KANGAROO COURTFacebook’s Authoritarian Oversight Board Is Downright TrumpyThe enemy of your enemy is not your friend—they represent two competing visions of abuse of power. Zephyr Teachout
History LessonWhat Ben Franklin Can Teach the ClintonsThe King of France gave Ben Franklin a snuff box. He did le roi no favors in return—but he soon came to see that that wasn’t good enough. Zephyr Teachout
Net NeutralityHow the Little Guys Beat the MonopolistsA year ago, the FCC had sold out. Now it’s pushing real net neutrality. What happened in between proves that people power works.Zephyr Teachout
Capitol GamesHunger Games Comes to New York’s SchoolsThe same billionaires who just bought the New York State Senate now want to own public education. It’s starve, test, and destroy.Zephyr Teachout
Corporations Are People 3.0The Year’s Most Important SCOTUS CaseTwo of most important cases of 2014 you never heard of involve teeth and trains—and whether corporations can just become the government.Zephyr Teachout