Investigating Power
…response among many American public officials and the public at large to the COVID-19 pandemic has, in many ways, paralleled the response to the climate crisis. First came a denial…
…and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). In December 2019, CMD requested the 990 forms for the following 18 non-profit organizations: American Legislative Exchange Council Citizens for Self-Governance Citizens for…
A “labor reform” booklet of 50 “state factsheets” obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) reveals the ambitious agenda of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a corporate…
…its website, Wisconsin Executive Director of American Majority Nate Nelson boasts that, since it opened shop in the Badger State in 2010, 194 candidates have won office, demonstrating that “American…
…right-wing “think tanks” that produces studies to promote the American Legislative Exchange Council’s (ALEC) cookie-cutter model bills, including right-to-work legislation. Two of Rick Berman’s anti-labor front groups, the Center for…
…Daniel Kelly in the race. Justice Brian Hagedorn, the newest member to the court, spoke at Koch-backed Americans for Prosperity (AFP) events around the state on the “Proper Role of…
…political network, such as Americans for Prosperity, Freedom Partners Institute (rebranded in 2017 as Capital Leaders), and the Seminar Network Trust. Many more have contributed to heavily Koch-funded groups such…
…Americans for Tax Reform ($170,000), and Goldwater Institute ($50,000). Part of Pew’s funding for the Texas Public Policy Foundation goes towards the group’s criminal justice reform program. The Chicago Community…
…reported in May 2019. In 2017, the former British spy helped direct an operation to copy files and record conversations in a Michigan office of the American Federation of Teachers,…
…government are acting in the interest of the American people, not in their own financial interest. No administration should be able to prevent Congress from securing the documents it needs…
