It’s “National Charter School Week” but it’s no week to celebrate given the billions spent and hundreds of millions squandered on fraud and waste by charter school operators.
A Reality Check for “Charter School Week”
By Dustin Beilke | at
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ALEC’s 2016 Agenda Moving in the States: A Snapshot
By Lisa Graves | at
Working in tandem with deep-pocketed corporations and funders like Koch Industries, ALEC is driving an agenda in the states you need to know about.
DCI Group Subpoenaed in Expanding Exxon Climate Denial Investigation
By Nick Surgey | at
The investigation into ExxonMobil climate change denial continues as court filings show a subpoena has been issued to the PR firm, DCI Group.
ALEC Touted “Transparency” in Pushing for the Panama Free Trade Agreement
By Jessica Mason | at
An unprecedented leak of millions of documents has revealed how some of the world’s most powerful figures hide their wealth from taxation and public scrutiny.
ALEC Exposed: Corporate Polluters Undermining Clean Power in Virginia
By ExposedByCMD Editors | at
New Report by the Center for Media and Democracy and the Sierra Club Virginia Chapter.
CMD Calls on ALEC to Disclose Information during Sunshine Week
By ExposedByCMD Editors | at
In the spirit of national Sunshine Week, CMD has written a letter to ALEC and its state chairs calling on them to release basic information about their operations.
Barring Plastic Bag Bans, another ALEC Law Takes Aim at Local Democracy
By Jessica Mason and Calvin Sloan | at
Part of an emerging national trend, the Wisconsin Senate voted along party lines to approve a bill that would prohibit local communities from issuing their own rules on plastic bags and other containers.
Cashing in on Kids: 172 ALEC Education Bills Push Privatization in 2015
By Brendan Fischer and Zachary Peters | at
ALEC continues to push a corporate-driven school privatization agenda through legislatures across the country.
Koch-ALEC Right to Work Power Play Exposed in a Small Illinois Village
By ExposedByCMD Editors | at
How did an ALEC anti-union “model bill” end up in a small town in Illinois?
Ford Becomes Latest Major Corporation to Dump ALEC
By Nick Surgey | at
Ford responded to consumer concern over its membership in ALEC.