Dark Money
When money speaks, do voters still matter?
4.7 (13)
36 mins
Explore how hidden wealth has reshaped American politics into a marketplace of influence. Discover how nonprofits, super PACs, and foreign donors quietly fund campaigns while concealing their identities.
Ep 1:
Dark Money: The Invisible Hand
An introduction to the shadowy world of dark money—how anonymous billionaires and corporations hijack elections, and how Citizens United blew the doors wide open.
Ep 2:
Republicans, Democrats, and the Dark Money Arms Race
The Koch Brothers built a Republican dark money empire that reshaped elections—until Democrats, once its harshest critics, out-fundraised them with billions in anonymous cash.
Ep 3:
Inside the Democratic Dark Money Machine
From Arabella Advisors to fake local news sites, Democrats built a sophisticated dark money network—culminating in the record-breaking, secretive spending of the 2016 election.
Ep 4:
Who Really Owns Our Democracy?
Dark money has ballooned 5,000 percent since 2004, even threatening to swallow the parties that unleashed it—leaving voters to ask if reform is possible.
Discussions (12)
Terry
Level 7 · 8 mo agoDems are Darth Money now
Dalton
Level 8 · 8 mo agoDark money is shameful.
Blake
Level 2 · 8 mo agoDonor privacy protects people from harassment. The Supreme Court ruled anonymity is a right in 1958.
