Eli Broad is one of several mega-billionaires who have spent hundreds of millions on education think tank research and charter schools, shaping current trends in what they call education reform.
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Hundreds of Thousands of Wisconsin Voters Purged from Rolls Since 2016 General Election
The Center for Media and Democracy finds that almost 700,000 Wisconsin voters have been removed from the voter rolls since the end of December 2016.
Reporters Memo: Coke and Pepsi Play Hardball in Attempt to Prevent the Spread of Soda Taxes
Big bucks are being spent by the soda industry on ballot measures to ban local soda tax campaigns in Oregon and Washington state.
Attorney General Schimel Withholds Documents Related to His Legal War Against the Affordable Care Act
CMD files suit to obtain public records from Wisconsin DOJ.
NC Decision to Bar Climate Science from Planning Will Prove Costly
North Carolina’s state legislature in 2012 passed what may have been the nation’s first state-wide global warming denial legislation.
Rep. Taylor and Center for Media and Democracy Rebuff Legal Threat from ALEC Speaker
David Horowitz, a right-wing provocateur who claimed President Obama was a Muslim and a top Clinton aide was part of the Muslim Brotherhood, claims “hatemonger” label is defamatory.
Broad Coalition Calls on Corporations to Drop Funding for ALEC Over Horowitz Speeches
The Center for Media and Democracy has joined a coalition of 78 government reform, civil rights, labor, environmental, and advocacy organizations urging the largest corporate funders to cut ties with the corporate bill mill.
Watchdog Groups Object to Walker’s ‘Openness’ Award
CMD joins letter asking Freedom of Information Council to rescind “Openness” award for Walker following revelations by two former cabinet secretaries.
ALEC Launches Effort to Protect Gerrymandering from Judges
Efforts to limit the courts’ role in creating district maps come as 2020 redistricting looms.