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Small Businesses Pay The Price For Corporate America's Tax Havens

The Huffington Post | Janean Chun | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Corporate Tax Shelters, Caymans Tax Shelters, Tax Havens Report, Small Business News and Trends, Corporate Tax Havens, Tax Shelters, Tax Havens, PIRG Report, Pirg, Small Business News

When big corporations use offshore tax havens, small businesses pay the price -- literally. If they were to cover the cost of corporate abuse of tax h...

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In The Public Interest : Money Changes Everything

Janet Domenitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Money and Politics, US Supreme Court, Masspirg, First Amendment, Money, Senator Scott Brown, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Campaign Finance, Campaign Finance Reform, Citizens United v. FEC, Disclosure, U.S. PIRG, US Pirg, Pirg, Corporations as People, DISCLOSE Act, Martha Coakley, Politics News
Janet Domenitz

It's a good bet that Cyndi Lauper was not anticipating the U.S. Supreme Court's actions when she sang "Money Changes Everything" back in 1984. But th...

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CALPIRG's Critical Role in the Campaign for Public Transportation in LA

Joel Epstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ann Arbor, President Obama, Vermont, Boston, 30/10, Newton, Subway to the Sea, Congress, Los Angeles, Wilshire Blvd, Downtown Regional Connector, Move LA, Metro, Community Organizing, University of Michigan, Pirg, Auto Industry, Public Transportation, Detroit, Calpirg, Pirgim, Masspirg, Los Angeles News
Joel Epstein

CALPIRG is working with Metro, Move LA, and a host of businesses and civic, environmental and labor groups to help LA expand its public transportation system.

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In The Public Interest: In the Nick of Time for Democracy

Lisa Gilbert | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Pacs, Senate, Schumer, Fair Elections Now Act, In the Public Interest, Campaign Finance Reform, Citizens United, Pirg, U.S. Supreme Court, Capuano, Politics News
Lisa Gilbert

The DISCLOSE Act, the core legislative reaction to the overwhelmingly unpopular Citizens United decision, comes in the nick of time. If it passes, it ...

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Will Chicago Privatize Its Water?

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Privatization, Chicago Water, Water Privatization, Illinois, Chicago Water Privatization, Pirg, Chicago Privatization, Chicago, Chicago News

Chicagoans are understandably wary of privatization deals, where the city sells off public services to private contractors for an immediate payoff. Bu...

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In The Public Interest: Students Need a Strong Financial Watchdog Too

Andrew Merki | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fed, Predatory Lending, In the Public Interest, Wall Street, College, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Cfpa, Sallie Mae, Banks, Public Interest, Pirg, U.S. Public Interest Research Group, Students, Student Loans, Indiana, For-Profit Colleges, College News
Andrew Merki

The level of debt I took on for my degree was my choice, regardless of the consequences. But at the very least, students and families should be assured that the private loan products are fair and transparent.

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In The Public Interest: Get toxic chemicals off our dinner table

Elizabeth Hitchcock | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Bpa, Estrogen, In the Public Interest, Baby Bottles, Toxics, Children, Bpa Baby Bottles, Public Interest, Bisphenol A, U.S. PIRG, Childhood Nutrition, Obesity, Pirg, Feinstein, Senate, Healthy Living News
Elizabeth Hitchcock

We ask a lot of questions about food. What's the fat content? How much sugar? Is there enough fiber? What about trans fats? Is this the brand of (...

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In The Public Interest: Sallie Mae, That's Just Not Right!

Chris Lindstrom | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sallie Mae, Student Loans, Debt, Credit Card Debt, Higher Education, Cost of Higher Education, College, University, In the Public Interest, Public Interest, Pirg, Pell Grant, Pell Grants, College News
Chris Lindstrom

These days, Sallie Mae doesn't seem to be focusing much on helping students find "the right student loan." Instead, the company is campaigning heavily against the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act.

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In The Public Interest: Shareholder Roles & Rights in the Brave New Post-Citizens United World

Lisa Gilbert | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Politics, Pacs, Senate, Schumer, Fair Elections Now Act, Video, In the Public Interest, Campaign Finance Reform, Video Contest, Citizens United, Pirg, Politics News
Lisa Gilbert

It's a brave new world of corporate power, thanks to the Supreme Court's Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission decision, and corporations, i...

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In The Public Interest: States Take Important First Steps on BPA

Elizabeth Hitchcock | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Estrogen, In the Public Interest, Baby Bottles, Children, Toxics, Bpa Baby Bottles, Bpa, Bisphenol A, Public Interest, Childhood Nutrition, U.S. PIRG, Obesity, Pirg, Food News
Elizabeth Hitchcock

Ask any new parent about their child's first steps. It's as if they took a walk on the moon instead of toddling from the sofa to the ottoman. In the ...

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In The Public Interest: Fast track the Citizens United Bill

Lisa Gilbert | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Politics, Pacs, Schumer, Fair Elections Now Act, In the Public Interest, Citiznes United, Campaign Finance Reform, Pirg, Senate, Home News
Lisa Gilbert

Not so long ago, "Citizens United vs. the Federal Elections Commission" was just a pending obscure decision facing the Supreme Court. But on January ...

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Too High a Price for High Octane

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Refineries, Sunoco, Exxonmobil, Sulfuric Acid, Alcoa, Myron Arnowitt, Center for American Progress, Labor Day, Octane, Chemical Security 101, Hydrofluoric Acid, Public Interest Research Group, Holly Refinery, Marathon Petroleum, Citgo, Suncor Refinery, Pirg, Paul Orum, U.S. Department of Labor, Clean Water Action, Bhopal, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

The refineries in this country still using unnecessarily hazardous hydrofluoric acid must ensure their workers and the residents of their neighborhoods live to see Labor Day 2010.

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American Students Hit Hard By Rise On Credit Card Interest Rates

The Huffington Post | Matthew Palevsky and Thibault Chareton | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: College Students, Politics, Debt, Credit Debt, Los Angeles-California, Credit Card Interest Rate Laws, Credit Crisis, Credit Cards, American Students Hit Hard, Student Loans, Pirg, Politics News

Surging credit card rates over the past few months have created a desperate situation for many college students and graduates. While the percentage o...

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Small Donors are Going on Strike: A Strike for Change

Lawrence Lessig | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lawrence Lessig

We're giving Congress a choice: you can either have our money or money from special interests, but not both. We'll reward the reformers. But those who oppose reform won't get any money from us.

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Keep the Gifts Under the Tree Toxics-Free

Nena Baker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Walmart, Toys R US, Toys, Lead, Children's Jewlery, Children Lead, healthytoys.org, Phthalates Children's Toys, Trouble in Toyland, Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals, Chemicals, Painted Toys, Phtalates, Toxins, Pirg, Green News
Nena Baker

A group called HealthyToys.org tested 1500 toys this year and found 20 percent of them contained lead, with children's jewelry leading the most contaminated category.

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