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Book Profile, Philanthropy
Conservatism, philanthropy, and The Dying Citizen
Beginning in the 1990s, the conservative Milwaukee-based Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation framed its mission as helping to develop and implement an anti-progressive “New Citizenship” agenda. Victor Davis Hanson’s new…
on October 27, 2021

Organization Trends
Onetime Disinformation Donors Back Left-Wing Propaganda Targeting Disinformation
On Tuesday, political media outlet Axios reported on the latest project of controversial Democratic operative Tara McGowan. McGowan will head Good Information, a nominally for-profit “public benefit corporation” venture “to…
by Michael Watson on October 27, 2021

Organization Trends
“Dark Money” Giant Wellspring Philanthropy Funds Arabella’s Activism
Nearly $10 million flowed from Wellspring Philanthropic Fund, one of the Left’s most secretive “dark money” funders, to one of its top activist empires in 2019, fueling campaigns ranging from…
by Hayden Ludwig on October 26, 2021

Labor Watch
AFL-CIO Goes All-In for the Woke Professional Managerial Class
The current labor movement forms the combat groups of the woke professional managerial class (PMC), who make up the leadership and operative class of the union movement. Last week, the…
by Michael Watson on October 25, 2021

Green Watch
Who Paid for “Climate Chaos” Week?
Last week, a network of radical environmentalist activists staged five days of demonstrations around Washington, DC, to pressure the Biden administration to impose more fossil fuel restrictions and shut down…
by Parker Thayer on October 22, 2021

Podcast
InfluenceWatch Podcast #192: Election Integrity Begins with Local Politics
In this episode: Sarah Lee interviews CRC Research Director Michael Watson on how local politics and the involvement of union organizers and activists at that level have played a role…
by Sarah Lee, Michael Watson on October 22, 2021

Media Hits
Best of CRC Media Hits for September 2021
In outlets as diverse as the Washington Free Beacon, LifeSite, the Daily Signal, and RealClearEnergy, our original reporting on topics such as the left-wing funding of eco-conservatism and the union…
by Sarah Lee on October 21, 2021

Organization Trends
Nonprofits and Journalism Update: Media State of Play
In early 2019, we surveyed the media landscape with a focus on the role of liberal-backed but nominally nonpartisan not-for-profit news outlets like ProPublica and Center for Public Integrity, which…
by Michael Watson on October 20, 2021

Organization Trends
Nonprofits and Journalism Update: Liberal Cancellation Movements
As the for-profit right-of-center media are embroiled in turmoil, left-wing activists in both the for-profit and nonprofit sectors are seeking to de-platform the right-of-center networks and to silence right-of-center reporting.
by Michael Watson on October 20, 2021

Organization Trends
Nonprofits and Journalism Update: The 1619 Project
Perhaps the most prominent ostensibly journalistic endeavor since our last review of the media landscape was the “1619 Project,” an effort by controversial New York Times Magazine writer and 2016…
by Michael Watson on October 20, 2021