This Week on Democracy Matters - the first in our three part series on the question "Why corporate constitutional rights matter?" And, State College, PA, is the first in the U.S. to ban fracking through citizens' initiative.

This week on Democracy Matters, the first in our three part series focused on the question "Why do corporate constitutional rights matter?"  This week we examine the question with respect to the food we eat.  Next week and the following - we'll look at why corporate rights matter, when it comes to the water we drink and the air we drink.  Also this week, State College, PA, is the first U.S. community to ban drilling and fracking through citizens' initiative.  We talk with the lead organizer, Braden Crooks.

Each week on Democracy Matters we bring you stories from the frontlines as communities bring rights-based organizing to their communities - asserting their local self-governing authority to make the critical decisions that affect their lives and their community.

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