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Paul Abowd

Reporter  The Center for Public Integrity
pabowd@publicintegrity.org
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Paul is money and politics reporter for the Center's Consider the Source project. He comes to D.C. from Detroit, where he reported for Labor Notes magazine and Critical Moment. His story on President Obama's charter school policy won a 2010 Project Censored award. He wrote and co-produced a documentary about Detroit's Brewster-Douglass housing projects, which premiered in April 2012. His stories have appeared in Mother Jones, The Washington Post, MSNBC.com, In These Times, and elsewhere. More at www.paulabowd.net.

Quick stats on the biggest financial backers of Election 2012

Quick stats on the biggest financial backers of Election 2012.

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Secretive nonprofit received $300,000 donation from anti-union group.

A secretive foe of campaign finance rules can't explain IRS filing noting $300,000 donation.

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