The line between charity and politics can be extraordinarily blurry. This is problematic, as politics is inherently quarrelsome and divisive, and these are words that very few would use to…
Is it, or at least should it be, charitable to fund political-advocacy protest over controversial sociopolitical issues? Our colleague Robert Stilson calls it “megaphone philanthropy,” and perhaps the prototypical practitioner…
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In the field of journalism, where objectivity and impartiality were once virtues, not vices, the rise of nonprofit newsrooms was initially meant to be a way for journalists to refocus…
While ProPublica’s broad-scope investigative reporting and extensive data journalism have earned it praise and a good reputation, the more narrowly focused coverage coming from the organization of late has diminished…
By cherry-picking facts and basing reports on insinuations ProPublica crafted a narrative so egregiously one-sided that many started to question its commitment to unbiased reporting. Bad journalism happens, especially in…
Arabella Advisors is a for-profit company in Washington, DC—what we call a Beltway bandit consulting political firm. Arabella Advisors runs a “dark money” empire, which can be visualized as a…
Science is held in extremely high regard in the modern world, but with such great power and credibility also comes the very human temptation to manipulate science to serve less…
To the outside observer, Arabella Advisors is nothing more than an accounting and human resources firm that helps charities get things done, not a billion-dollar political influence operation helping leftists…
A coalition of anti-Israel extremists, the vast majority of which are pro-terrorism anarchists and communists, are planning to prevent or “disrupt” this Thursday’s presidential debate as part of their campaign…