Al Sharpton and the National Action Network
Once reviled as a racial demagogue, the Rev. Al Sharpton has transformed himself into a national statesman—in his own eyes. Why do major American corporations, national politicians and the news…
Foundation Watch
Humane Society of the United States
The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is not what you think it is. Instead of opposing cruelty to animals it wants to endow animals with rights. It is…
The Copenhagen Climate Conference
(Foundation Watch, March 2010 PDF here) Green activists are appalled that last December’s UN climate conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, did not produce a…
Stopping Juvenile Detention: the Casey and Kellogg Foundations Sponsor Policies That Will Increase Criminal Behavior
See PDF here. The Annie E. Casey and W.K. Kellogg foundations fund programs that endanger the public by keeping dangerous young offenders on the streets.
Net Neutrality
"Net neutrality" is a solution in search of a problem. The "content providers" like Google that put information on the Internet want the federal government to have the power to…
Reform-Minded Money
(Foundation Watch, November 2009 PDF here) The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has become the most prominent advocate for changing how children are…
The Apollo Alliance
(Foundation Watch, October 2009 PDF here) The radical environmentalists of the Apollo Alliance have tremendous clout with the Obama administration and Congress. The…
Left-Wing Radicalism in the Church
Each November around Thanksgiving every Roman Catholic parish takes up a collection for the nonprofit Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD), a program run under the auspices of the United…
The New Internationalism
(Foundation Watch, August 2009 PDF here) The Peace and Security Funders Group (PSFG) is a liberal internationalist coalition of U.S. donors who believe…
The Goldman Sachs List: A New “New Class” Elite
A new class of very wealthy donors is changing the face of left-wing philanthropy, public policy and politics. Unlike the celebrated "new class" identified by neo-conservative Irving Kristol in the…