Top 10 Sludge Stories of 2019
We're entering an election year in which special interests will almost certainly pour more money into politics than ever before. We depend on our readers to be able to produce our original investigative reporting.
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Four Things We've Heard About Sludge
You can count on us. Can we count on you to support our investigative journalism in the 2020 election year?
Bundlers, Lobbyists, and Access: What Studies Show About Big-Money Influence
Recent academic studies have found that large contributions do work to ensure access for corporate lobbyists and that fundraising influences key committee assignments.
Here Are the Lobbyists and Corporate Execs Collecting Checks for Pete Buttigieg
As the Buttigieg campaign stops releasing its bundler names and blocks press from fundraising events, here are some of the pharmaceutical and finance executives behind its rise in the big money race, and three attorneys whose donations were returned.
Support Sludge on #GivingTuesday
A Sludge reader saw our funding situation and contacted us with a generous offer to match up to $5,000 in new donations.
McKinsey Employees Open Their Wallets for Alumnus Pete Buttigieg
Executives from the consulting firm’s energy, banking, and health care practices have maxed out to Mayor Pete's presidential campaign.
Fund Drive Update: We’re Still Here!
Looks like we’ll be able to keep publishing until at least the end of the year. Huge thanks to all our new members!
How to Pay For Medicare for All Without Raising Taxes: Cut the Pentagon’s Budget
With a clearer picture of how Medicare for All can be financed through reducing military spending, voters can debate the merits of a single-payer system without needing to consider any new taxes.
New: Sludge stories over email
We’ve moved our website onto a new publishing service that lets us email our stories directly to our subscribers.
Op-Ed: Ditch the Unemployment Rate
Does President Trump really have the benefit of a strong economy heading into the 2020 election year?