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Podcast
InfluenceWatch Podcast #150: The “Rising American Electorate”
A strange thing happened on the road to the Emerging Democratic Majority. Even as Joe Biden won a roughly four-and-a-half percentage point national lead in total ballots cast, the “Rising…
by Michael Watson on January 4, 2021

Philanthropy
Declining Trust in Charities
From December 2017 through December 2019, the percentage of respondents to Give.org’s Donor Trust Surveys saying they highly trust charities overall in America decreased moderately, from 19% to 17%, according…
by Michael E. Hartmann on January 4, 2021

Blog
Happy New Year from CRC!
Happy New Year!…
by CRC Staff on January 1, 2021

Antifa, Deception & Misdirection
Decoding Antifa
The Antifa movement was back in the news in 2020 as an active participant in protests, riots, and occupations across the United States and around the world. The name, a…
by CRC Staff on December 31, 2020

Deception & Misdirection
Disinformation 2020
Whether certain media and internet outlets have been deliberately operating as useful idiots or are just embarrassing themselves through their own willful ignorance and biases is grounds for debate. Their…
by CRC Staff on December 30, 2020

Green Watch
Green Serfdom
Green activism and its dirty laundry were on display in many ways in 2020. Here are a few: Guest researcher Ned Mamula documents the stealth efforts to lock up America’s…
by CRC Staff on December 29, 2020

Labor Watch
Union Shenanigans
In 2020, unions were doing what unions do—only more so—by leveraging the COVID-19 pandemic. Michael Watson explains how coronavirus legislation was delayed with early Christmas presents for Big Labor, not…
by CRC Staff on December 28, 2020

Blog
Merry Christmas from Capital Research Center
Merry Christmas!…
by CRC Staff on December 25, 2020

Deception & Misdirection
“Dark Money”
“Dark money” giants on the left were busy in 2020, and CRC continued exposing their activities. Hayden Ludwig updated our 2019 report on Arabella Advisors and its four horsemen. See…
by CRC Staff on December 24, 2020

Organization Trends
Black Lives Matter
With the unrest in American cities across the United States, CRC looked at the origins, ideology, and money behind the unrest. Robert Stilson took a deep dive into the funding…
by CRC Staff on December 23, 2020