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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Generative Artificial Intelligence and Threats to Democracy

Protecting Elected Officials from Threats
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.

Don’t Let Big Tech Write Our Digital Privacy Laws

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Public Citizen Calls on Presidential Candidates, Parties to Pledge Not to Use Dangerous, Manipulative Deepfakes

Within Reach: Banker Pay Reform
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, 2019-2021

Petition to the FDA to Strengthen Safety Warning for Botox and Related Drugs and Remove Misleading Claims From Botox/Botox Cosmetic Labeling
Globalization & Trade [6]

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.

Tell Toyota: Go all-in on EVs

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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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Protecting our Democracy

What You Should Know

Generative Artificial Intelligence and Threats to Democracy

Protecting Elected Officials from Threats

‘No Both-Sidesing’ Trump Indictment, Says Public Citizen’s VP

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.

What you can do

Tell Congress: Pass the Protecting Our Democracy Act

Congress has taken a bold step toward preventing the egregious presidential corruption we saw under Donald Trump.

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Urge Your Senators to Protect our Democracy

Your senators need to know that you’re counting on them to do the right thing and protect our democracy.

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Overturn Citizens United Now

To save our democracy from big money takeover, we need a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United.

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Our Work

We are pushing for reforms to reduce the corrupting influence of corporate money in politics, empower small donors, and protect and expand access to the ballot.

H.R.1. Marks a New Era in Congress

Congress must pass H.R. 1 — a landmark package of democracy reforms to counter corruption and strengthen democracy.

Restoring Voting Rights in Florida

We helped pass Amendment 4 in Florida, restoring voting rights to 1.4 million Floridians with past felony convictions.

Mobilizing states to back a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United.

In the nine years since Citizens United, 19 states have passed resolutions supporting a constitutional amendment to overturn it--half the total we need to win approval.

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Co-Director, Democracy Campaign

Craig Holman

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Co-Director, Democracy Campaign

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Tell Congress: Pass the Protecting Our Democracy Act

Generative Artificial Intelligence and Threats to Democracy

Protecting Elected Officials from Threats

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

Public Citizen Calls on Presidential Candidates, Parties to Pledge Not to Use Dangerous, Manipulative Deepfakes

Within Reach: Banker Pay Reform

Tell President Biden: Make Meds Affordable

Win Medicare for All

Report: Ranking of the Rate of State Medical Boards’ Serious Disciplinary Actions, 2019-2021

Petition to the FDA to Strengthen Safety Warning for Botox and Related Drugs and Remove Misleading Claims From Botox/Botox Cosmetic Labeling

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

Subscribe to the Supreme Court Conference Preview

What You Should Know

Generative Artificial Intelligence and Threats to Democracy

Protecting Elected Officials from Threats

‘No Both-Sidesing’ Trump Indictment, Says Public Citizen’s VP

What you can do

Tell Congress: Pass the Protecting Our Democracy Act

Urge Your Senators to Protect our Democracy

Overturn Citizens United Now

Our Work

H.R.1. Marks a New Era in Congress

Restoring Voting Rights in Florida

Mobilizing states to back a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United.

Trump’s Trial Today is About Voter Deception

Public Citizen Urges SEC to Finalize Transparency Rules for Environmental, Social, and Governance Investment Funds

Maryland Protects Election Officials Ahead of November Elections

Trump’s Legal Argument Threatens Constitutional Democracy

New Rule Protects Civil Servants, Keeps Federal Workforce Independent

Idaho Becomes 10th State to Regulate AI Deepfakes in Elections As State Progress Persists

Washington Joins Indiana in Enacting Bipartisan Legislation to Protect Election Workers

House Republican Overreach: Examining the Need for this Hearing

Indiana and New Mexico Enact New Anti-Deepfake Laws; Dozens More To Come

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