Ford Motor Company confirmed to the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) that it is cutting ties with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), an organization that has drawn heavy…
Ford Becomes Latest Major Corporation to Dump ALEC
Reporters’ Guide: Federal Contractors with History of OSHA Violations Battle New Safety Rules
Every day, American workers are killed and injured on the job. From explosions, electrocutions, and toxic fumes to more common falls or crushing injuries, lives are altered and families irreparably…
Ordinary Americans Fought Big Money and Won in 2015
Americans believe in democracy—and they’re ready to reclaim it from the wealthy special interests that have grown ever-more dominant since the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision. The overwhelming…
Corporate Interests Take Aim at Local Democracy
…progressive policies like a higher minimum wage, LGBTQ protections, or parental leave. In response, corporate interests and groups like the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) have increasingly been turning to…
Koch-Fueled Playbook against Working Families Exposed by CMD
…tank supports. Check. Now cue up the marketing blitz for David Koch’s Americans for Prosperity. As the National Journal reported, “Americans for Prosperity is pushing for a right to work…
Reporters’ Guide on the Koch Right to Work Playbook
…(Senate Bill 1) and Prevailing wage repeal (HB4005), mirror model legislation promoted by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), which receives a substantial part of its funding from Koch Industries…
“National School Choice Week” Fueled by Major Right-Wing Funders and Corporate Lobby Groups
…religious and for-profit ventures. In federal and state budgets, “school choice” policies often divert or reduce Americans’ tax dollars available for traditional public schools that educate our most underserved students…
CMD Submits Evidence of ExxonMobil Funding ALEC’s Climate Change Denial to California Attorney General
…change denial through the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). CMD believes this information is relevant to her office’s investigation into whether ExxonMobil deceived its shareholders and the public about the…
How Charles Koch Backed the John Birch Society at the Height of Its Attacks on Martin Luther King
…a measure that made it harder for Americans to vote through ID restrictions following the election of President Barack Obama, the first African American to hold the nation’s highest office….
Koch Daddy and the Nazis, a Revealing History from Jane Mayer
…million is 1929 dollars. 1930 By the spring, more than 3.1 million Americans are unemployed. 1931 In February, there are food riots, with starving Americans standing in breadlines at the…
