Special Report

Special Report
The Left’s Nonprofit Journalism Empire: Selecting for Activists
In addition to general investments in local outlets and state-level advocacy efforts, Big Philanthropy has sought to further control the talent pipeline of journalists seeking elevation to prestige outlets. And…
by Michael Watson on May 14, 2024

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The Rise of Left-Wing Nonprofit Journalism
The decline of traditional metropolitan “objective” media outlets has affected the news landscape dramatically. Those outlets were more liberal and less objective than they pretended, and their business model, which…
by Scott Walter on May 7, 2024

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On the Question of Right Fights: Factions on the Right
The conservative intellectual movement has been blown apart by a combination of factors, including the political, economic, and foreign policy failures of the second term of President George W. Bush…
by Michael Watson on February 20, 2024

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On the Question of Right Fights: Dueling Manifestos
In 2022, a working group commissioned by the Edmund Burke Foundation, the organization behind the periodic National Conservatism Conferences, published “National Conservatism: A Statement of Principles.” The statement amounts to…
by Michael Watson on February 20, 2024

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On the Question of Right Fights: National Conservatism at Arms
For their part, nine signers of the National Conservatism statement and 10 allies put forward a collection of essays denouncing the “generation of decay” in right-of-center politics and promoting a…
by Michael Watson on February 20, 2024

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On the Question of Right Fights: Postliberals for American Liberalism
Sohrab Ahmari’s Tyranny, Inc. is not the “manifesto” of the Postliberal-Integralist faction, but Ahmari provides a glimpse into the motivations and prescriptions that faction would bring about if given power.
by Michael Watson on February 20, 2024

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On the Question of Right Fights: “Grill Dad Republican”
What all this right-fighting ignores (on all sides) is the “Grill Dad Republican,” the ordinary voter who supports Republicans and professes some sort of conservatism. Exit polls suggest he (in…
by Michael Watson on February 20, 2024

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BEST OF 2023: How Charities Secretly Help Win Elections
The Everybody Votes campaign—the largest and most corrupt “charitable” voter registration effort in American history—may have decided the 2020 presidential election and could decide 2024. Commissioned by Clinton campaign chairman…
by Parker Thayer on December 26, 2023

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Understanding and Examining the Political Activities of Tax-Exempt Organizations
Response from Capital Research Center to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means  Request for Information on…
by Scott Walter on September 4, 2023

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REPORT: How Charities Secretly Help Win Elections
The Everybody Votes campaign—the largest and most corrupt “charitable” voter registration effort in American history—may have decided the 2020 presidential election and could decide 2024. Commissioned by Clinton campaign chairman…
by Parker Thayer on August 15, 2023