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Sep 8, 2013
4 min

Syria and the Reality at Home in America

Robert Reich – Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy, University of California at Berkeley; Author, ‘Beyond Outrage’ Posted: 09/07/2013 4:08 pm While all eyes are on Syria and America’s response, the real economy in which most Americans live is sputtering. More than four years after the recession officially ended, 11.5 million Americans are unemployed, many of them for years. Nearly 4 million have given up looking for work altogether. If they were actively looking, today’

Exposing ALEC’s Agenda to Defund and Dismantle Public Education

Jay Murdock

May 7, 2013
3 min

Exposing ALEC’s Agenda to Defund and Dismantle Public Education

Dennis Van Roekel – President, National Education Association Posted: 05/07/2013 11:52 am Iron Man 3 just opened this past weekend, followed soon by more would-be blockbusters. I’m sure a lot of these movies will be entertaining, but none will be more important or relevant than a half-hour documentary I recently watched: The United States of ALEC. This film, featuring Bill Moyers, does a masterful job of explaining how the closed-door manipulations of the American Legislative

Having Spent Millions Influencing Three Branches of Government, Kochs Look to Buy Fourth Estate

Jay Murdock

Apr 25, 2013
3 min

Having Spent Millions Influencing Three Branches of Government, Kochs Look to Buy Fourth Estate

by Brendan Fischer: PR Watch – April 24, 2013 – 8:27am The billionaire industrialist Koch brothers have spent tens of millions for decades on a long-term plan to reshape the legislative, executive, and judicial branches according to a corporate-friendly form, and may now make inroads into what is often referred to as the fourth branch of government: the press. The New York Times reports that the Kochs are considering a purchase of the Tribune Company’s eight regional newspap

Watchdogs Shed More Light on ALEC on Eve of Group’s DC Summit

Jay Murdock

Nov 28, 2012
4 min

Watchdogs Shed More Light on ALEC on Eve of Group’s DC Summit

by PRW Staff — November 27, 2012 – 1:43pm FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 27, 2012 CONTACT: Sara Jerving, Center for Media and Democracy, (608) 260-9713 Mary Boyle, Common Cause, (202) 736-5770 The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) convenes its annual policy summit this Wednesday in Washington, DC. The three day meeting at the Grand Hyatt Washington hotel caps a year of intense controversy surrounding the organization’s political agenda and tax-exempt status. The

Welfare: The Dirty Side of Corporate America

Jay Murdock

Sep 18, 2012
3 min

Welfare: The Dirty Side of Corporate America

Matthew Lynch, Ed.D. – Chair and Associate Professor of Education, Langston University Posted: 09/17/2012 11:13 am When you hear the term “welfare” or “welfare reform” what comes to mind? If you are like most people, you conjure up images of people who are getting checks or food assistance each month. You may think of the many children who get assistance, or the millions of working families that get some sort of financial aid to help make ends meet each month. But what you m

Poverty Reduction: The Invisible Hand of Government

Jay Murdock

Sep 14, 2011
4 min

Poverty Reduction: The Invisible Hand of Government

Jodie Levin-Epstein – Deputy Director, CLASP Posted: 9/13/11 02:17 PM ET Poverty data released today tells a cold truth about a rich nation that could do better. The U.S. is now home to 46.2 million poor people according to the latest Census Bureau report on income, poverty and health. That’s about one in seven or 15.1 percent and the largest number in the 52 years for which poverty estimates have been published. The big numbers muscle out an important back story: without gov

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Exposing ALEC’s Agenda to Defund and Dismantle Public Education

Having Spent Millions Influencing Three Branches of Government, Kochs Look to Buy Fourth Estate

Watchdogs Shed More Light on ALEC on Eve of Group’s DC Summit

Welfare: The Dirty Side of Corporate America

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Welfare: The Dirty Side of Corporate America

Poverty Reduction: The Invisible Hand of Government

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