The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) has become America's most prominent left-wing community group. Little-known until now, ACORN has played a major role in the subprime mortgage…
In recent years the powerhouse bank Goldman Sachs has supplied Treasury secretaries to both Republican and Democratic administrations. A Goldman veteran serves as President Bush's chief of staff, while one…
Al Gore says everyone will benefit when new government rules require companies to pay to reduce global warming. But some people will benefit more than others, as will some companies.
(Foundation Watch, July 2008 PDF here) This year California lawmakers considered unprecedented legislation imposing politically correct reporting standards on the state’s foundations. Championed…
The Democracy Alliance just finished a two-day planning conference in Washington (Nov. 1-3). In 2004 the group of billionaires that clusters around George Soros spent their millions on a Kerry get-out-the-vote drive.
Here’s how it works: Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa), chairman of the defense subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee, arranges for a nonprofit university-affiliated program in his district to get a federal government contract. Unlike…