CMD Files IRS Complaint Against Fair Lines America Foundation for Misreporting Its 2018 Income
GOP-aligned redistricting group failed to disclose $225,000 channeled through DonorsTrust, the conduit of choice for the Koch political donors network.
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Facebook creates fact-checking exemption for climate deniers
A group with ties to the fossil fuel industry plans to use Facebook's op-ed loophole to spread climate misinformation.
Black Voters Continue to Face Voter Suppression 155 Years After Juneteenth
“Throwing out preclearance when it has worked and is continuing to work to stop discriminatory changes is like throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet.” Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Shelby County v. Holder (2013).
Supreme Court Will Have Chance to Review Case Seeking to End Super PAC Spending in U.S. Elections
Federal lawmakers are petitioning the Supreme Court to review a lawsuit challenging SpeechNow.org v. Federal Election Commission, the 2010 appeals court ruling that created super PACs
CMD Joins Groups Denouncing Attacks on Press Covering Anti-Racism Protests
There have been more than 320 reports of journalists being harassed, arrested, assaulted, and hurt during the nationwide protests against police violence and racial inequality that have erupted since George Floyd's murder.
CMD Joins Civil Rights Leaders in National Day of Mourning for George Floyd and Racial Injustice
Today, we at the Center for Media and Democracy mourn the murder of George Floyd at the knee of the state.
Groups Call on ALEC’s Corporate Funders to Cut Ties Over Its Coronavirus Lobbying Efforts
CMD joins Common Cause and 71 other groups calling on companies to stop funding ALEC due to its leading role in the right-wing campaign to protest COVID-19 public safety measures and reopen the economy despite warnings from public health officials.
This Earth Day, Stop the Money Pipeline
We’re cooked unless investors stop funding fossil fuel companies.
New Energy Wiki Provides Valuable Resource for Climate Activists Around the World
On this 50th anniversary of Earth Day, Global Energy Monitor and CMD announce the launching of comprehensive fossil fuel tracking site that provides valuable research tools for activists, journalists, and policymakers.
COVID-19 'Liberate' Groups Are the Same Ones Pushing Climate Denial
The well-funded machinery that sowed doubt about climate is now sowing seeds of doubt over the economic and public health response to COVID-19.
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