Give to the Causes You Love on Giving Tuesday 2021
No country does philanthropy like America. Nothing better expresses that charitable spirit than Giving Tuesday, the tradition started in 2012 as a way to support nonprofits working on a host…
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Best of CRC Media Hits for October 2021
A highlight of October 2021 was the appearance of two separate op-eds in the respected Washington Examiner on the same day. Not only did our Research Director Mike Watson share…
InfluenceWatch Podcast #194: The National School Board Association’s Arrogant Overreach
Last month, the National School Boards Association threw a grenade into debates surrounding local school policy by sending a letter to the Biden administration asking for a federal investigation of…
Who Paid for “Climate Chaos” Week?
Last week, a network of radical environmentalist activists staged five days of demonstrations around Washington, DC, to pressure the Biden administration to impose more fossil fuel restrictions and shut down…
Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Promises More Wind and Solar—Hope You Like Buying Chinese
Count China among the biggest winners if the gargantuan $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, if it passes Congress. The bill would allocate $148 billion to climate- and energy-related priorities intended to…
Criticizing Teachers Union Allies? You Might Be a “Domestic Terrorist.”
After a year of public school closures, mask mandates far stricter than in comparable international settings, and the exposure of radical-left social indoctrination in public school as endorsed by teachers…
The Future of American Cars Is Not All-Electric
The average electric vehicle consumes 30 kilowatt-hours (kw/h) to travel 100 miles, which Pew Charitable Trusts notes is “the same amount of electricity an average American home uses each day…
Secretary of State Blinken’s “Dark Money” Track Record
Antony Blinken, Biden’s secretary of state, who was confirmed on January 26, 2021. Blinken served as deputy secretary of state under Obama from 2015 to 2017 and worked as a…
Action NC: The New Doses-to-Door Vaccine Salesman
Action NC is a left-leaning nonprofit that is helping President Joseph Biden vaccinate North Carolina. What began as door-to-door outreach and education on the COVID-19 vaccine has turned into a…
Nonprofits in the Biden Administration: Special Interest and Advocacy Groups
Many of those serving in the Biden administration have previously worked for left-leaning special interest and advocacy groups. The influence of these organizations, which strive to shape public policy along…