Civic Self-Respect is out today from @7StoriesPress. Tune into this week's Ralph Nader Radio Hour where we will be discussing the book and much more.

New column: Senate Candidate Sherrod Brown’s Betrayal of the Constitution nader.org/2026/10/16/senate-…

Trump has learned the wrong lesson from his mentor Netanyahu, who among other war crimes has deliberately destroyed over 1 million olive trees in Gaza—a key source of food for the civilian population. Last weekend, anticipating a judge’s restraining order on Monday, Trump cut down over 400 trees in a beautiful area of green refuge for Washington DC city residents, aiming to convert an affordable public golf course into a private luxury club for professional events and his rich friends. He even cut down some trees after the judge issued her restraining order, therefore engaging in contempt of court if the judge chooses this sanction. The legendary National Park Service, now under Trump’s clutches and in Trump’s Dump, has disgraced itself with such vengeful tree clear cutting. -R

Why hasn’t the mainstream press written a feature on Veterans for Peace (@VFPNational) which has a hundred chapters around the country, is very active on the ground, over the social media, and even in some court rooms? Does anybody know the answer to this? Go to veteransforpeace.org to see how important their mission is for all of us. Please call any members of the media and bring to their attention this remarkable community of veterans from WWII to the present time. -R

Women’s professional basketball teams are becoming advertising billboards on their players’ uniforms, just like NASCAR cars. The Indiana Fever’s Caitlin Clark and Kelsey Mitchell have “Salesforce” in big letters under, for example, Indiana 22 on Clark’s Jersey. The Nike swoosh and the drug company “Lilly” are on the upper shoulders. The swoosh has also been plastered on major league baseball players’ uniforms… and so on. The giant advertising industry, with so many portals into our lives, receives very little scrutiny, even though it makes possible the enormous profits of Silicon Valley’s child exploitation and Data Center Corporate Giants among other sine qua nons. This industry has no limits to its pathological demand for omnipresence. It is ready to pay top dollar to get on the foreheads of athletic superstars. Other than just bad taste and greed of the teams’ billionaire owners, can these athletes ever speak out about the downsides of these corporations, such as Lilly’s drugs? Plus, there seem to be no limits—from the long-installed endorsements of products by athletes, including now college players, to who knows what’s next in bad taste and over-commercialism? Where’s the backlash from consumers who can selectively deny these companies’ their dollars? Boycotts anyone? -R