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...
If we want more women to run for office, we need to change the way we fund campaigns. Big-money financed elections doesn't serve women. Zephyr Teachout
If we want more women to run for office, we need to change the way we fund campaigns. Big-money financed elections doesn't serve women.
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!
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.
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.
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.
Integrity is hard work. I do think the Internet makes it harder because of the temptations of performance. You can perform and have integrity, but it’s easier just to perform. Zephyr Teachout
Integrity is hard work. I do think the Internet makes it harder because of the temptations of performance. You can perform and have integrity, but it’s easier just to perform.
I tend to focus on fixing systems, which is what I’ve been working on recently. Besides wanting to be governor, the two big systems I’ve been focusing on are campaign financing and our market structure. Zephyr Teachout
I tend to focus on fixing systems, which is what I’ve been working on recently. Besides wanting to be governor, the two big systems I’ve been focusing on are campaign financing and our market structure.
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 is a rising economic populist tide in America, and Elizabeth Warren is the personification of that movement. Zephyr Teachout
There is a rising economic populist tide in America, and Elizabeth Warren is the personification of that movement.
A lot of politics plays at the level of myth... Zephyr Teachout
A lot of politics plays at the level of myth...
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.
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.
