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Ken Griffin
April 11, 2023
Tori Otten
Harvard Names Graduate School After Republican Billionaire Megadonor Who Loves Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis is leading an attack on academic freedom. And Ken Griffin is one of his biggest financial backers.
November 4, 2022
Tori Otten
Billionaires Have Spent $881 Million This Election (Mostly on Republicans)
This is the most expensive midterms ever.
June 24, 2022
Timothy Noah
Did the Illinois Gubernatorial “Battle of the Billionaires” Just End?
The state’s tenth-richest guy was up—sort of—against the state’s richest guy. Then the richest guy moved to Florida. What now?
October 6, 2017
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Battle of the Plutocrats
Why are Democrats backing a billionaire venture capitalist in one of 2018's most critical races?
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Alec MacGillis
Way Out Of Balance
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States vs. Plutocrats
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