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Corporate millions, deceptive ads only narrowly shut down Prop 37, GE food labeling
November 7, 2012
In the face of unrelenting deceptive advertising funded by giant chemical and processed food corporations to the tune of nearly $50 million, California’s Proposition 37, calling for a simple label on genetically engineered food, narrowly lost with 47 percent of the vote. We will continue to build a robust national grassroots campaign to push for mandatory labeling across the country.
Defunding public education: an arresting development
October 12, 2010
Americans are facing the largest economic crisis since the Great Depression. States like California have responded by pulling the plug on public education. Policy makers are faint to trim any fat from the criminal justice system.