Project Updates
Republic Report
Republic Report is dedicated to rooting out the corruption that is so corrosive to American values. We investigate and uncover the buying and selling of politicians and of institutions entrusted with upholding the public interest. We expose how big money distorts major policy decisions – harming our economy and our people.
Trump Terrible 10: Apocalypse Now Edition
September 7th
Unprecedented violent storms are attacking our shores. North Korea’s got nukes. Russia hacked our election. And malevolent, corrupt, incompetent Donald Trump is the President of the Un…
DeVos Embrace of Predatory For-Profit Colleges Is Breathtaking
September 6th
Betsy DeVos, whose interest in education prior to the Trump administration seemed mostly focused on K-12 schools, has made her mark as Secretary of Education instead with a remarkably blatan…
Trump Terrible 10: Harvey Edition
August 31st
Our hearts go out to the people of the Gulf Coast. It seems almost a quibble at this time to point out that their president and his team are a disgrace. But it’s not a quibble. Their d…
Privatization Watch
PrivatizationWatch is a daily news blog covering privatization, and is a joint project of Essential Information and The Center for Study of Responsive Law.
August 18, 2015
August 17th
Smoke and Mirrors Lie Behind Balanced-Budget Rhetoric. There are few things more creative than a state government in dire financial straits, which is to say most of them. States are wel…
August 17, 2015
August 16th
Social Security Still Strong at 80. . . Despite such a strong record, Social Security is under attack from profiteers and their political allies who claim it will not be around when people r…
August 10, 2015
August 9th
Privatize the VA? Senators Get Behind a Radical Program for Vets that Could Cost Billions. . . The bill, unveiled just before the Senate left town for a month, surprised many in the veteran&…
Center for Corporate Policy
The Center for Corporate Policy is a non-profit, non-partisan public interest organization working to curb corporate abuses and make corporations publicly accountable.
General Motors: Homicidal Fugitive from Justice
September 19th
By Ralph Nader Yes, it’s official. General Motors engaged in criminal wrongdoing for long knowing about the lethal defect in its ignition switch that took at least 174 lives and counti…
Majority of Congress Failed to take Action on Corporate Accountability in 2014
May 29th
News Release For Immediate Release: Thursday, May 28, 2015 Contact: Valentina Stackl, (202)466-5188×100, valentina@earthrights.org Majority of Congress Failed to Take Action …
New Legislation Would Allow Criminal Penalties Against Corporate Officers Who Hide Information on Dangerous Products
July 16th
Coalition for Sensible Safeguards news release For Immediate Release: July 15, 2014 Contact: Angela Bradbery, (202) 588-7741, abradbery@citizen.org; or Brian Gumm, (202) 683-4812, bgumm@fore…