The U.S. Department of Justice is yet again investigating the corrupt Bill, Hillary, and Chelsea Clinton Foundation, this time over alleged “pay to play” activities that took place while…
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Big Labor has a new lobbying firm for hire in Washington, D.C., and it’s run by a former Republican congressional staffer. McCarthy Advanced Consulting (MAC) is a new firm…
In mid-December, Education Week’s “Rick Hess Straight Up” blog featured an as-usual interesting post by Hess, “Three Cheers for Impostor Syndrome.” A resident scholar and director of education-policy studies…
Crossposted from Philanthropy Daily — article is dated January 4, 2018 The past year, with major hurricanes in Puerto Rico, Florida, and Texas, has once again cast light on the activities…
On the morning of New Year’s Eve Day, Center for American Progress (CAP) president and CEO Neera Tanden sent out an end-of-year fundraising e-mail—quite a common thing to do…
Crossposted from Philanthropy Daily — article is dated December 26, 2017 It wouldn’t surprise you to learn that the New Yorker has a reporter who specializes in bashing right-wing philanthropists, but Jane Mayer…
Crossposted from Philanthropy Daily — originally dated December 21, 2017 If I keep returning to the issue of occupational licenses, it’s because many of the excesses enacted by regulators are morally…
Crossposted from Philanthropy Daily — article is dated December 21, 2017 Anyone involved in the nonprofit world knows that there is a significant power imbalance baked into the relationship of donors…
This is the InfluenceWatch Podcast, where we go beneath the surface to reveal the web of connected influence, money, and motivation driving the news, sourced primarily from our website…