To Chamber of Commerce Trumpers – Watch What You Wish For

October 25, 2024 By Ralph Nader Open Letter to President and CEO Suzanne P. Clark of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce: Dear President Clark, The Chamber has come a long way without my advice. However, perhaps, you will indulge my curiosity over the majority of your members supporting Donald Trump for President. There are few … Read more

Last Clear Chances for November

By Ralph Nader October 11, 2024 Wouldn’t you think the Republican Party, that is as gung-ho for Empire and Genocide as the Democratic Party, but domestically is blatantly open about its policies against women, children, workers, the environment, climate crisis, public lands, public education and fair share taxes for the wealthy would be easy to … Read more

Report Calls for Stable Public Funding and Community Representation in Public Media

NEWS RELEASE FOR RELEASE THURSDAY, September 19, 2024, 11:00 AM FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: Michael Swerdlow or Ralph Nader, 202-387-8030 or [email protected] New Report Reveals Corporate Capture in NPR and Local Stations Report Calls for New Approach to Public Media to Ensure Stable Public Funding and Community Representation The Center for Study of Responsive Law … Read more

His Delusions Lead to Trumpian Dangers

By Ralph Nader September 6, 2024 Even if I have to say so as co-author with Mark Green of “WRECKING AMERICA: How Trump’s Lawbreaking and Lies Betray All,” I know of no book on Trump to be as practically useful for the 2024 presidential election. Useful, that is, for those Americans who are appalled at … Read more

The Trump Agenda – Bad for Labor, Bad for America

Labor Day Release – September 2, 2024 Trump’s callous disregard for workers’ well-being knows no bounds – even children would not be safe under a second Trump presidency. Project 2025, the blueprint for a second Trump administration, calls for teenagers to be trained on dangerous machinery. At the state level, Republicans are already weakening child … Read more

Wrecking America and the Purpose of Nicknames for Trump

By Ralph Nader August 30, 2024 No matter what his advisers caution, Donald Trump cannot resist giving negative, insulting nicknames to his opponents and critics. Nor can the mass media resist reprinting them in CAPITAL LETTERS, without giving the named persons a right of reply. He gets a free ride day after day, month after … Read more

Phil Donahue (1935-2024) – Greatest Champion of Free Speech for the Peoples’ Interest of the 20th Century

By Ralph Nader August 23, 2024 It was 1967 when the national media was covering our auto safety initiatives. A call came on the hallway phone outside my $90-a-month boarding room. “Hello, I’m Phil Donahue. I want to invite you on my new syndicated television talk show in Dayton, Ohio. You’ve come a long way … Read more

Ralph Nader on the Passing of Phil Donahue (1935-2024)

August 19, 2024 Phil Donahue – for years the number one rated network television daily talk show host – was the greatest defender and enabler of our Constitution’s First Amendment right of free speech in 20thcentury America. Given the frequency of his programs and the size of his live television audiences, he gave early national … Read more