Larry Kramer and Anti-Capitalism at Hewlett
Larry Kramer, president of the $13 billion William and Flora Hewlett Foundation since 2012, has announced that he will be stepping down at the end of the year…
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Philanthropy, Politics, and the Public Bank Campaign
The left-of-center coalition is pushing New York City to charter a public bank. But they appear more concerned with funding left-wing sociopolitical priorities than with municipal banking. Indeed, the New…
For Anti-Capitalists, “The Future Is Public”
The Future Is Public is an international campaign to oppose economic privatization and support extensive government-provided goods and services. Its manifesto calls for the state to control of large swaths…
Federal Charters and the Left’s Long-Term ESG Goals
Recent indications suggest that support for environmental, social, and governance (ESG) activism—sometimes called “woke capitalism”—may be wavering within corporate America. Even BlackRock appears to be backing off its support for…
Best of CRC Media Hits for August 2021
In August, CRC researchers not only broke new stories—see Parker Thayer’s Fox News hit on Zuckerberg’s cash finding its way into local DA races—but also kept the pressure on stories…
Weakening of the Family Weakens People’s Defenses Against Socialism
Scott Walter talks about why the youth are attracted to socialism. He adds that "the three greatest influences on young people . . . are going to be family and…
Liberalism Drops Its Mask
Since the turn of the 20th century, progressivism and liberalism have been pushed for an increasingly massive state and burdensome government restrictions on personal conduct (outside the bedroom, at least)…
I Do Not Want the NewsGuild Bargaining for Me, Ever
Under “sectoral bargaining”—proposed by some “labor conservatives”—labor unions and industry associations would negotiate a contract for an entire industry covering union members and non-members alike. For writers like me, that…
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and the Ford Foundation’s Socialists
In an appearance a couple of weeks ago on the Strict Scrutiny podcast, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) was worrying over one of his favorite topics: the alleged lopsided advantage of…
“Labor Conservatives” Have a Compass, but Which Way Is North?
We have noted with concern a vocal faction of “labor conservatives” who form a “redistributionist right.” They are bent on importing social-democratic European labor relations models into the…