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Labor Watch
The Era of Labor Reform and Unionism’s Height: The Conservative Response
The period of organized labor’s ascendancy and consolidation after the Great Depression began to slow on November 5, 1946. Big Labor faced increasing headwinds as the Depression era retreated and…
by Michael Watson on November 29, 2023

Labor Watch
The Era of Labor Reform and Unionism’s Height: The State of Big Labor, 1950
As the 20th century hit its midpoint, organized labor was both near its absolute height and riven by the issues that would start its long decline. At the forefront was…
by Michael Watson on November 29, 2023

Labor Watch
The Era of Labor Reform and Unionism’s Height: Labor’s Compromised Right
Moderate Republicans seeking to appeal to organized labor despite the faction’s nearly nine-decade-long clear loyalty to the Democrats are as old as labor’s partisan divide. Modern moderates have focused on…
by Michael Watson on November 29, 2023

Labor Watch
The Era of Labor Reform and Unionism’s Height: Responding to the Rackets
By 1959, the McClellan Committee investigations and public hearings had exposed enough misbehavior by labor union officials (most of which was in the Teamsters Union) that a bipartisan consensus had…
by Michael Watson on November 29, 2023

Philanthropy
Charity and Big Philanthropy on Giving Tuesday
Giving Tuesday surely ranks among the great success stories of grassroots charity. Dating back to only 2012, in scarcely a decade it has grown to become a widely recognized annual…
by Robert Stilson on November 28, 2023

Philanthropy
Institute for Policy Studies’ The True Cost of Billionaire Philanthropy Brings Skepticism and Scrutiny to Ultra-Wealthy’s Giving
A report released today by the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), The True Cost of Billionaire Philanthropy, comprehensively details how the ultra-wealthy in America use charitable giving to take advantage of tax benefits while…
by Michael E. Hartmann on November 27, 2023

Foundation Watch
The Open Society Foundation’s 2022 Grants Expose Arabella and Soros
In 2022, the Open Society Foundations gave $31,075,000 to the “Five Sisters”: the Sixteen Thirty Fund, New Venture Fund, Hopewell Fund, Windward Fund, and North Fund. The Five Sisters are…
by Marquis Starks on November 27, 2023

Organization Trends
InfluenceWatch Friday
The information compiled in InfluenceWatch gives news outlets and other interested parties to use this research in future reporting on significant topics that are often overlooked by the American public.
by Jonathan Harsh on November 24, 2023

Commentary
Thanksgiving Day 2023
Abraham Lincoln on proclaiming a national day of thanksgiving: “It has seemed to me fit and proper that they [‘the gracious gifts of the Most High God’—the prosperity of the…
by CRC Staff on November 23, 2023

Philanthropy
House Hearing on Antisemitism and Terror Financing Considers Purpose and Practice of Charitable Tax Exemption
The U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee “has jurisdiction over the tax code” and must address “issues that have been laid bare in the aftermath of October 7th”—the…
by Michael E. Hartmann on November 22, 2023