True North

09/07/2024

What is a SCOTUS? Sounds like a prehistoric critter scuttling along some seabed. But, no, it is the acronym for our Supreme Court of the United States. SCOTUS is meant to be the impartial arbiter of legal disputes over what our laws mean. Yet, who are these arbiters, how are they elected, why don’...

09/07/2024

It’s July 4th week! Sure, do a few 12-ounce elbow bends and set off some sparklers in celebration of our people’s democratic values. But wait – why are we celebrating the Spirit of ‘76, but meekly accepting the recent tsunami of autocratic, plutocratic dictates from a s*xtet of extremist, ri...

26/03/2024

Thank you, Laura Flanders & Friends!!

The American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC, is responsible for to American politics. Many people have never heard of the group, but they are behind some of the most extreme bills in state legislatures. Catch our recent episode on ALEC ft. Rep. Ro Khanna and Lisa Graves on public television and radio this week.

True North Center for Media and Democracy

19/02/2023

Illinois Billionaire Dick Uihlein is targeting the Wisconsin Supreme Court with a new political operation that calls itself “Fair Courts America” (FCA). FCA is spending at least $1.79 million to try to win a seat on Uihlein’s neighboring state’s highest court for Dan Kelly, a 1991 graduate of 700 Club mogul Pat Robertson’s Virginia law school, which was not fully accredited by the American Bar Association until 1996. Then-Gov. Scott Walker put Kelly on the Court in 2016; he lost his bid to keep that seat in 2020.

Part 1 of a New Guide on the Right-Wing Groups Targeting the Wisconsin Supreme Court By Lisa Graves and Evan Vorpahl Illinois Billionaire Dick Uihlein is targeting the Wisconsin Supreme Court with a new political operation that calls itself “Fair Courts America” (FCA). FCA is spending at least $...

27/10/2022

On the two year anniversary of 's confirmation, it's clearer than ever that she was installed by regressive dark money forces to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Our own Lisa Graves for Truthout

Dark money forces helped get Amy Coney Barrett on the Supreme Court. They continue to push the bench to the right.

25/10/2022

Don't miss historian Pamela Grundy's piece on the well resourced right-wing attacks on public school curricula in North Carolina and beyond.

"We must all be prepared"

As right-wing groups pour money into local school board races, a Charlotte historian breaks down the conservative movement to limit the teaching of U.S. history, censor books on s*x and s*xuality, and oppress LGBTQ students.

06/01/2022

Don't miss this new report by Evan Vorpahl and Julia Peck on Trump's speech as a blueprint for attacking our free and fair elections

Trump’s Speech Is the Blueprint for the GOP’s Ongoing Legislative Campaign to Undermine Free and Fair Elections True North Research is issuing a report about how Donald Trump’s January 6th speech not only incited an insurrection but also spurred dramatic changes to state election laws that und...

20/09/2021

True North is joining the Paid Leave National Day of Action today and calling on Congress to pass . Join us in texting or calling your member of Congress and let’s make history together.

15/08/2021

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has recently invested up to $300K in the firm the Chair of the Postal Board helps lead. The spox told , who broke the story, that there's no conflict. BTW that firm hearts privatization of public assets:https://truenorthresearch.org/2021/08/more-controversial-investments-by-postmaster-dejoy/

Newly reviewed financial documents show that the controversial Postmaster General, Louis DeJoy, recently started investing in the company where Ron Bloom, the Chair of the Postal Service’s Board of Governors, works as Managing Partner and Vice Chair, according to a new story by Jacob Bobage in the...

12/07/2021

A Backgrounder by Lisa Graves and Evan Vorpahl A group called “Consumers’ Research” recently grabbed headlines after announcing a million dollar ad buy against “woke” corporations that have taken a stand against rightwing measures to make it harder for Americans to vote. CNBC called it a ....

14/06/2021

True North Research joined Common Cause and over 300 organizations in demanding companies stop funding the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) over its role in pushing new voting restrictions across the nation.

Pfizer, FedEx and Anheuser-Busch are among the companies being asked to pull funding.

13/05/2021

About the only thing that hasn't been hurt by the hacking attack that shut down the Colonial Pipeline? The company's market value.

10/05/2021

The court’s new majority is being asked by billionaire Charles Koch’s nonprofits to expand on the notion that “money is speech.”

29/04/2021

True North Research executive director Lisa Graves testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on March 10, 2021, “What’s Wrong with the Supreme Court: The Big-Money Assault on Our Judiciary,” to shed a light on the role that dark money has played in capturing our courts by wealthy sp...