ACORN Lives!
ACORN temporarily lost its federal grants and is lying low, but its Project Vote affiliate is still registering voters--even though its leaders are on trial for violating state election laws.
Organization Trends
The Tea Party Movement
(Organization Trends, September 2010 PDF here) In February 2009, a new force emerged in American politics. Alarmed at the rapid expansion of the…
BAMN: By Any Means Necessary
(Organization Trends, August 2010 PDF here) The radical group called By Any Means Necessary, or BAMN, believes racial profiling is wrong but racial…
The Selling of Obamacare
(Organization Trends, July 2010 PDF here) In this second installment of our three-part series on how nonprofits helped pass the Obama healthcare legislation,…
Citizens United v. FEC
(Organization Trends, June 2010 PDF here) Since the U.S. Supreme Court decided Citizens United v. FEC on January 21, 2010 a robust debate…
Organizing for America
Organizing for America (OFA) is a phony grassroots campaign run by the Democratic National Committee that proposes to replicate the community organizing techniques Barack Obama learned from the teachings of…
AARP: Retired People Never Had It So Good
(Organization Trends, April 2010 PDF here) Once known as the American Association of Retired Persons, AARP is among the most influential political lobbies…
The Irresponsible Center for Responsible Lending
(Organization Trends, March 2010 PDF here) The Center for Responsible Lending presents itself as a tireless advocate of poor and downtrodden borrowers facing…
The Corporate Library
(Organization Trends, February 2010 PDF here) Labor unions, left-leaning foundations and activists declare their support for “shareholder democracy” in calling for the adoption…
Free Market Environmentalism
(Organization Trends, January 2010 PDF here) “Free Market Environmentalism was once considered an oxymoron. But during the 1990s the concept was seriously and…