From Academics to Activists: Teachers Unions ‘Reimagine’ Spending Priorities

NEW GAI REPORT SHOWS WHERE THE MONEY GOES During the 2021 fiscal year, the two largest teachers unions in the US – the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) – collected approximately $575 million in dues from their members. How did they spend these funds? In past decades these funds

The Truth About Ukrainian Biolabs

When the invasion of Ukraine began, Russian leaders accused the U.S. of weaponizing deadly pathogens in Ukrainian biolabs near Russia’s borders. While the U.S. initially denied the claim, Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland admitted in a congressional hearing that biolabs do exist in Ukraine and that the U.S. has partnered with the country on

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Each week, co-hosts Peter Schweizer and Eric Eggers relentlessly expose crony capitalism and corruption in Washington, DC. These audio podcasts, still very new for GAI, will feature occasional guests, including former Rep. Jason Chaffetz and journalist Lee Smith, who are both Distinguished Fellows at GAI, and authors Mollie Hemingway and Alex Marlow, to name a

USA Today on STOCK Act: “Congress backpedals on ethics”

 “… The latest example is the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act, which explicitly bars lawmakers and staffers from spreading or trading on inside information. The law passed in 2012 only after CBS’ 60 Minutes aired a scathing report, based on a book by Peter Schweizer, exposing the way members of Congress profit from their