Opinion

How Excessive Corporate Power Takes Away Our Freedom

In this short video, former FTC Chair (and anti-monopoly expert) Lina Khan explains how excessive corporate power makes us less free...

Edward Phelps

Jul 6, 2025

In this short video, former FTC Chair (and anti-monopoly expert) Lina Khan explains how excessive corporate power makes us less free.

Mrs. Khan also encourages the Democratic Party to champion policies that protect small businesses in this New York Times Editorial.

Jimmy Carter Was My Last President

By Ralph Nader Read the original post here. Jimmy Carter was my last president. I believe that is true for progressive civic groups, too. He actively opened up the federal government to engagement and participation from long politically excluded American activists. When he was campaigning in 1976, he would say

Stop Calling It A “Shutdown.”

What happened to the U.S. Government WAS NOT a shutdown. What happened was the Trump administration was and continues to faithfully execute the recommendations in Project 2025...

My Message To Mayor Zohran Mamdani

“Us vs Them” Won’t Work! That’s my message to the newly elected Democratic Socialist Mayor of New York City Zohran Mamdani. Mayor Mamdani (...I like the sound of that) won a highly contested election. He explicitly ran against the “establishment.” He ran on a People First agenda. And

What is a neoliberal agenda?

In the U.S., and around the world, both the Democratic and Republican party establishments are (and have been for some time) committed to a “neoliberal agenda.” So, maybe it’s important to understand precisely what is a neoliberal agenda?

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Jimmy Carter Was My Last President

Stop Calling It A “Shutdown.”

My Message To Mayor Zohran Mamdani

What is a neoliberal agenda?