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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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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…
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…
CRC's Sarah Lee speaks with Newell Normand about her article “Paying for Hate on College Campuses” about the recent protests at higher learning facilities amidst the current conflict in the…