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Textbook Publisher’s Twitter Contest Backfires | Student PIRGs
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Together we can make change happen. Textbook Publisher’s Twitter Contest Backfires. Wednesday, June 3, 2015. Late Tuesday afternoon, students around the country seized on McGraw-Hill’s twitter contest #usedtextbookproblems and instead used it as an opportunity to criticize the companies excessive prices. The big textbook publishers that are charging $200 a book don’t want students to buy used textbooks it means less profit for them,. Said Ethan Senack, Higher Education Advocate at the Student PIRGs,.
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Why McGraw-Hill Is Offering $100 for Your #usedtextbookproblems | Student PIRGs
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Together we can make change happen. Tuesday, June 9, 2015. Why McGraw-Hill Is Offering $100 for Your #usedtextbookproblems. Someone highlighted the entire chapter. #usedtextbookproblems - - Share yours for a change to win $100! That's what college textbook publisher McGraw-Hill's twitter account has been blasting out to their followers the past few days. In many cases, the only way that students can afford the materials they need is by purchasing used or rented textbooks. It's a blatantly transparent att...
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Aileen's Blogger: October 2008
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Greetings everyone from Washington DC. My name is Aileen Orlino and I am spending my summer 2005 at the Semester In Washington Program at George Washington University. Definitely check out www.semesterinwashington.org to see how you can partake in this event in gaining the federal government experience! Wednesday, October 15, 2008. Com or whatever for other information. Which speaks why he trails behind Senator Barack Obama. Finally, yes, I have supported Ralph Nader (because he MAKES SENSE out of al...
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Stop Highway Boondoggles | NJPIRG
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Standing Up To Powerful Interests. More and more of us are moving off the roads. Yet we’re still spending billions to expand roads and build new highways every year, even as other needs from expanding public transportation to critical bridge repairs go unmet. Across the country there are countless proposed highway projects that are not just expensive they’re outright boondoggles. We need your help to stop them. It's time to shift our transportation priorities. That are not just expensive they’re outright...
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Top 10 List: How the CFPB Works for Consumers | NJPIRG Law & Policy Center
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Law and Policy Center. Top 10 List: How the CFPB Works for Consumers. USPIRG Celebrates CFPB’s 4th Birthday on Tuesday, July 21, with New Webpage. Monday, July 20, 2015. Washington, D.C. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) turns 4 on July 21st. To celebrate and increase public awareness of the agency, U.S. PIRG Education Fund released a new webpage, Meet the CFPB: Just Ten of the Ways It Works for You. Some key accomplishments and resources highlighted on the list:. Access the webpage, Meet t...
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Trouble in Toyland 2014 | NJPIRG Law & Policy Center
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Law and Policy Center. Report: Avoiding dangerous toys. Trouble in Toyland 2014. The 29th Annual Survey of Toy Safety. NJPIRG Law and Policy Center. Monday, December 1, 2014. For almost 30 years, U.S. PIRG Education Fund has conducted an annual survey of toy safety, which has led to an estimated 150 recalls and other regulatory actions over the years, and has helped educate the public and policymakers on the need for continued action to protect the health and wellbeing of children. Standards for toy safe...
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Public Health | NJPIRG
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Standing Up To Powerful Interests. News Release U.S. PIRG. More Than 350,000 Urge KFC to Prevent Abuse of Antibiotics in Its Chicken Supply. Read more about More Than 350,000 Urge KFC to Prevent Abuse of Antibiotics in Its Chicken Supply. News Release U.S. PIRG. Taco Bell Moves Away From Chicken Raised on Medically Important Antibiotics. From Taco Bell’s parent company Yum! Read more about Taco Bell Moves Away From Chicken Raised on Medically Important Antibiotics. Media Hit Public Health. This was a big...
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We Commend CFPB For Adding Consumer Stories To Public Complaint Database | NJPIRG
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Standing Up To Powerful Interests. We Commend CFPB For Adding Consumer Stories To Public Complaint Database. Friday, June 26, 2015. Statement of Ed Mierzwinski, Consumer Program Director. Despite enormous opposition from banks, credit bureaus and other firms, the CFPB this week announced. Over 10,000 of our members joined us in comments to the CFPB in support of this important expansion proposal. Stop the Overuse Of Antibiotics. Stop the Highway Boondoggles. Democracy For The People. Get our RSS feed.
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Ed Mierzwinski | NJPIRG
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Standing Up To Powerful Interests. Contact person by email. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Task Force. He has had recent articles in the. Journal of Consumer Affairs. He is a 2003 recipient of Privacy International’s Brandeis Award for privacy protection efforts and a 2006 recipient of the Consumer Federation of America’s. Esther Peterson Consumer Service Award. For his efforts on Wall Street reform, in both 2010 and 2011 The Hill newspaper selected him as a Top Lobbyist. Awardee, and in 2011.
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NJPIRG homepage 1/2011 | NJPIRG
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Standing Up To Powerful Interests. Stop the Overuse Of Antibiotics. Stop the Highway Boondoggles. Democracy For The People. Making Health Care Work. Reining in Wall Street. Get our RSS feed. Are you a student? You spoke up, and they listened. Subway has announced that they will stop selling meat that's been raised with antibiotics. Get Big Money Out, Voters In. Together, we can take our elections back from the Super PACs and mega-donors that are drowning out the voices of regular Americans.
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