Organization Trends

Organization Trends
The State of Redistricting 2022: Broken Commissions
The Left has sought to replace state legislative redistricting with so-called “independent redistricting commissions” of nonpolitical professionals. While the Left presents commissions as the surest way to achieve “fair” districts,…
by Michael Watson on June 4, 2021

Organization Trends
The State of Redistricting 2022: The Coming Commissions
In the 2021 redistricting cycle, up to 11 states will draw their congressional districts using a commission of some kind: Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Michigan, Montana, New Jersey, New…
by Michael Watson on June 4, 2021

Organization Trends
The State of Redistricting 2022: Power Players
While Democrats proclaim a “gerrymandering” crisis, an analysis of the U.S. House election results shows that even under a European-style proportional representation system the sizes of the House party caucuses…
by Michael Watson on June 4, 2021

Organization Trends
71% Favor Taxing Endowment Income of Wealthy Universities and Foundations
Seventy-one percent (71%) of voters believe elite universities and nonprofit foundations should pay taxes on their endowment income, according to a Scott Rasmussen national survey of 1,500 registered voters released yesterday. The…
by Michael E. Hartmann on June 3, 2021

Organization Trends, Philanthropy
Spinning the Iran Deal to the Media: Elite Philanthropy Disguised as Grassroots Activism
Flying slightly under the radar are the high-level talks to reenter the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), better known as the Iran deal. One weirder aspect of this almost…
by Sarah Lee on May 11, 2021

Organization Trends
The Organizational Restructuring of Black Lives Matter: Movement for Black Lives
While the Black Lives Matter movement as a whole remains focused on largely unchanged issues—particularly policing and other criminal justice topics—these two organizations have undergone some fairly significant transformations in…
by Robert Stilson on April 29, 2021

Organization Trends
The Organizational Restructuring of Black Lives Matter: BLM Global Network Foundation
The year 2020 witnessed even more dramatic changes within the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation (BLM Global Network Foundation). The organization underwent a leadership change and experienced some internal…
by Robert Stilson on April 29, 2021

Organization Trends
Shareholder Activism: Woke Capitalism from the Inside
Conservatives are rightly vexed by “woke capitalism,” exasperated at the ways in which big American corporations are increasingly weighing in on sociopolitical issues—invariably, it seems, in favor of the progressive…
by Robert Stilson on April 23, 2021

Organization Trends
Activists Brought in $2.2 Billion for Pro-Abortion Policies in 2019
There’s no shortage of money for the pro-abortion Left. New research by the Capital Research Center shows that pro-abortion groups spent nearly $1.9 billion in 2019 (see the data in…
by Hayden Ludwig on April 16, 2021

Organization Trends
The Founders of Black Lives Matter: Scott Walter on Issues, Etc.
On Issues, Etc., Scott Walker talks about his recent column in First Things on the founders of Black Lives Matter. They discuss how it began, the founders, and the myths…
by Scott Walter on April 6, 2021