APPENDIX 2

The OSHA Mission — Found and Lost A Public Reminder A Report from the Center for Study of Responsive Law CURRENT OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT To assure safe and…

Getting Steamed

…I learned the truth about the auto industry bosses, who, in favor of styling priorities, restrained their safety engineers and scientists from installing long-‐ known safety devices like seat belts,…

The Gift of a Sustainable Economy

…grocery stores. While American workers enjoy more rights and privileges than their overseas equivalents, there is still much work to be done. For instance, the federal minimum wage is three…

Public Works Work

…Needs Survey and Assessment estimated that $334.8 billion is needed over the next twenty years to install, upgrade or replace community water systems — $52 billion of which was needed…

The Commercialization of Family

…and activities with real educational and civic values. Consider, for instance, how many children are aware of the public workings of their town? Where does their drinking water come from?…

Banding Together

…2006, the Illinois CUB discovered again that People’s Energy used an illegal profit-sharing deal with the Enron Corporation to overcharge customers in the winter of 2000-2001. In that instance, $196…

The Rule of Law or the Rule of Men?

…and the judiciary to rein in the executive branch, which has grabbed power without authority in the Bush and Obama presidencies. For instance, days after 9/11, Congress passed the Authorization…

A Book Is Better Than a Box of Chocolates

…excuse? Some of the big/progressive/populist changes by average people over a century ago came before the wide use of the telephone, electricity, motor vehicles on smooth highways and other instant…

Time to Stop Undermining Homeownership

…— much of which is going to the government. Fannie Mae, for instance, recently announced a quarterly profit of $10.1 billion, and said it was making a $10.2 billion payment…