As the Federal Trade Commission sets its sights on challenging Amazon’s dominance in online retail, Ron Knox argues in The Sling that the agency must leverage its most potent weapon against anticompetitive behavior: Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act.… Read More
Two advocates for affordable life-saving drugs share their stories exposing America’s healthcare woes… Read More
Inflation in the grocery sector is a cover story for monopoly power, Stacy Mitchell explains on the Capitol Forum podcast. The real cost of groceries can be traced to Walmart’s predatory tactics and failed antitrust enforcement. … Read More
A Georgian devotes herself to expanding the rural South’s broadband for better healthcare access… Read More
An activist mobilizes hundreds of residents in an effort to shut down a coal plant… Read More
As big retailers exploit their financial control over suppliers, independent grocers face extinction, creating food deserts and driving up prices for everyone. In the New York Times, Stacy Mitchell calls to resurrect the Robinson-Patman Act and restore fair competition in the warped landscape of the American food system.… Read More
A tenant organizer battles profit-focused private equity firms for safe, affordable housing… Read More
Three composters face funding challenges in an effort to foster land stewardship… Read More
A fisherman explains how corporations are displacing independent fisherfolk… Read More
