Investigating Power
…the Koch brothers’ Americans for Prosperity. With an empty seat at the U.S. Supreme Court and public pressure mounting to overturn the Court’s Citizens United decision, which open the door…
…Americans to evade US taxes.” Yet champions of the FTA and the status quo corporate agenda, including ALEC, touted its supposed economic and legal benefits. ALEC’s Resolution Urging Congress to…
…Americans’ taxes fueling a charter school industry in the states that is exerting increasing political influence on state and federal agencies. Colorado is complying with state sunshine laws in providing…
…of Kochs’ Americans for Prosperity and also the FreedomWorks entities) and the National Republican Senatorial Committee. Predictably, his briefings are rabidly anti-union/anti-worker rights. And so on. But it’s not all…
…are fighting an uphill battle.” “Most Americans support it, most Republicans support it.” So how does a Chamber of Commerce spin this information in a way that works? “A winning…
…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…
…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…
…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.”…
…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,…
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…
