We have more people in prison per capita than almost every other nation, San Francisco is being overrun by thieves, and other big cities have recently set new records for…
Some big cities have recently become sharply worse, but the full picture is more complicated. In 2021, records were set for total murders in 10 of America’s 40 most populated…
Since 2016, according to research tabulated by the Capital Research Center, the network of political committees funded by George Soros have contributed $35 million to the election of left-wing district…
While it’s easy to critique the outcome in some of the cities where Soros has planted new prosecutors, it’s also easy to misinterpret his motives. Not without reason, he believes…
Of the big gusher of criminal justice reform money flowing against this status quo since 2020, a lot of it has washed over the advocacy group FWD.us, and the FWD.us…
In between, groups and donors from all partisan persuasions (and none in particular) are doing good work, often the same work, because they’re looking at the problem with soft eyes.
Enemies of free speech apparently feel right at home in the country’s largest “dark money” lobbying empire. Case-in-point, the Dangerous Speech Project aims to “inoculate” Americans against right-wing “hate” and…
The states have declared war on “Zuck bucks.” As of writing, at least 24 states and four counties have banned or restricted private funding for elections. Despite some left-wing intransigence,…
Progressive philanthropists now regularly admit to politicized charitable contributions. But to our knowledge, no one recently has examined how professional philanthropic elites—those who work at the nation’s largest foundations—spend their…
“We shape our buildings,” Winston Churchill said in 1943, “and afterwards they shape us.” Foundations are not government agencies, of course, but they are meant to serve the public. Although…