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Ask Dr. Science: Scott Walker Edition
Posted: May 4, 2015Dr. Science weighs in on Scott Walker. Topics: Climate ChangeMoney in PoliticsDisability RightsEconomyEnvironmentFood and AgricultureRepublicansRightwingReligionWisconsin Wire
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Charter Scam Week 2015
Posted: May 5, 2015The problem for charter advocacy is that the evidence is overwhelmingly counter to nearly every claim in favor of charter schools.Topics: CorporationsMoney in...
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Do Charters Create Pressure for Excellence?
Posted: May 11, 2015If charters are supposed to be the laboratories of education, where is our scholastic hoverboard? After so many years of charter experimentation, where are the educational...
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The TPP: Another Trade Scam
Posted: May 12, 2015The TPP was just finalized but it's not too late for Congress to say no. Here's why they should.Topics: CorporationsDemocracyMoney in PoliticsEconomyLaborUnions
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Feds Spent $3.3 Billion Fueling Charter Schools—For What?
Posted: May 13, 2015The federal government has spent more than $3.3 billion over the past two decades creating and fueling the charter school industry, according to a new financial analysis and...
View ArticleKate Clinton's Vlog: Hoarders
Posted: May 15, 2015When you think about it, rich people are the biggest hoarders ever.Topics: VideoCorporationsCultureMoney in PoliticsEconomy
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The Secret Group That Wants to Take Over Your School
Posted: May 27, 2015Don’t look now, but there’s something creepy coming toward you, and it wants to take over your public school system.Topics: ALEC ExposedCorporationsMoney in...
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Scott Walker’s Bait-and-Switch Jobs Promise
Posted: July 13, 2015Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker was elected in November 2010 largely on the strength of a promise—to create 250,000 new private-sector jobs by 2015, the end of his first term.Topics:...
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Walker’s Total Destruction in Wisconsin
Posted: July 21, 2015It was a banner week for the billionaires who have invested in Governor Scott Walker, the Wisconsin state legislature and the Wisconsin Supreme Court.Topics: Money in...
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Scott Walker’s Office ‘Obstructed’ Probe of Missing Veterans Funds,...
Posted: August 2, 2015Walker’s Milwaukee County office repeatedly failed to turn over records of the theft of tens of thousands of dollars in donations.Topics: Money in PoliticsRepublicansWisconsin Wire
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The Toxic Mining Law
Posted: August 21, 2015While everyone is distracted by a certain orange presidential candidate, a river turned orange in Colorado. The Animas River disaster happened when contractors working for the...
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Blue Jeans to the Rescue
Posted: August 26, 2015"Instead of thinking who is liberal and who is conservative, you look at it vertically and ask who is on top and who is at the bottom..."—Mike McCabeTopics: Money in...
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Conservatives Gone Wild
Posted: October 15, 2015Even though the presidential campaign is providing loads of entertainment and maybe even a bit of substantive discussion, the real show is in the House of...
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Back Home, Walker Pushes What Dems Describe as “The Corrupt Politician...
Posted: October 26, 2015I overheard one Republican legislators say to a staffer:"We just made one of the most unbelievable, colossal mistakes in history."Topics: CourtsDemocracyMoney in...
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Christie Mystery: Why He Spent $70K to Become Master of His Own Domains
Posted: November 6, 2015Christie's presidential campaign paid $20K to a company at an address that apparently belongs to a longtime Christie supporter.Topics: ElectionsMoney in PoliticsRepublicans
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Obama Needs to Show Netanyahu Some Tough Love
Posted: November 10, 2015There is one simple thing that Obama could do.Topics: Money in PoliticsForeign PolicyIsrael
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Managers at Menards Stand to Lose Big Money if Unions Form
Posted: December 8, 2015It’s not just a long-rumored threat, it’s a promise put in writing.Topics: Money in PoliticsLaborUnions
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Smoking Gun: Personal Finances of the Contenders
Bill LuedersThrough law and tradition, candidates for President face a high level of disclosure regarding their personal finances. Topics: ElectionsMoney in Politics
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Overturning Citizens United is a Feminist Issue
Kathleen TurnerThis week marks the sixth anniversary of the infamous Citizens United decision.Topics: Money in PoliticsWomen's Rights
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