Join Morgan Spurlock and Ralph Nader On Thursday, March 24 at 7:00pm. E Street Cinema 555 11th Street NW Washington, DC 20004 For a special screening of the new film: POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold From acclaimed … Continue reading
You can purchase a signed copy of Only The Super-Rich Can Save Us! for $30.00 (includes U.S. shipping costs). To order your signed copy of “Only The Super-Rich Can Save Us!” please click on the “Books” link at the top … Continue reading
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