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The slaying of unarmed teen-ager Trayvon Martin has shed light on the shadowy American Legislative Exchange Council, which dreams up pro-corporate legislation to peddle to the states and as with the gun-toting “Stand Your Ground” law can inflict suffering and death on innocent people, Bill Berkowitz

This has been the summer where Americans returned to travel and took their chances with COVID19 meeting them on the road.Vacations, family reunions and conventions are all coming back on calendars, and none too soon for convention and business travel destinations similar to Atlanta.Thankfully, massive events such Dragon Con and the national gathering of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)

This has been the summer where Americans returned to travel, and took their chances with COVID-19 meeting them on the road.

“We all acknowledge the importance of surrounding oneself with like-minded people in these turbulent times.” — anonymous, Covid Times, March-April 2022

The Philippine National Police (PNP) will be deploying at least 600 policemen for the special elections in 12 barangays in Lanao del Sur that will be held on Tuesday, May 24. PNP Officer-In-Charge Lt. Gen. Vicente Danao said two companies of policemen are from the Special Action Force while anothe

If you really love your country, prove it by respecting the results of the May 9 elections. This was the call of a ranking official of the Philippine National Police (PNP) after rallyists gathered anew to protest alleged irregularities during the conduct of the national and local elections on Monda

Racial justice groups say Arizona Republicans violated a state open meetings law at a secretive right-wing summit.

May 20, 2021 - 9:09am Republican state legislators, including dozens tied to the corporate-funded American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), are pushing to loosen restrictions on poll watching, which has historically been aimed at preventing Black Americans from voting. These poll watching initiatives are part of a broader movement to suppress voting in the wake of a presidential election and violent insurrection that didnt achieve what these lawmakers wanted. The Republican Partys use of po...

Rand Paul and ALEC Are Working Together to Suppress the Vote Sen. Rand Paul walks through the Senate subway without a face covering on February 13, 2021, in Washington, D.C. Samuel Corum / Getty Images U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) last month said he has spoken with state legislators through the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) about passing state bills that restrict voting rights and impose greater legislative control over how elections are run. In a live-streamed video on April ...

In a video with the right-wing Texas Public Policy Foundation, the Kentucky senator made it clear that he’s teaming up with the American Legislative Exchange Council to back Trumpian voter suppression efforts this year.