The 390 Americans who recently got sick from Salmonella in seafood probably missed out on yesterday's holiday celebrations. But they weren't the only ones who weren't celebrating: food safety advocates were also bemoaning yet another missed Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) deadline.

In its 2010 ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a law that had banned corporations from running ads supporting or opposing candidates for the House, Senate, and the presidency. The decision opened the floodgates for wealthy donors and corporations to establish super PACs, which can raise and spend unlimited funds from any source. Today, the Supreme Court had an opportunity to learn from this mistake and correct its error.

Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released the final version of a policy that will disclose consumer complaints about credit card companies in an online, searchable database.

To those of us who believe that health and safety standards are essential to protecting workers and others from hazards, it should come as no surprise that a recent study by two business school professors shows that OSHA inspections are effective in reducing injuries and illnesses among workers and workers’ compensation costs. The study echoes similar findings by Washington State’s Safety & Health Assessment and Research for Prevention (SHARP) program. Despite this empirical evidence, don’t expect Big Business or its allies to let up on their campaign to repeal those safeguards or weaken their enforcement.