CoStar’s Acquisition of Zonda Renews Housing Supply Concerns
June 3, 2026 — Amidst widespread outrage and intense debate over rising housing costs, CoStar Group — the commercial real estate giant behind Apartments.com, Homes.com, and other sales platforms — announced its acquisition of homebuilding data and analytics firm Zonda, further concentrating ownership of real estate data under a single company. In response, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement:
Gov. Polis’s Surveillance Pricing Veto Aligns with Big Tech, Leaving Colorado Families Unprotected Against Invasive Big Data Creep
June 3, 2026 — In response to news that Colorado Gov. Jared Polis vetoed what would have been the country’s first true surveillance pricing bill the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement:
“Main Street vs. The Merger”: Entertainment Workers, Small Businesses, and Lawmakers Convene in Three Cities to Oppose the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Deal
June 2, 2026 — The American Economic Liberties Project, the Committee for the First Amendment, Democracy Defenders Action, the Future Film Coalition, and the Writers Guild of America are joining forces for a three-city tour bringing together entertainment workers, small business owners, elected officials, and antimonopoly advocates to publicly oppose the $110 billion Paramount Skydance acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery.
Big Medicine Cuts Therapist Pay, Worsens Mental Health Access Crisis
May 29, 2026 — In response to news that Aetna, a health insurer owned by CVS Health, will cut reimbursement rates for mental health clinicians who use Alma, a practice management company, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
AELP Applauds CA Assembly for Passing COMPETE Act to Close Corporate Monopoly Loophole
May 27, 2026 — Following the California State Assembly's approval of AB 1776 (Aguiar-Curry), the California COMPETE Act, one of the most aggressively lobbied bills of the 2026 legislative session, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.