and inclusion (DEI)

Special Report
The Left’s Nonprofit Journalism Empire: The Nonprofit News Sector
In 2019 and 2021, Capital Research Center surveyed the changing media landscape, taking note of the increasing role of nonprofit and benefactor-driven “for-loss” media investments that are beginning to replace…
by Michael Watson on May 14, 2024

Special Report
The Left’s Nonprofit Journalism Empire: Targets of Liberal Activists
In recent years—especially since the election of Donald Trump as president in 2016—liberal activists have taken a strong interest in taking over and building journalistic enterprises to promote liberal ideology,…
by Michael Watson on May 14, 2024

Special Report
The Left’s Nonprofit Journalism Empire: Big Philanthropy’s Play
Retaking control of local and national narratives by controlling local journalism outlets and exploiting their higher trust are attractive propositions for left-of-center activists. To that end, the MacArthur Foundation announced…
by Michael Watson on May 14, 2024

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

Organization Trends
The Institutional Revolution at National Public Radio
Last week, longtime National Public Radio editor Uri Berliner wrote an op-ed on his recent experiences at NPR, tracing its ideological transformation from left-leaning to vanguardist woke-progressive. While Berliner pointed…
by Michael Watson on April 18, 2024

Organization Trends
ESG Investing in “Democratic” Companies
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) has been rightly criticized for driving the politicization of American business, and it is hard to think of a more politicized method of evaluating corporations…
by Robert Stilson on January 30, 2024

Organization Trends
Explaining “Everything Leftism”
It’s a simple question: How can “Queers for Palestine,” the slogan on protest signs of pro-Palestinian (or anti-anti-Hamas) protesters, be a thing? (Homosexuality is stigmatized and criminalized in the Palestinian…
by Michael Watson on January 19, 2024

Labor Watch
New Jersey Schools’ Segregation Problem
The New Jersey Education Association often boasting that New Jersey has the nation's number one public educational system. This is somewhat true. New Jersey is currently the third-best state in…
by Kali Fontanilla on November 20, 2023

Organization Trends
Biden Administration Gives Universities and Children’s Hospitals $100 Million to Prop Up Transgenderism
As the number of children identifying themselves as transgender quickly rises, the Biden administration has assured Americans that it is both safe and normal for kids to undergo medical “transition”…
by Parker Thayer and Katie Cagle on September 12, 2023

Labor Watch
American Compass Blunders Left
American Compass’s manifesto Rebuilding American Capitalism calls upon conservative policymakers to enact enormous worldwide tariffs to constrain consumer choice, develop a broad-based system of central planning, raise taxes on financial…
by Michael Watson on June 23, 2023