The Rise and Rise of America’s Suicide Lobby
(PDF here) (Note: This edition of Foundation Watch updates an earlier report on the pro-assisted suicide movement. For further background, please see “Universal Hemlock Care: America’s Suicide Lobby”…
Foundation to Promote Open Society
League of Women Voters: A Legacy of Liberal Issues and Causes
(PDF here) Summary: The 95-year-old League of Women Voters isn’t quite what it seems. It has long enjoyed an enviable reputation as a nonideological, nonpartisan, good-government group, but contrary…
Partisan Donors Hiding Under Charity’s Banner
See article PDF in Foundation Watch. Few Americans realize it is legal for foundations to fund, and public charities to conduct, voter registration and “get out the vote” drives. The…
Operation Choke Point
(PDF here) Summary: Since 2012, Eric Holder’s Department of Justice has been conducting Operation Choke Point by using informal guidance language to manipulate the FDIC into intimidating banks and…
Rallying the Catholic Left
(PDF) The 2012 race for the White House may depend heavily on the Catholic vote. Catholics significantly contributed to President Barack Obama’s election in 2008, but neither Democrats nor…