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Koch brothers

January 2024

  • Charles Koch, the chief executive of Koch Industries, in this 2019 photo.

    Families condemn Koch brothers over ploy to avoid asbestos compensation

  • A thin, older white man in a suit and tie wearing glasses looks off to his right.

    Big oil uncovered
    PR giant Edelman worked with Koch network, despite climate pledges

December 2023

  • illustrated checkerboard with images of Pitbull, polluting factories, and Charles Kock

    Big oil uncovered
    Revealed: how top pop stars are used to ‘launder the reputation’ of Koch family

    Stand Together Music, part of rightwing billionaire Charles Koch’s advocacy network, collaborates with Pitbull, Machine Gun Kelly and others

October 2023

  • Charles Koch at the Broadmoor Resort in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on 29 June 2019.

    Big oil uncovered
    ‘Get the right cases to the supreme court’: inside Charles Koch’s network

  • White woman in black suit sits in front of shelves full of law books

    ‘This is her opportunity’: governor Kathy Hochul could forever unmask New York’s financial criminals

September 2023

  • Clarence Thomas in his chambers at the US supreme court building in June 2016.

    Revelations of Clarence Thomas’s Koch links stoke supreme court reform calls

  • Clarence Thomas

    Clarence Thomas spoke at two donor events of ultra-right Koch network

July 2023

  • The ExxonMobil oil refinery in Baton Rouge.

    Big oil uncovered
    ‘Project 2025’: plan to dismantle US climate policy for next Republican president

    Rightwing groups penned a conservative wish list of proposals for the next conservative president to gut environmental protections

June 2023

  • A man enters an encampment that has been outfitted with a misting station during a heatwave in Portland, Oregon, in August 2021.

    Big oil uncovered
    Oregon county sues big oil over 2021 heatwave that killed dozens of people

    Multnomah county is suing 17 companies for the fatal heatwave, seeking billions to upgrade public services and infrastructure

February 2023

  • The exterior of the US Capitol in Washington, DC.

    Koch brothers’ advocacy group courts far-right Republicans it vowed to thwart

    Americans for Prosperity Action recently invited two politicians who tried vigorously to overturn the 2020 presidential election

November 2022

  • Attendees listen to Donald Trump speak at a rally in Warren, Michigan, on 1 October 2022.

    The fight for democracy
    US corporations gave more than $8m to election deniers’ midterm campaigns

    Giant companies such as the AT&T, Home Depot and Boeing contributed to candidates who falsely claimed that Trump won in 2020

September 2022

  • Charles Koch,r m<br>FILE - In this June 29, 2019, file photo, Charles Koch, chief executive officer of Koch Industries, at The Broadmoor Resort in Colorado Springs, Colo. The Supreme Court has ordered California to stop collecting the names and addresses of top donors to charities. The justices voted 6-3 along ideological lines to side with two nonprofit groups, including one with links to billionaire Charles Koch, that argued California's policy violates the First Amendment. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

    Alarm as Koch bankrolls dozens of election denier candidates

    Election watchdogs say Koch’s about face after pledging change following January 6 is disturbing given the threats to democracy

March 2022

  • A sign advertising Koch Industries is seen in Boston in 2019.

    Pressure mounts on Koch Industries to halt business in Russia

    While hundreds of companies have paused operations, three Koch subsidiaries are still operating in the country

February 2022

  • A coal-fired power plant with tall smokestacks is silhouetted against a golden yellow morning sky, as dark clouds of smoke or steam rise up from the left of the image.

    How a court case over pollution could be used to unravel federal regulatory power

    Rightwing groups are urging the supreme court to hobble not just environmental regulation, but Biden’s ability to govern

December 2021

  • ‘This is a profound responsibility,’ Murdoch said of taking over the ranch.

    Rupert Murdoch buys $200m Montana cattle ranch from Koch family

    The ranch provides habitat for 4,000 elk, 800 antelope and 1,500 mule deer and a 28-mile-long creek stocked with trout

May 2021

  • Charles Koch in 2007.

    Charles Koch funded eviction push while investing in real estate companies

    Between 2017 and 2019, Koch’s foundation contributed almost $7.7m to three conservative US groups leading court battle

September 2020

  • Philanthrophy long read illustration

    The Audio Long Read
    How philanthropy benefits the super-rich – podcast

  • Philanthrophy long read illustration

    The long read
    How philanthropy benefits the super-rich

April 2020

  • Protesters attend an anti-Koch brothers rally in Beverly Hills

    Environmental investigations
    Claims of 445% rise in Australian green tape based on 'lazy' and 'flawed' analysis

    RegData word count used to attack environmental laws was developed at rightwing thinktank linked to billionaire Charles Koch

February 2020

  • Fred Koch in 2017.

    Frederick Koch, arts benefactor and low-profile Koch brother, dies aged 86

    While his high profile brothers bankrolled libertarian causes, Frederick Koch preferred to live in relative anonymity
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