Independent since 2002 Issue No. 1102 Week of November 7, 2026 Get the free email dispatch →

Guest Commentator

Ralph Nader

Ralph Nader is a consumer advocate, lawyer, and author.

2 pieces

Guest Commentary

Stay Silent and Stay Powerless Against Trump’s Tyranny

By Ralph Nader Guest Commentator

Don’t self-censoring people know that they are helping the Trumpian dread, threat and fear machine get worse? Study Germany and Italy in the nineteen thirties.

There are reasons why influential or knowledgeable Americans are staying silent as the worsening fascist dictatorship of the Trumpsters and Musketeers gets more entrenched by the…

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Commentary

AIDS in Black America

By Ralph Nader Guest Commentator

This piece originally appeared in Counterpunch. George W. Bush-the master of fabricated distractions-as with the false pretense invasion of Iraq-has turned the national television news media away from the United States. So it was a sobering reversal of direction to watch ABC’s August 24th Primetime Special Edition “Out of Control: AIDS in Black America.” It…

This piece originally appeared in Counterpunch. George W. Bush-the master of fabricated distractions-as with the false pretense invasion of Iraq-has turned the national television news media…

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