LIBERAL DEMOCRACY
ALLIANCE
“It's not just conservatives
and corporations that
are seeking
intellectual
capture. The Democracy Alliance was founded in 2005 by a group of liberals
looking to counter the tide of corporate money into think tanks and advocacy
groups. As Kenneth Vogel has reported in Politico, the alliance has compiled a
roster of a hundred or so wealthy individuals committed to giving at least
$200,000 annually to twenty-one endorsed institutions, among them the
Center for American Progress, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, and Media Matters for America. Major donors include George Soros; Rob McKay, the heir to the Taco Bell
fortune; Tom Steyer, the former hedge fund manager turned environmental activist; and Houston trial lawyers Amber and Steve Mostyn.
capture. The Democracy Alliance was founded in 2005 by a group of liberals
looking to counter the tide of corporate money into think tanks and advocacy
groups. As Kenneth Vogel has reported in Politico, the alliance has compiled a
roster of a hundred or so wealthy individuals committed to giving at least
$200,000 annually to twenty-one endorsed institutions, among them the
Center for American Progress, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, and Media Matters for America. Major donors include George Soros; Rob McKay, the heir to the Taco Bell
fortune; Tom Steyer, the former hedge fund manager turned environmental activist; and Houston trial lawyers Amber and Steve Mostyn.
“How much
each donor
gives and to what
is not known, however,
for the
Democracy Alliance is highly secretive, with a website that seems opaque
by design.”
Democracy Alliance is highly secretive, with a website that seems opaque
by design.”
Massing, Michael, ‘How to Cover the One Percent,’ The New
York Review, January 14, 2016, pp: 74-76.
