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Newly Uncovered Documents Expose ALEC's Anti-Gay Past 12/04/2013 by Calvin Sloan Throughout the 1980s, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) -- now infamous for its work on behalf of “stand your ground” laws and restrictions on voting rights -- …

'Choice' School Accountability in the Eye of the Beholder – or Big Donor 07/30/2013 by Peter Montgomery On the very same day that the Washington Post reported on Republican presidential hopeful Sen. Rand Paul’s call for more school vouchers and expanded …

Kansas' Kobach Pushes Plan that Would Disenfranchise Alaska Natives 06/05/2013 by Miranda Blue Back in April, two Alaska House committees approved a bill that would require voters to show a photo ID at the polls – a particularly damaging measure in a …

Gates Foundation Raises Eyebrows with Grant to Right-Wing Lobbying Group 12/07/2011 by Josh Glasstetter “We don’t want to be part of the controversy.” That’s what Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Gates Foundation, told NPR when asked why the foundation’s …

Public Policy, Private Corporations: Detaining Immigrants for Profit 10/28/2010 by Peter Montgomery People For the American Way has been documenting the ways in which corporate interests, with a big boost from the Supreme Court, are pouring unprecedented …