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10.12.2017

Volunteer Spotlight

WE RECENTLY SAT DOWN TO TALK WITH COMMON CAUSE VOLUNTEER, REVA RUBENSTEIN.

10.12.2017

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10.12.2017

In Their Own Words

Peggy donates her time to organizing community volunteers to help children in underserved schools improve their reading skills. And Jared, a retired pediatric oncologist, travels to the developing world to offer his medical skills to families in need

10.12.2017

Members Take on Koch Brothers

Common Cause members are making their voices heard as the battle here heats up over secret money and citizen-funded elections that shift power from wealthy special interests to the people, where it belongs.

Lawmakers Push to Boost Census Funding

A group of lawmakers launched an effort Wednesday to increase Census Bureau funding by $438 million in order to accurately conduct the 2020 census

Media & Democracy 10.12.2017

Robert Reich: How Tyranny Begins

Common Cause's national chairman warns of the danger in President Trump's attacks on the media

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