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Philanthropy
A Conversation with Mission Local’s Joe Rivano Barros (Part 1 of 2)
The senior editor talks to Michael E. Hartmann about the nonprofit news site, the visions and aims of the MacArthur and Crankstart Foundations’ criminal- and restorative-justice grantmaking in San Francisco,…
by Michael E. Hartmann on March 19, 2025

Philanthropy
A Conversation with Mission Local’s Joe Rivano Barros (Part 2 of 2)
The senior editor talks to Michael E. Hartmann about staff turnover and accusations of mismanagement in the San Francisco DA’s office, including in grants administration, and more broadly, the underappreciated…
by Michael E. Hartmann on March 19, 2025

Deception & Misdirection
BEST OF 2023: Living Room Pundit’s Updated Guide to Soros District Attorneys
George Soros has become something of a folklore monster whose reputation often exceeds reality, but his influence on left-wing DA candidates is often wildly underestimated. Since 2016, when Soros first…
by Parker Thayer on December 30, 2023

CRC in the News
Who Is Alex Soros? Ask CRC
Four days ago George Soros announced that he had turned over control of his financial and nonprofit empire to his son Alexander (Alex). George Soros—the Hungarian-born American billionaire who has…
by CRC Staff on June 15, 2023

Philanthropy
Peter Thiel: “Money Doesn’t Work That Well”
During last week’s episode of Bari Weiss’s Honestly podcast, multi-billionaire entrepreneur, venture capitalist, political activist, and philanthropist Peter Thiel brief talked about the effectiveness of giving in the contexts of…
by Michael E. Hartmann on May 24, 2023

CRC in the News
Best of CRC Media Hits for the First Quarter of 2023
The first quarter of 2023 has been fruitful for CRC. Through January, February, and March (and early April), we had over 140 media hits, including traditional media, new media, TV,…
by CRC Staff on May 16, 2023

CRC in the News
A Conversation with the New Jersey Constitutional Republicans
In a wide-ranging conversation with J.R. Carman of the New Jersey Constitutional Republicans, Capital Research Center (CRC) president Scott Walter discusses how CRC began as an organization that investigates donor…
by Scott Walter on April 4, 2023

Deception & Misdirection
Living Room Pundit’s Updated Guide to Soros District Attorneys
George Soros has become something of a folklore monster whose reputation often exceeds reality, but his influence on left-wing DA candidates is often wildly underestimated. Since 2016, when Soros first…
by Parker Thayer on March 30, 2023

Organization Trends
How the Soft-on-Crime Sausage Gets Made
In October 2022, the Ronald Brownstein of The Atlantic wrote an impassioned defense of the left-wing progressive criminal justice reform movement, claiming there is no clear connection between rising crime…
by Parker Thayer on January 30, 2023

CRC in the News
Best of CRC Media Hits for 2022
From a communications perspective, CRC increased its reach into state media outlets, while continuing to develop news interest inside the Beltway. CRC staff topped out at over 300 media hits…
by CRC Staff on January 17, 2023