Corporations and wealthy individuals poured millions of dollars into super PACs, political committees, and dark money groups that spent at least $272 million to elect most of the 147 members of Congress who voted to reject Joe Biden’s Electoral College win.
Kyrsten Sinema Has Many Friends in Private Equity
Top executives from some of the largest private equity firms in the world bankrolled Sinema's campaign as she blocked a popular provision in the Inflation Reduction Act that would have raised their personal income taxes. Continue Reading...
How Dark Money Shaped the School Safety Debate
To get America back to work and boost profits, the Koch network and other right-wing money groups have long pushed to return to pre-pandemic schooling. Continue Reading...
Bradley and Koch Cash Fuels Push to Eliminate Wisconsin Income Tax
With backing from a myriad of right-wing groups, the Center for Research on the Wisconsin Economy at the University of Wisconsin–Madison released a "research report" last month on the need to eliminate the income tax in the state. Continue Reading...
Right-Wing Groups Unite in Campaign Against Bill to Improve U.S. Democracy
GOP-aligned groups are using ads, activist tool kits, social media posts, statements, and letters to Congress to attack the For the People Act, sometimes with falsehoods about its contents. Continue Reading...
Despite Pandemic, Union Membership Rose in 22 States, Including Many Right-to-Work States
Despite steep pandemic-related job losses all around, union workers fared better than non-union workers in 2020, and union membership actually increased in almost half the states. Continue Reading...
