In this excerpt from his book "The Last Gun," Tom Diaz introduces the NRA's person in Florida, Marion Hammer.

Mark Fiore takes a look at the role that ALEC and the NRA played in the passage of Stand Your Ground laws in Florida and George Zimmerman's defense.

The role the “stand your ground” law played in George Zimmerman's acquittal has become the subject of renewed and fervent attention.

The nation’s largest civil rights group is seeking action from the Department of Justice and is targeting the NRA and ALEC-inspired "stand your ground" laws.

ALEC-inspired bills passed in several states make it a crime to film or take photographs exposing conditions in factory farms and slaughterhouses.

A new Florida law prohibits “living wage” and paid sick-leave policies set by local city and town councils.

Get updated on the secretive scheme to remake America by changing its laws, one state house at a time.

Despite its expressed commitment to transparency, the controversial organization appears to have undertaken efforts to stop its documents from falling into outside hands.

ALEC's report claims to rank U.S. states based on their “economic outlook," but it's ideology that gets a state to the top -- or bottom -- of the list.

Nearly 200 rallied at Sallie Mae’s shareholder meeting last week to demand a meeeting with the nation’s largest private student loan lender.