Sludge and Data for Progress analyzed the Democratic presidential candidates’ donors by income, race, gender, age, and ideology.
Alex Kotch
Alex Kotch is a senior investigative reporter at Sludge.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
ICE Contracts Are Booming. See Which Vendors Are in Your State.
Companies and other entities that make money from Immigration and Customs Enforcement contracts are flush in 2019, thanks to President Trump’s harsh immigration operation.
Posted inAmerica and the World
As Charles Koch Cultivates Anti-War Image, Koch Industries Profits from Defense Contracts
The right-wing billionaire has teamed up with unlikely ally George Soros on “military restraint,” but Koch Industries subsidiaries make millions by supplying the Navy with circuitry.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Democratic Leaders Rake In Corporate Cash as “the Squad” Sticks With Small Donors
A Sludge analysis of new second-quarter campaign finance reports has found that the Democratic leaders in the House combined to take in nearly $1.2 million in contributions from corporate and trade association PACs.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Who Is Making Money From CBP in Your State?
U.S Customs and Border Protection has been detaining children in squalid conditions at the border. See which companies sell their goods and services to the agency and where they’re headquartered.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
These Corporations and Public Charities Funded the State Abortion Bans
A Sludge investigation has uncovered the sources of millions of dollars behind advocacy efforts to pass a slew of state abortion bans this year.
Posted inLaw and Justice
McConnell’s Tobacco 21 Bill Exposes States to Big Tobacco’s Wishlist
McConnell has received hundreds of thousands of dollars from the tobacco industry, and some of his former staffers now lobby for tobacco giant Altria.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Dems Overseeing Finance Industry Take Money from Group Supporting Racist Auto Lending
Alerted to the contributions, House Financial Services Chair Maxine Waters tells Sludge she will better vet her campaign contributors.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Republicans Make Big Advances Thanks to Citizens United
The increase in corporate money in elections has favored one party over the other.