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Public Citizen is a U.S.-based public interest organization that advocates for consumer protection, public health and safety, government accountability, and democratic reform. It conducts policy research, public campaigns, petitions, and media work; brings or supports litigation; and lobbies or pressures regulators and elected officials to change laws and enforcement practices.
The organization targets corporate practices and regulatory failures it views as harmful to consumers, workers, patients, the environment, and democratic institutions. Its work is organized into issue areas including campaign finance and voting rights (Protecting Democracy), federal budgeting and government oversight (Making Government Work), consumer and worker safeguards, drug and medical device safety and affordability, health care policy, trade and globalization (Global Trade Watch), climate and energy policy, and litigation/justice efforts. The website indicates the entity operates through both Public Citizen, Inc. and the Public Citizen Foundation.
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Nonprofit public interest / consumer advocacy organization Topics: Protecting Democracy, Making Government Work, Consumer & Worker Safeguards, Safe & Affordable Drugs & Devices, Health Care, Globalization & Trade (Global Trade Watch), Climate & Energy, Justice & the Courts, Corporate Accountability, Regulatory Oversight