Investigating Power
…chapter of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), argues that the lame-duck session stole power from the executive and gave it to the legislature, violating the separation of powers doctrine….
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) seems to have stopped recognizing its rising stars with its “Legislator of the Week” award, switching instead to a monthly award. ALEC meetings provide…
…are losing their lands to floods and droughts, their water to pollution, their sacred crops and animals to rising temperatures.” “I have 370 ppm tattooed on my arm. That was…
…groups like the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and the Council of State Governments (CSG) to put these policies into the hands of legislators. These model “critical infrastructure” anti-protest bills…
…the inspiration is coming back across the Atlantic, and European teens will soon be joined by a mobilization of American high school students who will demand action from one of…
…model bills known as the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and all three have been praised by the Kochs’ astroturf group Americans for Prosperity (AFP) for passing legislation on the…
…American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and its sister organization, the State Policy Network (SPN). DonorsTrust gave $422,000 to ALEC in 2017, up from $315,000 in 2016. ALEC is a pay-to-play…
…with the IRS as tax-exempt 501(c)(4) “charitable” organizations, like the Kochs’ Americans for Prosperity, which spend tens of millions every election cycle propping up candidates with phony issue ads and…
Since 2000, corporate members of ALEC piled up almost $150 million in fines, penalties, and court settlements in cases involving racial and age discrimination and harassment. ALEC is the American…
…bipartisan criminal justice reform is making headlines, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) has issued a report entitled “Private Prison Investment Risks” that provides a timely reminder of the perverse…
