CMD NEWS ABOUT Democracy

• ALEC Pushes State Anti-Labor Agenda for 2025

  By Juliana Broad | February 25th, 2025 at 7:33 AM (CST)

  The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a corporate bill-mill, has laid out its priorities for this year's state legislative sessions.

• Growing Grassroots Resistance to Trump Outpaces Democratic Party and Its Leaders

  By Colleen Scerpella | February 24th, 2025 at 2:49 PM (CST)

  Behind closed doors last month, House Democrats expressed their frustration at an unexpected target: their own base.

• In a North Dakota Courtroom, the Battle for Standing Rock Continues

  By Winona LaDuke | February 20th, 2025 at 3:21 PM (CST)

  Greenpeace and the owner of the Dakota Access Pipeline square off in court.

• Who is Brad Schimel, the Extremist Running for a Seat on Wisconsin’s Supreme Court?

  By Tom O'Connor | February 13th, 2025 at 10:52 AM (CST)

  Schimel, a Republican, previously served as Wisconsin’s attorney general from 2015–19. He has held close associations with several right-wing organizations and taken far-right positions on hot-button issues from abortion to guns, health care, and the J6 rioters who attacked the Capitol.

• ALEC Publishes Its Own Project 2025 — for the States

  By Colleen Scerpella | February 10th, 2025 at 8:47 AM (CST)

  “Now, more than ever, is the time for states to lead.” This assertion by leaders of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) opens the organization’s Essential Policy Solutions playbook for 2025.