Inside Ziklag, the Secret
Organization of Wealthy Christians
(ProPublica) - 7/13/2024 - The little-known charity is backed by
famous conservative donors, including the families behind Hobby Lobby
and Uline. It’s spending millions to make a big political push for
this election — but it may be violating the law. A network of ultrawealthy Christian donors is spending nearly $12
million to mobilize Republican-leaning voters and purge more than a
million people from the rolls in key swing states, aiming to tilt the
2024 election in favor of former President Donald Trump.
These previously unreported plans are the work of a group named Ziklag, a little-known charity whose donors have included some of the wealthiest conservative Christian families in the nation, including the billionaire Uihlein family, who made a fortune in office supplies, the Greens, who run Hobby Lobby, and the Wallers, who own the Jockey apparel corporation. Recipients of Ziklag’s largesse include Alliance Defending Freedom, which is the Christian legal group that led the overturning of Roe v. Wade, plus the national pro-Trump group Turning Point USA and a constellation of right-of-center advocacy groups . . . . see full store HERE
School Voucher Costs Blow Hole
in State Budget
(Propublica) - 7/16/2024 - In 2022, Arizona pioneered the largest school voucher program in the history of education. Under a new law, any parent in the state, no matter how affluent, could get a taxpayer-funded voucher worth up to tens of thousands of dollars to spend on private school tuition, extracurricular programs or homeschooling supplies. In just the past two years, nearly a dozen states have enacted sweeping voucher programs similar to Arizona’s Empowerment Scholarship Account system, with many using it as a model.
One Year Later, Uganda's
Anti-LGBTQ+ Law Is Destroying Lives
(LGBTQ) - 7/16/2024 - In May 2023, Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni signed one of the harshest anti-LGBTQ+ laws in the world. A year on, the law has worsened the state of LGBTQ+ rights and has become a model shaping the thoughts of other African leaders in regard to queerness — it has also led to a major setback despite the decade-long fight against homophobia.