…was registered in April 2015 by Lorri Pickens, a former associate director of state operations for David Koch’s Americans for Prosperity (AFP) astroturf organization. A well-connected right-wing operative with a…
Flint Is a Casualty in the Right Wing’s War on Local Democracy
…disproportionately impacts African Americans, saying that the law gives “enormous discretion to state decision makers and creates a significant potential for discriminatory decisions.” The plaintiffs have filed an appeal to…
Cashing in on Kids: 172 ALEC Education Bills Push Privatization in 2015
…sector votes as equals with legislators—on ALEC’s education task force via their “grassroots” group Americans for Prosperity and their Freedom Partners group, which was described as the Kochs’ “secret bank.”…
Koch-ALEC Right to Work Power Play Exposed in a Small Illinois Village
…to the Koch network of institutions, including $150,000 to the Kochs’ Americans for Prosperity group. In 2014, AFP returned the favor, attacking his opponent Democrat Pat Quinn. After taking office,…
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…
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
…and other entities controlled and funded by the Koch brothers. ALEC is closely tracking the West Virginia legislation. David Koch’s Americans for Prosperity (AFP) has spent significant resources in West…
“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…
How Charles Koch Backed the John Birch Society at the Height of Its Attacks on Martin Luther King
…try to re-make their image as many Americans have grown increasingly concerned about their efforts to distort democratic elections to serve their corporate and ideological agenda. This week’s issue of…
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…