We’ve been spreading the word that the Supreme Court is considering a critically important case this fall: Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. The case started out as a pretty technical dispute about the application of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law to the right-wing group Citizens United’s plan to broadcast a movie smearing Hillary Clinton [...]

Several thousand citizens made their voices heard this week in Chicago at the American Bankers Association convention, telling the banksters that enough is enough. We’re sick of them taking trillions of dollars in taxpayer cash and supports while handing out millions in bonuses to their executives. It’s time to break up the big banking firms [...]

Things have been quiet on the Don’t Get Rolled front. We’re still waiting for the Supreme Court’s decision, and there’s still good reason to fear that the court could overturn a century of campaign finance law, allowing unlimited corporate spending to influence elections. Sound like a bad idea to you? You can pledge to protest [...]

If you are a fan of deep discussions about financial policy and international market forces, then you’ll want to check out this video from a panel discussion held last week at Public Citizen’s offices in Washington, D.C. The panel focused on the International Monetary Fund’s role during the global financial crisis and included Public Citizen [...]

Former Public Citizen research associate Jonas Hines and his medical school friends put together this video lampooning the pharma industry’s corrupting influence on doctors. It’s a great follow up to their earlier hit Still Just Some Guy (Not a Doctor Yet). While the video is fun, the message is serious. Big Pharma spends big bucks [...]

With all the attention focused on health care, it’s easy to forget that Congress is also considering critical climate control legislation. The House version, called the Waxman-Markey bill, falls far short of what is needed and gives far too many breaks to the energy industry. In the Senate, the Kerry-Boxer discussion draft, also has some [...]

Twenty years ago, Ling Chai was one of the leaders of the student movement that captivated the world with its stand against the Chinese government in Tiananmen Square. These days, she’s the president and CEO of an educational software company called Jenzabar. Chai, who has prospered in the years since Tiananmen, is now ironically trying [...]

Actor, activist and author Mike Farrell is touring the country talking about his latest book, Of Mule and Men, which was inspired by the people he met and places he visited during the promotional tour for his first book, Just Call Me Mike: A Journey to Actor and Activist. We’re big fans of Farrell’s dedication [...]

Sen. Al Franken, the new patron saint of fair arbitration, tore into an arbitration apologist Wednesday, administering a beating that one would more expect to see in a boxing ring than a committee hearing room. If you don’t believe me, watch for yourself.
Poor Mark de Bernardo, a partner at corporate-side employment law firm Jackson [...]

You could sit around and complain about everything that’s going wrong with the world, or you could get involved and make a difference. Join a group like Public Citizen and help hold government and corporations accountable. We’ve been around since 1971 representing the public interest in Congress, the executive branch and the courts. Chris Mumford [...]

We’re still recovering from yesterday’s visit from filmmaker Michael Moore. As we wrote earlier, Moore stopped by our offices to deliver a message to President Obama that it was time to hit the “reset button” on health care reform and back a single-payer plan that guarantees coverage for all Americans.
You can see video of what [...]

Filmmaker Michael Moore gave an impassioned plea for single-payer health coverage at a press conference today at our offices in Washington, D.C. His message for President Obama and members of Congress was rather simple: Give us single-payer, universal health coverage now, or feel the wrath of the voters come election time.
If President Obama would support [...]

Come rally for financial reform with Michael Moore, Public Citizen and our Americans for Financial Reform coalition members at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 29 near the capitol. The rally will be at the Taft Memorial on the U.S. Capitol grounds (outside), at 1st and Constitution Ave. N.W. (Union Station is the nearest Metro [...]

Lori Wallach, director of Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch program, talks about what’s at stake at the G-20 economic summit to be held Thursday and Friday in Pittsburgh, Pa. Public Citizen was one of the many groups that wrote to President Obama last week, urging him to “advocate a global regulatory floor, and oppose any [...]

Cross-posted from Texas Vox.
[Last week], Public Citizen hosted a rally at the state capitol to raise awareness about the U.S. Supreme Court re-hearing Wednesday of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission.
Representatives from Common Cause and Clean Elections Texas joined us, despite the rain and ominous weather. Many thanks to our good government brethren for their [...]

We’re hearing from activists from all corners of the U.S. who are making good on their pledge to protest today.  Here’s a video from student activists in SUNY New Paltz working with Democracy Matters:

 
You can watch more from them on their YouTube channel.

Here’s a video by concerned citizen (and former staffer with [...]

My name is Robert Weissman, and I am very excited to join Public Citizen as its new president.
For nearly 40 years, Public Citizen has pioneered cutting-edge advocacy on the crucial issues of the day. As a result, we all are a lot safer and healthier, our government works for more people and our democracy functions [...]

Are you fired up yet? Check out the video we made to learn what could happen if the Supreme Court decides to allow unlimited corporate money in politics.
Seriously? Yes, it’s true. All the progress we want to make on issues that are so important — climate change legislation, health care reform, consumer protections, EVERYTHING! — [...]

Who said health care reform is hard to understand? Andy Lubershane at Earthly Comics did a great job of explaining how our system works (or doesn’t) and why labeling universal care “socialism,” as if that’s a bad thing, is just plain silly. (Hat tip to The Worley Dervish)
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Dr. Sidney Wolfe, Public Citizen’s acting president and director of its Health Research Group, at the rally for single-payer health care held last week near the Capitol.
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