Protecting Democracy [1]

American democracy is in jeopardy, from the disastrous Citizens United ruling that flooded our politics with corporate cash to the immoral assault on voting rights. We work every day to defend against these threats and advance bold reforms.

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Coalition Calls on Americans to Reject Trump’s Threat to the Rule of Law and U.S. Democracy

Working With The Not Above the Law Coalition to Call for January 6th Justice
Making Government Work [2]

The U.S. government should work for the public, not corporations or industry. It should safeguard consumers, workers and the environment, and be funded well enough to do so. The budget process must not be obstructed by partisanship.

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It’s Time to Cut the Bloated Pentagon Budget to Fund People, Not Military Contractors

Ensuring Public Money Does Not Go To Private Equity
Consumer & Worker Safeguards [3]

Every day, big banks, big polluters, and big tech companies are threatening our economy, our environment, and our democracy – sacrificing Main Street Americans and our families on the altar of corporate profits. Public Citizen advocates for ordinary people by taking on corporate interests and their cronies in government.

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Twitter Likely Violated Consent Decree, Public Citizen Tells FTC, DOJ

FTC Proposes Banning Noncompete Clauses, Protecting Workers
Safe & Affordable Drugs & Devices [4]

Prescription drugs are unaffordable and new drugs and devices often are approved without being proven safe and effective. Public Citizen challenges Big Pharma, device manufacturers and federal regulators to make drugs and medical devices safe, effective and accessible to all.

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Health Care [5]

Health care in the U.S. leaves too many people out, costs too much and doesn’t meet acceptable standards of quality. Much of the care that we get is unaffordable, unnecessary or harmful. Public Citizen advocates Medicare for All, stronger oversight of dangerous doctors and safe clinical trials.

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Report: Ranking of the Rate of State Medical Boards’ Serious Disciplinary Actions, 2017-2019

Statement: FDA Must Reject Tanezumab as a Treatment for Osteoarthritis Due to Unacceptable Dangers, Little to No Benefit
Globalization & Trade [6]

Our Mission

Global Trade Watch’s mission is to ensure that in this era of globalization, a majority have the opportunity to enjoy economic security, a healthy environment, safe food, medicines and products, access to quality affordable services such as health care and the exercise of democratic decision-making about the matters that affect our lives. Global Trade Watch has led the fight against corporate-rigged “trade” agreements that provide special powers for Big Pharma to raise medicine prices, promote the outsourcing of jobs to low-wage countries and undermine the food safety and other safeguards on which our families rely. For decades, we have fought for progressive alternatives that benefit people and the planet.

President Biden: No Secrecy in Indo-Pacific Trade Talks

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Climate Peace Clause Needed to Stop Trade Attacks on Climate Policies

Big Tech’s “Digital Trade” Power-Grab
Climate & Energy [7]

The climate crisis is the challenge of our time. We can fix it with solutions that will make us healthier and more economically secure. We must act quickly to make our economy run on renewable power — and ensure that disadvantaged families and displaced workers share equitably in the new economy. We also must fight the corrupting power of fossil fuel companies and ensure that energy regulators are effective and publicly accountable.

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Climate Roadmap for U.S. Financial Regulation

Toyota’s Troubling Electric Vehicle Track Record
Justice & the Courts [8]

Litigation can remedy or deter wrongdoing, impact policy and meaningfully slow abuses of power. Whether suing on behalf of our members to ensure the honest functioning of government, or representing individual consumers seeking redress in court, our litigation draws on our expertise in administrative law, constitutional law, and government transparency.

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Friedman v. Montefiore

March 15, 2023

Mary Friedman was one of many residents of the Montefiore Home in Beechwood, Ohio, who died of COVID-19 during a…

Window Covering Manufacturers Ass’n v. Consumer Product Safety Commission

March 09, 2023

For more than 35 years, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has recognized the risk of child strangulation due to…

Philip Morris USA v. FDA

March 09, 2023

The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act directed the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to update the health warnings…

Solomon v. St. Joseph Hospital

March 07, 2023

In the spring of 2020, Zachary Solomon received treatment for COVID-19 at St. Joseph Hospital in New York. During his…

Tyler v. Hennepin County

March 06, 2023

Hennepin County, Minnestota seized a condominium owned by Geraldine Tyler because of unpaid $15,000 property taxes. The County then sold…

Texas Ass’n of Manufacturers v. Consumer Product Safety Commission

March 02, 2023

In 2008, Congress directed the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission to adopt a rule addressing the potentially devastating human health…

Leachco, Inc. v. CPSC

February 24, 2023

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is a federal regulatory agency headed by five commissioners. Under the Consumer Product Safety…

Hudak v. Elmcroft of Sagamore Hills

February 22, 2023

William Koballa was a resident of Elmcroft Senior Living, an assisted living facility in Northfield, Ohio, who contracted COVID-19 in…

Jack Daniel’s Properties v. VIP Products

February 22, 2023

VIP Products, whose line of “Silly Squeakers” dog toys includes a chewable “Bad Spaniels” toy in a shape comparable to…

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Tell Congress: Pass the Protecting Our Democracy Act

Coalition Calls on Americans to Reject Trump’s Threat to the Rule of Law and U.S. Democracy

Working With The Not Above the Law Coalition to Call for January 6th Justice

Get Corporate Money Out of Politics

It’s Time to Cut the Bloated Pentagon Budget to Fund People, Not Military Contractors

Ensuring Public Money Does Not Go To Private Equity

Don’t Let Big Tech Write Our Digital Privacy Laws

Twitter Likely Violated Consent Decree, Public Citizen Tells FTC, DOJ

FTC Proposes Banning Noncompete Clauses, Protecting Workers

Fight Pharma Greed

Win Medicare for All

Report: Ranking of the Rate of State Medical Boards’ Serious Disciplinary Actions, 2017-2019

Statement: FDA Must Reject Tanezumab as a Treatment for Osteoarthritis Due to Unacceptable Dangers, Little to No Benefit

Our Mission

President Biden: No Secrecy in Indo-Pacific Trade Talks

Climate Peace Clause Needed to Stop Trade Attacks on Climate Policies

Big Tech’s “Digital Trade” Power-Grab

Tell Toyota: Go all-in on EVs

Climate Roadmap for U.S. Financial Regulation

Toyota’s Troubling Electric Vehicle Track Record

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