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Suzanne Merkelson

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Dec 10, 2017
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News Analysis

The For-Profit College Racket

This is an industry that is by and large exploitative to its students and useless to the public good.
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Suzanne Merkelson,
Moyers & Company
August 10, 2012
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John Deere, CVS Caremark, HP, MillerCoors and Best Buy Drop ALEC

Today, five new companies have pledged to stop funding the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). They include John Deere, CVS Caremark, MillerCoors, HP, and Best Buy.
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Suzanne Merkelson,
Republic Report
July 11, 2012
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Justice Roberts Fixes Supreme Court Schedule; Will Help Romney, Big Business Dominate Election

Citizens United, the U.S. Supreme Court decision that helped bring even more corporate money into politics, has already made history. Outside groups have spent record amounts influencing the…
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Suzanne Merkelson,
Republic Report
June 3, 2012
Truthout
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The 2012 Farm Bill and the Real Obesity Lobby

Nearly half of all Americans will be obese by 2030, researchers reported at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s Weight of the Nation conference in Washington earlier…
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Suzanne Merkelson,
Republic Report
May 19, 2012
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Wisconsin Recall Election a Preview of 2012 Big Money to Come

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker (R) is facing a recall election after he pushed through legislation last year that limited public workers’ bargaining rights. And now a special Wisconsin…
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Suzanne Merkelson,
Republic Report
May 4, 2012
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Behind the Lobbying Effort that Helps Save Apple $2.4 Billion in Taxes a Year

The New York Times dropped another bomb on Apple’s “iEconomy” this weekend with an expose that shows how the world’s biggest corporation evades billions of dollars in taxes…
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Suzanne Merkelson,
Republic Report
May 2, 2012
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Kraft Foods Joins Coca-Cola and Pepsi in Leaving Corporate Front Group ALEC

(Photo: Scorpions and Centaurs / Flickr)Earlier today, we reported that Coca-Cola and PepsiCo said they would leave the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), the corporate front group that…
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Suzanne Merkelson,
Republic Report
April 6, 2012
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