Global climate actions kicked off by the young Swedish teen, Greta Thurnberg, nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize this week.
Like a Breath of Fresh Air, Youth Climate Strikes Lift Off in 125 Countries
By Mary Bottari | at
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State Bills to Criminalize Peaceful Protest of Oil & Gas “Critical Infrastructure”
By Connor Gibson | at
These anti-protest bills adopted by ALEC and by CSG allow prosecutors to impose large fines and felonies, not only on individuals who are arrested, but organizations that are deemed to be supporting those individuals.
“The House is on Fire,” Climate Strikes Come to America March 15
By Mary Bottari | at
Youth lead the way demanding climate action.
DonorsTrust Bankrolled Right-Wing Judicial Appointments, Trump’s Acting AG, and Lobbying Front Groups in 2017
By David Armiak | at
The Koch network’s favorite piggy bank DonorsTrust and its sister organization Donors Capital Fund doled out $114.2 million in grants in 2017.
How Scott Walker Made Wisconsin the National Poster Child for Dark Money Corruption
By Mary Bottari | at
The tale of Wisconsin’s lead poisoned children becomes “Exhibit A” in congressional hearing Thursday.
ALEC Corporations Are Leaders in Workplace Discrimination and Harassment
By Don Wiener | at
ALEC is good at protecting the “rights” of corporations, not so good at encouraging its members to protect the legal rights of their employees.
Koch Kumbaya: The Billionaire Industrialists Appropriate Frederick Douglass, Pledge to “Do Right”
By Mary Bottari | at
What are we to make of all the good news and talk of bipartisanship coming from the Koch camp?
Louisiana Senator Sharon Hewitt, ALEC’s Legislator of the Year, Voted “No” on Equal Pay for Equal Work
By Don Wiener | at
The fact that Louisiana has the worst gender pay gap in the nation doesn’t seem to bother her.
Meet Scott Beightol: Anti-Worker Corporate Lawyer and Scott Walker’s Lame Duck Pick for UW Board of Regents
By Maxwell Abbott | at
Scott Beightol defends corporations accused of racial, gender, and age discrimination, and employers who want to deny workers medical and family leave.
ALEC’s New Union-Busting Toolkit Illustrates the Goal Is to Bankrupt Unions Not Protect Workers
By Mary Bottari | at
ALEC’s post-Janus toolkit inadvertently sheds light on the real aims of the group’s union-busting activities.