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  June 2006

Friday, June 30

  • 11:55 AM
    Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence: Massachusetts High Court Rules That Homeowners Must Lock Up Their Guns

  • 11:36 AM
    Marijuana Policy Project: New Radio Ad Calls Out Politicians Who Have Used Marijuana

  • 11:26 AM
    National Audubon Society Says House Drilling Bill Endangers Coasts, Offers No Energy Solution

  • 11:04 AM
    Servicemembers Legal Defense Network: White House Makes 1st-Ever Comments on 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'; When Will White House Stand Up for Gay Americans Who Sacrifice So Much?

  • 10:25 AM
    Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala: As Guatemala Enters CAFTA, U.S. Coalition Calls for a New Trade Model

  • 9:12 AM
    National Resources Defense Council: Senators Cut Environmental, Health Programs to Lowest Level in A Century

    Thursday, June 29

  • 7:37 PM
    Sierra Club: House Shreds Offshore Drilling Moratorium

  • 3:35 PM
    People For the American Way: Supreme Court Shifts Right, Kennedy Moderates Impact of Roberts and Alito

  • 3:16 PM
    Institute For Public Accuracy: Comment on Welfare Changes, Federal Reserve

  • 3:00 PM
    Violence Policy Center: U.S. House Vote to Stop Enforcement of Federal Child Safety Lock Law Panders to Gun Lobby, Ignores Grave Risk to Children

  • 2:17 PM
    National Security Whistleblowers Coalition: Whistleblowers Hold House & Senate Members Responsible

  • 1:39 PM
    Institute For Public Accuracy: Comment on Supreme Court's Guantanamo Decision

  • 12:46 PM
    Institute For Public Accuracy: Comment on Gaza and Israel

  • 12:41 PM
    Amnesty International: Amnesty International to the Bush Administration: Game Over Due to Supreme Court Ruling on Military Commissions

  • 11:33 AM
    Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: New "Green Scam" Rules Will Cripple Wetland Protections

  • 11:27 AM
    Center For Constitutional Rights: CCR Lauds Supreme Court Victory in Hamdan V. Rumsfeld and Calls For Fair Trials and Closure of Guantánamo

  • 11:13 PM
    Sierra Club:Ford Breaks Yet Another Promise to Provide American Consumers with Fuel Efficient Vehicles

  • 10:24 AM
    Amnesty International: Amnesty International Releases Video Depicting Death and Destruction in Chad; Calls on International Community to Protect Chadians from Janjawid's Cross-Border Attacks

  • 9:56 AM
    Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: 10,000 EPA Scientists Protest Library Closures

  • 5:15 AM
    Congressman Dennis Kucinich: Congress Must Protect The Media's First Amendment Rights

    Wednesday, June 28

  • 4:30 PM
    Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: New Estate Tax "Compromise" Even Costlier Than Previous One

  • 3:24 PM
    Americans United for Separation of Church and State: West Virginia School District Sued Over Religious Display

  • 2:58 PM
    Military Families Speak Out: Military Mom and Military Wife Visit Senators, Deliver Message: "This is What Staying the Course Looks Like"

  • 2:15 PM
    Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington: Releases House Ethics Complaint Against Rep. Charles Taylor, Details Possible Criminal Acts, Violations of House Ethics Rules

  • 2:11 PM
    Common Cause: Supreme Court Decision Puts Politics over Democracy

  • 2:02 PM
    Democracy 21: Reform Groups Support New Strong Lobbying and Ethics Reform Package

  • 1:52 PM
    Institute for Policy Studies: Organizations at UN Conference Condemn Israeli Assault on Gaza

  • 1:48 PM
    Center for Public Integrity: Power Trips Database Goes Live: Info on Sponsors, Destinations, Costs of 5 1/2 years of Congressional Travel Made Public

  • 1:25 PM
    League of Women Voters: U.S. Supreme Court Opens Floodgates to Partisan Gerrymandering

  • 12:51 PM
    Environmental Defense: Federal Grant Will Develop, Market NC Hog Waste Byproducts

  • 12:36 PM
    PeaceAction Maryland: Maryland Peace Activists Welcome Granny, Jailbird, Marchers against Iraq War from NYC

  • 12:06 PM
    Natural Resources Defense Council: Navy Will Be Sued to Stop Illegal Sonar in Massive Hawaiian War Games

  • 12:05 PM
    ACLU Seeks Information About Government Use of Brain Scanners in Interrogations

  • 12:05 PM
    ACLU Welcomes European Scrutiny Of U.S. Snooping On Financial Data

  • 11:53 AM
    Amnesty International Will Administer Funds for On-the-ground Efforts to Rehabilitate Young Combatants

  • 11:52 AM
    Freedom to Travel Campaign: Banning Books on Cuba Hurts America Not Castro

  • 11:51 PM
    National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and Empire State Pride Agenda Applaud Launch of New Group Working to Advance Fair Treatment of Hotel Industry Employees

  • 11:33 AM
    WakeUpWalMart.com: Wal-Mart Flip-Flops on Minimum Wage; Wal-Mart's Campaign of Lies and Deception Continues

  • 10:21 AM
    Institute for Public Accuracy: Bomb and Run -- for Office · Scuttling Peace Plans · The Oil Timeline

  • 10:21 AM
    Sierra Club Calls on Rumsfeld, DOD to Stop Blocking Wind Farms

  • 9:31 AM
    Families USA: Suit Challenges New Law Requiring over 50 Million People in Medicaid to Document Citizenship


    Tuesday, June 27

  • 1:59 PM
    Earthjustice: Water and Wildlife Threatened by Rio Grande Logging Proposal

  • 1:29 PM
    Human Rights Watch: Europe: Governments Must End Renditions, Illegal Detentions

  • 1:29 PM
    Human Rights Watch: Mexico: Candidates Must Address Murders of Women

  • 1:12 PM
    American Civil Liberties Union: Senate Panel Examines President’s Use of "Signing Statements"

  • 1:00 PM
    Clean Air Watch to EPA: Don't Let Oil Industry Pollute Clean Air Standards

  • 12:28 PM
    AFL-CIO: Panel Provides Solutions to the Persistent Problem of Worker Abuse in Jordan

  • 12:28 PM
    Death Penalty Information Center: Resources Available as 30th Anniversary of Gregg v. Georgia Approaches

  • 12:28 PM
    Public Citizen: The 100th Anniversary of the FDA: The Sleeping Watchdog Whose Master is Increasingly the Regulated Industries

  • 12:28 PM
    Public Citizen Appeals on Behalf of Gripe Web Site Operator to Protect Internet Free Speech

  • 12:28 PM
    Public Citizen: FDA Fails to Protect Americans from Dangerous Drugs & Unsafe Food, Watchdog Groups Say

  • 12:12 PM
    MoveOn.org: Rallies at 300 Gas Stations Nationwide Protest GOP Ties to Big Oil

  • 12:00 PM
    Center for Economic and Policy Research: 10 Economic Indicators to Watch for Signs of Housing Bubble Collapse

  • 11:17 AM
    Progressive Democrats of America Co-Sponsors Town Hall Meetings on Election Violations, Joins Call for Answers in Busby/Billbray Race

  • 11:01 AM
    CODEPINK: Women for Peace / Global Exchange / Gold Star Families for Peace: Cindy Sheehan, Dick Gregory, Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn and Hundreds More Launch Hunger Strike to End the Iraq War

  • 10:43 AM
    Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: NOAA's Quarter-Billion Dollar Hawaiian Boondoggle

  • 10:40 AM
    Brennan Center for Justice: Software Attacks Pose Real Danger to All Electronic Voting Machines, Brennan Center Task Force Says

  • 10:07 AM
    Amnesty International Expert Available to Comment on Expected Supreme Court Ruling on Hamdan v. Rumsfeld; Decision Expected by Month's End

  • 9:16 AM
    Sierra Club Canada: Grandmother Launches Climate Crisis Journey

  • 9:08 AM
    Center for Science in the Public Interest: FDA Fails to Protect Americans from Dangerous Drugs and Unsafe Foods

  • 7:41 AM
    Payday: International Day of Action to Support First Lt. Ehren Watada

  • 6:00 AM
    Peace Action California: A Showdown Over Guns: The UN Reviews Controls on Illicit Weapons Trafficking

  • 4:55 AM
    Witness Against Torture: 25 Arrested at the US Mission to the United Nations Saying 'No to Torture, Shut Down Guantanamo'


    Monday, June 26

  • 1:20 PM
    Earthjustice Statement on Supreme Court Decision to Hear Global Warming Case

  • 1:04 PM
    Friends of the Earth: Global Warming Case Taken Up By Supreme Court

  • 1:04 PM
    Amnesty International: AK-47: World's Worst Regulated Weapon According to New Report

  • 12:46 PM
    Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington Sends Supplemental Letter to Original IRS Complaint Against Grover Norquist's Americans For Tax Reform

  • 11:30 AM
    Natural Resources Defense Council: Energy Efficiency Improvements Could Significantly Cut Natural Gas Use, New Report Finds

  • 11:24 AM
    Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict (CIVIC): US Should Release Numbers of Civilians Killed in Iraq

  • 11:17 AM
    American Civil Liberties Union: Government Drops Demand for Library Records

  • 10:51 AM
    Green Party: California, Washington and New York Green Party Candidates Join LGBT "March for Love and Life"

  • 10:32 AM
    Human Rights Watch: Iran: Retry Ethnic Arabs Condemned to Death

  • 10:10 AM
    Democracy 21 Endorses New Bill to Replace Federal Election Commission with Real Enforcement Agency

  • 10:04 AM
    Human Rights Campaign President Urges Pennsylvania Representatives to Reject Discrimination

  • 9:31 AM
    Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: Attacks on Forest Service Staff up Fivefold in 2005

  • 9:26 AM
    National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty: Chicago Tribune Series Raises Possibility of Another Innocent Person Executed

  • 6:28 AM
    ActionAid International: G8 Back-tracking on Poverty Pledges as Blair Announces Aid Oversight Panel

  • 6:28 AM
    Greenpeace: Dell Commit to "Greener" PCs But Survey Shows Computer Users Demand Even More

  • 6:03 AM
    International Committee of the Red Cross: Preventing Small-Arms Proliferation - Five-Year Review

  • 6:03 AM
    Center for Defense Information: Power of NRA Showcased in U.S. Delegation to Small Arms Conference

  • 4:46 AM
    Oakland Institute: Turning the Tide:Challenging the Right on Campus


    Friday, June 23

  • 1:54 PM
    National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL): Poll Reaffirms that Americans View Birth Control as the Best Way to Prevent Unintended Pregnancies

  • 1:54 PM
    Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: EPA Forgot to Shield Nursing Mothers in Pesticide Experiments

  • 10:51 AM
    AFL-CIO: Hold Clean on $2.10 Minimum Wage Increase, AFL-CIO Tells Members of Congress

  • 10:49 AM
    Amnesty International: Third Anniversary of Order to Detain Enemy Combatant in U.S. Without Charge; Amnesty International Concerned about His Deteriorating Mental, Physical Health

  • 10:14 AM
    Greenpeace: EU Taxpayers and Consumers to Pay for Utilities Pollution

  • 8:41 AM
    Government Accountability Project: Senate Approves Whistleblower Rights Breakthrough

  • 7:00 AM
    Let Justice Roll Campaign Calls on the House to Represent People by Raising Minimum Wage

  • 6:30 AM
    Institute for Public Accuracy: Telecom Giants: Their Way on the Information Superhighway

  • 6:00 AM
    Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington: Forces Dept. of Labor to Release Anti-Union Docs and E-mails

  • 4:16 AM
    Greenpeace Rounds up 'Wall of Death' Fishing Nets in the Mediterranean Sea


    Thursday, June 22

  • 11:44 AM
    Common Cause: New Report Shows 17 States at High Risk for Election Results Compromised Due to Electronic Voting Machine Problems

  • 11:28 AM
    ActionAid International: WTO Stalemate Threatens Development Disaster

  • 11:13 AM
    Natural Resource Defense Council: Wasted Energy Week

  • 11:03 AM
    Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence: Texas Republicans Support Right of Criminals to Purchase Guns

  • 10:43 AM
    Doctors Without Borders: Pneumonic Plague Outbreak Increases in Ituri, Democratic Republic of Congo

  • 10:42 AM
    Americans United for Separation of Church and State Urges House Panel To Defeat Bill Cutting Off Attorneys' Fees In Church-State Cases


  • 10:12 AM
    Public Citizen Tells FDA Companies Must Stop Fraudulently Promoting Laser Therapy as a Treatment to Quit Smoking

  • 10:11 AM
    Citizens for Tax Justice: Proposed Timber Tax Break Benefits Low-Tax Corporations: Estate Tax “Sweetener” Leaves a Sour Taste

  • 9:56 AM
    Center for Science in the Public Interest: Give Bud the Boot from World Cup, Groups Say

  • 9:11 AM
    Human Rights Watch: Iran: Remove Rights Abuser from U.N. Delegation

  • 6:54 AM
    Greenpeace Demands Immediate Closure of the Mediterranean Bluefin Tuna Fishery


  • 6:54 AM
    Greenpeace: Wake-up Call for the World - Whales Protection Goes Beyond IWC

  • 6:00 AM
    Senator Russ Feingold On the Kerry-Feingold Amendment to the Department of Defense Authorization Bill Setting a Deadline of July 1, 2007 for the Redeployment of U.S. Troops from Iraq


    Wednesday, June 21

  • 2:40 PM
    American Friends Service Committee: If Congress Deserves a Raise, Why Don't Workers?

  • 2:38 PM
    Institute for Public Accuracy: Congress on Iraq and War: Lax and Spend?

  • 2:23 PM
    Food and Water Watch: Oil Rigs and Fish Farms = An Unappetizing Idea

  • 2:22 PM
    American Civil Liberties Union Urges Court to Reject State Secrets Claim in NSA Case

  • 2:22 PM
    American Civil Liberties Union and NYCLU Join V-Day Festival for Evening of Performance About Women in Prison

  • 2:22 PM
    Center for Science in the Public Interest: Dietary Supplement Bill Would Require Companies to Report Adverse Reactions to FDA

  • 2:22 PM
    Free Press: Public Interest Groups Respond to New FCC Ownership Rules

  • 2:22 PM
    Common Cause: Reformers Launch National “Voters First” Pledge to Build Support for Public Funding of Congressional Campaigns

  • 1:36 PM
    Amnesty International USA Deeply Disturbed by Reports of Brutal Torture of 2 U.S. Soldiers

  • 1:33 PM
    Nukewatch: WMD Found in North Dakota : Disarmament Begins

  • 11:13 AM
    Center for Justice and Democracy: Consumer Groups and Medical Malpractice Survivors Form United Front against "Health Courts"

  • 9:55 AM
    Amnesty International: UN World Conference on Small Arms and Million Faces Petition

  • 9:51 AM
    Congresswoman Barbara Lee: House Votes Against Permanent Bases in Iraq

  • 6:00 AM
    American Friends Service Committee: From Flight to Hope: The Compromised Existence of Refugees

  • 5:45 AM
    Greenpeace: Peaceful Whaling Protest Stopped Abruptly in St Kitts


    Tuesday, June 20

  • 4:08 PM
    Government Accountability Project: Groups Question DOE’s Announcement of Possible Dismantling of Office of Environment, Safety & Health

  • 2:23 PM
    International Fund for Animal Welfare Stands With Greenpeace as Activists are Arrested at International Whaling Meeting

  • 2:16 PM
    Families USA: Medicare Part D Plans Raised Their Prices for Top Drugs Sold to Seniors

  • 2:01 PM
    Institute for Public Accuracy: Coming to Ramadi: Terror From the Skies?

  • 1:30 PM
    ACLU Condemns U.S. for Failing to Uphold Civil and Political Rights

  • 1:13 PM
    Democracy 21 Opposes Pre-Approval of Privately-funded Trips by Discredited House Ethics Committee

  • 1:00 PM
    Service Employees International Union: Major Class Action Lawsuits Filed in Four Cities Allege Hospitals Colluded To Hold Down Nurse Wages

  • 12:07 AM
    Electronic Frontier Foundation and Government Face Off Over 'State Secrets' in San Francisco Courtroom

  • 12:00 PM
    US Public Interest Research Group: New Report: Global Warming Pollution Doubled in 28 States Since 1960

  • 12:00 PM
    International Committee of the Red Cross Alarmed by Acute Water and Power Shortages in Various Parts of Iraq

  • 11:59 AM
    Center for Science in the Public Interest: 23 States Get Failing Grade on CSPI's School Foods Report Card

  • 11:59 AM
    Human Rights Campaign Announces Support of ‘Groundbreaking’ Maurice Jamal Film

  • 6:30 AM
    Military Families Speak Out: With the Iraq War Putting the Nation’s Health in Peril, Military Families Make a House Call

  • 6:15 AM
    Earthjustice: New EPA Rule Gives Refineries, Chemical Plants Free Pass for Toxic Air Pollution

  • 6:00 AM
    Food and Water Watch: 23 Cities Tell Starbucks To Stop Serving Milk Made with Artificial Growth Hormones


    Monday, June 19

  • 4:09 PM
    John Kerry and Russ Feingold to Offer Amendment with Deadline to Redeploy U.S. Combat Troops From Iraq

  • 3:56 PM
    US Public Interest Research Group: U.S. Supreme Court Issues Split Decision in Clean Water Cases; Congress Must Reaffirm Original Intent of Clean Water Act

  • 2:40 PM
    Institute for Public Accuracy: Iranian Peace Offers

  • 2:16 PM
    Center for Economic and Policy Research: Federal Minimum Wage at Lowest Point in 50 Years

  • 2:15 PM
    Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting: New York Times Corrects the Record

  • 2:15 PM
    NARAL Pro-Choice America: Certification of Signatures Marks First Victory for Freedom and Privacy in South Dakota

  • 1:45 PM
    Sierra Club: Supreme Court Rules Clean Water Act to be decided on Case-by-Case Basis
  • 1:15 PM
    National Parks Conservation Association: New Draft of National Park Management Policies Appears to Restore Agency's Fundamental Mission

  • 12:59 PM
    Amnesty International: Almost One in Three People Affected by Gun Crime

  • 11:27 AM
    Rep. Henry A. Waxman: Dollars, Not Sense: Government Contracting Under the Bush Administration

  • 10:29 AM
    Consumer Federation of America: New CFA Analysis of Real Estate Cartel Explains How It Can Set Prices

  • 10:26 AM
    Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER): The "National Park that Ralph Built" Costs $1,000 Per Visitor

  • 5:31 AM
    Greenpeace: 16 Fashion Designers Link up with Greenpeace to Lobby EU for Comprehensive Ban on Chemicals Which Harm Human Health

  • 12:21 AM
    NARAL Pro-Choice America Calls Supreme Court Decision to Review Federal Abortion Ban Ominous


    Friday, June 16

  • 3:35 PM
    Task Force Policy Institute Launches Largest-Ever National Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Asian and Pacific Islander Americans

  • 3:20 PM
    Natural Resources Defense Council: New Study Reinforces Link Between Mortality Rates and Environmental Hazards

  • 3:20 PM
    Natural Resources Defense Council: EPA Considering Industry Scientists for Advisory Board Reviewing Cancer-Causing Chemical

  • 3:04 PM
    Government Accountability Project: Procter & Gamble Surrenders Data to GAP Client

  • 3:04 PM
    Congressman Dennis Kucinich: “In The Name Of Fighting Terrorism We Are Creating More Terrorists”

  • 3:04 PM
    Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting: Warning Dems Against Withdrawal

  • 2:34 PM
    Doctors Without Borders: Over 10,000 People Flee Violence in Chad

  • 2:34 PM
    Demos: Praise for NY Assembly Committee on Election Law for Passing the "Voting Rights Notification and Registration Act"

  • 12:11 PM
    Sustainable Energy Network: 60+ Groups, Businesses Urge US Senate to Restore Geothermal Energy Funding

  • 12:03 PM
    Human Rights Watch: U.N.: No Business as Usual at New Rights Council

  • 10:00 AM
    Families USA: New Study Shows that Virtually All Medicare Part D Plans Recently Increased Their Prices for the Top 20 Drugs Prescribed to Seniors

  • 8:43 AM
    International Fund for Animal Welfare: Fate of World's Whales Hangs in Balance; International Whaling Commission Meets Today

  • 2:03 AM
    Institute for Public Accuracy: Military Personnel Refusing War


    Thursday, June 15

  • 3:10 PM
    Amnesty International USA Applauds Justice Department Review of TASER-related Deaths, Calling it ‘a Good First Step’

  • 1:01 PM
    United for Peace and Justice: As 2,500th U.S. Serviceperson Dies in Iraq, House Leadership Thwarts Debate on Iraq War!

  • 12:31 PM
    MoveOn Counters GOP Campaign to Intimidate TV Stations

  • 12:29 PM
    Institute for Public Accuracy: End of the Internet?

  • 12:19 PM
    American Civil Liberties Union: Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Flag Amendment, ACLU Urges Full Senate to Reject Limits on First Amendment Rights

  • 11:55 AM
    Democracy Rising: In Memory of 2,500 Deaths: More than 2,500 Religious Congregations to Toll Bells to Call Attention to Fallen

  • 11:25 AM
    Institute for Energy and Environmental Research: Using Nuclear Power to Combat Climate Change Has Severe Risks

  • 10:34 AM
    Human Rights Watch: Iran: Police Assault Women’s Rights Demonstrators

  • 10:20 AM
    Green Party Condemns Mass Arrests, Bulldozers at Nation's Largest Urban Farm

  • 9:34 AM
    Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: New Jersey DEP Weakening Toxic Standards Despite Scandals

  • 5:43 AM
    Greenpeace: Marine Reserves in the Mediterranean Now


    Wednesday, June 14

  • 2:22 PM
    World Wildlife Fund: New Book Sheds Light on Combatting Poverty And Environmental Destruction; Photo Available

  • 1:53 PM
    Media Matters for America: After Numerous Media Appearances Right-Wing Pundit Ann Coulter Has Yet to Answer Tough Questions

  • 1:45 PM
    Amnesty International: European States Legally Responsible for Rendition Abuses

  • 12:57 PM
    Human Rights Campaign: Bishop Gene Robinson, Gay Rights Leaders Speak Out Against Discrimination

  • 12:41 PM
    American Friends Service Committee Sues the U.S. Defense Department for Unlawful Surveillance

  • 12:32 PM
    Farm Sanctuary: USDA Refused to Heed Warnings of Atypical Strains of Mad Cow Disease Since Research Reported Likelihood of Variant in 1993, Group Says

  • 12:29 PM
    Peace Action Education Fund Calls For Real Iraq War Debate on Iraq War

  • 12:26 PM
    Democracy Rising to Distribute Thousands of Copies of Book in Front of White House

  • 12:17 PM
    Senator Russ Feingold: Calls on Gonzales and Negroponte to Provide More Information on Warrentless Wiretapping

  • 12:17 PM
    Senator Russ Feingold: Statement at the Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Net Neutrality

  • 12:12 PM
    Doctors Without Borders: Malnutrition on the Rise in Southern Central Somalia

  • 12:12 PM
    Sierra Club Statement on Jindal Offshore Drilling Bill: Forcing States to Fight for Coastal Protections

  • 11:12 AM
    Free Press: Senators and Strange Bedfellows Come Together to Save the Internet

  • 11:07 AM
    Center for Study of Responsive Law: Statement by Ralph Nader on the Seizure of the South Central Farm in Los Angeles and the Eviction of 350 Farmers

  • 11:03 AM
    Center for Constitutional Rights: Guantanamo to Prevent Independent Coverage of Recent Deaths

  • 10:54 AM
    Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, Children's Defense Fund Decry Loss of Young Lives

  • 10:46 AM
    Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood to FTC: Stop BabyFirstTV from Deceiving Parents Marketing Television as Educational for Babies is False and Deceptive

  • 10:39 AM
    American Civil Liberties Union Sues Pentagon for Documents on Peace Groups

  • 10:13 AM
    Environmental Working Group: USDA Farm Data Release A Good Start, But Incomplete

  • 10:13 AM
    Environmental Working Group: Summer Smog Season Is Also Asthma Season: Which Cars Help Kids Breathe Easier?

  • 7:31 AM
    Real News Project Profiles 25 Democratic Consultants and Their Corporate Clients

  • 7:31 AM
    Peace Alliance: Department of Peace Picks up Nine New Congressional Endorsements Following Successful Mother's Day Campaign


    Tuesday, June 13

  • 3:46 PM
    Greenpeace Ship Banned from St Kitts on Eve of Whale Meeting

  • 3:10 PM
    Children's Defense Fund: 'Mobilizing For Action' Global Women's Action Network for Children Conference Concludes in Jordan; Photo Available

  • 3:09 PM
    Institute for Public Accuracy: Rove Walks? · Bush and Permanent Bases in Iraq

  • 2:56 PM
    Take Back America Conference Participants March in Silent Protest: U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq Surpass 2500

  • 2:56 PM
    Center for Constitutional Rights Reacts to Bush Administration's First Court Filings Since the Guantanamo Deaths

  • 2:20 PM
    Rep. Henry Waxman Calls for Public Accounting of Rove's Actions in CIA Leak

  • 2:18 PM
    Amnesty International: Bush Administration Must Confront Colombian President on Human Rights Abuses

  • 12:30 PM
    Military Families Speak Out: On the Occasion of the 2,500th Troops Death in Iraq, Military Families Mourn and Speak Out: Honor the Fallen, and Bring Our Troops Home Now!

  • 11:23 AM
    Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law: John Brittain Testifies Before House Committee on Education and the Workforce on “No Child Left Behind” and the Disaggregation of Student Achievement Statistics

  • 11:23 AM
    Oxford Research Group: 'War on Terror' Failing, and Distracting Politicians from the Genuine Threats to Global Security

  • 11:01 AM
    Free Press / Consumers Union / Consumer Federation of America: New Report Dismantles Industry Claims about Net Neutrality

  • 11:01 AM
    Council On Hemispheric Affairs: Venezuela: Holding the Line against Drug Trafficking

  • 11:01 AM
    Free Press asks Senate to Save Net Neutrality, Ensure Universal Access to New Networks

  • 10:55 AM
    Children's Defense Fund Gun Report: 2,827 Child, Teen Deaths by Firearms in One Year Exceed Total U.S. Combat Fatalities During Three Years in Iraq

  • 10:44 AM
    Institute for Policy Studies / Nuclear Information and Resource Service: Women Leaders Urge Negotiated Solution to U.S.-Iran Stalemate to Avert War

  • 10:31 AM
    National Organization for Women: Proposed EEOC Cuts Will Make a Bad Situation Worse


    Monday, June 12

  • 12:55 PM
    Campaign for America's Future: Progressives Push "Straight Talk" in Their Fall Agenda

  • 12:54 PM
    American Civil Liberties Union Calls for Immediate Independent Investigation into Reported Suicides at Guantánamo Detention Facility

  • 12:40 PM
    Consumer Federation of America: CFA and American Express Report on First Phase of Research on Consumer Credit Counseling Effectiveness

  • 12:39 PM
    Americans United for the Separation of Church and State Lawsuit Challenges Baltimore City Funding Of Baptist Outreach Program

  • 12:39 PM
    Friends of the Earth International: Wind & Solar Powered Yacht Sets Sail for La Route du Rhum

  • 12:39 PM
    Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: NOAA Blocks Moving Pacific Tsunami Center above Sea Level

  • 12:10 PM
    Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence: Florida Newspaper Report Shows Highly Questionable Shooting Deaths in Early Months of 'Shoot First Law'

  • 12:04 PM
    Democracy 21: Reform Groups Strongly Oppose Use of Pre-Approval Process by House Ethics Committee to Legitimize Privately-Funded Trips for Members

  • 11:34 AM
    Center for Constitutional Rights Blasts Bush Administration for Suicides at Guantanamo

  • 10:13 AM
    National Lawyers Guild Condemns FBI'S Operation Backfire as Unconstitutional

  • 8:35 AM
    Demos: Publication Announcement: New Book Sheds Light on Election Barriers in 21st Century America


    Friday, June 9

  • 3:38 PM
    Citizens for Tax Justice: Do Family Farms Need More Estate Tax Breaks?

  • 2:07 PM
    Free Press: SaveTheInternet.com Coalition Statement on Passage of the COPE Act

  • 12:04 PM
    American Rivers Hails Congressional Move to Close Shipping Channel That Doomed New Orleans

  • 10:59 AM
    Public Citizen: In Settlement Victory, Software Company Allows eBay Sale of Guide to Popular Video Game

  • 10:27 AM
    Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) President Writes to Remind Bush of His Obligations to All Americans

  • 9:59 AM
    ACORN: Wells Fargo Should Make Amends to Customers

  • 9:48 AM
    Service Employees International Union Statement by Secretary-Treasurer Anna Burger on Defeat of the Estate Tax Repeal

  • 6:00 AM
    Clear Path International: Three Children Killed, Three Inured By War Era Cluster Bomb in Vietnam

  • 6:00 AM
    Congresswoman Barbara Lee Blasts GOP Effort to Allow Permanent Iraq Bases

  • 6:00 AM
    Human Rights Watch: D.R. Congo: Climate of Fear Threatens Elections


    Thursday, June 8

  • 3:01 PM
    Environmental Working Group: USDA Farm Data Release A Good Start, But Incomplete Farm Bill Must Not be Extended Without Full Public Accounting

  • 2:42 PM
    Human Rights Campaign and XM Satellite Radio Launch ‘The Agenda With Joe Solmonese’

  • 2:29 PM
    Public Citizen: Senate Rejects Misleading Lobbying Campaign of Moneyed Interests and Votes Against Estate Tax Repeal

  • 2:14 PM
    Institute for Public Accuracy: Zarqawi

  • 1:58 PM
    Institute for Local Self-Reliance: Kicking Our Oil Addiction: Minnesota Becomes First State to Endorse an Electric-Alcohol Strategy

  • 1:40 PM
    Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich On the Death of Terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi

  • 1:13 PM
    Human Rights Watch: Sudan: No Justice for Darfur Victims


  • 1:00 PM
    Nuclear Information and Resource Service: Women Leaders Urge Negotiated Solution to U.S.-Iran Stalemate to Avert War

  • 12:42 PM
    National Parks Conservation Association Celebrates 100-Year Anniversary of the Antiquities Act

  • 12:42 PM
    Americans United for the Separation of Church and State: Military Must Accommodate Wiccan Symbol On Memorial Markers At Government Cemeteries

  • 12:42 PM
    Food and Water Watch: Experimental Fish Farms Fail the Test

  • 12:41 PM
    AFL-CIO Demands Bush Enforce Law On China

  • 12:41 PM
    American Civil Liberties Union: Senate Judiciary Committee To Blindly Consider NSA Legislation, Fails to Challenge White House Claims of Unlimited Executive Power

  • 11:44 AM
    School of the Americas Watch: Congressional Vote to Cut Funding for School of the Americas/WHINSEC Expected Today

  • 11:06 AM
    Progressive Patriots Fund Announces Special “Pick A Progressive Patriot: YearlyKos” Event

  • 9:38 AM
    U.S. Senator Russ Feingold On the Death of Terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi

  • 8:16 AM
    Greenpeace Activists arrested in NATO Headquarters; Greenpeace calls for removal of 480 US nuclear weapons from Europe


    Wednesday, June 7

  • 4:16 PM
    Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting: Gay Marriage Amendment Proposal Needs Serious Attention

  • 3:31 PM
    United for a Fair Economy: Senate Will Try to Kill Estate Tax Tomorrow

  • 3:10 PM
    Sierra Club Television Series Documnts the Fight against Offshore Drilling along the Mississippi Coast

  • 1:55 PM
    Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood Urges Schools to Tune Out BusRadio

  • 1:52 PM
    Institute for Public Accuracy: Palestinian Authority * East Timor

  • 1:28 PM
    MoveOn.org: New 'Caught Red-Handed' TV Ad Starts Airing Today: 4 Reps Charged with Voting to Protect War Profiteers like Halliburton

  • 1:19 PM
    Democracy 21 Calls on Attorney General to Ensure That Criminal Investigations Involving Congressmembers Are Free From Political Interference

  • 1:11 PM
    Sierra Club, United Steelworkers Announce 'Blue-Green Alliance'; Good Jobs, Clean Environment, Safer World Cited as Uniting Principles

  • 12:53 PM
    Greenpeace Welcomes Conviction of Notorious 'Conflict Timber' Trader

  • 12:38 PM
    Institute for Public Accuracy: Congo · Sudan

  • 12:19 PM
    Greenpeace: Ten Football Pitches Worth of Ocean Floor Devastated Every Four Seconds

  • 12:11 PM
    Progressive States Network: Beyond the Minimum Wage: Progressive State Leaders Promote Innovative New Policies

  • 12:10 PM
    American Civil Liberties Union Applauds Senate for Rejecting Discriminatory Constitutional Amendment, Says House Must Also Reject President’s Anti-Gay Agenda

  • 11:07 AM
    Human Rights Campaign: Politics of Discrimination and Distraction Fail as Senate Resoundingly Defeats Federal Marriage Amendment

  • 11:01 AM
    Americans United for Separation of Church and State: Hails Senate Derailment of Federal Marriage Amendment; Says Floor Vote Was Disgraceful Election-Year Stunt

  • 10:51 AM
    Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER): New Jersey Environmental Agency Issues Gag Order to Staff

  • 10:47 AM
    Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG): Discrimination 49, Fairness 48: PFLAG Comments on Federal Marriage Amendment Vote

  • 10:43 AM
    People For the American Way: Statement by President Ralph G. Neas on the Failure of the Marriage Discrimination Amendment to Advance in the U.S. Senate

  • 10:38 AM
    Interfaith Alliance: 5 Ways to Protect Marriage & Religious Freedom: Federal Marriage Amendment Wasted Time on Senate Floor

  • 10:38 AM
    Worldwatch Institute: Report: Biofuels Poised to Displace Oil

  • 10:36 AM
    Free Press / Common Cause: Diverse Groups Urge Rules Committee to Permit Net Neutrality Amendment

  • 8:35 AM
    Amnesty International: Council of Europe Calls on European Countries to Stop Renditions



    Tuesday, June 6

  • 1:06 PM
    Food and Water Watch: Consumer Group Urges U.S. Mayors to Protect Public Water Agencies, Not Abandon Them to Corporate Interests

  • 10:53 AM
    National Priorities Project: States to Gain Security and Dollars Under Unified Security Budget

  • 6:33 AM
    Institute for Public Accuracy: Beyond Haditha

    Monday, June 5

  • 3:57 PM
    National Lawyers Guild: NLG Opposes Bush's Proposed Constitutional Amendment to Ban on Same Sex Marriage

  • 8:20 AM
    The Sierra Club: Sierra Club and United Steelworkers to Announce Historic Strategic Alliance Labor and Environmental Leaders to Describe Details of the Unprecedented Partners

  • 11:03 AM
    Commercial Alert: Commerical Alert Urges Gov. Romney to Expel Radio Ads From Mass. School Buses


    Friday, June 2

  • 1:29 PM
    Jubilee USA Network: Prevent A Man-Made Disaster: Cancel Indonesia's Debt

  • 11:03 AM
    Environmental Working Group: Real-Life Epilogue To "Erin Brockovich": Medical Journal Retracts Fraudulent Chromium/Cancer Study

  • 8:49 AM
    Jobs With Justice: Thousands to "Quarantine" Wal-Mart as Hazardous to Community Health


    Thursday, June 1

  • 3:50 PM
    Institute for Public Accuracy: Blix Report: "Weapons of Terror: Freeing the World of Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Arms"
  • 1:31 PM
    Greenpeace: Flying Protest Exposes Security Risks of French Nuclear Site

  • 1:05 PM
    Campaign for America's Future: Progressives Announce Prime Time Speakers for 'Take Back America' Conference

  • 12:57 PM
    American Civil Liberties Union Wins Expanded Protections for Needle Exchange Participants

  • 12:51 PM
    The Oakland Institute: Korean and American Workers, Farmers and Legislators Voice Opposition to U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement

  • 12:28 PM
    Demos: Study Demonstrates That Campaign Contribution Limits Do Not Harm Challengers

  • 12:27 PM
    Institute for Public Accuracy: Iraq and Afghanistan: Turning Point or Going in Circles?

  • 12:12 PM
    Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER): Legislature to Probe Toxic Collapse in New Jersey

  • 12:00 PM
    Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW): Federal Judge Allows CREW to Take Deposition of Top DOJ Official; Court Finds DOJ Failed to Comply with FOIA Obligations

  • 11:57 AM
    ActionAid International: EU Duties Would Have a Serious Impact on the Livelihoods of Nearly One Million Workers in Vietnam

  • 11:01 AM
    Greenpeace Comment on BLIX WMD Report to Be Published Today

  • 10:24 AM
    Center for Science in the Public Interest: Frito-Lay Agrees to Label Fake Fat Olestra More Clearly on its “Light” Chips

  • 10:17 AM
    Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey Joined by National and Local Peace Groups Calling for End to Iraq War, TODAY


    Wednesday, May 31

  • 3:53 PM
    Human Rights Campaign: ExxonMobil Shareholders Vote in Record Numbers for Non-Discrimination Policy

  • 3:33 PM
    Clean Air Watch: Bush EPA Ignores Science - and Recent Developments - in Reaffirming Pro-Industry Mercury Rule

  • 12:37 PM
    Corporate Accountability International: World No Tobacco Day Draws Attention to Dangers of Tobacco

  • 12:03 PM
    Children's Defense Fund: Prominent Women Leaders from Across the Globe To Gather in Jordan with Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah to launch the Global Women’s Action Network for Children June 11-13th 2006 at the King Hussein Bin Talal Convention Center - Dead Sea, Jordan

  • 11:33 AM
    National Gay and Lesbian Task Force: New Web Site Ranks States on Reproductive, Sexual Rights

  • 11:02 AM
    Congressman Dennis Kucinich: At A Time When Iran Reaches Out To US; US Participates In Phony Diplomacy Setting The Course For War

  • 10:48 AM
    Food and Water Watch: New Survey Confirms Consumers’ Distaste for Carbon Monoxide in Meat Packaging

  • 10:48 AM
    Global AIDS Alliance: Over 1,500 AIDS Activists Protest at U.N. Special Session

  • 9:45 AM
    Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER): Coast Guard Backs New Shipping Lanes for Atlantic Right Whale

  • 9:19 AM
    Peace Alliance: Support for U.S. Department of Peace Grows at Local Level

  • 6:00 AM
    RenewUS.org: Global Warming Finally Solved!

  • 6:00 AM
    Institute for Southern Studies / Gulf Coast Reconstruction Watch: New Orleans Dangerously Unprepared for Hurricane Season

  • 5:57 AM
    ActionAid International: Four Men Arrested in Connection with the Killing of Three Female ActionAid Staff in Northern Afghanistan


    May 2006

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