by Jeffrey Hollender | Apr 4, 2011
You’ve probably never heard of ALEC, but depending on where you live, you may be living under the state laws they made possible. ALEC – which stands for the American Legislative Exchange Council – secretly exerts incredible influence on how your state laws are made....
by Jeffrey Hollender | Mar 30, 2011
Too many of us increasingly feel that we have little control over the world around us. Whether it’s the driver pushing up too close behind us on the highway, news that a friend has lost her job, finding out that a relative has cancer, realizing the roof needs to be...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Mar 28, 2011
As we sit mesmerized by the global movement demanding democracy and watch with amazement things we never believed possible, we are reminded that hope is something we can never give up. From events happening on the world stage to progress that often takes place in...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Mar 24, 2011
“The Carnival Corporation wouldn’t have much of a business without help from various branches of the government. The United States Coast Guard keeps the seas safe for Carnival’s cruise ships. Customs officers make it possible for Carnival cruises to travel to other...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Mar 22, 2011
Inside Job is the story of a crime without punishment, an outrage that has mostly escaped legal sanction and social stigma. While Inside Job can feel at times like the best sort of university lecture, it finds filmmaker Charles Ferguson summoning the moral force...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Mar 15, 2011
Why do people in the financial sector earn 100 times more than the average neurosurgeon? How is it possible that in 2009 the top 10 bankers earned an average of $900,000 an hour and the top 25 bankers earned as much as 658,000 entry-level teachers — put...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Mar 11, 2011
OK, it was my first time. I was sucked in by the ecstatic repeat attendees, the flow of exceptional online videos, and the opportunity to reach out to the rich and famous. What struck me right upon arrival at this year’s TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design)...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Mar 10, 2011
This weekend, I watched a ’60 Minutes’ show that took me inside the lives of homeless kids in Central Florida. The Congressional Budget Office projects that the child-poverty rate will soon hit 25 percent. By the end of the segment, I felt sad and...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Feb 22, 2011
The courage of the Egyptian people has not only inspired others in the Middle East to demand a transition to democracy, it has also inspired Americans to insist on democracy – here in America. In an electoral system controlled by business, trade associations and...
