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Labor Watch
A Mandate for Labor Error: Coming to Policy at Last
Project 2025 did not fully abandon the policies of the Taft-Hartley consensus. The document rejects the Biden administration–Big Labor approach to expanding union power and membership. But the worst proposal…
by Michael Watson on May 22, 2023

Labor Watch
A Mandate for Labor Error: Conclusion
The Taft-Hartley consensus—making union membership voluntary, subjecting unions to government oversight, and protecting consumers and the economy from labor strife—worked. It apparently worked so well that conservatives forgot why they…
by Michael Watson on May 22, 2023

Podcast
InfluenceWatch Podcast #270: Durham’s Report on Russiagate
This week, Justice Department Special Counsel John Durham issued the final report on his investigation into Crossfire Hurricane, better known as the “Russia collusion investigation” targeting the 2016 presidential campaign…
by Sarah Lee, Ken Braun, Michael Watson on May 19, 2023

Green Watch
Facebook’s ESG Agenda Went Down to Georgia (and Trashed a Trophy Fishing Lake)
Meta, the parent firm of Facebook, was in the media promoting its environmental, social and governance virtues in December 2021. That preening didn’t end well for the company this month after…
by Ken Braun on May 18, 2023

Philanthropy
A Conversation with Catholic Philanthropist Timothy R. Busch
The successful entrepreneur and Napa Institute founder talks to Michael E. Hartmann about his grantmaking, the importance of a focus on mission, and the continuing relevance of the work of…
by Michael E. Hartmann on May 17, 2023

CRC in the News
Best of CRC Media Hits for the First Quarter of 2023
The first quarter of 2023 has been fruitful for CRC. Through January, February, and March (and early April), we had over 140 media hits, including traditional media, new media, TV,…
by CRC Staff on May 16, 2023

Organization Trends
Fix the Court May Have Financial Disclosure Problems
Fix the Court is one of many organizations on the Left that works tirelessly to attack the Supreme Court and undermine its legitimacy. Yet Fix the Court's tax disclosures appear…
by Parker Thayer on May 15, 2023

Organization Trends
Sarah Lee Talks About BLM Aftermath Docuseries
Houston was unique in that it resisted the activists who tried to exploit death of George Floyd. Houston, birthplace of George Floyd, held two funerals—one led by Rev. Al Sharpton—but…
by Sarah Lee on May 12, 2023

Podcast
InfluenceWatch Podcast #269: The Border Crisis
Title 42, an emergency policy allowing U.S. authorities to send border-crossers back whence they came (usually Mexico) on public-health grounds, is ending with the COVID-19 public health emergency. And with…
by Sarah Lee, Michael Watson on May 12, 2023

Organization Trends
Just Court-Pack a Majority
Expanding the Supreme Court solely to dilute the power of its current 6–3 conservative majority—political court-packing—is one of the most radical proposals currently circulating on the activist left. For the…
by Robert Stilson on May 11, 2023