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

by Winona LaDuke | February 20th, 2025

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

GOP and Koch Groups Want to Slash Medicaid to Pay for Trump’s Tax Cuts

by Don Wiener | February 14th, 2025

In launching a $20-million campaign last month to persuade Congress to extend President Trump’s first-term Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, Charles Koch’s astroturf group, Americans for Prosperity, boasted about making the largest investment of any other conservative group in support of Trump’s second-term legislative agenda.

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

by Tom O'Connor | February 13th, 2025

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.

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State Freedom Caucuses Push MAGA Agenda, Tone Down Intra-Party Squabbles

by Don Wiener | February 5th, 2025

For Republicans, the extreme right-wing freedom caucuses that have emerged in state legislatures in the past few years have played the same obstructionist role as the U.S. House Freedom Caucus.

Koch Spent $91 Million to Influence Higher Education in 2023

by David Armiak | February 3rd, 2025

A constellation of donor vehicles established by Charles Koch poured $90.8 million into 127 university and college recipients in 2023 to promote his business and policy interests, a Center for Media and Democracy analysis has found.

ALEC Member Strikes a Blow Against Rule Requiring Union Labor on Federal Construction Projects

by Juliana Broad | January 31st, 2025

Contractors engaged in large federal construction projects can’t be required to enter collective bargaining agreements with building trade unions, a federal claims court ruled last week.

Setting the Stacked Court in Stone?

Who's behind the campaign to cement a stacked Supreme Court into the Constitution, what it would mean for the country, and options for reforming a rogue Court.

Constitution in the Crosshairs

A little-known movement is gathering steam: the push by far-right groups to radically rewrite the Constitution.

Exposing ALEC: The Hidden Force Behind America’s Legislation | Rep. Ro Khanna & Lisa Graves

Don't miss out on our captivating weekly episodes that dive deep into the heart of our economy, culture, and politics.

50 Years of Harm: Protest at ALEC’s 50th Anniversary Gala, Oct. 4, 2023

The Imminent Threat of a Constitutional Convention

Co-sponsored by the Center for Media and Democracy and Common Cause

ALEC — Unhappy Birthday

Find out who ALEC is, and just how much damage they have done over the past 50 years.