Investigating Power
…Education decision. The decision ushers in “right to work” style conditions for public employees in states across the nation. These anti-union measures originated in the Jim Crow South as a…
…local soda taxes. The soda industry uses the blandly named trade association to shelter its own brand names from controversy and condemnation, taps small business owners to champion their cause,…
…rigorous labor code that can be enforced either in state court or in combination with federal rules in U.S. courts. “While wage theft is pervasive, it is also preventable,” said…
…the convention, Roys said: “It’s time to stop the shame of being the worst state in the nation for African Americans, to end mass incarceration, end voter suppression, end the…
…in the 2016 election cycle, but ended up spending less after Trump won the Republican nomination. “We will be spending more than any midterm in our network history,” Americans for…
…in question. Robert Mercer Behind John Bolton Super PAC The John Bolton Super PAC, run by the same John Bolton who is now the National Security Advisor of the United…
…lobbyist who gave us money, I might talk to you.” Well, Mulvaney appears to have carried that policy, right into the nation’s most important consumer protection agency. In December 2017,…
…to back soda taxes as a policy tool to reduce consumption. But as local soda tax campaigns are bubbling up in cities across the nation, the beverage industry is working…
…who curates the nation’s highest-profile election law blog, was predicting that downward spiral of American political discourse might only be curbed by private referees of the proverbial public square—because the…
…the Nation magazine called Walker on the carpet, former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and the National Democratic Redistricting Committee sued. Not one Walker appointed judge, not two, but three…
