Can the Internet Help Bridge the Justice Gap?

I had the pleasure of writing a piece about the Justice Index for Lawyerist. Can the Internet Help Bridge the Justice Gap?  The Justice Index is an amazing project of the National Center for Access to Justice at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law which chronicles the impact of emerging technologies and access to justice.   Each … More Can the Internet Help Bridge the Justice Gap?

Bringing dark money out of the shadows

  At the Center for Responsive Politics, we officially launched our newly redesigned Dark Money section, tracking the activities of politically active nonprofits that don’t disclose their wealthy corporate and individual donors to the voters they seek to influence. This is the first phase of our Knight News Challenge project, Inside the 990 Treasure Trove, aimed at … More Bringing dark money out of the shadows

What happens when you try to discover who’s behind dark money ads

Libby Watson’s new blog post for the Sunlight Foundation follows her account of attempting to discover who’s behind dark money ads as a part of a fascinating larger investigation into Protect America’s Consumers, and also includes a blurb about my own attempt to find more about ads being run by a super PAC on Fox Business Network … More What happens when you try to discover who’s behind dark money ads