Labor Committee Considers Expanded Union Privileges

Enjoying their newly won majority in the House of Representatives, Democrats and their labor union allies wasted little time in pressing their advantage. Last week, the House Education and Labor Committee hosted a hearing entitled, “Protecting Worker’s Rights to Organize: The Need for Labor Reform,” where the public was… Read More

The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation’s Plans for Sunsetting

This article originally appeared in Philanthropy Daily on March 28, 2019. As a rule, we should applaud any perpetual foundation that decides to spend itself out. I think a rising number of donors have realized that it is better to put your money to work now rather than ensure… Read More

CRC President Scott Walter on American Family Radio

CRC President Scott Walter sat down for an in-depth conversation with Sandy Rios to discuss the recent slew of resignations and removals at the Southern Poverty Law Center. Though discredited for its infamous “hate list” the SPLC still enjoys respect in progressive circles. Sandy and Scott discuss the potential fallout… Read More

How Weird Is the Electoral College, Anyway?

Liberals complain often about the Electoral College, America’s unique body for selecting its chief executive. Citing small-d “democracy,” groups such as National Popular Vote (NPV), FairVote, and a number of other organizations funded by liberal figures ranging from lottery scratch-card inventor John Koza to library card catalog billionaire… Read More

EXCLUSIVE: Who’s Bankrolling the National Popular Vote Movement

The nonprofit organization building a coalition of states that favor choosing the president by popular vote promotes itself as nonpartisan, but is financed by millions of dollars from left-leaning groups. Some of the leaders of the movement are prominent Republicans, and most of the funding for the nonprofit, National Popular Vote Inc., has come from a wealthy Democrat and a billionaire independent. However, many large, liberal organizations back the movement, according to the Capital Research Center, a conservative investigative think tank that monitors nonprofits. It gathered donor information on National Popular Vote Inc. using a commercial database. Read More

Green New Deal Shows CO2 Agenda is a Sham

Sponsored by a half-dozen 2020 Democratic Presidential candidates, the U.S. Senate’s copy of the Green New Deal (GND) clearly reflects some important fraction of the Democratic Party’s soul. When informed the Republican-controlled Senate would call it to a vote this spring, Democratic Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer initially said:… Read More

New Florida Labor Bill Jeopardizes Union Subsidies

With the recent introduction of HB 13 in the Florida state legislature, the questionable practice of union “release time” may finally come to an end. Union release time refers to taxpayer funded subsidies (negotiated through collective bargaining) that pay public employees to conduct union business. In other words,… Read More

Ocasio-Cortez, Justice Democrats, and the Art of the Scam PAC

New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s questioning in a congressional hearing about “dark money” may be one of the most watched political videos on Twitter, but now she’s now facing allegations for her own “dark money” abuses. Recently, the National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC) filed a formal… Read More