Ask Pacific Standard: Food Insecurity Social Justice Big Ag Monopolies Have Stifled Small Farmers. 2020 Democrats Want to Break Them Up. When a few agribusinesses have all the power, one choice by them can determine the course of a farmer's entire production. Will 2020 change that? Emily Moon
Social Justice How to Deal With the Sinclair Media Group You can't effectively boycott a corporation that dominates the entire media landscape. What you can do is regulate it. David M. Perry
Economics The FCC Votes to Eliminate Anti-Monopoly Media Rules The agency voted to eliminate the eight-voices rule, which barred television stations in one market from mergers unless at least eight independently owned and operated stations would remain post-merger. Katie Kilkenny
Social Justice The Meaning of Monopoly From American socialism to German hyperinflation to worldwide vulture capitalism, the strange and shifting lessons of a favorite board game. Jock O'Connell