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Labor Watch
Corruption in the Labor Movement: Labor Rackets
Corruption by labor union officials, whether in service to themselves, political allies, or organized crime syndicates, has been a fixture of American labor history since the labor movement first began…
by Michael Watson on November 14, 2022

Labor Watch
Corruption in the Labor Movement: A New Cast of Thieves
What is likely the largest federal union corruption investigation since the 1990s centered on a kickback scheme run through a joint union-management training center. Fiat Chrysler executives and agents would…
by Michael Watson on November 14, 2022

Labor Watch
Corruption in the Labor Movement: Philly’s Labor Fixer
Before 2019, John “Johnny Doc” Dougherty Jr., the longtime business manager of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 98, was one of the most powerful men in Pennsylvania. From…
by Michael Watson on November 14, 2022

Labor Watch
Corruption in the Labor Movement: Indictments
It has been over 30 years since then-U.S. Attorney Rudy Giuliani announced a civil Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations lawsuit against the International Brotherhood of Teamsters that would lead to…
by Michael Watson on November 14, 2022

CRC in the News
Soros Funds Radical-Left Candidates
Parker Thayer appeared on Rob Schmidt Tonight on Newsmax TV to discuss the many left-wing DA candidates that George Soros has supported with donations. CRC research shows that Soros and…
by Parker Thayer on April 14, 2022

Organization Trends
Remembering Those Who Covered for an Actor’s . . . Misremembering
Last month, a Chicago jury found actor Jussie Smollett guilty of five of six charges related to Smollett’s staging of a supposed “hate crime” against him. When it turned out…
by Michael Watson on January 20, 2022

Deception & Misdirection
Living Room Pundit’s Guide to Soros District Attorneys
George Soros’s influence on left-wing DA candidates is often wildly underestimated. Since 2016, when Soros first began to back the campaigns of district attorneys, CRC researchers have tracked more than…
by Parker Thayer on January 18, 2022

Compassion & Culture, Doing Good
The Midtown Educational Foundation: Changing Lives in Chicago
This article is part of Doing Good: Effective Alternatives to the Welfare State, July 2016. For the full PDF click here. Summary: The Midtown Educational Foundation has been helping…
by Melodie Bowler on June 30, 2016

Featured Items
AUDIO: My spot on Extension 720 last night
I discussed the anarchists, Marxists, and others who protested the recently concluded NATO summit in Chicago last night on the Extension 720 radio show last night. Click on this…
by Matthew Vadum on May 23, 2012

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LIVE RADIO: Vadum will be on Extension 720 with Milt Rosenberg in Chicago in less than 20 minutes
I’ll be on Extension 720 with Milt Rosenberg on radio station WGN in Chicago in less than 20 minutes from now. I’ll be on for a full hour starting at 12…
by Matthew Vadum on May 22, 2012