Posts tagged September 2023
Democracy Journal - The IRA Is Still Being Formed

Legal director Sandeep Vaheesan published an article on how the political economic significance of the Inflation Reduction Act is still being vigorously debated—is it more neoliberalism or something different and better? Vaheesan draws on the history of the Hoover Dam to offer a progressive scenario: The IRA as a major boost to cooperative and publicly owned electric utilities.

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Philanthropy - Fighting Online Lies and Deception Requires Large-Scale Philanthropic Response

Director of the Center for Journalism and Liberty, Dr. Courtney Radsch co-authored an opinion piece arguing that philanthropy needs to stop being reactive and instead take a proactive ecosystem approach to fighting misinformation.

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Open Markets, Labor, & Civil Society Partners Submit Comment to Strengthen the New Merger Guidelines

The Open Markets Institute and partners including SEIU, Rural Advancement Foundation International-USA (RAFI-USA), Public Citizen, and more, submit a comment urging the Justice Department (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to strengthen and clarify the new, draft merger guidelines. 

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Statement on the Public’s Lack of Access to the US v Google Trial on Search Monopolization

The Center for Journalism and Liberty at the Open Markets Institute released a statement to underline the deep concerns about the public’s lack of access to US v Google, a trial on the illegality of Google’s monopolization over online search and search advertising.

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