Please join us for the “Control the Corporation” Conference, sponsored by Ralph Nader and the Center for Study of Responsive Law. WHO: See the conference agenda. WHERE: The Carnegie Institute of Washington,1530 P Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 WHEN: April … Continue reading
Join Morgan Spurlock and Ralph Nader
Thursday, March 24th at 7:00pm
E Street Cinema
555 11th Street NW Washington, DC 20004
(entrance on E Street between 10th and 11th Street)
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 2, 2010: Alaska, Hawaii, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, and Wyoming have failed in the last year to make progress toward fully disclosing state contracting information online, according to a survey issued today by Ralph Nader’s Center for the Study of Responsive Law (CSRL). Continue reading
Ralph Nader and a coalition of consumer, privacy and civil rights groups today urged Senator Joseph Lieberman and Rep. Bennie Thompsonto demand that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) stop the deployment of full-body scanning security devices in US airports until an independent review of the devices’ health effects, effectiveness and privacy safeguards is completed. Continue reading
One of the most important measures we can advance to protect consumers and taxpayers is embodied in an amendment drafted by Senator Charles Schumer. Senator Schumer’s amendment (SA 3772) provides a facility to establish an independent non-governmental nonprofit Financial Consumers’ … Continue reading
The “Financial Consumers Association Act of 2010″
The text of the Financial Consumers Association Act of 2010
Senate Amendment 3772 follows: Continue reading
The Financial Consumers’ Association Over the last ten years the financial industry has spent, through lobbying expenditures and campaign contributions, over $5 billion pushing for and winning deregulation. This deregulation has come at a huge cost to taxpayers and consumers … Continue reading
Join Morgan Spurlock and Ralph Nader at Busboys and Poets Friday, March 18 at 7:00pm For a special screening of POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold from acclaimed filmmaker Morgan Spurlock. Admission: $20 to benefit the Center for … Continue reading
State Government Contract Assessment A survey of the online availability of state government contracting information for all 50 states and the District of Columbia Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Rhode Island, Wisconsin, and Wyoming top a list of worst offenders in … Continue reading
