Alec, which is corporate-funded but has deep ties to Christian evangelicals strongly supportive of Israel, pushed the model resolution to state legislatures after an emergency meeting two weeks ago. A copy of the agenda obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy shows that the presentation of the case for supporting Israel was made by […]
Research Cited
US states invest $300m in Israeli bonds since start of Israel-Hamas war
The Center for Media and Democracy’s research on the State Financial Officers Foundation is featured throughout this piece.
How Christian Nationalists, Big Oil and the Big Lie Seized the Speaker’s Gavel
Needless to say, Koch and his philanthropic guests also shared their perspectives with the congressman. The Center for Media and Democracy’s Connor Gibson estimates that the approximately 25 “charitable” groups in Koch’s fleet collectively hold some $4 billion in assets.
Fossil fuel firms spent millions on US lawmakers who sponsored anti-protest bills
David Armiak, research director with the Center for Media and Democracy, said the Greenpeace report “exemplifies how the fossil fuel industry exerts its outsized influence over state and local politics to curtail the constitutional right to protest with the goal of extending its profit model”. He added: “As the climate emergency intensifies, policy makers should […]
Dollar vs. Democracy: Inside the Fossil Fuel Industry’s Playbook to Suppress Protest and Dissent in the United States
The Center for Media and Democracy’s research informed and is cited throughout this excellent report from Greenpeace.
Nonprofit foundation fighting Starbucks workers union in OKC
The Foundation has connections to several conservative groups according to the Center for Media and Democracy. It was originally founded in 1968 as the legal arm of the National Right to Work Committee (NRTWC). The NRTWC is a lobbying organization that works with legislators at the state and federal levels to push anti-union legislation. One […]
The Right-Wing Funder Behind Harvard Billboards Targeting Pro-Palestine Students
Behind Informing America, however, is the Diana Davis Spencer Foundation, a $1.5 billion institution that played a significant part in funding a network of voter suppression groups following the 2020 election, according to a report by the Center for Media and Democracy.
Private Yachts As Long As Football Fields
Billionaire Charles Koch, for instance, sits 16th on the latest Forbes 400 list. The 27 donor organizations that Koch and his fellow Koch Industries execs control, the Center for Media and Democracy detailed this past spring, spent a combined $657 million on contributions to nonprofits in 2021, on top of $525 million in 2019 and $639 million in 2020. Only 6 […]
Progressives Denounce ’50 Years of Harm’ by ALEC at Anniversary Gala
The new round of targets will include the hosts and host committee members of Wednesday’s gala, who include usual suspects like Newt Gingrich, Mike Pence, and Philip Morris; major companies like Guarantee Trust Life Insurance and the United Parcel Service; but also, surprisingly, the Humane Society of the United States, according to a list obtained […]
How efforts to restrict democracy in Ohio also make it harder to fight climate change
Additionally, the Center for Media and Democracy has found links between dozens of Ohio lawmakers and ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council, a corporate-funded group that favors fossil fuel development and opposes renewable energy standards. At least seven lawmakers on a committee set up under a 2014 law that cut back and froze Ohio’s clean energy standards for two years […]