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Groups accuse ALEC, Exxon of tax violations (The Hill) Ava DuVernay’s Netflix film ’13th’ reveals how mass incarceration is an extension of slavery (Washington Post) The Climate Accountability Scorecard: Ranking Major Fossil Companies on Climate Deception, Disclosure, and Action (2016) (Union of Concerned Scientists) Climate's growing role in presidential race (Politico) Exxon and ALEC Running Illegal Lobbying Scheme, Watchdog Groups Charge in IRS Complaint (EXPOSEDbyCMD) How ALEC & the Kochs Publicly Back Criminal Justice Reform & Privately Expand Mass Incarceration (Democracy Now!) ‘The 13th’: Ava DuVernay’s Damning Netflix Doc Finds the Truth About Mass Incarceration (Daily Beast) Advocates: The U.S. Still Profits from Slavery Because the 13th Amendment Perpetuates Prison Labor (Democracy Now!) New York Film Festival Opens With Oscar Worthy ’13th’ by Ava DuVernay (Reel Life With Jane) Bayer Makes Deal With GMO Giant Monsanto (EXPOSEDbyCMD) New Grants Announced: ED Continues to Pour Millions into Charter School Black Hole (EXPOSEDbyCMD) Trump Economic Adviser "Pushing" for Climate Denier and Fossil Fuel Apologist to Head EPA (DeSmog) Meet America's super polluters (USA Today) Big Spending by Fossil Fuel Supporters Swings Ohio Senate Race to GOP (InsideClimate News) Laboratories of Democracy (Creators) Ava DuVernay: 'There's a Lot Going on That We Close Our Eyes To' (Village Voice) Enterprise drops membership in conservative group ALEC (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) Gov. Walker should resign -- Tim Melin (Wisconsin State Journal) Enterprise car rental company leaves Alec after public outcry (The Guardian) The American Legislative Exchange Council is publicly commenting after Enterprise Rental Car resigned (Politico) Scientific organizations must stop taking money from Exxon (The Hill) Student investment fund challenges ExxonMobil (Yale Daily News) More spin: Chief of Kansas Chamber won’t acknowledge reality. (Garden City Telegram) Preemption Laws Take Power Away From Cities, Writer Says (Wisconsin Public Radio) The Shackling of the American City (Slate) Democracy by the distant and the detached (Journal Review) The Independent "Women's" Voice? Most Known Donors Are Men (EXPOSEDbyCMD) Inside the Conservative Push for States to Amend the Constitution (The New York Times) Enterprise Rent-A-Car becomes paid Alec member despite green efforts (The Guardian) Slimantics: Mississippi: The Free State of ALEC (The Commercial Dispatch) Independent Women’s Forum and Independent Women’s Voice Use "Independent" Brand to Push Right-Wing Agenda to Women Voters (EXPOSEDbyCMD) Meet the 'Feminists' Doing the Koch Brothers' Dirty Work (The Nation) ALEC's goal is to leave out regular Hoosiers (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette) ALEC Under Attack: Activism Matters (CounterPunch) Federal Court Delivers a Blow to Municipal Broadband (Common Dreams) ALEC influencing Arizona (Sierra Vista Herald) The Anti-Transparency Agenda Hailed Inside ALEC (EXPOSEDbyCMD) World’s largest online travel company Expedia severs ties with ALEC (The Guardian) Expedia Latest to Exit ALEC (EXPOSEDbyCMD) AARP: Adios, ALEC (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette) A shamed AARP withdraws from right-wing lobbying organization ALEC (Los Angeles Times) Click here to find archived news articles.