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February
1999
- 2/26/99 4:06 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy:
Holes In New Report Of Economic Growth:
Analysts Point To Big Gaps In Prosperity
- 2/26/99 2:31 PM
The Interfaith Alliance:
FBI Targeting of Muslims Raises Serious
Questions
- 2/26/99 1:05 PM
Landmine Survivors Network:
Landmine Survivors Mark International
Landmine Ban, Urge Clinton to Sign Ban by Dec. 31
- 2/26/99 9:00 AM
Human Rights Watch:
Put Human Rights "into Practice":
Clinton Administration Urged To Do More Than Just Report
- 2/25/99 6:45 PM
Physicians for a National Health Program:
Voucher Proposal Wrong Prescription
For Medicare: Study Blasts Medicare Commission's Pro-HMO Recommendations Calls
for Universal System to Include Young and Old
- 2/25/99 6:18 PM
Public Citizen:
Statement by Joan Claybrook, President
of Public Citizen, Hailing New Drive to Enact Campaign Finance Reform Before the
2000 Elections
- 2/25/99 3:07 PM
Sierra Club:
Ford's New Gas-Guzzling SUV Wins "Exxon
Valdez" Award
- 2/25/99 12:10 PM
Amnesty International:
From Alabama to Wyoming:
50 Counts of Double Standards -- the Missing Entries in the US Report on Human
Rights
- 2/25/99 12:00 Noon
Worldwatch Institute:
World May Be On Edge of Environmental
Revolution
- 2/25/99 11:28 AM
American Civil Liberties Union:
ACLU Tells the Nation's Cops: 'Skin
Color Should Not Be Grounds for Suspicion'
- 2/25/99 11:07 AM
National Organization for Women:
NOW Calls on Clinton to Foreswear
"Nuts or Sluts" Defense, Work with Congress to Strengthen Women's Rights Laws
- 2/25/99 8:57 AM
East Timor Action Network:
Nobel Peace Laureate Dr. Jose Ramos-Horta
On Indonesia Orchestrated Violence in East Timor
- 2/24/99 7:36 PM
Center for Responsive Politics:
Clinton Legal Defense Fund Donations
On-Line
- 2/24/99 7:17 PM
Senator Paul Wellstone:
New Report Condemns Bipartisan Commission's
Failed Plan For Medicare
- 2/24/99 4:18 PM
Public Citizen:
Public Citizen Recommends Major
Overhaul of Independent Counsel Act; Senate Hearings Begin as Controversial Law
Nears Expiration
- 2/24/99 3:56 PM
AFL-CIO:
Average Family Loses $4,000 Annually
to the Wage Gap Between Men and Women, New Study Finds; AFL-CIO Launches Campaign
to Introduce New State Equal Pay Legislation
- 2/24/99 2:49 PM
Handgun Control:
Lawmakers Introduce Bill To Permanently
Reinstate Brady Waiting Period; Legislation Hailed by Jim and Sarah Brady, Gun
Violence Victim Chris Sleater, and Law Enforcement Representatives
- 2/24/99 2:38 PM
Public Citizen:
Public Citizen, Teamster Reformers
Win Partial Rerun in Teamster Election; Officials Find Violations of Election
Rules
- 2/24/99 2:18 PM
Congressman Bernie Sanders:
Sanders: Medicare Commission Must
Drop Copayment Proposal For Home Health Care
- 2/24/99 12:08 PM
Rainforest Action Network:
Poll Finds Nearly Two-Thirds Of
Americans Against Sales Of Old Growth Wood; Majority Also Favors Banning
Old Growth Logging
- 2/23/99 11:56 PM
Committee Against Silence:
Black Tie Meets Black List As Protesters
Target Oscar Night Over Kazan Award
- 2/23/99 8:00 PM
Mother Jones Magazine:
Mother Jones Spotlights Clinton-Era
Arms Deals
- 2/23/99 5:46 PM
National Organization for Women:
Statement of New York City NOW President
Galen Sherwin in Response to Anthrax Threat by Anti-abortion Terrorist
- 2/23/99 3:15 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy:
Perspectives on Kosovo
- 2/23/99 1:18 PM
Amnesty International:
Öcalan Case: Amnesty International
Asks Turkish Prime Minister For Fair Trial
- 2/23/99 12:03 PM
Minnesota Alliance for Progressive Action/Center for Responsive Politics:
New Website Follows The Money In
Minnesota Elections
- 2/23/99 10:00 AM
Congressman Bernie Sanders:
Sanders To Deliver Opening Address
At National Conference On Gulf War Illness In Atlanta; Conference Held As First
Gulf War Illness Treatment Trials Begin Across The Country
- 2/23/99 9:43 AM
Defenders of Wildlife:
Citizen Groups Call Land and Water
Protection a Top Legislative Priority
- 2/23/99 9:00 AM
Human Rights Watch:
Oil Companies Complicit in Nigerian
Abuses; Rights Group Urges Oil Firms to Help Prevent Niger Delta Crackdown
- 2/22/99 4:31 PM
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force:
Equality Begins At Home; Youth Activists
and Actions Abound
- 2/22/99 10:31 AM
Greenpeace USA:
Mainlining Danger: Hospital Patients
Exposed to High Levels of Toxic Chemicals in Vinyl I.V. Bags
- 2/19/99 6:27 PM
California League of Conservation Voters:
CLCV Optimistic About Governor's
Appointments On Air, Parks and Water
- 2/19/99 2:29 PM
US Senator Paul Wellstone:
Wellstone and Hutchinson to Join
with Human Rights Coalition at Press Conference to Call for U.S. Condemnation
of China's Human Rights Record at U.N. Geneva Conference
- 2/19/99 2:07 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy:
Perspectives on Social Security
- 2/18/99 4:34 PM
US Public Interest Research Group:
U.S. PIRG Says Preliminary Reports
of EPA Proposal on Auto Pollution Are Promising, But Not Perfect
- 2/18/99 3:13 PM
Planned Parenthood:
Planned Parenthood Launches New
Web Site for Teens: teenwire.com
- 2/18/99 3:03 PM
Physicians for Social Responsibility:
Physicians for Social Responsibility
Urges Senate to Reject Ballistic Missile Defense
- 2/18/99 12:20 PM
Americans United for Separation of Church and State:
Bible Requires Death By Stoning
For "Rebellious" Teenagers, Says PA Preacher; Mercersburg Activist Insists
Bible Mandates Execution
- 2/18/99 11:49 AM
Critical Mass Energy Project:
Virginia Utilities Using Campaign
Money to Influence Anti-Consumer Deregulation Legislation; Nader, Other Consumer,
Environmental Advocates Leading Charge Against Virginia Utilities' Unfair Use
of Campaign Contributions
- 2/18/99 9:30 AM
Greenpeace/Center for Food Safety:
Greenpeace, Center for Food Safety
And Organic Farmers Sue EPA Over Gene-Altered Foods
- 2/18/99 9:00 AM
Commonwealth Fund:
Study Shows Disparities in Employer-Based
Coverage Persist Between Minority Workers, Others
- 2/17/99 7:03 PM
People for the American Way:
New "Gay" Rating Proposed;
Religious Right Would-Be Censors Suggest "HC" Warning for Homosexual
Content
- 2/17/99 3:34 PM
Amnesty International:
Afghanistan:
Human Rights Abuses Against Women
- 2/17/99 2:43 PM
Rainforest Action Network:
Four Arrests In San Francisco Protest
At Chevron Headquarters; Chevron Agrees To Meet With Protestors To Discuss Ending
Nigerian Operations
- 2/17/99 12:38 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy:
Analysts On Kurdish Situation
- 2/17/99 10:00 AM
Zero Population Growth:
Environmental Organization Launches
World's First Green, Progressive and Commercial-Free Radio Station
- 2/16/99 9:06 PM
Human Rights Watch:
Rights Group Demands Fair Trial
for PKK Leader; Risk of Torture and Death Penalty Cited
- 2/16/99 7:01 PM
Greenpeace:
Greenpeace
Vows to Continue Fight Against BP's Northstar, After Alaska Court Fails to Stop
Illegal Ice Road Project
- 2/16/99 5:41 PM
Sierra Club:
Sierra Club Launches Ads To Educate
Public About Five Representatives Who Voted Against The Environment
- 2/16/99 4:44 PM
American-Kurdish Information Network:
AKIN Condemns Apparent Greek and
U.S. Complicity in Arrest of Ocalan; Calls on International Community to Oppose
Turkey's Genocidal Campaign Against the Kurds
- 2/16/99 9:30 AM
Stand for Children:
Stand for Children Day Theme Chosen
in Response to Grassroots Call For Action
- 2/15/99 8:30 AM
United Food and Commercial Workers International Union:
Truth Squad Targets Vienna, Ga.,
Tyson Plant
- 2/12/99 9:10 PM
Consumers Union:
EPA Pesticide Brochure Slammed by
Consumers Union
- 2/12/99 3:14 PM
Rainforest Action Network:
Brazil Rainforest Loss Figures Indicate
Manmade Catastrophe; Worldwide Ban On Old Growth Wood And Pulp Products Is In
Order
- 2/11/99 2:36 PM
The Wilderness Society:
Halt To Road Construction By Forest
Service Moratorium Is On The Right Track -- But it must be strengthened
to protect 60 million acres now "up for grabs."
- 2/11/99 2:13 PM
Sierra Club:
Sierra Club Calls On Clinton And
Gore To Permanently Protect America's Forest Heritage
- 2/11/99 12:18 PM
Greenpeace:
Greenpeace
Statement on Coos Bay, Oregon Oil Spill
- 2/11/99 11:52 AM
Heritage Forests:
Heritage Forests Campaign Says Administration
Roadless Area Policy Off Track; Declares 'Internet Day of Action'
- 2/11/99 3:04 AM
Institute for Public Accuracy:
Impeachment and 'Real Issues'
- 2/10/99 11:59 PM
The Committee Against Silence:
There Will Be A Protest Demonstration
Among All The Lovely Gowns And Black Ties At The Academy Award Ceremony. We Will
Protest That The Blacklist Is Never Over Because Today In America...
- 2/10/99 7:41 PM
Julia Butterfly:
Tree-Sitter Julia Butterfly To Continue
Treetop Vigil Despite Notice; Activists State Recent 'Eviction Notice' An Opportunity
for Resolution
- 2/10/99 4:12 PM
Handgun Control:
Colorado Proposal Would Allow Upwards
Of 57,000 Convicted Criminals To Carry Hidden Handguns
- 2/10/99 2:13 PM
Sierra Club:
Congress Votes to Weaken Environmental
Protections; Vote Against Amendment Threatens Our Clean Air and Water
- 2/10/99 1:20 PM
Human Rights Campaign:
HRC Blasts Jerry Falwell For Teletubbies
Attack; Falwell Relies on Old Stereotypes In Bizarre "Outing" of Fictional Character
- 2/10/99 12:34 PM
Critical Mass Energy Project:
Statement in Opposition to Exxon-Mobil
Merger
- 2/10/99 10:55 AM
Public Citizen:
Potentially Infectious Colombian
Kidney Tissue Used in Clot-Busting Drug Abbokinase; Suspect Tissue From Deceased
Newborn Babies and Aborted Fetuses Imported in Violation of U.S. Law, Used for
Abbott Drugs
- 2/9/99 7:48 PM
Americans United for Separation of Church and State:
Jerry Falwell Attacks 'Teletubbies':
TV Preacher Jerry Falwell's newspaper has warned parents that the 'Tinky Winky'
character on the 'Teletubbies' children show may be gay
- 2/9/99 5:44 PM
Feminist Majority:
Hollywood Community To Gather to
Expose Human Rights Abuses and Send a Message of Hope to the Women and Girls of
Afghanistan
- 2/9/99 3:56 PM
Public Citizen:
New House Leadership Puts Special
Interests First; "Regulatory Rollback" First Order of Business for Floor Feb.
10th
- 2/9/99 3:15 PM
Americans United for Separation of Church and State:
Statement Of Barry W Lynn On Resignation
Of Donald Hodel As President Of The Christian Coalition
- 2/9/99 3:03 PM
Council for a Livable World:
$120 Billion and Counting And Still
No Workable Ballistic Missile Defense System Exists
- 2/9/99 10:41 AM
National Organization for Women:
NOW Vows to Help Address Diversity
Issues and to Bring a Feminist Agenda to The Millennium March
- 2/9/99 9:42 AM
Human Rights Watch:
Kosovo War Criminals May Go Free;
Interim Accord Must Address Atrocities
- 2/9/99 9:00 AM
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities:
Report Says Close to Half of Working
Poor Parents Lack Health Insurance
- 2/8/99 6:16 PM
Utne Reader:
Utne Reader's Y2K Citizen's Action
Guide Consumer Demand Increases; Guide Goes Into Second Printing
- 2/8/99 5:49 PM
The Wilderness Society:
Commercial Logging In National Forests
Lost $45 Million Of Taxpayers' Money
- 2/8/99 4:34 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy:
Anti-Drug Policy: Still Skewed
- 2/8/99 3:24 PM
Common Cause:
Common Cause Letter to Senate on
Opening Impeachment Trial Deliberations To Public
- 2/8/99 2:18 PM
American Civil Liberties Union:
ACLU Urges Funds, Not Fanfare, For
Clinton Public Health Approach to Drug War
- 2/8/99 9:01 AM
Clean Air Trust:
Health, Environmental Leaders Challenge
Ford on Vehicle Clean-Air Standards
- 2/6/99 10:17 AM
Violence Policy Center:
Violence Policy Center Hails Gun
Show Reforms; Action Counters Effect of 1986 NRA-Backed Law
- 2/6/99 10:15 AM
Handgun Control:
Sarah Brady Statement on President's
Gun Show Proposal
- 2/5/99 4:25 PM
Public Citizen:
Consumer Group Attacks Commission
Plans for Medicare
- 2/5/99 12:50 PM
Common Cause:
Reformers Call On Speaker Hastert
To Schedule Early House Action On Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform
- 2/5/99 12:01 PM
Planned Parenthood:
Planned Parenthood President Gloria
Feldt Appointed to U.S. Delegation to the Hague International Forum, Feb. 8-11;
Feldt to Stress Urgency of Congress Fulfilling U.S. Commitment to Reproductive
Health and Rights for a Sustainable Global Future
- 2/4/99 6:19 PM
Feminist Majority:
National Women's Leaders Oppose
Live Testimony At Senate Trial; Statement of Eleanor Smeal, President of the Feminist
Majority
- 2/4/99 4:54 PM
Human Rights Watch:
Human Rights Watch Condemns Execution
of Juvenile Offender
- 2/4/99 3:44 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy:
Environmentalists Critique Clinton
Budget Waste
- 2/4/99 12:57 PM
Amnesty International:
Midnight Shame -- USA Executes Child
Offender
- 2/4/99 12:07 PM
Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities:
Ben & Jerry's Co-Founder Dons
Nightshirt on National TV in Attempt to Wake Up Washington to Misguided Spending
Priorities
- 2/4/99 9:29 AM
Human Rights Watch:
Pinochet's Case "More Flawed
the Second Time Around"
- 2/3/99 5:19 PM
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force:
Wyoming Kills Hate Crimes Bill
- 2/3/99 3:58 PM
American Civil Liberties Union:
ACLU Wins $375,000 Jury Award in
Case Of Dad Denied Leave to Care for First-Born Child
- 2/3/99 10:06 AM
US Public Interest Research Group:
Report Finds Forty States Advise
Limited Fish Consumption Due to Mercury Contamination; Calls State Protections
Inadequate; U.S. Tuna Foundation Joins Call for Reduced Mercury Emissions
- 2/2/99 7:30 PM
People for the American Way:
Voucher Schools Violating Wisconsin
Law On Student Admissions; New Legal Complaint Urges DPI To Suspend State Payments
To Schools Not In Compliance
- 2/2/99 6:48 PM
National Organization for Women:
NOW President Patricia Ireland Lauds
Planned Parenthood Victory in Oregon Anti-Abortion Terrorism Case
- 2/2/99 4:14 PM
Planned Parenthood:
Oregon Jury Strikes Blow Against
Anti-Choice Terrorism
- 2/2/99 3:34 PM
Handgun Control:
NRA Attempt to Subvert National
Instant Criminal Background Check System Suffers Setback
- 2/2/99 3:14 PM
National Medical Association:
NMA Says 'No' to Washington State
Over Affirmative Action Vote, Pulls 2001 Convention from State
- 2/2/99 1:53 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy:
Clinton's New Budget: Behind The
Rhetoric
- 2/2/99 11:01 AM
Amnesty International:
Open Letter From Amnesty International
to President Clinton, the Leaders of the US Senate, and the Chief Justice of the
US Supreme Court, Concerning the Imminent Execution of Sean Sellers in Oklahoma
- 2/2/99 10:20 AM
War Resisters League:
Poll Shows Overwhelming Preference
For Social Programs Over Military
- 2/2/99 2:14 AM
Green Party USA:
Kenyan Students Defend Native Forest;
Green Party requests Sanctions to Defend Forest
- 2/1/99 10:30 PM
Rainforest Action Network:
Ecuador Declares Two Sensitive Rainforest
Parks Off Limits To Oil Drilling; Environmental Victory In The Oriente: Nearly
3-Million Acres To Be Protected
- 2/1/99 4:43 PM
US Public Interest Research Group:
U.S. PIRG Gives President's Budget
Request Mixed Reviews
- 2/1/99 4:40 PM
Human Rights Campaign:
HIV Prevention Once Again Not A
Priority In Clinton Budget While CDC Reports Increases In Unsafe Sex
- 2/1/99 3:18 PM
American Friends Service Committee:
Report Finds Consequences Of
Sanctions Fall Most Heavily On Children, Families In Iraq; Quaker medical delegation
cites UN sanction study that attributes 50,000
excess deaths in children under age 5 in 1997 alone.
- 2/1/99 2:15 PM
International Labor Organization:
President's New Budget Endorses
ILO's Activities
- 2/1/99 12:35 PM
Rainforest Action Network:
Scientists Discover Source Of HIV-1
To Be Chimpanzees In Logging-Threatened Rainforest; Without Immediate Preservation,
Cure For AIDS May Be Lost Forever
- 2/1/99 9:40 AM
Council for a Livable World:
Fiscal year 2000 Military Budget
Analysis
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