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Why Facebook and Google joined ALEC Why Facebook and Google joined ALEC

Facebook and Google want us to think they're 'progressive' organizations, but then they go ahead and join ALEC . Readers of th...

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No rest for sick workers No rest for sick workers

More Americans are denied sick leave at work, thanks in part to ALEC's efforts to ban local governments from mandating paid sick days fo...

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How workers' freedom is getting chipped away How workers' freedom is getting chipped away

Our friends at the Economic Policy Institute  came up with this analysis of the attacks on workers' freedoms over the past two years. In...

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'ALEC, GOP undermine our constitutional guarantees' 'ALEC, GOP undermine our constitutional guarantees'

Here's a candidate for best Letter to the Editor Ever.  Nancy Staples wrote about ALEC , the corporate escort service for state lawmak...

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Wall Street's for-profit "cyber schools" rip off kids and taxpayers Wall Street's for-profit "cyber schools" rip off kids and taxpayers

The same anti-worker extremists waging war on the middle class and wringing workers dry are also trying to squeeze profits out of our kids -...

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Another ALEC rep could be in trouble -- in Texas! Another ALEC rep could be in trouble -- in Texas!

ALEC rep. Stephanie Klick Stephanie Klick, a Texas state representative, doesn't think she needs to obey state open records laws when it...

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Rural residents raise hell at Moral Monday protest Rural residents raise hell at Moral Monday protest

Scores of Moral Monday protesters came to tiny Yadkinville, N.C., last night to fight the repressive anti-worker policies approved by Gov. ...

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Workers getting paid like its 1989 Workers getting paid like its 1989

Employment might be up slightly, but salaries aren’t. Despite more people going back to work, American families are continuing to struggle...

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Moral Monday protests gain momentum in North Carolina Moral Monday protests gain momentum in North Carolina

 Students took the lead on the march around the governor's mansion. Two Moral Monday events drew more than 500 people who protested Nor...

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Sallie Mae becomes 50th corporation to drop ALEC Sallie Mae becomes 50th corporation to drop ALEC

The right-wing legislative machine lost another corporate ally today when student loan giant Sallie Mae became the 50th corporation to leave...

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Two NC Moral Monday protests draw hundreds Two NC Moral Monday protests draw hundreds

Hundreds of Moral Monday demonstrators turned out in two North Carolina counties yesterday to demand better wages and an end to attacks on w...

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ALEC link to official who cheated on charter school grade ALEC link to official who cheated on charter school grade

There's an ALEC link (what a shock) to the Indiana school superintendent who inflated the grade of an outsourced school run by a wealth...

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Vast anti-worker Kochaganda machine exposed Vast anti-worker Kochaganda machine exposed

Charles and David Koch spent more than $100 million to buy the government and convince the public that what they're doing is okay, accor...

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71 ALEC bills let corporations off the hook for injuring or killing people 71 ALEC bills let corporations off the hook for injuring or killing people

The corporate escort service for state lawmakers known as ALEC wants corporations to become even more powerful than they already are. In th...

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