Publications
The Southern Justice Project is a major new initiative to study the economic, political, and social effects of corporate concentration and social control across the south. The project will be led by Evan Turnage, former Chief Counsel to Senate Democratic Leader Charles E. Schumer and Senior Counsel to Senator Elizabeth Warren and a native of Jackson, Mississippi.
Read MoreBarry Lynn responded to news that Disney's ABC is indefinitely pulling down “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
Read MoreIn this issue, we discuss President Trump’s “revocation” of President Biden’s Executive Order on Competition. And we describe how the fight to defend FTC’s 2024 ban on non-compete clauses has moved to the states.
Read MoreExecutive director Barry Lynn released a statement on the Federal Communications Commission’s 2-1 vote to approve Skydance’s acquisition of Paramount.
Read MoreIn Out of Many, One, a new anthology from American Futures spotlighting the thinkers shaping tomorrow’s democracy, Barry Lynn offers a deeply historical and philosophical argument: the battle against monopoly and autocracy is not just economic or political—it is also moral and even spiritual.
Read MoreCJL director Courtney Radsch discussed on an IBA podcast how billionaires like Elon Musk are shaping public narratives on social media, warning of the threats to democracy and the need to protect independent journalism.
Read MoreIn a powerful essay published in The Washington Monthly, Barry Lynn calls on Democrats to chart a bold new course by recovering the foundational American language of liberty, shared power, and economic democracy — the very principles that once made the Democratic Party a champion of the working class and protector of the republic.
Read MoreLegal director Sandeep Vaheesan publishes a major review critiquing Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson for promoting deregulation as a primary solution to societal challenges like housing shortages and the transition to renewable energy.
Read MoreCJL Director Courtney Radsch was featured in Goodbot’s Common Sense Tech Policy series, where she unpacks how Meta’s news ban in Canada exposes the dangers of letting tech giants control access to essential journalism.
Read MoreOpen Markets criticized a House Energy and Commerce Committee draft budget reconciliation provision that would give Big Tech a “democracy-free decade” for artificial intelligence.
Read MoreExecutive director Barry Lynn responded to recent remarks from Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division Gail Slater that focused on how the Justice Department under President Trump intends to enforce America’s antitrust laws and promote fair competition.
Read MoreCJL director Courtney Radsch contends that Google’s recent legal violations demonstrate its monopolistic abuse of power, and calls for the company to be broken up to restore fair competition and accountability.
Read MoreOpen Markets and the Center for Journalism and Liberty respond to a U.S. court ruling that Google maintains a monopoly over digital advertising markets.
Read MoreEurope and Transatlantic Partnerships Director Max von Thun penned an op-ed with former MEP Marietje Schaake on what has become a critical moment for European policy towards Big Tech - and how Europe can seize it.
Read MoreSenior legal analyst Daniel Hanley contends that state antimonopoly enforcement should aggressively target concentrated corporate power—especially in sectors like Big Tech and housing—to protect democratic institutions and economic liberty amid weakening federal oversight.
Read MoreOpen Markets Executive Director Barry Lynn released a statement concerning the news that President Trump has moved to fire Democratically-appointed Federal Trade Commission (FTC) commissioners Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Slaughter:
Read MoreSenior legal analyst Daniel Hanley commends the Supreme Court's TikTok divestiture decision but calls for broader regulation of surveillance-driven platform business models to protect democracy and privacy.
Read MoreThe Center for Journalism and Liberty welcomes the publication of a landmark report, “Information Ecosystems and Troubled Democracy” by the Observatory on Information and Democracy. This landmark document analyzes the most current academic research on information ecosystems and their impact on democracies worldwide.
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