Joe Biden Just Threw Down the Anti-Monopoly Gauntlet—but One Big Question Remains

This president’s executive order on Friday afternoon forcefully rejected the pro-monopoly worldview of the last 50 years.

Zephyr Teachout

The Biden Administration and Congress Have a Chance to Tame Big Tech

Technology companies in particular have established anticompetitive policies that for too long have gone unchecked.

Katrina vanden Heuvel

Appointing Lina Khan May Be the Best Thing Joe Biden Has Done

Massive corporations have wielded extraordinary power over our economy for the past 40 years. That’s about to end. Why? Because there’s a new sheriff in town.

Morgan Harper and Zephyr Teachout

We’re Suing Google. Here’s Why.

Together with The Progressive and Genius Media Group, Inc., we’re fighting back against the tech giant’s predatory pricing and monopoly practices that put independent journalism at risk.

Katrina vanden Heuvel

Representative Mark Pocan on Amazon and ‘the Arrogance of Corporations That Get Too Big’

The Wisconsin representative whom Amazon attacked talks about the company’s self-serving apology, the Bessemer union vote, and the PRO Act.

John Nichols

Biden’s Buddy Tom Vilsack Is No Friend to Farmers

Confirming him as secretary of agriculture adds insult to the Democratic Party’s long record of malign neglect toward rural Americans.

Emily Berch

Letters From the January 25/February 1, 2021, Issue

Better to tax… Nuclear options… Power gridlock… An ailing system… The progressive future…

Our Readers

How Biden Can Break the Stranglehold of Amazon and Other Monopolies

The incoming president can take numerous steps to trim the tentacles of today’s monopolistic companies, which reach into every corner of American life.

Zephyr Teachout

Letters From the January 11/28, 2021, Issue

Our Readers

Movie Theaters Aren’t Dying—They’re Being Murdered

The Covid-19 pandemic is providing a perfect cover for media giants bent on replacing theatrical moviegoing with streaming at home.

Jeet Heer