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Buy your ticket today for: “POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold”

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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 filmmaker Morgan Spurlock. Tickets available at the door. Advance ticket purchase is no longer available. … Read more

Only The Super-Rich Can Save Us!

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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 of this page.

State Government Contract Assessment By Barry Williams 2009

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Contracts (pdf) The Center for the Study of Responsive Law (CSRL) surveyed1 the online availability of state government contracting information for all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The CSRL examined the following: Do states provide any online information about the contracts they issue? Is the information presented in a format that will allow … Read more

State Government Contract Assessment 2010 By Patrick Benton

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Contracts 2010 (pdf) In 2009, the Center for the Study of Responsive Law (CSRL) surveyed the online availability of state government contracting information for all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The CSRL examined the following: Do states provide any online information about the contracts they issue? Is the information presented in a format … Read more

COALITION URGES CONGRESS TO DEMAND SUSPENSION OF FULL-BODY SCANNING IN U.S. AIRPORTS

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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.

Consumers Need a Financial Consumers’ Association

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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’ Association (FCA). FCA has broad support from leading consumer organizations. Given the powerful influence of … Read more

Questions and Answers About The Financial Consumers’ Association

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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 who currently have little voice in the regulatory debate. To protect consumers and to forestall … Read more