The 9/11 Wars
Humanitarian Exemptions to Crushing U.S. Sanctions Do Little to Prevent Collapse of Afghanistan’s Economy
More Afghan people may die from sanctions than from 20 years of war.
Lee Fang
Lee Fang is a journalist with a longstanding interest in how public policy is influenced by organized interest groups and money. He was the first to uncover and detail the role of the billionaire Koch brothers in financing the tea party movement. His interviews and research on the Koch brothers have been featured on HBO's "The Newsroom," the documentaries "Merchants of Doubt" and "Citizen Koch," as well as in multiple media outlets. He was an investigative blogger for ThinkProgress from 2009 to 2011, and then a fellow at the Investigative Fund of the Nation Institute and contributing writer for The Nation.
In 2012, he co-founded RepublicReport.org, a blog to cover political corruption that syndicates content with TheNation.com, Salon, National Memo, BillMoyers.com, TruthOut, and other media outlets. His work has been published by VICE, The Baffler, the Boston Globe, the San Francisco Chronicle, The Progressive, NPR, In These Times, and the Huffington Post. His first book, "The Machine: A Field Guide to the Resurgent Right," published by the New Press, explores how the conservative right rebuilt the Republican Party and its political clout in the aftermath of Barack Obama's 2008 election victory. He is based in San Francisco.
In 2012, he co-founded RepublicReport.org, a blog to cover political corruption that syndicates content with TheNation.com, Salon, National Memo, BillMoyers.com, TruthOut, and other media outlets. His work has been published by VICE, The Baffler, the Boston Globe, the San Francisco Chronicle, The Progressive, NPR, In These Times, and the Huffington Post. His first book, "The Machine: A Field Guide to the Resurgent Right," published by the New Press, explores how the conservative right rebuilt the Republican Party and its political clout in the aftermath of Barack Obama's 2008 election victory. He is based in San Francisco.
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The Coronavirus Crisis
Vaccine Makers Funneled Undisclosed Campaign Cash to Democrats and Republicans in 2020
Biotechnology Innovation Organization, the trade group for Pfizer and Moderna, made large dark-money donations during the 2020 election, a new filing reveals.
U.S. Sanctions Could Starve Millions of Afghans. Will Congress Act?
Designed to punish the Taliban, a U.S. freeze on Afghan assets and aid has inflicted food shortages on the country's people instead.
Oil-Backed Group Opposes Offshore Wind — for Environmental Reasons
Local think tanks that previously supported offshore drilling have engaged in a wide-ranging campaign to stop the expansion of offshore wind farms.
Pfizer Is Lobbying to Thwart Whistleblowers From Exposing Corporate Fraud
Pfizer is among the Big Pharma companies trying to block legislation strengthening whistleblowers' ability to report corporate fraud.
Congress Outmatched by Oil Executives at What Was Meant to Be a Defining Hearing
Despite clear parallels to Big Tobacco’s historic 1994 hearing, Democrats may have been unable to deliver a turning point.
Democrats Find Their Big Pharma Bag Is Making It Inconvenient to Take On Big Pharma
Democrats campaigned on the popular reform to Medicare price negotiations in 2006, 2018, and 2020 but bankrolled those campaigns with pharma cash.
Drug Industry Hires Its Former Critics as Lobbyists Against Medicare Price Negotiations
Former Democratic lawmakers now earn a living as drug company lobbyists.
Intelligence Contract Funneled to Pro-War Think Tank Establishment
The Center for Strategic and International Studies received a hefty sum from Alion Science as part of a military-related contract.
No Labels Offered Conservative Democrats Hundreds of Thousands to Spurn Nancy Pelosi Fundraiser
Sources told The Intercept that the group dangled $200,000 rewards before two members of Congress for a stand against the party’s legislative agenda.