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'Seedy Business': New Report Digs Beneath Agrichemical Industry's High-Cost PR Machine

"Since 2012, the agrichemical and food industries have mounted a complex, multifaceted public relations, advertising, lobbying and political campaign in the United States, costing more than $100 million, to defend genetically engineered food and crops and the pesticides that accompany them," states the report. (Photo courtesy of report)

Don't Buy the Hype: 20 Years of Data Reveals 'Free Trade' Fallacies

Deirdre Fulton, staff writer

Fast-tracked international trade deals have led to exploding U.S. trade deficits, soaring food imports into the U.S., increased off-shoring of American jobs, and an "unprecedented rise in income inequality," according to new data released Thursday by the watchdog group Public Citizen. The report, " Prosperity Undermined " (pdf), compiles and...

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More Cracks in Google's 'Don't Be Evil' Mantra as Data Collection, Political Power Soar

Deirdre Fulton, staff writer

Google is amassing huge amounts of personal user data while simultaneously...

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Will GOP Senate Hand Over Fast Track Authority on Trade? Not So Fast.

Deirdre Fulton, staff writer

Progressive concerns that Tuesday's Republican sweep of the Senate could bring...

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WTO Meat-Labeling Ruling Jeopardizes Consumer Safeguards

Senate Advances Effort to Overturn Citizens United

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Doc Reveals Wall Street Plan for Global Deregulation

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Public Citizen

Reporters’ Memo: President’s Annual March 1 Trade Report and Agenda

Public Citizen

As SEC Considers How to Boost Shareholder Involvement, It Should Ensure Directors Are Not Captured by Management

Public Citizen

On Keystone Vote, House Carries Water for Fossil Fuel Industries

Public Citizen

Illinois Supreme Court Justice Should Recuse Himself From Tobacco Case

Public Citizen

Second Circuit Ruling Is a Win for New York State Applebee’s Workers, Will Help Workers and Consumers Nationwide

Public Citizen

Public Citizen to Urge FEC to Rein in Out-of-Control Election Spending

Public Citizen

Maryland Lawmakers Should Require Companies to Meet Safety Standards on State Public Works Projects

Public Citizen

Under Hamburg, FDA Cozied Up to Industries It Regulates, Protected Corporations More Than Patients

Public Citizen

Government Caves in S&P Fraud Suit: Wall Street Escape From Accountability Virtually Ensures More Wrongdoing, Another Financial Crash

Public Citizen

Lobby Day in Concord to Help Make New Hampshire the Next State to Back a Constitutional Amendment to Protect Democracy From Corporate Spending

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Robert Weissman

End Big Money’s Chokehold on Democracy. Amend the Constitution.

Robert Weissman

President Obama: Veto That

Robert Weissman

The US-China Emissions Deal Likely Meaningless

Annie Leonard, Robert Weissman

Constitutional Amendment Would Help Save Our Planet

John Nichols

This Is a ‘Pivotal Moment’ for the Movement to Remove Big Money From Politics