In the face of an onslaught of big money in campaigns and elections, ordinary Americans are finding ways to take back their democracy.
Ordinary Americans Fought Big Money and Won in 2015
By Jessica Mason | at
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Corporate Interests Take Aim at Local Democracy
Corporate interests are taking aim at local government.
Koch-Fueled Playbook against Working Families Exposed by CMD
By Lisa Graves | at
“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.”
Reporters’ Guide on the Koch Right to Work Playbook
By Nick Surgey and Brendan Fischer | at
West Virginia is the latest front in a national battle to undermine worker rights bankrolled by the billionaire Koch brothers.
“National School Choice Week” Fueled by Major Right-Wing Funders and Corporate Lobby Groups
By ExposedByCMD Editors | at
With 32 governors proclaiming this week “School Choice Week,” #NationalSchoolChoiceWeek has become a big deal, and not by accident.
CMD Submits Evidence of ExxonMobil Funding ALEC’s Climate Change Denial to California Attorney General
By ExposedByCMD Editors | at
Yep, it’s true, #ExxonKnew. ExxonMobil has promoted climate change denial as a major funder of ALEC.
Right-Wing Network Puts Friedrichs v. California Teachers in Samuel Alito’s Lap
By Mary Bottari | at
U.S Justice Samuel Alito has been scouring the land looking for a case to make his mark on history. Now, he has found one.
The Market Has Spoken: Funders Flee “Free-Market” Climate Denial Group
By Nick Surgey | at
CFACT, a US climate change denial group that espouses the “free-market,” has lost more than two thirds of its funding in the past two years, according to tax filings reviewed by the Center for Media and Democracy.
Koch-Funded Special Interest Groups and Utilities Bankrolling ALEC Meeting
By Jamie Corey | at
106 companies have left ALEC, who is bankrolling the festivities this year?
ALEC Invites Politicians to “Plan Your 2016 Agenda” at ALEC Confab in Scottsdale
By Mary Bottari | at
ALEC’s States and Nation Policy Summit will be held in Scottsdale, Arizona, December 2-4.