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January
1999
- 1/31/99 7:56 PM
Utne Reader:
Y2K Preparedness, Contingency Plans
Urgently Needed
to Minimize Risk
- 1/29/99 4:18 PM
Amnesty International:
Open Letter From Amnesty International
to All Ambassadors to the Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe,
Concerning the Imminent Execution of Sean Sellers in the USA
- 1/29/99 11:30 AM
AFL-CIO:
Union Membership Rises in More
than Half the States in 1998 and Climbs by over 100,000 Nationwide
- 1/29/99 8:12 AM
Human Rights Watch:
Human Rights Watch Investigation
Finds: Yugoslav Forces Guilty of War Crimes in Racak, Kosovo
- 1/28/99 6:03 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy:
The Senate Trial: Wider Perspectives
- 1/28/99 4:55 PM
Censure and Move On:
Continuing Impeachment Trial Spurs
Thousands to Work in Year 2000 Election Campaigns
- 1/28/99 4:18 PM
Senator Paul Wellstone:
Wellstone Blasts Senate GOP Impeachment
Resolution; Republicans Refuse to Agree to a Prompt End to the Impeachment Proceedings
- 1/28/99 2:49 PM
Amnesty International:
USA: Child offender to be killed
next week
- 1/28/99 12:20 PM
Human Rights Watch:
State Governor Urged to Stop Execution
of Juvenile
- 1/28/99 10:15 AM
US Public Interest Research Group / Friends of the Earth / Taxpayers for Common
Sense:
Green Scissors '99 Exposes $51
Billion In Wasteful Federal Spending That Harms The Environment; Taxpayer and
Environmental Groups Target 72 Pork Barrel Programs
- 1/28/99 9:06 AM
Greenpeace:
International Coalition Condemns
Secret Japanese Plan To Ship Plutonium; Organizations call On Japan To Halt Plutonium
Program
- 1/27/99 5:48 PM
People for the American Way:
Senate Republicans Put Party Before
the People
- 1/27/99 4:50 PM
Physicians for Social Responsibility:
PSR Says Ballistic Missile Defense
'A Bad Idea Whose Time Has Not Come'
- 1/27/99 12:02 PM
Americans United for Separation of Church and State:
Arizona Tax Credit Decision Damages
Wall of Separation Between Church an State, says Americans United; Action Advances
Far Right's Anti-Public School Agenda, Watchdog Group Charges
- 1/27/99 11:44 AM
US Public Interest Research Group / Friends of the Earth / Taxpayers for Common
Sense:
Green Scissors Report To Uncover
72 Wasteful Federal Spending Programs That Harm The Environment; Taxpayers and
Environmentalists Unite to Cut Billions in Government Spending
- 1/27/99 9:57 AM
Amnesty International:
Pinochet Case: The Chilean Government
is Making a Mockery of its Duties to its Citizens and to International Law
- 1/27/99 8:40 AM
2030 Center:
Young Leader to Join President
Clinton at White House; Historic Round-Table About Social Security
- 1/26/99 3:25 PM
International Action Center:
Did the U.S. Intentionally Bomb
Civilians in Basra, Iraq?
- 1/26/99 2:00 PM
Zero Population Growth:
Women Artists Rock Madison Square
Garden for ZPG's Turner/Fonda Family Planning Outreach Project
- 1/26/99 1:53 PM
Center for Responsive Politics:
New On-Line Congressional Committee
Profiles Track Top Givers to Each House and Senate Panel
- 1/26/99 11:30 AM
Critical Mass Energy Project:
Study Shows Electricity Deregulation
Could Cause Unfunded Nuclear Waste Liabilities That May Exceed $50 Billion
- 1/25/99 5:01 PM
American Civil Liberties Union:
ACLU Says a Closed Impeachment
Debate is Unfair to the American Public
- 1/25/99 3:59 PM
Brennan Center:
Supreme Court Grants Review of
Missouri Campaign Contribution Limit; Will Involve Revisiting Buckley vs. Valeo
- 1/25/99 3:58 PM
Media Access Project et al:
Communication Advocacy Groups:
FCC Should Require Open Access to High-Speed Cable Networks
- 1/25/99 2:15 PM
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights:
Civil Rights Coalition Says Congress
Should Change Statute to Endorse Scientific Methods for Apportionment
- 1/25/99 1:44 PM
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force:
Task Force Think Tank Launches
Training Initiative To Counter Right-Wing Electoral Attacks
- 1/25/99 11:15 AM
The Interfaith Alliance:
Impeachment "Culture"
Brings Diverse Religious Leaders to Capitol; Faith Leaders to examine civility,
political discourse and the future of democracy
- 1/25/99 9:46 AM
Amnesty International:
Pope John Paul II's Visit: An Opportunity
For The USA To Reflect On Its Human Rights Record
- 1/25/99 8:00 AM
Human Rights Watch:
U.S.
Corporation Complicit in Abuses in India; Report Charges U.S. and Indian Governments
Also Overlook Human Rights Violations
- 1/22/99 4:37 PM
United Food and Commercial Workers Union:
Community Takes to the Street in
Support of Striking Workers
- 1/22/99 1:18 PM
NAACP:
NAACP Chairman Ridicules Public
Silence Regarding Bob Barr And Trent Lott's Involvement In Hate Group
- 1/22/99 8:00 AM
Greenpeace:
Greenpeace Acts To Protect Antarctic
Waters While Ministers Talk
- 1/22/99 7:15 AM
National Organization for Women:
NOW President Patricia Ireland
Challenges Anti-Abortion Leaders to Stop Clinic Violence and Murder
- 1/21/99 6:54 PM
Planned Parenthood:
On the Eve of the 26th Anniversary
of Roe v. Wade, New Report Confirms That Safe, Legal Access to Abortion Saves
Women's Lives
- 1/21/99 6:01 PM
Union of Concerned Scientists:
Consumers,
Environment Win If Congress Sets Clean Energy Standards ; Reports Show Benefits
of Renewables as Electricity Deregulation Debate Nears
- 1/21/99 5:18 PM
Center for Science in the Public Interest:
Major Gaps Exist In Food-Safety
Surveillance, CSPI Charges Public "Kept In The Dark" On Food-Poisoning Trends
- 1/21/99 3:46 PM
Human Rights Watch:
China:
Time To Go Back To Geneva
- 1/21/99 2:02 PM
Friends of the Earth:
National Parks Should Ban Snowmobiles
- 1/21/99 1:56 PM
People for the American Way:
New
Radio Ad Urges Senate to End Trial; In Vermont, Rhode Island, Maine, Michigan,
Washington State and Washington D.C.
- 1/21/99 1:01 PM
Amnesty International:
The USA to confirm its position
as world leader in killing child offenders
- 1/20/99 7:22 PM
People for the American Way:
Pat Robertson Calls Uncle On Impeachment:
'It's Over As Far As I'm Concerned'
- 1/20/99 5:19 PM
Greenpeace USA:
Greenpeace
Files Suit to Stop Illegal Construction of Ice Roads on Alaska's North Slope
- 1/20/99 5:05 PM
AFL-CIO:
Statement by AFL-CIO President
John J. Sweeney on President Clinton's State of the Union Address
- 1/20/99 3:16 PM
Consumers Union:
Consumer Groups Unite to Oppose
SBC-Ameritech Merger; White Paper Outlines Potential Harm for Consumers
- 1/20/99 2:52 PM
Sierra Club:
State Of The Union Address Proposes
Bold Environmental Initiatives
- 1/20/99 2:03 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy:
The Day After 'State Of The Union"
Speech, Critics Charge Double Standard For Parents
- 1/20/99 1:08 PM
Common Cause:
Common Cause Calls on Senate to
Keep Impeachment Deliberations Open to Public View
- 1/20/99 10:53 AM
Violence Policy Center:
VPC Analyst's New Book Shows How
Gun Industry Uses Lethality as Marketing Tool
- 1/20/99 10:37 AM
2030 Center:
Clinton Social Security Agenda:
First Step To A Major Victory For Young Americans
- 1/20/99 9:00 AM
Congressman Barney Frank:
Democrats Oppose President Clinton's
Plan To Raise Military Spending
- 1/19/99 11:18 PM
Senator Paul Wellstone:
Wellstone Finds State of the Union
Address Wanting; Calls on Clinton to Seize Opportunity to Address Historic Challenges
While Economy is Strong
- 1/19/99 11:10 PM
Heritage Forests Campaign:
The State of the Union's Forests
remains "Endangered"
- 1/19/99 10:10 PM
National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare:
President is Right in Rejecting
Privatization and Focusing on Seniors' Needs
- 1/19/99 7:09 PM
Coalition to Reduce Nuclear Dangers:
The
Nuclear Test Ban and the State of the Union Address; Resources and Experts Available
- 1/19/99 6:05 PM
Council for a Livable World:
Hell Bent for Pork: Clinton Expected
to Overfeed the Bloated Military
- 1/19/99 5:31 PM
War Resisters League:
IRS Escalates Threats Against Tax
Resister
- 1/19/99 5:15 PM
Public Campaign:
Another State of The Union, Another
Promise for Campaign Finance Reform?
- 1/19/99 4:42 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy:
Assessing The "State Of The
Union": Social Security, Education, Health Care
- 1/19/99 4:18 PM
Jubilee 2000 / USA:
Fifty-four Members of Congress
Call on President Clinton to Cancel Central American Debts
- 1/19/99 12:19 PM
World Wildlife Fund:
Worldwide
Ban On DDT to be Considered at Nairobi Meeting on Organic Pollutants: Key Conference
to Discuss Fate of 11 Other Toxic Chemicals
- 1/19/99 7:18 AM
Human Rights Watch:
Northern
Ireland Policing Commission Should Rid Police Force of Worst Abusers; Accountability
Necessary to Instill Public Confidence Principles
- 1/18/99 11:00 PM
Pelphrey for Congress:
Pelphrey Honors Dr. King's Struggle
For Justice; Joins SCLC, Labor Council, Thousands at Rally and March
- 1/18/99 10:52 AM
Greenpeace:
Japan Tries To Ban Greenpeace From
International Whaling Commission
- 1/18/99 9:00 AM
Handgun Control:
Latest Crime Statistics Refute
The Gun Lobby: More Guns On Our Streets Do Not Make Us Safer
- 1/16/99 6:00 PM
Worldwatch Institute:
New Century to be be Marked by
Growing Threats, Opportunities
- 1/15/99 7:15 PM
United Steelworkers of America:
Court Rules U.S. Must Respond to
USWA Lawsuit Challenging NAFTA
- 1/15/99 6:01 PM
Greenpeace USA:
Greenpeace
Warns Poor Nations Against Canadian-U.S. Lobby to Accept Genetically Modified
Crops
- 1/15/99 5:50 PM
Defenders of Wildlife:
Scientists Find Serious Holes in
Endangered Species Agreements
- 1/15/99 5:38 PM
Campaign for America's Future:
Advocates of Social Security, New
Priorities, Available for State of the Union Coverage
- 1/15/99 10:30 AM
Human Rights Watch:
Pinochet Decision: Rights Group
Urges House of Lords Not To "Turn the Clock Back"
- 1/15/99 8:20 AM
Greenpeace:
Japan's Whalers Sneak To Sea
- 1/14/99 4:32 PM
Human Rights Watch:
Mexican Justice System Complicit
in Torture, "Disappearance"
- 1/14/99 3:31 PM
Center for Policy Alternatives:
A Challenge To Secure America's
Economic Future: Call to Action for Policies to Realize the Economic Potential
of Women: Secure Equal Pay, Opportunity, Health Care, Child Care And More for
America's Women and their Families
- 1/14/99 2:53 PM
Center to Prevent Handgun Violence:
Holding The Gun Industry Responsible:
Join A Live On-Line Discussion About The Gun Industry! Live On-Line Discussion
on City Litigation Against the Gun Industry
- 1/14/99 2:15 PM
Common Cause:
Common Cause Urges House Ethics
Committee To Include New Allegations In Investigation Of House Transportation
Chair Bud Shuster
- 1/14/99 2:12 PM
Human Rights Watch:
Northern Ireland Should Examine
U.S.-Style Police Abuse; Visiting Policing Commission Urged to Follow Human Rights
Principles
- 1/14/99 1:30 PM
Clean Air Trust:
EPA 'Option' Might Permit Car Companies
to Use Weaker Pollution Controls
- 1/14/99 12:40 PM
High-Speed Ground Transportation Association:
Gov. Jeb Bush Kills Florida's High
Speed Rail Future, Jobs
- 1/14/99 11:43 AM
Amnesty International:
Imminent Risk Of Death For Afghan
Personalities In Pakistan
- 1/14/99 9:19 AM
Greenpeace:
Dow Chemical Plant In Brazil Pollutes
Estuary; Greenpeace Activists Cement Dow Discharge Pipe And Demand Zero Toxic
Discharges
- 1/13/99 6:05 PM
Rainforest Action Network:
NASA: Global Warming Is Real -
What Should Be Done? Environmentalists Urge End To New Fossil Fuel Exploration
- 1/13/99 4:18 PM
Buffalo Nations:
Montana Department of Livestock
Captures 10 More Buffalo; Buffalo Nations Calls for Killing to Stop Immediately
- 1/13/99 4:02 PM
Amnesty International:
Israel's High Court's Postponement
Of Torture Case Leaves Victims Unprotected
- 1/13/99 11:44 AM
Chemical Weapons Working Group:
Inspector General's Report Slams
Army for Y2K Non-Compliance in Chemical Weapons Incineration Program's Safety
Systems
- 1/12/99 8:36 PM
National Gulf War Resource Center:
Gulf Vets call for an End to Civilian
Casualties in Iraq
- 1/12/99 7:13 PM
Heritage Forests:
Clinton-Gore Have Yet to Fulfill
Promise to Save Wilderness
- 1/12/99 7:12 PM
International Action Center:
Anti-War Activists On Alert For
New U.S. Bombing Campaign Of Iraq
- 1/12/99 6:18 PM
Voices in the Wilderness:
Pentagon
- UN Walk Against War: An Appeal to End Economic Sanctions Against the People
of Iraq
- 1/12/99 5:12 PM
AFL-CIO:
Labor Movement to Hold National
MLK Weekend Celebration in Birmingham; Union Members to Serve Local Community
to Honor Dr. King
- 1/12/99 4:32 PM
US Public Interest Research Group:
President's Open Space Initiative
A Step Forward, But Permanent Fund Needed
- 1/12/99 2:53 PM
Coalition to Reduce Nuclear Dangers:
Test Ban Must Be Senate's No. 1
Proliferation Priority
- 1/12/99 1:18 PM
Sierra Club:
Sierra Club Calls Clinton's Investment
In America's Heritage A Bold Step Forward; Much Needed Increase In Land and Water
Conservation Fund Will Help Protect America's Special Places
- 1/12/99 11:45 AM
Institute for Public Accuracy:
With National Spotlight On The
Senate, Campaign Finance Is A Simmering Issue
- 1/12/99 10:40 AM
Environmental Defense Fund:
Good Intentions, Promising Actions
Sink During Year Of The Ocean
- 1/12/99 9:18 AM
Greenpeace:
Leaked Document Reveals Secret
Negotiations To Dump Swiss Nuclear waste In Russia; Greenpeace Condemns Plans
As Illegal And Immoral
- 1/12/99 8:52 AM
Amnesty International:
Israel's High Court Should End
The Shame Of Torture
- 1/11/99 8:16 PM
Sierra Club:
Sierra Club Experts To Comment
On President Clinton's Plan To Invest In America's Wildlands
- 1/11/99 6:15 PM
Defenders of Wildlife:
Farm Bureau Doesn't Represent Family
Farmer
- 1/11/99 5:01 PM
Center for Democracy and Technology:
Coalition Of Industry And Civil
Liberties Groups Supports Court Fight To Protect Free Speech Online
- 1/11/99 3:01 PM
Amnesty International:
Indonesia: Renewed Violence Plunges
Aceh Province Back Into Terror
- 1/11/99 1:15 PM
Sierra Club:
Sierra Club Welcomes Plans To Limit
Sprawl; Conservation Groups Call Gore Initiatives "Good First Step"
- 1/11/99 9:38 AM
Greenpeace:
Environmentalists Protest Toxic
Ship Export To Asia
- 1/9/99 2:00 PM
Paul Wellstone Presidential Exploratory Committee:
Wellstone Will Not Seek Democratic
Presidential Nomination in 2000
- 1/8/99 4:18 PM
Physicians for Social Responsibility:
Physicians Call for Stronger U.S. Leadership
on Toxic Chemicals
- 1/8/99 2:32 PM
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force:
Georgia Commission Deletes Gay
Men From Teachers' Guide On Holocaust; "Erase Hate Not History" Implores
Task Force
- 1/8/99 2:10 PM
People for the American Way:
'Follow the People,' Ad Urges Senate;
'State of the Union' Campaign Launched
- 1/8/99 12:24 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy:
The Senate: Who Does It Represent?
- 1/7/99 8:30 PM
Greenpeace:
Greenpeace Launch The Brazilian
Leg Of World Expedition To Expose The Chemical Poisoning Of The Planet
- 1/7/99 4:59 PM
Center for Technology Assessment:
CTA Files Two Legal Petitions Demanding
That The FDA And The CDC Act Immediately To Monitor, Regulate And Prevent 'Mad
Cow' Type Diseases In The United States
- 1/7/99 4:35 PM
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force:
Task Force Denounces Arkansas Foster
Care Ban
- 1/7/99 4:10 PM
Commercial Alert:
Coalition Urges Speaker Hastert
to Investigate How Channel One Harms Children, Schools, Taxpayers
- 1/7/99 3:37 PM
Human Rights Watch:
Official Data Reveal Most New York
Drug Offenders Are Nonviolent
- 1/7/99 3:31 PM
Public Citizen:
Environmentalists and Consumers
Blast the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1999
- 1/6/99 5:01 PM
Censure and Move On:
$10 Million Pledged To Oust Members
of Congress Who Voted for Impeachment
- 1/6/99 10:49 AM
Center for Responsive Politics:
New Web 'Member Profiles' Identify
The Money Behind the 106th Congress
- 1/5/99 7:29 PM
People for the American Way:
Ashcroft's Adieu Reinforces Dilemma
for Religious Right Candidates; Gary Bauer May Be Heir Apparent
- 1/5/99 4:28 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy:
Renewed Debate: Guns Vs Butter
- 1/5/99 12:17 PM
Council for a Livable World:
Adding Funding To Pentagon Budget
Misguided
- 1/4/99 3:19 PM
Human Rights Watch:
International Effort Needed on
Aceh
- 1/4/99 12:08 PM
Handgun Control:
Year-End Crime Statistics Show
Gun Laws Work Says Sarah Brady
- 1/2/99 11:55 AM
The Interfaith Alliance:
Religious Leaders Call on Senate
to Act with Integrity, Civility During President's Trial
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