The Bulwark: Birth of The Bulwark
The Bulwark was founded in 2019 and since then has become the main media rampart of the Never Trump movement. Today, The Bulwark is growing and—unlike nearly all previous political…
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The Bulwark: From Nonprofit to Profits
The DDT Institute tax filing for 2019, really the first year DDT Institute received serious money, lists total revenue of $3 million and expenditures of $1.6 million, nearly all of…
The Bulwark: Making a Business of Trump Derangement
But in practice, “the Never-Trump ethos is crucial to [The Bulwark], especially at a time when liberal media outlets feel snakebit by the perceived overreach of resistance-style journalism.” The Bulwark…
The Bulwark: Take Away Trump
The Bulwark team will never admit it, and they may not even realize it, but Donald J. Trump has been their god. They owe him for everything they have accomplished.
A Conversation with Leslie Lenkowsky About Trust, or the Lack of It, in Philanthropy and the Nonprofit Sector (Part 1 of 2)
The Indiana University professor Leslie Lenkowsky talks to Michael E. Hartmann about the degree to which trust, or lack of it, in wealth and the wealthy may or may not…
Bringing Critical Thinking to the Classroom: Introducing the “InfluenceWatch Educational Guide”
The InfluenceWatch Educational Guide is designed to make InfluenceWatch easy to use for both teachers and students. It’s broken down into simple assignments that walk students through using the website…
A Conversation with the Ethics and Public Policy Center’s Michael Fragoso (Part 1 of 2)
The think-tank fellow and former top congressional staffer talks to Michael E. Hartmann about the role of the American Bar Association and other, different kinds of nonprofit groups in the…
A Conversation with the Ethics and Public Policy Center’s Michael Fragoso (Part 2 of 2)
The think-tank fellow and former top congressional staffer talks to Michael E. Hartmann about effective and ineffective nonprofit projects and activities related to the judicial-nomination and -confirmation processes, what could…
Enhancing USAspending
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has brought unprecedented public attention to federal grantmaking and contracting, which in turn has led many Americans to the government’s online database for federal…
A Conversation with the Buckeye Institute’s Greg R. Lawson (Part 1 of 2)
The Ohio state-budget expert and research fellow talks to Michael E. Hartmann about his recent report on rulemaking nongovernment organizations and how they can serve good purposes, but should operate…