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ALEC is a toxic alliance of corporations and state legislatures that work together to ensure that corporate interests stay at the top of legislative agendas across the country.

A trove of documents reveals the vast procorporate strategy of this powerful right-wing group.

Wisconsin is just one front in ALEC's most recent war against against revenue and labor unions, part of an ongoing mission to privatize everything.

To a former health insurance executive, ALEC's fight against “Obamacare” looks familiar—and straight out of the corporate playbook.

Untold sums of cash poured into ALEC by Charles and David Koch have been an effective investment in advancing their worldview.

Why does the bank lobby and the politicians in its pocket feel so threatened by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau?

Thanks to Citizens United, thousands of Koch Industries employees were told whom to vote for.

Enabled by the Citizens United decision, Koch Industries told thousands of employees last October how to vote—and even how to think.

The mayor's company created a “coalition” to promote its interests in the Comcast-NBC merger, proving itself an agile peddler of influence in Washington.

It is amazing that folks like Gene Sperling and William Daley, the very people who created this banking meltdown, are rewarded with ever more important positions in our government.