Suzanne Merkelson is Associate Web Editor at United Republic. She formerly worked as a web producer at Foreign Policy magazine and has written for the Chicago Tribune, Foreign Policy, and The Atlantic, among others.
Thanks to pressure over "Stand Your Ground" laws, Coca-Cola and Pepsi have dropped their ALEC memberships.
Here’s what we know about the groups that help fund ALEC, the organization that drafted the law that keeps Trayvon Martin’s killer free.