ACORN International
(Organization Trends, October 2013, PDF here) Community organizer Wade Rathke created ACORN and watched it grow to hundreds of affiliated groups around the country, until scandals forced the network…
Organization Trends
Community Organizers in Charge: Three who pack a political punch
(PDF here) “Community organizer” is a term few Americans had heard until one was elected president in 2008. Now it’s a badge of honor and a passport to the…
The other IRS scandal
CRC president Terrence Scanlon has an oped in today's Washington Times (PDF version here) The other IRS scandal: The tax man can’t find…
Uncle Sam Pays Activists to Hit “ROC” Bottom
(PDF here) Your tax dollars are subsidizing left-wing activists that harass restaurants that haven’t been unionized. And as part of that scam, the union-backed forces have opened their own…
God-like Judges? A legal group that is sure it’s better than you
(Organization Trends, June 2013) (PDF here) The American Bar Association and the trial lawyers’ trade group (the American Association for Justice) are well known as bastions of…
Going Soft on Juvenile Crime
(Organization Trends, May 2013) (PDF here) Although the young still commit outrageous crimes, two multi-billion-dollar foundations have spent years working to make the juvenile justice system more…
Shadow Network
(PDF here) Thanks to a leaked strategy memo, the inner workings of the Left have been revealed in North Carolina. Dozens of nonprofits have colluded to make…
IHS summer seminars deadline fast approaching
A message from the fine folks at the Institute for Humane Studies: Get more liberty in your life! This summer, the Institute for Humane Studies will offer nine week long…
The Left’s Answer to Grover Norquist
(PDF here) While the various pressure groups on the left all agree they want bigger and more intrusive government, they often squabble amongst themselves over the question…
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights (but Not Equal Rights) Under Law
(PDF here) Formed in the midst of the nation’s struggle to guarantee equal rights to all Americans, regardless of race, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under…