Crackdown Targets Worker Rights Activists
Around the world, a pattern of attacks against freedom of assembly and collective bargaining is increasing - even in countries with strong democracies - within a broader clampdown on human rights and restrictions on civic space.
What’s the Foreign Agents Registration Act? We’ve Got Answers
Civil rights leader W.E.B. DuBois faced prison time in the 1950s because of this statute. Today, critics call it outdated and ambiguous.
A Year for Global Activism
"Whatever motivates you to act and speak out, remember that this is a long game, and do not let your activist spirit falter." Sam Worthington
A Vision of 2018
"Last year, we stood united against unprecedented assaults on NGOs and thankfully, some of our worst fears and concerns did not come to fruition."
Coalition Statement of Support for the Global Food Security Reauthorization Act of 2017 (S.2269)
As organizations engaged in efforts to end global hunger, malnutrition, and extreme poverty, we welcome the introduction of the Global…
Is that environmental group a pawn of Beijing? Nonprofits wary of being branded ‘foreign agents’
"It is not at all clear where this is headed," said Sam Worthington, CEO of InterAction, a large coalition of U.S.-based nonprofits that work internationally. He warns that thousands of American nonprofits could find themselves in the same predicament as the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Is that environmental group a pawn of Beijing? Nonprofits wary of being branded ‘foreign agents’
“It is not at all clear where this is headed,” said Sam Worthington. He warns that thousands of American nonprofits could find themselves in the same predicament as the Natural Resources Defense Council."
Foreign Lobbying Overhaul Loses Steam in Congress
Amid partisan clashes and pushback from foreign-owned companies, the push to strengthen the Foreign Agents Registration Act appears to be going nowhere fast.
FARA Fiasco: Congress Swings at Manafort, Hits Environmentalists
Broken foreign lobbying laws are unfairly labeling environmental groups as foreign agents.