One way we can educate ourselves in times of such political and cultural polarization is to try and assess the role of financial contributions and lobbying in legislative contexts:
- OpenSecrets.org: allows you to search by members of congress, seeing who — and how much — various interests donate to the legislator:
https://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/ - MapLight.org: revealing money’s influence on politics
- Center for Public Integrity: investigative journalism
- FEC.gov: campaign finance data