Tax Dodger Running for Governor in Illinois
The Republican candidate for governor in Illinois is a billionaire who hid his assets in the Cayman Islands to avoid paying taxes and brags that he is part of the "0.01 percent."
Corporations
Some ALEC Funders Flee, but Koch, Big Tobacco, and PhRMA Remain Loyalists
Certain long-term investors remain committed to ALEC as a tool to advance their legislative agendas.
ALEC Offshoot Takes Aim at Local Government
ALEC, the corporate bill mill, is taking aim at cities and counties.
ALEC Agenda: Gutting Medicaid, Privatizing Schools, LNG Exports
ALEC holds its 41st annual meeting in Dallas, Texas starting on Wednesday, July 30.
New Film on Controversial Wisconsin Mine to Tour State
Since 2011, a fight has been raging over a proposed open pit iron mine in northern Wisconsin.
Charles Koch, Modern Robber Baron, Exposed
Proof that Charles was a member of the John Birch Society.
A National Call to Link Arms for Detroit, July 18
On July 18, thousands of activists will gather to reclaim the Motor City--and democracy.
McCutcheon’s Supreme Cynicism
One of the many outrageous aspects of the U.S. Supreme Court's McCutcheon v. FEC decision is how blatantly it served the interests of the very wealthiest.
Narrow Supreme Court Majority Gives Corporations Freedom of Conscience; Justice Ginsburg Objects
President Bush's appointee, Justice Samuel Alito, declares that corporations have a right to discriminate based on religious beliefs.
Feeding Hawai'i, a Special Report
For Chris Kobayashi and her husband, Dimi Rivera, it all started with Japanese cucumbers. "In 1997 we said, 'OK, let's grow Japanese cucumbers, but let's grow it organically,'" Kobayashi tells me as we walk around her farm in Hanalei Bay on Kaua'i's North Shore. "You know, because they are crispy, crunchy, and yummy and you can eat the skin and everything."
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