Stories by Zephyr Teachout
Zephyr Teachout is an Associate Professor of Law at Fordham University. She was the Director of Internet Organizing for Howard Dean's campaign, the Executive Director of Baobabs College Labs Project, and a consultant to America Coming Together. She was previously the Executive Director of the Fair Trial Initiative.
Posted on May 13, 2010, Source: AlterNet
Sen. Tom Carper is trying to sneak a covert piece of brutal deregulation into the Wall Street reform bill. Don't let him get away with it!
Posted on Apr 10, 2009, Source: The Nation
It is time for A New Way Forward.
Posted on Mar 25, 2009, Source: AlterNet
A new grassroots group has organized protests for April 11 in 11 cities so far, and the ranks of signups are swelling fast.
Posted on May 23, 2008, Source: The Nation
Apparently, in the United States, we don't have an upper class; we have elites -- a complimentary term that obscures true differences in opportunity.
Posted on Feb 14, 2005, Source: Personal Democracy Forum
Creating communities based on online connections but rooted in public places could be the key to reviving civic life – and it's an important lesson for groups like the DNC and the ACLU.