Feb 24, 2013
saw this making its way around people’s inboxes yesterday: A most worthy cause. But, Color of Change, just as you were with ALEC–where have you been? Must you wait and test the waters before capitalizing by joining in? With ALEC you jumped in to the campaign to expose them long after so many other researchers [...]
Aug 29, 2012
Published on Jul 27, 2012 by PRWatch July 25, 2012 — KSTU Television FOX 13, Salt Lake City, UT — Max Roth reporting: The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), an organization that has taken center stage in a national debate over the proper roles of government and business, is meeting in Salt Lake City to [...]
Jul 15, 2012
In an excellent example of how ALEC writes the laws, Politics Nation examines how identical language is used to mask that the legislation all came from a common source. The Stand Your Ground law is used as an example of this. ALEC and the NRA took this FL law, got it approved as Model Legislation, [...]
Jun 19, 2012
From an article published at the Center for Media and Democracy, by Lisa Graves, Ex. Dir. From Lisa’s outstanding expose on Koch bought media… “It’s a Koch-Fueled World for Some Given Megaphones on the Right” The author of the piece was given the title of “Investigative Researcher of the Daily Caller News Foundation” based on [...]
Jun 12, 2012
Advocates and researchers converged this week in Rhode Island to talk about work exposing the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). The group, including the Center for Media and Democracy‘s Executive Director Lisa Graves, was gathered for a panel at Netroots Nation, a conference which brings together bloggers, social justice advocates, labor and organizational leaders, grassroots [...]
Apr 12, 2012
Lisa Graves, Executive Director of The Center for Media and Democracy, sheds light on ALEC’s fracking agenda. To watch this video, please click here
Apr 1, 2012
From Policymic – article on the DC Protest against the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) by numerous progressive, activist and civil rights groups and individuals for their involvement in the creation of the “Castle Doctrine” or stand your ground law. ALEC has also been identified as the creator of the “Voter ID” legislation now being enacted nationwide [...]
