…will cause them to become even wavier than they are now, and also it will bring a jet stream ‘trough’ over North America for extended periods of time. What does…
Dispatches from COP 25 Climate Change Conference in Madrid
Dispatches from the People’s Summit in Santiago, Chile
…is the main one. Alex: What is your main solution? Zunilda: The solution is to unite South America, unite Latin America. Alex: This is great. Zunilda: The new constitution everywhere…
Eli Broad Pays $100M to Move His Ed-Reform-Producing “Broad Center” from LA to Yale
…And in 2011, Broad donated $25M to help make the teacher-temp org, Teach for America (TFA), a permanent training program for those temp teachers. (Ironic to work to make TFA…
Gerrymandering, Elections, School Privatization, and More on the Agenda as ALEC meets in Arizona
…cuts, orchestrated by Americans for Prosperity, the Koch machine’s grassroots operation. Charles Koch’s political network is usually well-represented at ALEC’s meetings. Close to 70 staffers from Americans for Prosperity, Stand…
Koch Foundations Increased Media Investments in 2018
…Atlantic‘s expansion of their courageous and nuanced coverage of growing polarization,” said CKF’s Ruger. “America’s an increasingly diverse nation, and we can be better for our differences. Dedicated efforts like…
Wisconsin Governor Evers Signs ALEC-Inspired Bill to Criminalize Protest
…free speech and the right to assembly.” The law, now 2019 Wisconsin Act 33, echoes similar “critical infrastructure protection” model bills pushed out by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)…
Koch Invested $127.5 Million in Building Right-Wing Infrastructure in 2018
…policy ideas in the states through reports, public hearing testimonies at state capitals, and, increasingly, in the media. Many of the right-wing policies are drafted as American Legislative Exchange Council…
Trump’s “Social Media Summit” Allies Spread Propaganda Attacking Impeachment
…the 2018 fiscal year. According to a new 2018 tax return obtained by Carrie Levine of the Center for Public Integrity, the pro-Trump 501(c)(4) nonprofit America First Policies gave TPUSA…
Revenue for State Policy Network and State Affiliates Tops $120 Million
…at hearings or through the production of “studies.” That legislation is often drafted as model bills by corporate lobbyists and lawmakers at the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). In recent…
Who Is Capturing Our Courts (Wisconsin Edition)?
This article was first published by the American Constitution Society here. A secretive, last-minute influx of campaign cash in the spring 2019 Wisconsin Supreme Court election by right-wing dark money…
