The Citizens’ Utility Board, or CUB, is a model approach for bringing together large numbers of diffuse consumers into a voluntary organization, which can then pursue a common citizen/consumer agenda in banking, insurance, housing or dozens of other arenas. I call it the “silicon chip” for the citizen movement because it is a low-cost, high … Read more
On May 4th 2011, Ralph Nader appeared at the New York Public Library with two billionaires — Ted Turner and Peter Lewis. Together they discussed philanthropy and Nader’s book — Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us! Tomorrow, Saturday July 16, 2011 at 8 am and again at 8 pm, the 90 minute event will be … Read more
Debating Taboos: Securities Transaction Tax: Bring it back or leave it out? Friday, July 8, 2011, 11:30 a.m.1530 P St, NW, Washington, DC 20005 A financial transaction tax is a small tax placed on a specific type (or types) of financial transactions. The way it is often discussed is a small tax on each trade … Read more
Who: Ralph Nader; Center for Study of Responsive Law When: June 27, 2011 at 11:30 a.m. What: Mandatory voting debate Where: 1530 P St NW, Washington DC 20005 – Carnegie Institution of Science (Washington, D.C.) – On Monday, June 27, Ralph Nader and the Center for Study of Responsive Law will host a public debate … Read more
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)
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
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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).
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
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
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.