Zephyr Rain Teachout (born October 21, 1971) is an American academic and activist. She is an Associate Professor of Law at Fordham University. In 2014, she ran for the Democratic Party nomination for Governor of New Y...
10 years ago courts ruled every New York State child is entitled to a sound & basic education. NYS should fulfil that promise. Zephyr Teachout
10 years ago courts ruled every New York State child is entitled to a sound & basic education. NYS should fulfil that promise.
We need a Supreme Court that will overturn Citizens United. Zephyr Teachout
We need a Supreme Court that will overturn Citizens United.
The future of our health and water is at stake. We have to lean into the best future--solar, wind, geothermal-- and stop investing in polluters. Zephyr Teachout
The future of our health and water is at stake. We have to lean into the best future--solar, wind, geothermal-- and stop investing in polluters.
I believe in this country and the promise of our democracy and I'm committed to the old fashioned idea of representation: political equality! Zephyr Teachout
I believe in this country and the promise of our democracy and I'm committed to the old fashioned idea of representation: political equality!
We need a 21st Century Rural Electrification Act: competitive broadband to every farm and home! Zephyr Teachout
We need a 21st Century Rural Electrification Act: competitive broadband to every farm and home!
History is a series of mistakes. Now the task is to plan for those mistakes so those of us who are populists can actually take over the reins of power when the right mistakes are made. Zephyr Teachout
History is a series of mistakes. Now the task is to plan for those mistakes so those of us who are populists can actually take over the reins of power when the right mistakes are made.
New York City is one of the most vulnerable cities in the world to climate change, so I see Keystone as the central threat to New York. Zephyr Teachout
New York City is one of the most vulnerable cities in the world to climate change, so I see Keystone as the central threat to New York.
You can’t just provide power, you also need public education. Again, I do have a sort of localist tendency on public education. Whether it’s No Child Left Behind or Common Core, both of these policies veer away from local decision-making. Zephyr Teachout
You can’t just provide power, you also need public education. Again, I do have a sort of localist tendency on public education. Whether it’s No Child Left Behind or Common Core, both of these policies veer away from local decision-making.
I tend to think that knowledge is preceded by power instead of the other way around. Zephyr Teachout
I tend to think that knowledge is preceded by power instead of the other way around.
Oftentimes people get it wrong when they say we need to educate voters first and then give them power. I tend to favor giving them power first. Zephyr Teachout
Oftentimes people get it wrong when they say we need to educate voters first and then give them power. I tend to favor giving them power first.
There are two questions that often get conflated. One is the size of government and the other is the location of power within government. You can have very big local government. By big, I mean very engaged government. Zephyr Teachout
There are two questions that often get conflated. One is the size of government and the other is the location of power within government. You can have very big local government. By big, I mean very engaged government.
I’m teaching a class called “Market Structure and Democracy.” It’s designed to investigate the relationship between political power and economic power. Zephyr Teachout
I’m teaching a class called “Market Structure and Democracy.” It’s designed to investigate the relationship between political power and economic power.