Investigating Power
…fancy word for the earned retirement pensions and health care obligations of the men and women who toiled in underground mines for decades building Peabody’s wealth. The operations that were…
…Public Policy Americans for Tax Reform The Independent Institute Americans for Prosperity Foundation MP Plumbing Co. American Enterprise Institute Campaign Marketing Strategies U.S. Chamber of Commerce Global Intellectual Property Center…
…makes abundantly clear that ALEC’s role is to facilitate what most would define as lobbying. It quotes ALEC materials saying, “The cornerstone of the ALEC program is the forum it…
…Director Tracie Sharp peddled disinformation to The Guardian and other press outlets when she told them in a November statement responding to CMD’s report that SPN members are “fiercely independent,…
… spoke at the 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting in a Workshop titled, “Rationing By Any Other Name: Medicare’s Independent Payment Advisory Board” OH Opportunity Ohio Task force membership Michael C….
…renewed efforts to privatize and otherwise alter pensions being introduced in 29 states in that year. Moreover, many SPN think tanks hold “legislative forums,” seminars, “policy previews,” “policy orientations,” etc.,…
…many of SPN’s member organizations claim to be nonpartisan and independent, our in-depth investigation reveals that SPN and its member think tanks are major drivers of the right-wing, America Legislation…
…expose the State Policy Network (SPN), an $83 million web of right-wing “think tanks” in every state across the country. Although SPN’s member organizations claim to be nonpartisan and independent,…
…whether their deals are padding the coffers of dictators, warlords, or crony capitalists. The United States Chamber of Commerce, American Petroleum Institute, the Independent Petroleum Association of America, and the…
