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News Release | ConnPIRG Education Fund | Democracy

New Report Released: Auctioning Democracy

Today ConnPIRG Education Fund and Demos released a new analysis of the funding sources for the campaign finance behemoths, Super PACs. The findings confirmed what many have predicted in the wake of the Supreme Court’s damaging Citizens United decision: since their inception in 2010, Super PACs have been primarily funded by a small segment of very wealthy individuals and business interests, with a small but significant amount of funds coming from secret sources.

News Release | Higher Ed

Pell Grant Funding Gap Threatens Millions of Students, Workforce

New In the Public Interest column today on The Huffington Post by Rich Williams U.S. Public Interest Research Group (U.S. PIRG) Higher Education Advocate

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