Secrets of the Public Interest Pyramid: The Left’s Silent Partner
If you’ve ever been solicited on the street by clipboard-wielding activists asking you to donate to or support a group like the Southern Poverty Law Center, Greenpeace, or the Human…
Secrets of the Public Interest Pyramid
Secrets of the Public Interest Pyramid: Infiltrating Universities
The oldest and perhaps best-known part of the Public Interest Network are the Public Interest Research Groups, or “PIRGs.” The PIRGs grew out of the student activism of the 1960s…
Secrets of the Public Interest Pyramid: Trickle-Down Organizing
While the PIRGs form the backbone of the Public Interest Network’s lobbying efforts, much of its canvassing is directed by the lesser-known Fund for the Public Interest (or “the Fund.”)…
Secrets of the Public Interest Pyramid: A Left-wing Labyrinth
While the size of the Public Interest Network gives the impression of containing dozens of sprawling, organic advocacy organizations located in nearly every state, PIN is really controlled by offices…
Secrets of the Public Interest Pyramid: Clipboard Canvassing
While we’ve examined many of the nonprofits in the Public Interest Network, we turn to the groups which provide the rest of its professional activist services. While the Fund for…