Investigating Power
While the Kochs press for criminal justice “reforms,” allies in the Koch network try to get a piece of the pie from other reforms intended to help ex-cons with their “reentry” into society.
CMD follows the money.
The Koch brothers have turned their attention to races for the U.S. Senate, U.S. House and state governorships.
The Koch brothers’ group targeting veterans gave a secret briefing to U.S. House Republicans on “Reforming Veterans Health Care” last week, according to an invitation to the meeting provided to CMD.
ALEC continues to push a corporate-driven school privatization agenda through legislatures across the country.
“Wages in RTW states are 3.1 percent lower than those in non-RTW states. . . This translates into RTW being associated with $1,558 lower annual wages for a typical full-time, full-year worker.”
West Virginia is the latest front in a national battle to undermine worker rights bankrolled by the billionaire Koch brothers.
On Martin Luther King Day, here is some additional information about the Koch PR offensive and their legacy on civil rights.
Jane Mayer’s new book, Dark Money, reveals how Fred Koch profited from dealing with Hitler’s Germany and praised Germany while criticizing American workers.
106 companies have left ALEC, who is bankrolling the festivities this year?