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  • Economy & Work
    What Net Neutrality Means for Cities That Already Have Community-Owned Broadband
    February 25, 2015 | Updated February 26, 2015
    | Gar Alperovitz and Thomas M. Hanna
    Publicly owned broadband lets local communities from Iowa to Louisiana control a vital economic resource — rather than leaving it in the hands of a few monopolistic corporations.
  • Who’s Afraid of Shareholder Democracy?
    December 15, 2014
    | Ciara Torres-Spelliscy
    The US Chamber of Commerce, one of the biggest corporate trade associations, and ALEC, one of the biggest corporate lobbying groups, are both startlingly hostile to shareholders.
  • John Oliver Takes on ALEC
    November 3, 2014
    | Michael Winship
    In the latest of his forays into "investigative comedy," John Oliver takes on the"conservative bill mill."
  • Groups Call on eBay to Quit ALEC
    October 7, 2014
    | John Light
    Now that numerous tech companies — such as Microsoft, Google and Facebook — have cut ties to the lobbying group, the pressure is on those that remain.
  • Google Leads a Corporate Exodus From Lobbying Group ALEC
    September 30, 2014
    | John Light
    Some Silicon Valley companies are taking issue with the conservative group's policy positions on climate change.
  • Civil Liberties
    How the Party of Lincoln Suppresses Black Votes
    September 3, 2014
    | Lou Dubose
    The GOP, facing demographic headwinds, is rewriting laws to maintain its viability.
  • Democracy & Government
    Amid Protests, ALEC Launches New Spinoff to Influence Local Governments
    August 4, 2014
    | Candice Bernd
    Much of ALEC’s agenda for its latest meeting returned to a focus on promoting the extraction and production of fossil fuels while putting up roadblocks for renewable energy initiatives where it can.
  • Morning Reads: Fed Contractors to Fight Obama Orders; Benghazi "Controversy" Fizzles Out
    August 4, 2014
    A roundup of some of the stories we're reading at Moyers & Company HQ...
  • I Attended the Big ALEC Convention — and Found an Alternative Universe
    May 15, 2014
    | Chris Taylor
    ALEC’s guiding principle — supporting big business — turns the small-c conservative ideal of individual liberty and local control on its head.
  • Sheldon Adelson is Building an ALEC-Like Lobbying Network in the States
    May 8, 2014
    The billionaire casino mogul is using it to fight off competition to his gambling business, but what's next?


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