How Liberals Created, Then Destroyed, Publicly Owned Nuclear Power
The battle over New York’s Indian Point power plant was quietly a battle for the soul of American liberalism.
5 Article(s) by: Fred Stafford
Fred Stafford is a STEM professional and independent researcher on the Left.
In Defense of the Tennessee Valley Authority
The Tennessee Valley Authority was one of the greatest achievements of FDR’s New Deal. But a new generation of liberals and leftists are turning against the dream of “big public power” in America.
Millions of Texans Are Freezing Right Now — Our Deregulated Electrical Grid Is to Blame
What Texans are suffering through is a failure of deregulation and markets — a neoliberal ideology promoted not just by the fossil-fuel-loving right, but even many environmentally conscious liberals.
How Trump Got His Right-Wing New Deal Victory
Trump just scored a victory for workers at the Tennessee Valley Authority — but on the Right’s reactionary, anti-immigrant terms. All while the socialist left was AWOL.
Want a Green New Deal? Start by Protecting the Tennessee Valley Authority
The Tennessee Valley Authority is one of the New Deal’s greatest achievements: a publicly owned utility with a large, unionized workforce right in the heart of America. But now it’s under threat.