Investigating Power
…money would be spent on personnel, facilities, transportation, and “other uses” under the proposed grant. KIPP also sought to redact the amount of private funding it was projecting. The agency’s…
…Greenpeace project Exxon Secrets, which tracks spending by ExxonMobil, has documented over $30 million in funding to U.S. climate denial groups from 1998-2014. ExxonMobil continues to fund climate denial through…
…elbows with big money donors who mused about whether Koch funding was a viable alternative to the Republican Party itself. He was described as the Kochs’ “model legislator,” reports Politico’s…
…really happening in the world’s leading republic? Funding the War on Local Democracy Governor Snyder’s controversial emergency manager law is a cornerstone of the Right Wing’s war on labor and…
…the industry that they are working to protect. Coal Industry Funding of Climate Denial CMD recently revealed that another coal company filing for bankruptcy, Arch Coal, has provided funding to…
…special interests vote as equals with state legislators. ALEC has claimed that more than 1,000 of its bills are introduced each year. In one mailing to its corporate funders, and…
…charging a fee for, or otherwise regulating plastic bags is part of a national strategy by corporate interests and groups they fund, like ALEC to override progressive policy gains at…
…parents can choose a school that they regard as best for their child. Thanks to the work of the Koch-funded ALEC, David Koch’s Americans for Prosperity, and the DeVos-funded American…
…in 2014—the week has grown rapidly through the backing of advocacy groups and deep pockets of funders focused on promoting charters, vouchers, and tax credits that aid private schools, including…
…has documented Exxon funding for ALEC at least as early as 1981. This funding makes ExxonMobil one of ALEC’s biggest financial supporters as ALEC has promoted legislation, resolutions, presentations, and…
