Nader’s Raiders

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Nader’s Raiders were teams of young activists and researchers organized by consumer advocate Ralph Nader in the 1960s and 1970s to investigate and expose corporate and government misconduct.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf activist group ⓘ
consumer advocacy organization ⓘ
public interest research group ⓘ
activePeriod 1960s ⓘ
1970s ⓘ
aim to advance consumer rights in the United States ⓘ
to investigate and expose corporate misconduct ⓘ
to investigate and expose government misconduct ⓘ
basedIn Washington, D.C. ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
describedAs teams of young activists and researchers organized by Ralph Nader ⓘ
fieldOfWork consumer protection ⓘ
corporate accountability ⓘ
government accountability ⓘ
regulatory reform ⓘ
foundedBy Ralph Nader ⓘ
hasInfluenced U.S. regulatory agencies ⓘ
consumer protection legislation in the United States ⓘ
public interest law practice ⓘ
hasMember researchers ⓘ
young activists ⓘ
hasPart legal research teams ⓘ
student research teams ⓘ
ideology consumerism ⓘ
public interest advocacy ⓘ
inspiredCreationOf Public Citizen ⓘ
Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs) ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
mainActivity consumer protection advocacy ⓘ
investigating corporate misconduct ⓘ
investigating government misconduct ⓘ
public interest research ⓘ
movement consumer rights movement ⓘ
public interest movement ⓘ
notableFor exposing corporate abuses ⓘ
exposing government abuses ⓘ
influencing consumer protection policy in the United States ⓘ
training future public interest lawyers and advocates ⓘ
organizedBy Ralph Nader ⓘ
usesMethod investigative research ⓘ
policy analysis ⓘ
public reporting ⓘ

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Ralph Nader → notableIdea → Nader’s Raiders ⓘ