Voices Today: Reclaiming Time and Public Goods
Today’s landscape focuses on the corrosive influence of private equity and the urgent need to protect public discourse from corporate consolidation.
As we look toward the midterms, the tension between public interest and private profit has never been more acute. From the predatory behavior of private equity firms targeting our cultural institutions to the hollow promises of media giants seeking further consolidation, the pattern is clear: concentrated wealth continues to prioritize extraction over community stability.
True progress requires us to challenge these structures, whether that means rethinking the very value of our labor or demanding transparency in our foreign policy. The following pieces highlight the ongoing struggle to ensure that democracy and civil rights remain paramount over the whims of the billionaire class and unaccountable executive power.
What the columnists are saying today
What’s the Value of an Hour?
The New Yorker — A critical examination of how viewing time as a resource for extraction devalues our human experience.
If You Want to Know How Trump 2.0 Is Really Going, I Suggest a Visit to the Dying Trump “Superstore”
Slate Magazine — A dispatch from a fading retail monument that signals shifting tides in the current political landscape.
Paramount’s Merger Strategy: Empty Promises and Empty Threats
The American Prospect — Exposing the hollow corporate tactics used to bypass antitrust scrutiny during a massive media consolidation.
The Bogus Lakers Sale Is Exactly Why We Need Publicly Owned Sports Teams
Thenation.com — Why sports fans must resist private equity vampires who strip-mine community joy for profit.
The Lesson Watergate Was Supposed to Teach
The Atlantic — Reflecting on how the failures of Watergate-era reforms helped create the blueprint for modern executive scandals.
What American Jews want from the midterms
Vox — Analyzing the diverse and complex priorities of Jewish voters amid intense partisan efforts to flatten their perspectives.
Mysterious Attacks on Ecuadoran Fishing Boats Carried Out by Covert CIA Operation: Report
Common Dreams — Troubling reports of covert intelligence operations targeting civilian fishing vessels in the Galapagos.
Paramount’s Flimsy Bid to Critics of Its CNN Takeover
The New Republic — Questioning whether an independent editorial board can truly shield newsrooms from the influence of billionaire owners.
Does the creeping influence of private equity in our sports and media worry you? We want to hear how you think we should protect our public institutions. Send us your thoughts and let's keep the conversation going.
Sources
- The New Yorker: What’s the Value of an Hour?
- Slate Magazine: If You Want to Know How Trump 2.0 Is Really Going, I Suggest a Visit to the Dying Trump “Superstore”
- The American Prospect: Paramount’s Merger Strategy: Empty Promises and Empty Threats
- Thenation.com: The Bogus Lakers Sale Is Exactly Why We Need Publicly Owned Sports Teams
- The Atlantic: The Lesson Watergate Was Supposed to Teach
- Vox: What American Jews want from the midterms
- Common Dreams: Mysterious Attacks on Ecuadoran Fishing Boats Carried Out by Covert CIA Operation: Report
- The New Republic: Paramount’s Flimsy Bid to Critics of Its CNN Takeover
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