opinion
Facebook’s Authoritarian Oversight Board Is Downright Trumpy
KANGAROO COURTThe enemy of your enemy is not your friend—they represent two competing visions of abuse of power.
What Ben Franklin Can Teach the Clintons
History LessonThe 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.
How the Little Guys Beat the Monopolists
Net NeutralityA year ago, the FCC had sold out. Now it’s pushing real net neutrality. What happened in between proves that people power works.
Hunger Games Comes to New York’s Schools
Capitol GamesThe same billionaires who just bought the New York State Senate now want to own public education. It’s starve, test, and destroy.
The Year’s Most Important SCOTUS Case
Corporations Are People 3.0Two of most important cases of 2014 you never heard of involve teeth and trains—and whether corporations can just become the government.