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Wall Street Wants Congress To Roll Back Financial Derivatives Regulations

Taylor Lincoln, Public Citizen. May 21, 2012.

Nine bills are before lawmakers to undo reforms passed after the financial crash of 2008.

Corporate Legal Rights Grow As Courts Block Pro-Consumer Class Action Suits

Negah Mouzoon, Public Citizen. April 27, 2012.

Consumer activists find a 2011 Supreme Court ruling has blocked dozens of class action suits, instead forcing consumers into arbitration.

Show Us Your Money: Why The Senate Must Pass The DISCLOSE Act

Lisa Gilbert, Public Citizen. March 29, 2012.

The momentum is building for Congress and the SEC to expand disclosure of who is bankrolling federal campaigns.

Business Leaders Demand SEC Regulate Corporate Political Spending

Lisa Gilbert, Public Citizen. January 20, 2012.

Corporate reformers have launched a mounting campaign at finance industry regulators to curb corporate political excesses.

Jail Time for a $14 Bounced Check? How Private Debt Collectors Cash in Posing as the Government

Mosi Secret, ProPublica. March 12, 2009.

American Corrective Counseling Services uses threats and coercion to cash in on consumers on behalf of district attorneys.

Cause & Effect: The Anatomy of a Big Progressive Victory

David Sirota, April 16, 2007.

David Sirota: Progressives notch a huge victory on the biggest economic issue of all - globalization.

Public Citizen Tells Hospitals to Stop Handing Out Free Brand-Name Infant Formula

December 31, 1969.