An estimated 1,500 demonstrators hit the streets of Downtown Pittsburgh for the “Still We Rise” March.
Activists from Around the Country to March, Hold Workshops in Pittsburgh
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Published: 7/8/2016
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The Koch Shadow Network Is Funding Dangerous Candidates All Over The Country
Source: The Ring of Fire Network | Published: 7/7/2016
The Koch brothers announced months ago that they were going to spend close to 1 billion dollars in this year’s elections, and we know that they aren’t giving that money to Donald Trump, so where is that money going?
Group Asks SCOTUS to Overturn John Doe 2 Ruling
Source: Wisconsin Gazette | Published: 7/3/2016
On June 29, the Center for Media and Democracy, the Brennan Center for Justice, and Common Cause filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court urging the justices to overturn the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling that shut down John Doe 2.
Inside Charles Koch’s Plot to Hijack Universities Across America and Spread His Radical ‘Free-Market’ Propaganda
Source: AlterNet | Published: 6/24/2016
With his grants, Koch is installing libertarian-minded economics professors at hundreds of universities.
Peabody Coal Bankruptcy Reveals Climate-Denial Funding
Source: Public News Service | Published: 6/23/2016
Peabody Energy has provided funds to a network of groups that espouse climate change denial.
GOP Insider Graber to Lead Bradley Foundation
Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Published: 6/23/2016
Richard Graber, a Republican and corporate insider with vast global experience and deep Wisconsin roots, was named Thursday as the chief executive officer and president of the powerful Milwaukee-based Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation.
Biggest US coal company funded dozens of groups questioning climate change
Source: The Guardian | Published: 6/23/2016
Analysis of Peabody Energy court documents show company backed trade groups, lobbyists and thinktanks dubbed ‘heart and soul of climate denial’.
Big Men on Campus: The Koch Brothers’ University Donations Are a Veiled Political Weapon
Source: AlterNet | Published: 6/19/2016
Massive Koch donations to universities seem to miraculously lead to legislation which the billionaire brothers support.
The New Education Reform Lie: Denver Is a Cautionary Tale, Not a Model, for Urban School Districts
Source: Salon | Published: 6/16/2016
The city has opened 27 new charters in the past five years. At least 40 percent are performing below expectations.
Big Coal Funded This Prominent Climate Change Denier, Docs Reveal
Source: Huffington Post | Published: 6/14/2016
Scientist Roy Spencer is one of dozens of creditors named in Peabody Energy’s bankruptcy documents.