Ralph Nader's Blog

Trump and the Contented Classes

By Ralph Nader November 14, 2025 The reason the famous and prolific Harvard economist, John Kenneth Galbraith, is often referred to as a political economist can be seen in the continuing relevance of his book “The Culture of Contentment” (1992). His thesis explains in significant part why Trump’s wrecking of America has not more significantly…

How Progressive Civic Groups Can Avoid Weakening Themselves

By Ralph Nader November 7, 2025 National and state progressive civic groups have more than their hands full challenging Trump’s wrecking of America, but they need to address the ways they are weakening themselves. Here are some of them. 1. They are largely working remotely. Apart from the customary exceptions, not working in person with…

GOP Leadership Surrenders Congressional Powers

October 30, 2025 Senate Majority Leader John Thune 511 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 House Speaker Mike Johnson 521 Cannon Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 Re: Surrender of congressional power to the White House Dear Majority Leader Thune and House Speaker Johnson: Under your leaderships, the wholesale surrender of constitutional powers of Congress…

Remembering Professor Joseph A. Page

Joe Page was my classmate, friend, and colleague for 70 years. He was an eminent and pioneering legal scholar who focused on the fields of torts, products liability, and food, drug, and cosmetics regulation. He also engaged in advocacy promoting consumer product safety and workplace health and safety before committees of Congress and in the…

Stopping Trump Requires Higher Urgencies by the Pillars of Our Country

By Ralph Nader October 24, 2025 In snarling defiance of the Constitution and federal laws, Tyrant Trump’s egomaniacal drive is destroying our country. He is tearing apart the social safety net, health and safety protections, the people’s access to economic justice, worker/union rights, and electoral standards. He is undermining the critical separation of powers and…

Political Bullying/Intimidation and Internet Anonymity Intensify

By Ralph Nader October 17, 2025 Professor Emeritus Roddey Reid could have retired from the University of California San Diego to a life of deserved leisure. Instead, he has just published a Handbook on Political Intimidation/Bullying, which is increasingly dominating government, business, and civil society. A guest this week on my radio show and podcast,…

Palestinians’ Fate: Victims of Genocide While Alive, Vastly Uncounted By the Media When They Are Killed

By Ralph Nader October 10, 2025 Ben Hubbard, the long-time Middle East correspondent for the New York Times, is known for his high standards. So too is Karen DeYoung, the long-time reporter and foreign affairs editor for the Washington Post. Yet they, and their editors, share a common, recurring failure by misleading their readers about…

A Hypothetical Letter from Two Children in Gaza to the Children of America

By Ralph Nader October 3, 2025 In Gaza, 200,000 Palestinian children have already been murdered by the Netanyahu regime, with American weapons. A survey last year by a British civic group found that 46% of the children in Gaza wanted to die, and over 95% believed they would be killed. This is not surprising. The…

Trump’s Government Shutdown Looms, Adding to What He Has Already Closed

By Ralph Nader September 26, 2025 The media is reporting on the approaching government shutdown on September 30, due to an impasse between the two Congressional Parties. Trump is threatening more mass firings of federal workers should this occur. Der Führer Donald has already shut down vital government programs since he ascended to his elected…

Urgent Message to President Trump: Protect the Flotilla

September 24, 2025 To President Donald Trump: Members of Congress and people all around the country are demanding that you tell Netanyahu not to harm the very peaceful humanitarian flotilla of about 45 little ships, already under Israeli drone harassment on the high seas, on its way to Gaza with food, medicine, infant formula, diapers…