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

Public Citizen’s Lisa Gilbert on Why Now is the Time to Repair American Democracy
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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How Corporate Lobbyists Use the Executive Branch to Halt Progress

It’s Time to Cut the Bloated Pentagon Budget to Fund People, Not Military Contractors
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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Poll: 71% of Voters Support Strong Regulation to Protect the Public

Amazon’s Pandemic Price Gouging Shows Need for New Federal Law
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.

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Undemocratic WTO Processes Produce Shameful Result on Intellectual Property and Covid at 12th WTO Ministerial

WTO Text Would Undermine Global Access to Medicines
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

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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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Brennan v. Bay Head Planning Board

January 19, 2022

In response to a public records request from a New Jersey resident who was in litigation in the Superior Court…

Public Citizen v. Department of Labor (COVID-19)

December 21, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on workers in meat and poultry processing facilities across the country. In…

U.S. Right to Know v. Department of State

December 08, 2021

Glyphosate is a synthetic chemical used in agricultural crop production to kill weeds. It is also a popular herbicide for…

Ashley v. U.S. Department of Justice

November 05, 2021

Since the mid-2000s, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has entered into non-prosecution agreements and deferred prosecution agreements with several major…

Public Citizen v. National Passenger Railroad Corporation, d/b/a Amtrak

November 01, 2021

Congress established Amtrak as a governmental corporation to provide passenger rail services to travelers throughout the nation. In 2019, Amtrak…

Farm Labor Organizing Committee v. U.S. Department of Labor

October 18, 2021

On June 7, 2018, Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the U.S.…

Farmworker Justice v. U.S. Department of Agriculture

September 07, 2021

Established by Congress in the Immigration and Nationality Act, the H-2A visa program allows employers to hire foreign workers to…

Long v. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (2017)

September 02, 2021

Starting in 2012, the co-directors of the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) submitted Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to…

Legal Services of Eastern Missouri v. HUD (II)

July 23, 2021

In July 2019, Legal Services of Eastern Missouri (LSEM) sent a request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 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

Public Citizen’s Lisa Gilbert on Why Now is the Time to Repair American Democracy

Get Corporate Money Out of Politics

How Corporate Lobbyists Use the Executive Branch to Halt Progress

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

Don’t Let Big Tech Write Our Digital Privacy Laws

Poll: 71% of Voters Support Strong Regulation to Protect the Public

Amazon’s Pandemic Price Gouging Shows Need for New Federal Law

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

Send a message to the White House demanding bold action to stop COVID-19 and end the pandemic!

Undemocratic WTO Processes Produce Shameful Result on Intellectual Property and Covid at 12th WTO Ministerial

WTO Text Would Undermine Global Access to Medicines

Ask Your Senators to Pass the Fossil Free Finance Act

Climate Roadmap for U.S. Financial Regulation

We Must Pass a Green New Deal

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