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August 2003
- 8/31/03 12:38 PM
U.S. Representative Kucinich
Administration's Economic Policies Have Failed Ohio And The Nation
- 8/29/03 3:42 PM
Center for Public and Nonprofit Leadership
Foundations Paying Millions of Dollars to Their Own Well-To-Do Trustees Instead of Charities, Study Shows
- 8/29/03 3:28 PM
World Wildlife Fund
EPA Failure to Regulate CO2 Emissions -- A Missed Opportunity, Says World Wildlife Fund
- 8/29/03 3:05 PM
Rainforest Action Network
The Environmental Shell Game: Big Oil Takes Baby Steps - Vatican City, Pyramids, Taj Mahal, Grand Canyon Now ‘No-Go Zones’
- 8/29/03 12:48 PM
Institute for Southern Studies
New Reports of War Profiteering Demand Action
- 8/29/03 12:14 PM
Project On Government Oversight
Senate Armed Services Committee Should Reject Air Force Tanker Lease
- 8/29/03 10:57 AM
Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting
Networks Change Casualty Count in Iraq Reports
- 8/29/03 9:42 AM
Families USA
Senator Gordon Smith To Discuss Future Of Medicare Prescription Drug Plan
- The Wilderness Society
Groups Sue To Obtain Bush Administration Documents On Closed-Door Deal With Utah Governor Killing Future Wilderness Protection
- 8/28/03 1:32 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy
* Ten Commandments * Labor Day * Against School * Psychiatric Protests
- 8/28/03 1:08 PM
Sierra Club
Environmentalists Force Bush Administration To Admit Failure on Global Warming - Administration Refuses Groups' Legal Efforts For National Standards to Protect Human Health and Environment
- 8/28/03 12:07 PM
NARAL Pro-Choice America
Will September Be 'Anti-Choice Month' on Capitol Hill?; Congressional Leaders Plan Action on Raft of Initiatives
- 8/28/03 11:27 AM
People For the American Way
'Far Right Dream Judge' Janice Rogers Brown
Joins Lineup Of Extremist Appeals Court Nominees
- 8/28/03 11:22 AM
Friends of the Earth
US Agency Rejects Financing For Destructive Gas Project in Amazon - Safeguards for Indigenous Rights and the Rainforests Respected
- 8/28/03 11:15 AM
Granite Staters for Medical Marijuana
Zogby Poll: N.H. Primary Voters Strongly Support Medical Marijuana
- 8/28/03 10:41 AM
Fair and Balanced PAC
www.Bushrecall.org Effort To Recall George W. Bush Results In Groundswell Of Support -
More Than 30,000 Dissatisfied Americans Join To Highlight President’s Irresponsible and Dangerous Actions in Office
- 8/28/03 8:43 AM
OMB Watch
Groups Demand Public Voice On Rules that Could Restrict Access to Public Information Deemed "Sensitive"
- 8/28/03 8:21 AM
Mercury Policy Project
Consumers Unaware of Mercury Risk from Canned Tuna & Other Fish, Survey Shows; Groups Call for Warnings in Stores
- 8/28/03 12:01 AM
The Commonwealth Fund
Health Insurance Scams Leave Thousands with Large Medical Debts and No Coverage; Report Calls for Stronger Criminal Penalties, More Consumer Education
- 8/28/03 12:01 AM
Friends of the Earth International
Business Rules in the WTO: Who Pays the Price?
- 8/27/03 6:21 PM
Program on Corporations, Law & Democracy
Labor Day Quiz
- 8/27/03 3:17 PM
National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
NCADP calls for clemency for Paul Hill
- 8/27/03 3:00 PM
Green Party of the United States
EPA Endangered NYers with 9/11 Air Coverup; Greens Demand Prosecution
- 8/27/03 2:50 PM
National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
Missouri Strikes Down Execution of Juvenile Offenders
- 8/27/03 2:49 PM
National Parks Conservation Association
Bush Administration Ends Summer with Attack on Clean Air Protections
- 8/27/03 2:42 PM
Sierra Club
Bush Administration Weakens Clean Air Act
- 8/27/03 2:17 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy
Crisis with North Korea: Critical Analysis
- 8/27/03 1:37 PM
Friends of the Earth International
International Conference on Environmental Rights and Human Rights
- 8/27/03 12:58 PM
U.S. PIRG
Americans Will Suffer The Consequences Of Today's Assault On Clean Air
- 8/27/03 12:02 PM
Americans United for Separation of Church and State
Two-Ton Ten Commandments Monument Removed From Display At Alabama Judicial Building
- 8/27/03 11:17 AM
The Wilderness Society
Draft Snowmobile Rule for Yellowstone National Park Released
- 8/27/03 10:45 AM
Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights
Consumer Advocate Says Bush Cabinet Officials' Privacy Is for Sale, Bush Should Not Wipe Out Strongest State Privacy Protections
- 8/27/03 9:45 AM
Children's Defense Fund
Number of Parents Suffering Long-Term Unemployment Soars
- 8/26/03 4:15 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy
Bush at American Legion: Interviews Available
- 8/26/03 3:38 PM
Bill of Rights Defense Committee
Patriot Act Deserves an Open Debate, Not Closed-Door Speeches to the Choir
- 8/26/03 3:34 PM
Natural Resources Defense Council
Federal Court Restricts Global Deployment of Navy Sonar - Conservation Groups Say Ruling Protects Whales and Other Marine Life From Injury and Death
- 8/26/03 3:20 PM
American Friends Service Committee
AFSC Urges Bush Administration to Take a Different Approach
to Iraqi Crisis
- 8/26/03 2:55 PM
Green Party of the United States
Docs Endorse National Health Insurance Plan Supported by Greens
- 8/26/03 2:46 PM
U.S. PIRG
2002 Worst Smog Season In Recent Years, Outlook Bleak Without Decline In Pollution Levels: Report Underscores Health Threat Of Imminent EPA And Congressional Decisions
- 8/26/03 2:43 PM
Granite Staters for Medical Marijuana
Edwards Campaign Tactics Cast Doubt on His Commitment to Civil Liberties
- 8/26/03 2:14 PM
Public Citizen
Skyrocketing Gas Prices Are Result of Consolidation of Big Oil Companies and Opposition to Improved Fuel Economy Standards
- 8/26/03 1:29 PM
Food First
Open Fire and Open Markets: Strategy of an Empire
- 8/26/03 1:07 PM
National Organization for Women
NOW/PAC Endorses Carol Moseley Braun for President
- 8/26/03 12:01 PM
United for a Fair Economy
CEOs profit from Layoffs, Pension Shortfalls and Tax Dodges
- 8/26/03 11:35 AM
World Wildlife Fund
WWF Calls on Ex-Im Bank, IADB to Require Changes in Proposed Camisea Pipeline
- 8/25/03 4:01 PM
September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows
911 Families To Encircle WTC Site On Eve Of Anniversary
- 8/25/03 3:55 PM
Children's Defense Fund
New TV Ad Tells Congress: "Head Start's Not Broken, Don't Break It!"
- 8/25/03 3:35 PM
League of Women Voters
League To Honor The 83rd Anniversary Of The 19th Amendment
- 8/25/03 2:24 PM
Public Citizen
Health and Advocacy Groups Call on U.S. FDA to Halt Breast Implant Approval Process
- 8/25/03 12:31 PM
National Organization for Women/National Women's Political Caucus
Women's Groups to Announce Endorsement of Presidential Candidate for 2004 Race
- 8/25/03 11:48 AM
U.S. Representative Kucinich
With The US Death Toll Rising It Is Time For The UN To Take Over Peacekeeping Operations In Iraq
- 8/22/03 4:10 PM
Children's Defense Fund
New Data Shows Welfare Not Helping Neediest Families
- 8/22/03 2:42 PM
Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting
Journalists Find "Calm" When Only Palestinians Die
- 8/22/03 2:02 PM
Earthjustice
Federal Appeals Court Rules California-Based Longline Fishery Violates Endangered Species Act -
Ruling Will Likely Result In Restrictions On Swordfish Fishery To Protect Endangered Sea Turtles
- 8/22/03 12:58 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy
Interviews Available: The March on Washington
- 8/22/03 8:24 AM
Natural Resources Defense Council
Bush Administration to Gut Clean Air Act: Rule Would Allow More Pollution at 17,000 Facilities
- 8/22/03 1:54 AM
Green Party of the United States
Greens see Reckless Energy Policies Behind the Blackout
- 8/21/03 5:24 PM
Food First
Policy Think Tank Reports Find: Agricultural Trade Agreements HurtFamily Farmers and the Poor
- 8/21/03 4:26 PM
Defenders of Wildlife
Bush Forest Initiative Masks Policy Attacks on Forestry Law, Says Defenders of Wildlife
- 8/21/03 12:40 PM
Granite Staters for Medical Marijuana
Edwards Campaign Flustered by Medical Marijuana Protesters
- 8/21/03 9:53 AM
Center for Science in the Public Interest
Journal Editors Urged to Disclose Conflicts of Interest
- 8/20/03 6:16 PM
U.S. PIRG
More Than 136,000 Americans Urge Bush Administration To Clean Up Diesel Pollution: But Fate Of Diesel Proposal Unclear With New Nominee To Head EPA
- 8/20/03 4:34 PM
Burma Campaign UK
'Dirty List' Exposes Companies Supporting Regime in Burma
- 8/20/03 1:34 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy
The U.N. Role in Iraq: Interviews Available
- 8/20/03 1:24 PM
Natural Resources Defense Council
NRDC Sues EPA for Failing to Protect Endangered Wildlife from Herbicide - Group Says Atrazine Threatens Sea Turtles, Fish, Amphibians, and Mussels
- 8/20/03 12:50 PM
Public Citizen
Administrative Costs in Market-Driven U.S. Health Care System Far Higher Than in Canada’s Single-Payer System, New Research Shows
- 8/20/03 12:44 PM
Public Citizen
Bush Puts FirstEnergy First – Consumers Last; White House Has Strong Ties to Troubled Utility
- 8/20/03 12:44 PM
Public Citizen
Independent Task Force Should Investigate Blackout; Public Should Not Trust DOE-Led Team
- 8/20/03 10:21 AM
American Friends Service Committee
AFSC Responds to Bombing of
United Nations Office in Iraq
- 8/19/03 1:47 PM
American Rivers
57 Dams in 16 States to be Removed in 2003
- 8/19/03 12:19 PM
Bill of Rights Defense Committee
Astoria, Oregon, City Council is 150th Local Government to Resist the Patriot Act
- 8/19/03 11:58 AM
Rainforest Action Network
Greenwashed Indonesian Wood Hits U.S. Market - ‘Reduced-Impact Logging’ Doesn’t Protect Human Rights Or Endangered Forests
- 8/19/03 10:45 AM
Center for Science in the Public Interest
Food, Drug Companies Heavily Represented - CSPI Calls for Replacement of Members with Tightest Corporate Ties
- 8/18/03 1:01 PM
Wilderness Society
Newspapers Across The Country Agree Bush Administration Wildfire Plan Does Not Make Protecting Communities a Top Priority
- 8/18/03 12:01 PM
Natural Resources Defense Council
Little-Known Law Protects Public From Being Steamrolled in Rush to Build Roads
- 8/18/03 10:30 AM
Institute for Public Accuracy
Assessing the Blackout: Interviews Available
- 8/18/03 8:43 AM
Food First
To Inherit the Earth: The Landless Movement and the Struggle for a New Brazil
- 8/15/03 3:00 PM
Humane Society of the United States
Animal Protection Organizations Worldwide Unite to Stop Slaughter of Canadian Seals
- 8/15/03 2:51 PM
Ipsos-Public Affairs
Ipsos/Cook Political Report Poll: Pessimism Growing Among Key Swing Voter Groups - Could Be An Indicator Of How Close The November 2004 Election Might Be
- 8/15/03 1:52 PM
Sierra Club
Sierra Club Response to Blackouts:
Protect Consumers, Increase Efficiency, Decentralize Energy Supply
- 8/15/03 1:40 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy
* Blackout * New Nuclear Weapons
- 8/15/03 12:01 PM
Commonwealth Fund
Medicare Beneficiaries With Very Modest Incomes
Will Still Face High Drug Bills Under Proposals In Congress
- 8/15/03 10:23 AM
National Parks Conservation Association
Statement by Thomas C. Kiernan, NPCA president about President Bush's Park Visit Looks Good, Achieves Nothing
- 8/15/03 9:34 AM
People For the American Way
Ten Commandments Judge Says He Won't Obey Court Order
- 8/14/03 4:13 PM
Public Citizen
New GAO Report on Nuclear Waste Transport Risks Fails to Address Key Problems With Yucca Mountain Scheme
- 8/14/03 3:53 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy
* Schwarzenegger and Ken Lay Meeting * Perspectives on Recall
- 8/14/03 3:36 PM
Kucinich.US
Ani DiFranco Joins Willie in Kucinich Benefit
- 8/14/03 3:12 PM
Americans United for Separation of Church and State
Alabama Judge Must Not Be Allowed To Defy Court Ruling On Ten Commandments, Says Americans United
- 8/14/03 8:50 AM
Amnesty International
Afghanistan: Still on the Critical List
- 8/14/03 8:30 AM
World Wildlife Fund
Study: Snow Leopards in Decline; Revenge Killings, Illegal Trade Responsible; Westerners Stationed in Afghanistan New Market for Furs
- 8/13/03 5:36 PM
International Fund for Animal Welfare
Questions Surface Over Import of Dolphins to Mexico; IFAW Calls For Immediate Quarantine, Considers Legal Action
- 8/13/03 5:29 PM
Consumers Union
HMA Goes Back On Its Word to Maintain Charity Care at Local Hospitals - For-profit Chain Plans to Slash Qualifying Income Levels for Charity Care at Providence Toppenish and Yakima Hospitals
- 8/13/03 5:11 PM
Human Rights Watch
U.N.: New Standards for Corporations and Human Rights
- 8/13/03 11:02 AM
Bring Them Home Now
Military Families and Veterans Demand End to the Occupation of Iraq; Immediate Return of All U.S. Troops to Home Duty Stations
- 8/13/03 10:38 AM
Citizen Works
Consumer, Investor Groups Urge Congress:
Let FASB Expense Stock Options
- 8/13/03 10:07 AM
Natural Resources Defense Council
Beach Closures and Advisories Second Highest in a Decade - Problems Likely to Worsen Under Current Federal Policies
- 8/13/03 8:00 AM
The Interfaith Alliance
President Bush Sidesteps U.S. Senate, Bypasses Democracy; Expected 'Recess Appointment' of Daniel Pipes Is Familiar Tactic of White House
- 8/12/03 4:26 PM
American Medical Student Association
Medical Students Support Physicians' Proposal for Single Payer National Health Insurance as Solution to Ailing System
- 8/12/03 4:09 PM
Granite Staters for Medical Marijuana
Kucinich Thanked for Compassion on Medical Marijuana
- 8/12/03 3:55 PM
The Green Party of the United States
As Global Warming Accelerates, Greens Demand Action, Blast Bush's EPA Choice
- 8/12/03 2:57 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy
Doctors Call for National Health Insurance
- 8/12/03 2:09 PM
World Policy Institute
New Report Cites Insider-Dealing
In the Rebuilding of Iraq - Watchdog Group Calls for Senate Investigation of War Profiteering
- 8/12/03 1:26 PM
Center for Science in the Public Interest
CSPI Announces “Clean Plants, Healthy Animals” Conference
- 8/12/03 11:11 AM
Kucinich.US
Kucinich on Physicians' Health Reform Initiative
- 8/12/03 10:45 AM
U.S. PIRG
White House Nominee To Head EPA Opposes Clean Air Protections, Wilderness Preservation, And Action To Halt Global Warming
- 8/12/03 10:19 AM
Human Rights Watch
U.S. Should Take Saddam Hussein Alive
- 8/12/03 10:00 AM
U.S. PIRG
The Failure Of Cable Deregulation: A Blueprint For Creating A Competitive, Pro-Consumer Cable Television Marketplace
- 8/12/03 12:17 AM
Traprock Peace Center
Doug Rokke Nagasaki Day Talk
- 8/11/03 11:13 PM
Mario Savio Memorial Lecture Fund
Call for Nominations for the Sixth Mario Savio Young Activist Award
- 8/11/03 6:59 PM
Sierra Club
Sierra Club Opposes Governor Leavitt for EPA Administrator - Statement of Carl Pope, Executive Director
- 8/11/03 5:37 PM
National Environmental Trust
National Environmental Trust Statement on EPA Administrator Nominee Governor Mike Leavitt
- 8/11/03 5:19 PM
Riptide Communications
Poor And Homeless Marchers Arrive In Knoxville
- 8/11/03 1:14 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy
* Jobless Recovery? * Forecast * Vacation Starvation?
- 8/11/03 12:48 PM
Center For Justice& Democracy
New Data Shows Medical Malpractice Filings
Have Dropped Over Last Decade
- 8/11/03 12:47 PM
Riptide Communications
An Interview with the Late J.H. Hatfield Author Who Investigated Bush's Drug Use and Who Alleged Obstruction of Justice
- 8/11/03 12:15 PM
Public Citizen
Public Interest Groups Criticize Handling of Recent Nuclear Waste Shipment from Western New York to Idaho - Secret Nuclear Shipment Endangered Local Communities
- 8/11/03 11:56 AM
The Wilderness Society
Statement on President Bush’s Western Tour
by William H. Meadows, President, The Wilderness Society
- 8/10/03 7:54 PM
ThomHartmann.com
Has This Administration Shredded the 1st Amendment?
- 8/09/03 12:15 PM
Public Citizen
Bush Puts White House Up for Sale - Statement by Tom "Smitty" Smith, Director, Public Citizen’s Texas Office
- 8/08/03 7:49 PM
The Wilderness Society
Wilderness Society Fact Sheet on Bush Administration Public Lands Record
- 8/08/03 6:56 PM
Animal Welfare Institute
Zoos’ Extortion Works: Wild Elephant Importation Allowed To Go Forward Due To Zoos’ Death Threats - Judge Sentences Elephants To Life Without Parole
- 8/08/03 6:31 PM
Upon These Boards
The Accidental Activist Launches Tour In Honor Of Hiroshima & Nagasaki Victims
- 8/08/03 2:53 PM
U.S. Representative Kucinich
Kucinich: DOD Hawks Seeking New War In Iran
- 8/08/03 2:14 PM
Human Rights Watch
Colombia: Aerial Anti-Drug Program Needs Safeguards
- 8/08/03 1:54 PM
Public Citizen
New Web Site Launched to Track Bush Presidential Campaign’s Donors, Fundraising Activities and Political Favors - WhiteHouseForSale.org Contains Complete List of Rangers, Pioneers
- 8/07/03 5:34 PM
Natural Resources Defense Council
Bush BLM Maximizing Energy Development, Minimizing Environmental Protection
- 8/07/03 4:49 PM
Kucinich.US
Kucinich Challenges Rep. Gephardt on Trade
- 8/07/03 1:52 PM
Consumers Union
New Passenger Vehicle Tire Standards Will Make The Roads Safer
- 8/07/03 12:43 PM
Jim Hightower
Jim Hightower's Explosive New Book: 'Thieves In High Places'
- 8/07/03 12:40 PM
Granite Staters for Medical
Marijuana
Kerry Retreats on Medical Marijuana
- 8/07/03 9:36 AM
U.S. PIRG
22 Superfund Cleanups Could Be Slowed Down
- 8/06/03 4:04 PM
The Wilderness Society
Bush's August Trips Focus on Environment -
As President Travels 'America the Beautiful,' Americans Ask That He Protect It
- 8/06/03 3:50 PM
World Wildlife Fund
WWF Condemns Iceland's Decision to Begin Whaling
- 8/06/03 1:23 PM
Kitchen Gardeners International
International Kitchen Garden Day
- 8/06/03 1:07 PM
Earthjustice
Groups Seek to Clarify Karl Rove's Role in Dictating Klamath Policy Resulting in 33,000 Dead Salmon
- 8/06/03 1:07 PM
Kucinich.US
Chicago Debate Fallout: Gov. Dean's Denial on Social Security Age
- 8/06/03 11:42 AM
Public Citizen
Groups Ask North Carolina Attorney General to Investigate Contaminated Nuclear Shipment
- 8/06/03 1:34 AM
New Jersey Civil Rights Defense Committee
Hunger Striker in Need of Immediate Hospitalization
- 8/05/03 6:27 PM
Food First
Now It Is Time: the MST and Grassroots Land Reform in Brazil
- 8/05/03 4:58 PM
Americans United for Separation of Church and State
Federal Judge Orders Removal Of Ten Commandments Monument From Alabama's Judicial Building
- 8/05/03 4:28 PM
Gray Panthers
GSA MCI/Worldcom Action is Welcome, But Should Have Come Much Sooner
- 8/05/03 4:10 PM
Friends of the Earth
Public Financing Delayed Again on Camisea
- 8/05/03 2:27 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy
Nuclear Precipice: Korea and Iran
- 8/05/03 2:12 PM
MADRE: An International Women's Human Rights Organization
Palestinian Youth Mobilize Against Human Rights Abuses in the West Bank
- 8/05/03 12:35 PM
U.S. PIRG
Hundreds of Superfund Cleanups Could Be Slowed Down
- 8/05/03 12:16 AM
National Parks Conservation Association
Seinfeld, Cronkite Speak Up for National Parks
- 8/05/03 10:07 AM
East Timor Action Network
Indonesian Court's Final East Timor Sentence "Joke"
- 8/05/03 9:47 AM
Institute for Southern Studies
Peace Activists Target War Profiteers and "Corporate Looters" of Iraq
- 8/04/03 4:59 PM
Human Rights Watch
Liberia: Peacekeepers Should Not Be Shielded from Justice
- 8/04/03 4:26 PM
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
Howard Dean the First Choice of Gay Pride Attendees, Task Force Poll Shows - Only 5% Plan to Vote for President Bush; 76% will Support Democratic Challenger; 1,471 Surveyed at LA, NYC, DC Prides
- 8/04/03 4:16 PM
Sierra Club
Introducing Bush Administration "Sweet Deals Trail Mix"
- 8/04/03 4:12 PM
Green Party of the United States
Greens Battle Restrictive Ballot Access Laws In Many
States - A Victory in Maryland; a Dramatic Lawsuit in Alaska
- 8/04/03 2:24 PM
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
WILPF Demands Search for Truth about Iraq War
- 8/04/03 10:53 AM
Infact
NGOs Call on Government Officials to Ratify Global Tobacco Control Treaty as Thousands Gather for World Conference on Tobacco or Health
- 8/03/03 12:44 PM
Operation Hidden Agenda
FOX TV’s Popular Bill O'Reilly and his Fans use the "WMD Attack Approach” with Operation Hidden Agenda Playing Cards
- 8/01/03 3:06 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy
Weapons of Mass Deception?
- 8/01/03 2:53 PM
U.S. PIRG
Cleanup Slowdown: How Under-Funding the Superfund Program Harms Communities Across America
- 8/01/03 2:30 PM
U.S. PIRG
Senate Leaves America At Risk for Future Enrons, Rejects Cantwell Amendment
- 8/01/03 12:23 PM
Marijuana Policy Project
Senate Approves DEA Chief; Raids on Patients to Continue
- 8/01/03 11:54 AM
Center for Democracy and Technology
Congress Should Place Checks On Patriot Act Powers, CDT Says-
Murkowski Bill Provides Reasoned, Modest Approach to Oversight and Accountability
- 8/01/03 10:54 AM
Public Citizen
By Passing Last Year’s Flawed Energy Bill, Senate Takes Huge Step Backward
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