…index and negotiations with drug companies, blame insurance companies and hospitals for high drug prices, or claim that Pelosi’s bill would devastate the development of new medications. PhRMA is a…
Koch Funds Groups Supporting Lawsuit Against Donor Transparency
…identical to what the IRS also mandates, provides information the state can use when investigating fraud. AFPF and its Koch-backed allies argue that this requirement infringes on its “freedom,” spinning…
Australia, your country is burning – dangerous climate change is here with you now
…only the faintest ghosts of distant ridges and peaks in the background. The iconic blue tint (which derives from a haze formed from “terpenes” emitted by the Eucalyptus trees that…
DonorsTrust Pumped $142 Million into Right-Wing Causes in 2018
…nearly doubled in 2018, giving it $202.8 million in revenues in 2018 as compared to $113 million in 2017, according to IRS filings obtained the Center for Media and Democracy…
ALEC’s Washington State Chair Engaged in Domestic Terrorism, Report Concludes
…(D-Tacoma) announced that the findings have been forwarded to the U.S. Attorney’s office and the FBI, saying, “We respect Rep. Shea’s right to free speech and his personal beliefs, but…
As GOP State Attorneys General Fight Environmental Regulations, Fossil Fuel Companies Bankroll Their Campaigns
…money to RAGA since 2017 are oil and natural gas exploration company Noble Energy ($1,020,000), oil refining and materials conglomerate Koch Industries ($755,000), natural gas energy supplier NextEra Energy Resources…
Dispatches from COP 25 Climate Change Conference in Madrid
…commodity: fish. They exchange this by money. And with this money you buy another commodity. So you have C-M-C, Commodity-Money-Commodity. Capitalism is not this. Capitalism is M-C-M. The beginning and…
Dispatches from the People’s Summit in Santiago, Chile
…but there is communication and support from indigenous communities, with networking. One reason is that the same things are badly affecting the indigenous people. Alex: How much do people in…
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Makes Unscheduled Appearance at ALEC Conference in Arizona to Promote Costly School Voucher Program
…for education. And I’m so grateful for the example that you are setting here,” the Arizona Republic reported. But Arizona is not a great example when it comes to school…
Eli Broad Pays $100M to Move His Ed-Reform-Producing “Broad Center” from LA to Yale
…(former TFAer), Hannah Dietsch, Chris Barbic (former TFAer), Jean-Claude Brizard, Tom Boasberg, Deborah Gist, John Deasy, Tom Torkelson, and Chris Cerf. (Aside: A keyword search of “teach for america” on…