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October 31, 2011 - Dirty-energy interests, wealthy conservatives and the think tanks they fund have joined forces to target global-warming researchers using the Freedom of Information Act -- and this week they're set for a showdown in a Virginia courtroom.

October 27, 2011 - Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour recently called for ending limits on campaign contributions -- part of a broader effort to boost the political power of big money at the expense of ordinary people.

October 17, 2011 - A big part of Tea Party darling Herman Cain's media image is about being a political outsider. But a new Associated Press report shows how the conservative activist group Americans for Prosperity, led by the Koch brothers and Art Pope, has been a critical springboard for the 2012 Republican presidential hopeful.

October 5, 2011 - With North Carolina powerbroker Art Pope in the national spotlight, the Institute has launched ArtPopeExposed.com to track and publicize the money, people and agenda driving Pope's political empire.

October 4, 2011 - Rachel Maddow talks with Jane Mayer, author of the much-discussed new profile of Art Pope in the New Yorker, about the multi-millionaire's money and agenda in the 2012 battleground state of North Carolina.

October 3, 2011 - A new profile of North Carolina power broker Art Pope by Jane Mayer of the New Yorker brings national attention to the conservative benefactor's growing advocacy and electoral empire.

July 29, 2011 - By Joe Atkins, Labor South