…(D-RI) will chair the hearing. Other witnesses include Ben Jealous, the President of People for the American Way and the former CEO of the NAACP, and Michael Klarman, a constitutional…
Right-Wing Network Opposes Initiative to Increase Charitable Giving During Pandemic
During a pandemic that has claimed the lives of more than 460,000 Americans and decimated the economy, more than $1 trillion meant for charitable purposes are sitting unused in private…
Republicans Defended Oil and Gas Leases With Industry-Backed Study in Haaland Hearing
…projected job losses from a ban on federal oil and gas extraction that came from a study commissioned by the American Petroleum Institute (API). API is the country’s biggest oil…
Right Promotes “Big Lie” of Widespread Voter Fraud at CPAC Conference
…The events were hosted by the American Conservative Union (ACU) and sponsored by Trump allies, Koch network think tanks such as the Heritage Foundation and Leadership Institute, advocacy organizations like…
The GOP’s 2020 Campaign Against People of Color
…American values. The executive director of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a pay-to-play organization that connects corporate lobbyists with conservative state lawmakers to produce model legislation, supported Trump’s executive…
Senators Criticizing Haaland’s Nomination Have Ties to Big Oil and Gas
This article was produced in partnership with The Guardian. Republicans appear eager to derail the cabinet nomination of Deb Haaland, a Native American congresswoman who wants to conserve federal lands…
Koch-Funded Groups Back Anti-Union Bills in the States, Oppose Pro-Union Legislation in Congress
…produced by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a pay-to-play operation where legislators and corporate lobbyists meet behind closed doors to adopt model legislation on a broad range of public…
Right-Wing Groups Coordinate Attacks on Biden Nominees
Several right-wing advocacy groups are campaigning against two of President Joe Biden’s nominees, reprising the Right’s previous attacks on health care expansion and the Black Lives Matter movement. Groups including…
Open Government Groups Call on Biden to Make Transparency a Top Priority
…to make transparency a top priority in order to restore public confidence in government. Led by the American Civil Liberties Union and Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, the…
Parler Is Now in the Hands of a Right-Wing Activist Seeking a Radical Rewrite of the Constitution
…they don’t like. COS has worked with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a corporate pay-to-play operation, to coordinate the effort. ALEC has a model bill for state legislators to…