Stories by Sebastian Jones
Sebastian Jones is a freelance writer based in Washington, DC.
Posted on Apr 16, 2010, Source: ProPublica
Weak campaign disclosure laws let politicians hold fundraisers in luxury skyboxes rented from groups with business before their committees.
Posted on Apr 10, 2010, Source: ProPublica
A little-known program lets private plane owners block their flights from view in the government’s system for tracking air traffic.
Posted on Feb 18, 2010, Source: The Nation
Covert corporate influence-peddling is taking over cable news.
Posted on Feb 15, 2010, Source: The Nation
Since 2007 at least 75 registered lobbyists, public relations reps and corporate officials have appeared on cable news without disclosing the corporations that paid them.
Posted on Feb 8, 2010, Source: ProPublica
Even when the venue is America’s most public sports spectacle, politicians largely succeed in remaining invisible, especially when their activities include fundraising.
Posted on Oct 13, 2009, Source: The Nation
As a politician, he was a champion of progressive reform. Now he lobbies for its enemies.
