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December 03, 2025 | Watchdog Weekly

Hannah Story Brown

Newsletter AbundanceClimate and EnvironmentEthics in GovernmentTechTrump 2.0

Reclaiming an Abundant and Democratic Future in the Age of AI

One of the defining characteristics of American life in the twenty-first century is its extreme imbalance: excess amid scarcity. While the world teems with a surplus of disposable consumer goods, essentials like healthcare, housing, education, and energy are prohibitively expensive. Much of this imbalance is by design. Powerful corporations profit from distorting public goods into private commodities, and individual and collective choices are replaced by corporate prescriptions that do not meet our needs. This dynamic is particularly visible in the tech industry forcing artificial intelligence into every corner of our lives, regardless of whether it is wanted.

November 07, 2025 | The American Prospect

Hannah Story Brown

Op-Ed Climate and EnvironmentEthics in GovernmentSupreme Court

Exxon’s Latest Supreme Court Hail Mary

It’s been seven years since Boulder, Colorado, took oil companies Exxon and Suncor to court for decades of lying about the dangers of their products, one of dozens of parallel lawsuits brought by local, state, and tribal governments against fossil fuel companies. In May, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that the case could move toward discovery and trial, something the companies are desperate to avoid. Now, Exxon and Suncor are once again seeking refuge at the Supreme Court.

October 08, 2025 | The Sling

Dylan Gyauch-Lewis

Op-Ed Anti-MonopolyClimate and EnvironmentEconomic MediaEconomic Policy

The Hollowness of Growth as an Objective

Growth is responsible for the widely shared prosperity ushered in across much of the world in the twentieth century, leading to declines in infant mortality, longer life expectancy, and some of the best standards of living in human history. But growth has also driven mass deforestation, soaring income inequality, and the erosion of democracy as power became increasingly concentrated. When a handful of companies control local television stations, it’s easier for a president with authoritarian tendencies to punish his perceived enemies. Acknowledging that duality and seeking balance is different than monomaniacally pursuing economic growth or degrowth.