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Ralph Nader will be appearing on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal this Monday morning (3/25/2013) from 8:30 to 9:15 AM to discuss wage inequality in America. Please tune in to hear more about the fight to raise the minimum wage to $10.50 per hour (what it was in 1968, adjusted for inflation.) There will be a segment…
Read MoreBy Ralph Nader Hillary Clinton has completed her four-year tenure as Secretary of State to the accolades of both Democratic and Republican Congressional champions of the budget-busting “military-industrial complex,” that President Eisenhower warned about in his farewell address. Behind the public relations sheen, the photo-opportunities with groups of poor people in the developing world, an…
Read MoreSenator Dianne Feinstein Chairman Senate Select Committee on Intelligence 211 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Dear Madam Chairman: We, the undersigned, object to the Committee’s insistence that only nominee John Brennan as director of the CIA be permitted to testify as to his fitness for office. Experience teaches that the adversarial system is…
Read MoreDear President Obama: Now that you have won your last election, there is no longer any conflict of interest between your electoral aspirations and what needs to be done for our country and its people – present and future generations. It is customary for citizens to expect more from their President’s second term for just…
Read MoreCongress is still talking about a “Grand Bargain” that “balances” far more spending cuts than tax increases. That is another way of saying that you – the consumer of Medicare and Medicaid services, the recipient of Social Security, and the average taxpayer will take the brunt of the spending cuts, while the wealthy get their…
Read MoreMore than ever, America needs fresh ideas—and bold solutions. America is in crisis. After enduring two decade-long wars and a devastating financial meltdown, We the People have been abandoned by the leaders we elected to serve our interests. It is time for a new program including the following ambitious but common-sense solutions to our chronic…
Read MoreWatch the Third-Party Presidential debate moderated by Ralph Nader. Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein, Libertarian Gary Johnson (former New Mexico governor), the Justice Party’s Rocky Anderson (former mayor of Salt Lake City) and Virgil Goode, the Democrat-turned-Republican-turned Constitution Party.
Read MoreGeorge McGovern never stopped learning and giving to the world. After fighting in World War II he learned to wage peace. From seeing poverty he championed nutrition and and food programs for the impoverished hungry. He was regularly ahead of the times in correctly challenging momentous injustices. For this a majority of voters land-slided Watergate-afflicted…
Read MoreAugust 29, 2012 Honorable Andrew M. Cuomo State Capital Albany, NY 12224 Dear Governor Cuomo: I am writing today to urge you to reject the industry-led push to allow “Fracking” in New York State. The rush to drill is frought with known and expected problems. Fracking poses threats to: drinking water sources, air quality, worker…
Read MoreConsumer Advocate Ralph Nader Calls on Postal Service to Be More Responsive to Employee Feedback Through Voice of the Employee Survey Consumer Advocate Ralph Nader today highlighted the results of the U.S. Postal Service’s 2011 Voice of the Employee (VOE) survey, an annual method of gaining feedback from postal workers. In the 2011 survey, nearly…
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