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September 1, 2026 at 5:28 PM

Tired of Big Tech and Love LittleSis? Become a Monthly Sustainer Today!

[link removed] Friends of LittleSis, Today we’re launching our 2026 LittleSustainer Drive to help LittleSis continue to provide vital research capacity and resources to our movement groups. If you’ve ever attended a LittleSis public training, read our local and national [reporting]([link re…

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August 4, 2026 at 6:43 PM

Research Tools For Organizers 2026

[link removed] [link removed] Friends of LittleSis, It’s that time of year — as schools go back in session, LittleSis is gearing up for our third annual Research Tools for Organizers training series. Research Tools for Organizers is a four part training series designed to bring a new per…

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July 29, 2026 at 5:38 PM

Dreaming of a World Without Billionaires

[link removed] Friends of LittleSis, Here’s your dose of anti-billionaire propaganda to wrap up the month. (Stay till the end for a reveal of our new artwork for sustaining donors!) In New York, a state with the second-most billionaires in the U.S. and the geographical home of Wall Street, …

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June 30, 2026 at 7:36 PM

Blame the billionaires

[link removed] Friends of LittleSis, We hope you are staying cool during this heat wave brought to you by the [world’s 3,428 billionaires, 989 of which reside in the U.S]([link removed]).. Everyday, people are organizing to challenge the corporate and billionaire agendas. Here are some of t…

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June 10, 2026 at 4:48 PM

Pennsylvania, Illinois Stand Up to Big Tech

[link removed] Friends of LittleSis, Yesterday, the Pennsylvania State House [passed the Digital Ad Tax]([link removed]), taking a big step towards holding Big Tech corporations accountable for the profits they make from our personal data. The vote was a result of many years of organizing. Thr…

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June 8, 2026 at 4:44 PM

Will AI money lead Governor Hochul to veto New York’s data center moratorium?

[link removed] On the evening of June 4, the New York State legislature passed a bill to enact a one-year moratorium on the construction of data centers in the state. If signed into law, this law would make New York the first in the United States to implement a statewide moratorium as public supp…

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May 18, 2026 at 2:37 PM

Train with us this summer!

[link removed] [link removed] Friends of LittleSis, This summer, we have a training each month until our Research tools for Organizers series in the fall. Whether you are just getting started with power research or have years of experience, this is a space for all to learn and engage. We ho…

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April 28, 2026 at 3:37 PM

NEW ZINE! How does Wall Street fuel the climate crisis?

[link removed] Friends of LittleSis, In 2024, we launched the [Fossil Fuel Finance Hub]([link removed]) micro-site as a centralized place for learning about the often behind the scenes role commercial banks, insurance corporations, private equity, and asset managers all play in propping up the…

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March 30, 2026 at 2:50 PM

NEW REPORT: Michigan’s Corporate Lobby

[link removed] Who rules Michigan? Like everywhere across the United States, billionaires and corporations wield an inordinate amount of influence over policy and governance in the state of Michigan. [link removed] In our latest report, [“Michigan’s Corporate Lobby”]([link removed]), we …

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February 25, 2026 at 5:08 AM

February rundown: Know your local billionaire. Then break up with them.

[link removed] [link removed] Friends of LittleSis, The world is upside down and billionaires are to blame. From underfunded schools to fossil fuels, every issue we face today can be tied back to a greedy, shady billionaire. That’s why this Valentine's we put out a call to [break up with ou…

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January 21, 2026 at 8:25 PM

LINK CORRECTED: Eyes on ICE Collaborators: Sharing a Win & Research Guide

[link removed] Dear LittleFriends, I’m sure you are also closely following the news out of Minneapolis about ICE’s expanded operations and violent escalation, as well as the courageous response of community members to resist the kidnappings, beatings, and murders of their neighbors. Across the…

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January 21, 2026 at 8:02 PM

Eyes on ICE Collaborators: Sharing a Win & Research Guide

[link removed] Dear LittleFriends, I’m sure you are also closely following the news out of Minneapolis about ICE’s expanded operations and violent escalation, as well as the courageous response of community members to resist the kidnappings, beatings, and murders of their neighbors. Across the…

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January 15, 2026 at 5:54 PM

New year, new trainings

[link removed] [link removed] Friends of LittleSis, As corporations and the politicians they back continue to fuel violence in our communities here and abroad, we are reminded that only we keep us safe. We believe everyone has a role to play in the movement and ours is to provide you with t…

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December 31, 2025 at 3:19 PM

We’re More Powerful Than They Think

[link removed] Alongside all the devastation of this past year, we’ve been so moved by the moments of light and collective power shining through: on picket lines across the US where low-wage workers are fighting for dignity and finding solidarity and support, in schools where educators are teachi…

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December 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM

Earthlings vs. Billionaires

[link removed] [A banner with a blue, purple and red gradient background. There's a randomized list of people ranging from workers to artists, to nurses, the right side reads, everybody versus billionaires.]([link removed]) Friends of LittleSis, While billionaires are fantasizing about colo…

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December 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM

EVERYBODY VS BILLIONAIRES: The LittleSis Guide to Exposing The Billionaires in Your Backyard

[link removed] [link removed] Over the past year alone, the top ten U.S. billionaires saw their wealth grow by an astounding $698 billion, enough to end homelessness in the U.S. for over sixty years or end world hunger for twenty years. As working people across the nation face rising prices…

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December 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM

Teachers, Kids, Students Vs Billionaires

[link removed] Friends of LittleSis, On a hot July day in Tampa at the 2022 Moms for Liberty Summit, former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos [told]([link removed]) the crowd that the US Department of Education should be abolished – a threat that earned her a standing ovation from the Moms for L…

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November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM

It’s Everybody vs. Billionaires. Are you in?

[link removed] In just the 10 months since the inauguration on January 20th the 916 billionaires residing in the United States have added over [$1.2 trillion]([link removed]) to their wealth, which now tops $8 trillion. During this same period, we saw the basic needs of tens of millions of everyd…

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November 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM

NEW REPORT: Hochul stalls climate action amid multi-million dollar lobbying effort by fossil fuel industry

[link removed] Friends of LittleSis, We have been reporting on the fossil fuel industry’s efforts to block, delay, and water down climate action in New York State for more than a decade. From the [effort to kill the bill]([link removed]) that became New York’s nation-leading climate mitigation…

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November 3, 2025 at 8:09 PM

Two years of Research Tools for Organizers

[link removed] Friends of LittleSis, As those of you who have attended our Research Tools for Organizers training series know, it’s an incredible gathering of so many different corners of our rich movement ecosystem. It has been humbling for us to see how many of you are hungry for power resea…

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October 2, 2025 at 7:08 PM

Billionaire Oligarchs and Corporations are Profiting from ICE

[link removed] Friends of LittleSis, Behind ICE’s mass scale abductions are tech companies profiting off providing services via million dollar contracts to the federal agency. For years, immigrant rights groups have warned of [big tech’s]([link removed]) role in criminal justice and immigra…

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August 29, 2025 at 3:20 PM

Summer School Recap: Research Tools for Organizers 2025

[link removed] Friends of LittleSis, As students are heading back to school this month, we wrapped up our summer [Research Tools for Organizers]([link removed]) series. Billionaires, corporations, non-profits—each of these play a critical role in upholding the power structure and profiting …

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  LittleSis · [email protected]

August 12, 2025 at 3:38 PM

Welcome our new Co-ED, Munira Lokhandwala!

[link removed] Friends of LittleSis, Over the past few years, we’ve seen the growth of powerful mass movements responding to the burning crises of our time. People have been rising up en masse to fight for workers, defend immigrants, resist militarism, advocate for climate justice, and hold bi…

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July 30, 2025 at 4:39 PM

Feeling the Heat? So is Wall Street. Here’s Why…

[link removed] Friends of LittleSis, As climate change accelerates, organizers across the country are turning up the heat on fossil fuel financiers. We’ve [reported]([link removed]) on how just a small group of powerful financial institutions make up an interlocking structure that co-owns, co-…

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July 14, 2025 at 8:45 PM

Research Tools for Organizers: the halfway mark

[link removed] Friends of LittleSis, We’re officially halfway through the Research Tools for Organizing training series! Over 1,300 people decided to level up their strategic tool kit and train with us this summer. We began the series with an intro to power research and explored how to iden…

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June 27, 2025 at 5:50 PM

Honoring Queer Resistance

[link removed] Friends of LittleSis, While [corporations are choosing to stay]([link removed]) in the closet this Pride month, LittleSis is queer year-round! As pride month wraps up we want to recognize the crucial role that queer and trans organizers have played in our movements. Their ana…

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May 30, 2025 at 1:51 PM

May is for the Workers

[link removed] Friends of LittleSis, Organizers across the country broke records this month with over a THOUSAND May Day events taking place across 800 towns and cities in all 50 states, demonstrating that while billionaires hold a disproportionate amount of wealth and power, our power is in h…

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May 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM

Here's how your taxes and retirement savings are financing the war on Gaza

[link removed] Hi John, This week, LittleSis and ACRE released a new primer breaking down Israel’s debt landscape—how the Israeli government raises money, who it borrows from, and what role U.S. cities, states, counties, and pension funds play in sustaining Israel’s crumbling economy. For t…

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May 9, 2025 at 8:21 PM

Launching Research Tools For Organizers 2025

[link removed] Friends of LittleSis, Our movements are stronger when we know who we are up against. Whether you’re a researcher or organizer, seasoned or new, the Research Tools for Organizers training series is designed to help you level up your strategic toolkit. The first session of this…

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April 29, 2025 at 2:47 PM

Welcome to our new series: Meet the Rich

[link removed] Friends of LittleSis, There are now more than 3,000 billionaires worldwide according to [Forbes’ 2025 world billionaires list]([link removed]) released earlier this month. Of those, 902 live in the US, where they use their immense power over our lives and our democracy to rig th…

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April 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM

Ready to level up your power research? Announcing Research Tools for Organizers 2025

[link removed] Friends of LittleSis, Are you ready to level up your strategic toolkit? On May 15th, we’re launching the second annual [“Research Tools for Organizers,”]([link removed]) a training series designed to bring a new perspective to your organizing by incorporating practical research …

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March 28, 2025 at 3:27 PM

Confronting the 'Superbowl of Energy'

[link removed] Friends of LittleSis, I had the privilege of traveling to Houston two weeks ago to attend a [series of events]([link removed]) organized by the Texas Campaign for the Environment and nearly a dozen other climate justice groups protesting at the annual energy industry conference,…

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February 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM

Keeping our eyes on the Billionaire ties

[link removed] Friends of LittleSis, From local to national politics, billionaire dollars have influence over decisions that are being made about our everyday lives. With each billionaire comes an even wider network of other ultra wealthy donors and industries, interests and causes they repres…

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January 31, 2025 at 4:48 PM

A Fresh New Look for the LittleSis Database in 2025

[link removed] Friends of LittleSis, Since 2009, the[LittleSis power research database]([link removed]) has served as a tool for investigating networks of influence. The site houses 4,428,709 connections between: paid for politicians, corporate fat cats, revolving door lobbyists, secretive sup…

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December 31, 2024 at 3:53 PM

Level up your power research in 2025 with LittleSis

[link removed] Friends, You showed up big this year – - Over 1,500 of you became editors on the LittleSis research database. - You added 11,500 new powerful entities and 47,358 relationships to the database. - You created nearly 1,000 power network maps. - 850 of you joined us for the in…

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December 19, 2024 at 2:48 PM

Why LittleSis Now?

[link removed] Friends of LittleSis, LittleSis is a lot of things – accessible movement technology, a hub for free power research training, and original action-oriented research. But above all, we are a small and mighty team of power researchers dedicated to building stronger movements and hol…

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December 2, 2024 at 4:27 PM

Looking back with LittleSis: 15 years of power research for our movements

[link removed] Dear Friends, As we mark the 15th anniversary of the LittleSis database, we are reminded that the fight against corporate power is a long one. While presidential administrations come and go, an unelected elite of billionaires, corporate executives, and influence peddlers is alwa…

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November 18, 2024 at 3:53 PM

LittleSis – 15 years of research for the people

Friends of LittleSis, In a couple of weeks we will be celebrating something really special – [15 years of LittleSis]([link removed])! That means 15 years of independent, action-oriented research focused on holding power to account. 15 years of trainings to support organizers, campaigners, and …

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September 12, 2024 at 2:44 PM

NEW RESEARCH RELEASE: The Genocide Gentry

[link removed] Friends of LittleSis, Today, we’re joining our partners at Adalah Justice Project and the Action Center on Race and the Economy to [release new research]([link removed]) exposing the connections between weapons manufacturers who are currently sending weapons to Israel, and promi…

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August 28, 2024 at 7:13 PM

Research Tools for Organizers Continues in September!

[link removed] Friends of LittleSis, We’re officially halfway through our [Research Tools for Organizers]([link removed]) training series. Over *800 people* from social movements across the country and around the world have joined to deepen their power research skills. You can find recordings …

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July 10, 2024 at 8:25 PM

Next Up: BILLIONAIRES

[link removed] [link removed] [link removed] Don't miss our next research training coming up next Thursday, July 18 at 7pm ET focused on how and why to research Billionaires and Other Powerful People. There are now more than 700 billionaires in the United States alone. This training dive…

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June 13, 2024 at 5:05 PM

Upcoming training and other updates from LittleSis

[link removed] Friends of LittleSis, A reminder that our next webinar in the [Research Tools of Organizers]([link removed]) training series is a week from today on June 20th at 7pm ET. This training will focus on how and why to research Nonprofit organizations. Here’s a brief description of th…

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May 28, 2024 at 8:14 PM

Thank You for Attending the Fossil Fuel Finance Hub Launch!

[link removed] Friends of LittleSis, Thanks so much for attending our launch event last Tuesday for the [Fossil Fuel Finance Hub]([link removed]) microsite! We had over 60 people attend and heard from Mary Lovell of [Rainforest Action Network]([link removed]), Amanda Mendoza of [Private Equity…

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  Lauren Parker, LittleSis · [email protected]

May 20, 2024 at 4:55 PM

🎉 The Fossil Fuel Finance Hub is now live!

[link removed] Friends of LittleSis, We’re excited to announce that the Fossil Fuel Finance Hub microsite is now live! You can check it out here: [link removed]. We hope the site can help your campaigns to hold Wall Street accountable for funding the climate crisis. At the site, we provi…

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  LittleSis · [email protected]

May 14, 2024 at 6:05 PM

REGISTRATION LINK CORRECTED - Announcing a New Resource: The Fossil Fuel Finance Hub!

[link removed] Friend of LittleSis, Big news! We’re very excited to share that next week we are launching a new resource for researching the money behind fossil fuels, the Fossil Fuel Finance Hub microsite! This has been a group effort from folks at LittleSis, [Rainforest Action Network]([link…

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  LittleSis · [email protected]

May 14, 2024 at 5:14 PM

Announcing a New Resource: The Fossil Fuel Finance Hub!

[link removed] Friend of LittleSis, Big news! We’re very excited to share that next week we are launching a new resource for researching the money behind fossil fuels, the Fossil Fuel Finance Hub microsite! This has been a group effort from folks at LittleSis, [Rainforest Action Network]([link…

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  LittleSis · [email protected]

May 1, 2024 at 2:17 PM

Research Tools for Organizers session 2 – The Corporation – May 16th at 7pm ET

[link removed] Happy May Day! The corporation is the dominant organizational structure in our extractive political economy. The next session in our Research Tools for Organizers series will focus on practical tools and tips for researching public and private corporations. In this training w…

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  Lauren Parker, LittleSis · [email protected]

March 21, 2024 at 5:48 PM

New Report! CorpU: Researching Corporate Influence on Campus

[link removed] [link removed] New resource alert! We researched over 600 board members at 20 colleges and universities to understand the influence of corporations. We found that across all industries, board members in the finance sector dominate colleges and universities. Moreover, a whoppi…

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March 18, 2024 at 6:41 PM

A fresh look for us, a fresh training series for you!

[link removed] Friends of LittleSis, Over the last year, we’ve been working on a secret project with our friends at [Design Action Collective]([link removed]) to bring all that you know and love about the work we do here at LittleSis together in one place! We’re thrilled to reveal our new l…

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February 8, 2024 at 11:00 PM

New Year of Research Releases and Power Research Trainings [corrected with links!]

[1] Friends of LittleSis, 2024 is well underway and we’ve got a bevy of new research releases and training opportunities  coming this year! Please be sure to follow us on Twitter [2] and Instagram [3] to get the latest updates from our collective of researchers and trainers. [4] U…

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