Three More Businesses Drop Limbaugh Show in Missoula
Three more businesses have pulled their ads from Rush Limbaugh’s radio show in Missoula, Montana in response to a grassroots […]
Consumer advocacy
Skechers Pays $40 Million for Deceptively Advertising “Butt Toning” Shoes
Skechers, the maker of those roly-poly “toning shoes” that were a big craze back in 2010, will shell out $40
Is the Limbaugh Show on the Ropes in Missoula?
Twenty advertisers have now officially pulled their ads from Rush Limbaugh’s show on KGVO talk radio in Missoula, Montana, and
“Robin Hood Tax” Proposal Gains Global Support
Nurses led a rally in Chicago May 18 ahead the NATO summit to boost the idea of instituting a “Robin
The Bottled Water Scam
People who buy bottled water pay up to 1,900 times what tap water costs, but get less access to key
Online Petition Battles Junk Mail
The U.S. Post Office, suffering from reduced mail volume, has started a new program aimed at encouraging businesses to send
Can Wall Street Fund Universal Healthcare in U.S.?
Over a thousand activists including members of National Nurses United marched in New York City April 26 to demand the
Activists Gain Against Limbaugh in Missoula
Anti-Rush Limbaugh activists racked up another successful week after six more businesses vowed to drop sponsorship of the Rush Limbaugh
BREAKING: South Carolina State Senator Ted Vick (D) Resigns from ALEC
On Monday, April 23, 2012, State Rep. Boyd Brown of South Carolina sent an email to all SC state legislators
Federal Court Says Groups Can’t Keep Campaign Donors Secret
A District Court in Washington, D.C, ruled (pdf) earlier this month that it is illegal for groups to keep secret
How Many Millionaires Pay a Higher Tax Rate than You?
The White House has posted a new online tool people can use to calculate how many millionaires pay a lower
Missoula Citizens Deliver Petition Against Rush Limbaugh
On April 12, 2012 a group of citizens in Missoula, Montana delivered a “Take Rush Limbaugh off the air in
FDA Orders Sexual Dysfunction Warning Added for Merck Baldness Drug Propecia
If your hairline is receding and you’re are thinking about taking Merck’s baldness drug Propecia, you might want to think
Johnson & Johnson Fined $1.2 Billion for Illegal Drug Marketing
The state of Arkansas has ordered Johnson & Johnson and one of its subsidiaries, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, to pay $1.2 billion
Consumer advocacy, Food, Health
Campaign Urges Hospitals to Evict McDonalds Restaurants
Corporate Accountability International (CAI), a group that challenges corporate abuses, posted an open letter on its website asking hospitals that
Corporations Flee ALEC — Will More Follow?
Kraft Foods, Coke, Pepsi, Intuit and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have all pulled their support of the controversial
DirecTV’s Disappearing-Channels Scam
Thinking of subscribing to DirecTV? Think again. DirecTV pulls a fast one on subscribers to push them into more expensive
Kroger to Stop Using Pink Slime in Meat
After weeks of silence, the Kroger Company — America’s biggest supermarket purveyor — announced in a short press release March