How ALEC Is Flooding Statehouses with Pro-Corporate Legislation How ALEC Is Flooding Statehouses with Pro-Corporate Legislation
When Republicans won complete legislative control of many states last year, ALEC was right there with model legislation to help them push through a radical right-wing agenda.
Jul 15, 2011 / Video / The Ed Show
ALEC Exposed ALEC Exposed
A trove of documents reveals the vast procorporate strategy of this powerful right-wing group.
Jul 12, 2011 / Feature / John Nichols
ALEC Exposed: Business Domination Inc. ALEC Exposed: Business Domination Inc.
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.
Jul 12, 2011 / Feature / Joel Rogers and Laura Dresser
ALEC Exposed: Sabotaging Healthcare ALEC Exposed: Sabotaging Healthcare
To a former health insurance executive, ALEC's fight against “Obamacare” looks familiar—and straight out of the corporate playbook.
Jul 12, 2011 / Feature / Wendell Potter
ALEC Exposed: The Koch Connection ALEC Exposed: The Koch Connection
Untold sums of cash poured into ALEC by Charles and David Koch have been an effective investment in advancing their worldview.
Jul 12, 2011 / Feature / Lisa Graves
Feingold to Netroots Nation: Call Out Corporate Democrats Feingold to Netroots Nation: Call Out Corporate Democrats
Corporate money corrupts, warns former senator, in a call for the netroots to challenge those in both parties who "dance with the devil."
Jun 17, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
Nation Conversations: Roane Carey and Ari Berman on Elizabeth Warren and the CFPB Nation Conversations: Roane Carey and Ari Berman on Elizabeth Warren and the CFPB
Why does the bank lobby and the politicians in its pocket feel so threatened by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau?
Jun 2, 2011 / Audio / The Nation
Noted. Noted.
Liliana Segura on Obama's immigration policy, D.D. Guttenplan and Maria Margaronis on the UK's faltering Liberal Democrats, and Frank Askin on electoral reform in New Jersey.
May 12, 2011 / Editorial / Various Contributors
GOP on the Brink of Weakening Flight Safety Rules GOP on the Brink of Weakening Flight Safety Rules
Backed by aviation industry money, the GOP is trying to weaken common-sense flight safety rules. Famed pilot Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger and others push back.
May 4, 2011 / The Notion / George Zornick
Big Brothers: Thought Control at Koch Big Brothers: Thought Control at Koch
Thanks to Citizens United, thousands of Koch Industries employees were told whom to vote for.