Published in partnership with Shadowproof. In the first months of the Democratic presidential primary, one of Hillary Clinton’s advisers conducted focus groups and polling of swing voters to examine “voter distrust” of the political system. The results showed Clinton would benefit greatly if she aggressively pushed policies embraced by Bernie Sanders in his agenda against […]
‘The number of organizations who still consider it acceptable to take money from hidden hands behind closed doors is rapidly dwindling,’ noted the executive director of an NGO studying think tank transparency.
AUSTIN, Texas --- A nonprofit that studies global think tanks considers Human Rights Watch to be among the least transparent think tanks in the United States, at least in terms of its funding sources. According to Transparify, think tanks around the world are becoming more transparent about the sources of their funding and how they put that
While the Republican Party appears to be increasingly unwelcoming to neoconservatives, they may have found a way back into power through aligning with Hillary Clinton and her related organizations.
Published in partnership with Shadowproof. The Center For American Progress (CAP), a think tank heavily aligned with the Democratic Party and the Clinton family in particular, has long been under scrutiny for its financing activities. In 2013, an investigation by journalist Ken Silverstein revealed that a
A new report exposes the people who fund and stoke anti-Muslim sentiment in the United States.
As a federal inquiry begins in the killing of three Muslim students in North Carolina and an Islamic center in Houston, Texas, was intentionally set on fire Friday, we look at a new report that exposes the people who fund and stoke anti-Muslim sentiment in the United States. The investigation by the Center for American Progress is called "Fear,
Legislation was introduced on Wednesday that would let investors invest in individuals’ future earnings. Critics worry that this could lead to indentured servitude for indebted students.
On Wednesday, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Rep. Tom Petri, R - Wis., introduced legislation that would establish a legal framework for investors to directly invest in the future earnings of individuals. The bill, the Investing in Student Success Act, would offer an
Congress is finally extending a decade-old set of protections against sexual assault to the ballooning population of the immigration detention system, but advocates say it’s still not enough.
WASHINGTON --- A decade after the U.S. Congress passed a landmark law aimed at eliminating sexual assault in prisons, the federal government is on the verge of extending those same protections to the country’s sprawling immigration detention system.
While
After years of criticism over the secrecy of U.S. trade negotiations, the formation of a new public interest trade commission is looming on the horizon — but will it offer civil society groups enough input?
WASHINGTON --- The Obama administration has quietly announced the introduction of a new advisory body aimed at formally integrating civil society input and concerns into U.S. trade negotiations.
The move comes in response to years of criticism from a broad
