Investigating Power
…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….
…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…
…close interlocking ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). CMD first documented this anti-worker Koch-ALEC-SPN agenda in a 2013 report. Today, CMD obtained a rally flyer with the SPN…
…Anglo-American heritage” to protect white collar criminals from criminal prosecution—when the burdens of an unjust criminal justice system have largely fallen on non-Anglo-Americans—further indicates the divide between the corporate criminal…
…making in Paris at the United Nations convention on climate change happening at the same time as ALEC’s conference. From “model resolutions” opposing the climate action plan to “model policies”…
…groundwork for further efforts to undermine worker protections. There is no doubt that the American workforce is changing. America’s failed trade policies (enthusiastically backed by ALEC) have resulted in the…
…District Attorney’s office has “conducted a continuous campaign of harassment and intimidation against individuals and organizations in retaliation for their association with Scott Walker and their support for his policies,…
…appear to be independent yet actually are operating from the same national playbook. SPN plays a key role in driving the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) agenda, particularly by providing…
…Minutes in 2007 and exposed more recently in the New York Times. A former restaurant industry executive, Berman also created a corporate-funded “think tank” the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) run…
…front groups in bold *Asterisks indicate membership on ALEC’s corporate board of directors President’s Level – $100,000 Reynolds American Inc (RAI–tobacco company) Chair’s Level – $50,000 American Electric Power (AEP)…
