Just in time for the midterm elections, David Brock, a longtime Democratic activist and Hillary Clinton crony, has launched a news media company based in Washington, DC, that masquerades as…
Just in time for the midterm elections, David Brock, a longtime Democratic activist and Hillary Clinton crony, has launched a news media company based in Washington, DC, that masquerades as…
Fake charities such as the Voter Participation Center, State Voices, and the Voter Registration Project siphon tens of millions of dollars every year from billionaires and their charitable foundations to…
It is unclear whether Donald Sussman is technically a billionaire since so much of his wealth is hidden, but his billionaire-sized contributions and connections to Democratic political candidates undoubtedly earn…
In his new book The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order, Gary Gerstle recounts the ascent and dominance in American thought and public policy of neoliberalism. Neoliberalism downgraded the…
The world of K–12 education policy has long been dominated by philanthropic foundations. Much of the education “reform” sweeping across America has been financed and pushed by elite, well-heeled foundations.
The 1619 Project, Nikole Hannah-Jones’s 2019 New York Times series turned grade school curriculum, might never have seen the light of day if not for the MacArthur Foundation. In 2014,…
The world of K–12 education policy has long been dominated by philanthropic foundations. It was the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation that pushed for Common Core, the national education standards…
The foundations’ goals are political, and schools give them easy access to society’s most impressionable. But foundations relentlessly seek to shape children’s politics both inside and outside of the classroom.
K–12 schools are run by thirteen thousand independent school districts, but foundations have also perfected the art of implementing national political agendas through local government. Financially, this is a brilliant…