Articles

Organization Trends
The Legal Services Corporation: A History of Political Advocacy
The overwhelming public and compulsory funding received by LSC grantees isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but it can only be justified if the grantees are limited to providing apolitical civil…
by Robert Stilson on January 14, 2020

Organization Trends
The Legal Services Corporation: The Need for Civil Legal Aid
Civil legal aid can provide competent legal advice and representation to those who otherwise could never afford it, helping to address a genuine problem faced by the poorest members of…
by Robert Stilson on January 14, 2020

Organization Trends
SPLC Blames Trump for Rise in Violent Black Nationalist Groups
According to the SPLC, white nationalists, emboldened by President Trump, are responsible for the rise in violent back hate groups over recent years.
by Ashley Rae Goldenberg on January 13, 2020

Labor Watch
Featured Video: Jimmy’s Hoffa’s Corrupt Union Culture Lives On
Netflix and Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman brought the crimes of the nation’s most prominent union leader, Jimmy Hoffa, back to public consciousness in a way they haven’t been since Hoffa’s…
by CRC Staff on January 13, 2020

Organization Trends
The Trials of Being a Conservative Lawyer
Adam Jarchow and Michael D. Dean filed a lawsuit against the State Bar of Wisconsin arguing that its status as an integrated state bar is unconstitutional under the First Amendment.
by Shane Devine on January 10, 2020

Philanthropy
The Foundation Program Staffer as Intelligence Officer
This article originally appeared in The Giving Review on Philanthropy Daily on January 9, 2020. My Bradley Foundation mentor and current Giving Review co-editor Dan Schmidt, for whom I worked there for…
by Michael E. Hartmann on January 10, 2020

Podcast
Influence Watch Podcast #104: Howard Zinn: Historian, Author, and Communist?
In this episode, a union with close ties to top left-wing Senators targets the technology industry for an organizing campaign; our colleagues at Dangerous Documentaries take aim at the late,…
by CRC Staff on January 10, 2020

Green Watch
Pathfinder International Uses Your Tax Dollars to Fund Abortions in Africa
Pathfinder International has spent nearly $1 billion between 2009 and 2018 pushing “family planning” on Asia, Africa, and Latin America—much of it funded by the U.S. government.
by Hayden Ludwig on January 9, 2020

Green Watch
Federal Land Withdrawals: Endangering the Nation
The U.S. economy and national defense rely heavily on imports of critical minerals from China, Russia, and other countries with poor records on environmental conservation, human rights, or both.
by Ned Mamula on January 8, 2020

Green Watch
Federal Land Withdrawals:
How Our Account Was Overdrawn
By the mid-1970s a tipping point had already been reached with more public land withdrawn from mineral development than was accessible for development.
by Ned Mamula on January 8, 2020