Challenging Predatory Lending
To protect vulnerable consumers, NMPIRG has joined with AARP, the Department of Defense and Navajo chapters to fight predatory lending. There are four payday lenders for every one McDonald’s in New...
View ArticleStanding Up To Prescription Drug Companies
Prescription drug companies are making it harder and harder for families to afford the medication they need. To help New Mexicans get a better deal, NMPIRG worked in 2005 to expand the state’s SenioRX...
View ArticleKeeping Families Safe From Dangerous Products
Corporations that violate product safety laws will face stiff fines and penalties, and hazardous products will be removed from store shelves more quickly, under a landmark law championed by NMPIRG in...
View ArticleYoung People Now Covered
This year, the federal health care reforms that NMPIRG worked to win have started to pay off for young people. In the past, teens saw their premiums soar or were denied coverage when they turned 19,...
View ArticleKIDS’ SCHOOL LUNCHES NOW SAFER
For years, America’s schoolchildren have been eating beef, chicken and other foods that would have been rejected as substandard even by fast food chains. Thanks in part to our advocacy, the U.S.D.A....
View ArticleHolding Drugmakers Accountable For Safety
As drug companies aggressively market their products, they also cover up the side effects, as we saw with the scandals surrounding Vioxx, Paxil and Avandia. In 2007, the president signed a...
View ArticleGiving more Americans a greater voice in our elections
In our democracy, the size of your wallet shouldn’t determine the volume of your voice. In 2015, we helped win reforms in Maine and Seattle to ensure that more Americans have a greater say in our...
View Article30 years of toy safety
For the past thirty years, our sister organization U.S. PIRG Education Fund has taken a close look at the safety of toys sold in stores. Their reports have led to more than 150 regulatory actions. In...
View ArticleProtecting students from unfair bank fees
We helped win protections for students from unfair fees associated with campus bank accounts. The new rules, released by the U.S. Department of Education, ban some of the worst and most predatory fees...
View ArticleDelivering one million petitions to President Obama on dark money
U.S. PIRG joined a broad coalition to deliver one million petitions from Americans, including U.S. PIRG members and supporters, calling on President Obama to shine a light on dark money, or secret...
View ArticleConvincing McDonald’s and Subway to protect public health
In 2015, bolstered by the support of more than 100,000 members and supporters, we convinced both McDonald’s and Subway to take action to protect public health. In March, just two days after we...
View ArticleGiving more Americans a greater voice in our elections
In our democracy, the size of your wallet shouldn’t determine the volume of your voice. In 2015, we helped win reforms in Maine and Seattle to ensure that more Americans have a greater say in our...
View ArticleProtecting students from unfair bank fees
We helped win protections for students from unfair fees associated with campus bank accounts. The new rules, released by the U.S. Department of Education, ban some of the worst and most predatory fees...
View ArticleStanding Up To Prescription Drug Companies
Prescription drug companies are making it harder and harder for families to afford the medication they need. To help New Mexicans get a better deal, NMPIRG worked in 2005 to expand the state’s SenioRX...
View ArticleChallenging Predatory Lending
To protect vulnerable consumers, NMPIRG has joined with AARP, the Department of Defense and Navajo chapters to fight predatory lending. There are four payday lenders for every one McDonald’s in New...
View ArticleGiving more Americans a greater voice in our elections
In our democracy, the size of your wallet shouldn’t determine the volume of your voice. In 2015, we helped win reforms in Maine and Seattle to ensure that more Americans have a greater say in our...
View ArticleChallenging Predatory Lending
To protect vulnerable consumers, NMPIRG has joined with AARP, the Department of Defense and Navajo chapters to fight predatory lending. There are four payday lenders for every one McDonald’s in New...
View Article30 years of toy safety
For the past thirty years, our sister organization U.S. PIRG Education Fund has taken a close look at the safety of toys sold in stores. Their reports have led to more than 150 regulatory actions. In...
View ArticleHolding Drugmakers Accountable For Safety
As drug companies aggressively market their products, they also cover up the side effects, as we saw with the scandals surrounding Vioxx, Paxil and Avandia. In 2007, the president signed a...
View ArticleKIDS’ SCHOOL LUNCHES NOW SAFER
For years, America’s schoolchildren have been eating beef, chicken and other foods that would have been rejected as substandard even by fast food chains. Thanks in part to our advocacy, the U.S.D.A....
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