Melinda French Gates and her Pivotal philanthropies
The erstwhile wife of the Microsoft co-founder now sits atop of one America’s richest philanthropic networks. Where is this money going?…
National Domestic Workers Alliance
The NoVo Foundation and the next Buffett generation
Peter Buffett and his wife ostensibly call the shots at the NoVo Foundation. But the money is from Peter’s father Warren, and the left-leaning largesse shows no signs of letting…
Ford Foundation’s Big Left Influence: The Ford Foundation’s Millions
One “lefty” billionaire that has been exerting a big influence on our politics for decades and yet escapes nearly all media scrutiny. This is more striking because Henry Ford died…
Ford Foundation’s Big Left Influence: The Climate Hypocrites
In January 2019, more than 600 left-leaning policy and climate organizations co-signed a letter to members of Congress demanding “renewable energy” and “100 percent decarbonization.” The Ford Foundation has spent…
Ford Foundation’s Big Left Influence: Subsidizing the Big Labor Left
Large labor unions, particularly the powerful and often left-wing public employee unions, are major supporters of Democratic and left-leaning causes. The Ford Foundation gave grants totaling $44.5 million in 2021…
Ford Foundation’s Big Left Influence: The “Dark Money” Arabella Network
According to its online grants database, the Ford Foundation gave nearly $13 million to left-leaning projects run by Arabella’s Hopewell Fund and New Venture Fund in 2021. An April 2021…
Far-Left Activists Disinter FDR’s Civilian Conservation Corps . . . for Global Warming?
At a time when the Left is reclassifying almost everything as “infrastructure” it should come as no surprise that someone would recall President Franklin Roosevelt’s public work relief program, the…
The Founders of Black Lives Matter: Scott Walter on Issues, Etc.
On Issues, Etc., Scott Walker talks about his recent column in First Things on the founders of Black Lives Matter. They discuss how it began, the founders, and the myths…
The Founders of Black Lives Matter
The founders of the Black Lives Matter movement envision change far more radical than what their many liberal supporters mean by “racial justice.” Having more African Americans in the professional…