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Organization Trends
Beyond Bud Light: The Risks of Identity Politics
In recent years, an increasing number of corporations have openly expressed support for transgender rights and embraced left-leaning policies on various social, environmental, and political issues. When the political climate…
by Beauty Okunbor on July 31, 2023

Organization Trends
“Progressive” ESG Shareholder Activism: Understanding ESG Activism
Corporate America’s recent leftward lurch on many divisive sociopolitical issues has not occurred in a vacuum. While it doubtlessly has many causes, chief among these is the pressure that businesses…
by Robert Stilson on July 12, 2023

Organization Trends
“Progressive” ESG Shareholder Activism: Quantitative Trends
The recent numerical increase in ESG shareholder resolutions has been well-documented. A comprehensive review of the 2022 proxy season by Georgeson counted 941 shareholder resolutions submitted to Russell 3000 companies,…
by Robert Stilson on July 12, 2023

Organization Trends
“Progressive” ESG Shareholder Activism: Qualitative Trends
The nature of ESG shareholder resolutions has shifted over the years to rapidly ramp up the pressure on American business. To quote the publisher’s introduction to the 2021 Proxy Preview,…
by Robert Stilson on July 12, 2023

Organization Trends
“Progressive” ESG Shareholder Activism: Pushing and Pushback
The quantitative and qualitative acceleration of ESG shareholder resolutions is easier to understand when one recalls that ESG activism is just ordinary sociopolitical issue activism undertaken within the corporate sector.
by Robert Stilson on July 12, 2023

Organization Trends
Conservative Bud Light Strategy Takes Down Leftists with Their Own ‘Rules’
The Bud Light boycott is a prime example of the right finally taking some cues from the radicalism of the left, and using those tactics to win. It’s about time.
by Michael Watson on June 13, 2023

Organization Trends
Extinction Rebellion Member and Initiator of ESG Wars Wants a Truce
Robert G. Eccles is an influential advocate of woke ESG investing. But now he says that he wants a “truce” in what he calls the “Red State/Blue State ESG Culture…
by Ken Braun on June 5, 2023

CRC in the News
Best of CRC Media Hits for the First Quarter of 2023
The first quarter of 2023 has been fruitful for CRC. Through January, February, and March (and early April), we had over 140 media hits, including traditional media, new media, TV,…
by CRC Staff on May 16, 2023

CRC in the News
Best of CRC Media Hits for July–September 2022
The summer of 2022 was marked by several syndicated stories. The two most prominent were activist Shaun King’s misuse of charitable donations to purchase an expensive guard dog for his…
by Sarah Lee on October 14, 2022

Labor Watch
Liberal Commentator Discovers One Weird Trick to Progressive Utopia
Many Democrats are disappointed that President Joe Biden’s narrow election and the narrow Democratic majorities in the House and Senate have not yield liberal policy victories like those of Presidents…
by Michael Watson on July 29, 2022