Stories by Bill Berkowitz
Bill Berkowitz is a freelance writer covering right-wing groups and movements.
Posted on May 13, 2012, Source: Talk To Action
Philip Anschutz is involved in a lawsuit trying to overturn a fracking ban.
Posted on Mar 25, 2012, Source: Huffington Post
The Florida 'stand-your-ground' law "is the template for an American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) 'model bill' that has been pushed in other states."
Posted on Sep 7, 2011, Source: Talk To Action
Outside of Texas, Dr. James Leininger is a relatively unknown multi-millionaire. Inside the state he's known as the "Sugar Daddy" of the religious right.
Posted on Sep 4, 2011, Source: Talk To Action
A series of right-wing-initiated violent actions in the U.S., including bombings, plans for bombings, and assassinations, have not gotten the attention they deserve.
Posted on Aug 5, 2011, Source: Talk To Action
Buchanan's bigoted ideas may not be adopted outright, but they find their way into the mouths of others that do have a following.
Posted on Jul 1, 2011, Source: AlterNet
The use of agent provocateurs and informants almost guarantees a steady stream of fake anti-terrorist victories.
Posted on Jun 29, 2011, Source: Talk To Action
How taxpayers are funding the world's biggest Christian evangelical university.
Posted on Jun 13, 2011, Source: Talk To Action
Many GOPers refer getting a "call" from God to run for President. Is it crass pandering to the religious right, or their massive egos?
Posted on Apr 21, 2011, Source: BuzzFlash
Tim Pawlenty has made perhaps the most significant move yet along the long buck-filled road to the Republican Party's presidential nomination.
Posted on Mar 31, 2011, Source: Smirking Chimp
This shadowy organization has played an extraordinary role in shaping pro-corporate legislation in a number of states.
Posted on Nov 22, 2010, Source: AlterNet
A whistleblower's allegations against the health insurance industry reveal sophisticated planning to squash Michael Moore's documentary, 'Sicko.'
Posted on Jun 30, 2010, Source: AlterNet
Right-wing groups warn that Western civilization is facing a ‘demographic winter,’ risking the destruction of what they call the natural family.
Posted on Mar 31, 2010, Source: AlterNet
Five years after the death of Terri Schiavo, right-wing opportunists continue to use her case to advance their political agenda.
Posted on Mar 1, 2010, Source: AlterNet
The New Apostolic Reformation, the largest religious movement you've never heard of, aims to take control of communities through 'prayer warriors.'
Posted on Feb 1, 2010, Source: AlterNet
A new book tells the story of how one New York-based journalist embedded himself in the backbreaking work routinely performed by immigrant laborers.
Posted on Dec 28, 2009, Source: IPS News
Are the openly-racist elements within the Tea Party movement an aberration, or are they more firmly entrenched than tea partiers would care to admit?
Posted on Oct 12, 2009, Source: Religion Dispatches
It was a hot summer full of sex scandals for GOP members of "The Family," the exclusive conservative Christian group with designs on DC power.
Posted on Sep 25, 2009, Source: Talk To Action
As a number of older Religious Right leaders pass on or retire, their sons are stepping in to take their place.
Posted on Aug 21, 2009, Source: AlterNet
The most prominent voices for conservatism in African American communities continue to be those of Christian church leaders.
Posted on Aug 10, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Perhaps it's not the best time for such an effort.
Posted on Jul 7, 2009, Source: AlterNet
The Promise Keepers -- a conservative men's group -- is focusing on women, the poor and Jews.
Posted on Jun 24, 2009, Source: Religion Dispatches
Anti-choice crusader Lila Rose has devoted her considerable media savvy to depriving other women of their reproductive rights.
Posted on May 30, 2009, Source: IPS News
Meet Lila Rose, the new 20-year old face of the anti-choice movement.
Posted on Mar 2, 2009, Source: Smirking Chimp
Arkansas takes the lead in bringing America's obsession with firepower to the pews.
Posted on Feb 24, 2009, Source: IPS News
Jimmy Carter-hating Mike Evans claims: "You can save American lives by helping me get on the major networks."
Posted on Oct 13, 2008, Source: Media Transparency
BornAliveTruth.org plays loose with the facts in an ad targeting Obama.
Posted on Oct 1, 2008, Source: Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute
Thanks to Palin, McCain can now pay for expensive attacks on Obama, giving him the same kind of clout Bush had in battleground states.
Posted on Aug 15, 2008, Source: Media Transparency
Citizens United is rolling out 'Hype: The Obama Effect,' an anti-Obama documentary that aims to make waves.
Posted on May 13, 2008, Source: Talk To Action
The FBI is now investigating the man who declared war on equal protection for gays in federal workplaces.
Posted on Apr 23, 2008, Source: Media Transparency
For the past two years, Congress has designated the first weekend in May as "Ten Commandments Weekend." Wonder why?
Posted on Apr 4, 2008, Source: Media Transparency
Funded by wealthy Republican Party donors and former White House officials, the group may be accomplishing less than it claims.
Posted on Jan 13, 2007, Source: Media Transparency
With an expected half-billion dollar from a handful of megadonors, George W. Bush's 'truest believers' plan the mother of all presidential libraries and conservative think tanks.
Posted on Oct 27, 2005, Source: AlterNet
Was it Harriet Miers' views on the Constitution or her lack of a male partner that made conservatives so squeamish?
Posted on Sep 22, 2005, Source: AlterNet
$200 billion in taxes isn't enough? USAID launches an online venture to solicit donations from the American public for rebuilding projects in Iraq.
Posted on Aug 18, 2005, Source: AlterNet
Will it continue to be open season on the 'scruffy guy in a baseball cap' as he prepares a new film on America's ailing health care industry?
Posted on Apr 22, 2005, Source: AlterNet
As corporations and privateers gear up for Earth Day, environmental activist Scott Silver aims his gaze at one of the most overlooked developments in the anti-environmental arsenal -- the growing trend of privatization on America's public lands.
Posted on Feb 28, 2005, Source: WorkingForChange.com
Why have the morality monitors been silent about the Gannon affair in which a gay prostitute was given special privileges by the Bush White House?
Posted on Feb 22, 2005, Source: AlterNet
By harnessing the investigative power of hundreds of citizen journalists, media activists John Stauber and Sheldon Rampton aim to reinvent journalism.
Posted on Feb 9, 2005, Source: WorkingForChange.com
A conservative director wants college students to document "liberal professors" who inject their personal views into classrooms. Is this intimidation of free speech or just a publicity stunt?
Posted on Oct 14, 2004, Source: WorkingForChange.com
A voter registration outfit largely funded by the Republican National Committee is being accused of destroying the registration forms of hundreds of newly registered Democratic voters in Nevada.
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