts of their playbook with reporter on camera ~enviro climate change Article 3374 words 5 votes
Oil firms knew decades ago fossil fuels posed grave health risks, files reveal ~enviro pollution energy Article 1694 words 12 votes
US President Donald Trump revokes rule preventing White House staff from lobbying ~society politics Article 161 words 11 votes
Aston Martin in row over 'sock puppet PR firm' pushing anti-electric vehicle study. Report disputing green benefits of EVs attributed to company registered to wife of carmaker’s director. ~enviro climate change Article 786 words, published Dec 2 2020 7 votes
Facebook is helping to set up a new pro-tech advocacy group ~tech social media facebook Article 1180 words 6 votes
Inside TurboTax’s twenty-year fight to stop Americans from filing their taxes for free ~finance Article 7022 words 16 votes
The Swedish dairy lobby is fighting alternative milks, like Oatly, as if they're an existential threat ~food drinks Article 1550 words 13 votes
ISPs lied to Congress to spread confusion about encrypted DNS, Mozilla says ~tech privacy internet Article 1360 words 15 votes
The Friday effect: Firm lobbying, the timing of drug safety alerts, and drug side effects ~health medicine Article 272 words 4 votes
Scientist who discredited meat guidelines didn’t report past food industry ties ~health diet Article 1822 words 8 votes
Elizabeth Warren's new remedy for US corruption: A tax on lobbying ~society politics Article 989 words 21 votes
The corporate cash behind Oregon's GOP walkout ~society politics Article 1541 words, published Jun 28 2019 11 votes
Tech giants amass a lobbying army for an epic Washington battle ~tech amazon apple facebook google Article 2095 words 10 votes
Science institute that advised EU and UN 'actually industry lobby group' ~health Article 1057 words 10 votes