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For-Profit Bail Industry Teams Up with ALEC to Target Charitable Bail Funds

By Juliana Broad | March 18th, 2024 at 11:12 AM (CDT)

ALEC is helping the for-profit bail industry push legislation in four states to restrict or outright eliminate charitable bail funds, which provide those unable to afford bail with enough cash to avoid being imprisoned while awaiting their day in court.

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New Report Reveals Big Oil’s Playbook to Silence Climate Protests

By Juliana Broad | November 6th, 2023 at 9:10 AM (CST)

A new report by Greenpeace USA details the widespread coordination between the public and private sectors to monitor activism, punish protesters both physically and legally, and grease the wheels for proposed anti-protest bills that criminalize civil disobedience.