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August 2007

Friday, August 31

11:17 AM
Public Citizen: Federal Agency Rejects Enhanced Oversight of Genetic Tests, Places Cost Considerations Above Public Health Concerns

10:58 AM
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Applauds Iowa Ruling Granting Same-Sex Couples The Freedom To Marry

10:29 AM
EarthJustice: Public Calls Upon EPA to Adopt Most Protective Limits on Smog Pollution

10:12 AM
Congressman Dennis Kucinich: GAO Report Shows The Administration Refuses To Take Responsibility For Initiating a War Based On Lies

10:10 AM
Children's Defense Fund Applauds New York and California Governors for Standing up to President Bush on SCHIP

9:56 AM
Center on Budget & Policy Priorities On The New Census Bureau Data On Poverty, Income, and Health Insurance

9:27 AM
Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) Appeals Dismissal of Case Charging Former Israeli General With War Crimes In Attack On UN Compound

8:08 AM
Cornucopia Institute: Enforcement Hammer Falls On Nation's Largest Organic Factory Dairy

7:55 AM
Farm Sanctuary: Rescued Chickens Shed Light On Horrors of NYC's Live Markets

7:53 AM
Save Kenneth Foster Campaign: Movement to Save Kenneth Foster Wins Historic Victory

Thursday, August 30

2:50 PM
Military Families Speak Out: Mother Who Lost Son In Iraq Takes On Former Bush Aide

2:18 PM
Amnesty International Applauds Commutation of Death Sentence for Kenneth Foster

2:01 PM
Public Citizen: Fuel Economy: We Must Do More Than Ask

1:51 PM
Environmental Defense: Cars See First Carbon Emissions Rate Drop in Two Decades, But Overall Emissions Continue to Grow

1:50 PM
Center For Economic and Policy Research: Labor Day: No Picnic for Millions of Workers

1:21 PM
ACLU Asks Court to Bar Government From Deporting Egyptian National to Torture

1:17 PM
Progressive Democrats of America: There Was No Summer Vacation For Anti-War Movement

9:40 AM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER): Massive California Water Reclamation Scheme Full of Holes

8:44 AM
Congressman Dennis Kucinich: Two Years After Hurricane Katrina And The Administration Still Refuses To Make Gulf Coast Recovery A Priority

8:09 AM
AFL-CIO, ACLU, & NILC Challenge New Homeland Security Rule

8:00 AM
AFL-CIO Declares '08 Elections a Mandate For High Quality Health Care for All by '09

Wednesday, August 29

3:03 PM
Institute For Public Accuracy: Katrina: Where's the Accountability?

2:45 PM
Greenpeace: World Bank Group's Role in Illegal African Rainforest Destruction Is Exposed

2:11 PM
EarthJustice: Oil Refineries Targeted For Global Warming Emissions Cuts

1:52 PM
The American Friends Service Committee: Nation Should Spend $720 Million A Day On Ending Poverty, Not On Iraq War

11:58 AM
Congressman Dennis Kucinich: Congress Must Tell The President 'No' To Additional War Funding

11:57 AM
MADRE Condemns Assassination of Guatemalan Political Candidate

10:52 AM
ACLU Wins Settlement for Immigrant Women in Sexual Harassment Case

10:25 AM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER): High Seas Harassment of NOAA Fishing Observers on Rise

10:09 AM
Equality California: Legislature Calls on Congress, President to Pass Federal Hate Crimes Act

9:32 AM
The Abolitionist Action Committee: US Supreme Court is Site of Texas Execution Protest

8:46 AM
Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good: Census Data Reveals Little Progress for Poor

8:00 AM
National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) Statement on 2nd Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina

6:00 PM
Institute for Policy Studies & United for a Fair Economy: ' Executive Excess' Report Americans Pay A Staggering Cost For Corporate Leadership

Tuesday, August 28

2:08 PM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER): Lawyer Exposing Rip-Off of Indian Assets Faces Firing Threat

1:37 PM
Brave New Foundation: Director Robert Greenwald, Coalition of Social Justice Organizations Launch Video Supporting Katrina Victims

12:14 PM
Amnesty International Holds Vigil to Remember the Disappeared

11:22 AM
Families USA: Number of Uninsured Increases Sixth Year in a Row

10:49 AM
Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP): 15,000 Doctors: "Single Payer National Health Insurance is the Only Solution"

10:16 AM
NRDC: Arsenic Contamination Found at New Orleans Schoolyards

10:10 AM
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Responds to Reports of Arrest of Idaho Sen. Larry Craig, Opponent of Same-Sex Marriage, Related To 'Lewd Conduct'

9:00 AM
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) Files Complaint With the Senate Ethics Committee Against Senator Larry Craig (R-ID)

8:28 AM
ACLU Gonzales Resignation Does Not Pardon President's Abuse of Power

8:02 PM
ACLU Rebukes Censorship of War Documentary

Monday, August 27

3:16 PM
Center For Constitutional Rights: CCR Says Gonzales Resignation Welcomed But Nothing To Celebrate: Illegal Torture, Rendition, Spying Practices Must Stop

2:58 PM
Amnesty International: New Orleans Survivor Council, Residents of Public Housing Demand Rights for Katrina's Displaced

2:09 PM
Congressman Dennis Kucinich: New Attorney General Needs To Uphold The Constitution

1:50 PM
TrueMajorityAction.org: Activist Group Celebrates Gonzales Resignation with Ice Cream Treats

12:29 PM
Whatcom Peace & Justice Center: Iraq Vet's DC Tower Guard - Day Two

11:52 AM
The Constitution Project: Attorney General's Resignation Should Mark New Beginning

10:22 AM
DePaul University Academic Freedom Committee: DePaul Violates Finkelstein's Contract and Further Undermines Academic Freedom at the University

9:49 AM
People For The American Way on Gonzales Resignation: It's High Time

7:29 PM
American Rights At Work: Socially Responsible Businesses Redefine Labor Relations in Global Economy by Collaborating with Employees and Unions

Friday, August 24

3:30 PM
NRDC: Unfathomable: EPA Decides Oil Refinery Air Pollution is Clean Enough to Ignore

2:44 PM
Amnesty International: Foster Execution in TX a Shocking Perversion of the Law

12:07 PM
NARAL Pro-Choice America Commemorates the One-Year Anniversary of Over-The-Counter Status for Plan B

9:00 AM
Center For Constitutional Rights: Guantánamo Supreme Court Brief Filed Today Argues That Executive Branch Is Not Above The Rule of Law

8:00 AM
CODEPINK: Five Hunger Strikers and Peace Activists Arrested At Federal Building

Thursday, August 23

4:57 PM
Veterans For Peace: Iraq Vet Tower Guard Vigil in DC

4:07 PM
ACLU Condemns Spy Chief's Politically Motivated Disclosures About Government Surveillance

4:00 PM
Center For American Progress: Safeguarding the American People

2:14 PM
Institute For Public Accuracy: Katrina, Two Years Later: Where's the Progress?

1:07 PM
Friends of The Earth: Bush Administration Mountaintop Mining Rule Called a Disgrace

12:45 PM
Military Families Speak Out To Participate In Protest Against Iraq War At Bush Compound In Kennebunkport, Maine

9:43 AM
Beyond Nuclear: Palisades Nuclear Plant Critics Warn Court about Catastrophic Earthquake Risks

8:24 AM
EarthJustice: Rule Changes Ease Legal Limits on Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining

8:00 AM
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) Releases Statement on White House Office of Administration's Claim Not To Be Subject To The FOIA

7:59 AM
Sustainable Food News Inks Syndication Deal With America's Second Largest Food Distributor

6:38 AM
Children's Defense Fund Denounces Bush Administration's New SCHIP Rules

6:00 AM
Peace & Justice Coalition: National Anti-War March in Newark, N. J., Aug. 25th.

5:55 AM
Institute for Southern Studies: Report: Most Gulf Coast Aid Failing To Reach Katrina Victims

Wednesday, August 22

1:13 PM
National Organization for Women (NOW): Denounces Deportation of Immigrant Rights Advocate Elvira Arellano

12:45 PM
American Friends Service Committee (AFSC): Quaker Organization Calls on Congress to Tighten Mine Safety Rules

11:32 AM
School of the Americas Watch: US Army School Instructors Jailed for involvement in Colombian Drug Cartel

Tuesday, August 21

5:51 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Court Rules Against Bush Administration in Global Warming Case

2:48 PM
American Friends Service Committee (AFSC): AFSC: 'US Policy Should Keep Families Together, not Separate Mothers from their Children'

2:12 PM
Senator Bernie Sanders: Sanders Blasts Bush Assault on Children's Health

2:04 PM
Catholics for an End to the War in Iraq: More than 10,000 Catholics Join Effort to End Iraq War on the Gulf Coast as Katrina's Second Anniversary Nears

12:23 PM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER): Aerial Gunning Battle Shifts to South Dakota

Monday, August 20

5:55 PM
Families USA Foundation: New Bush Administration Guidelines Threaten to Increase the Number of Uninsured Children

3:15 PM
Global Exchange: U.S. Human Rights, Trade and Labor Groups Oppose Closed-Door Summit on North America's Future

1:51 PM
America's Program: North American Leaders Meet to Extend NAFTA's Reach

1:13 PM
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU): ACLU Report Exposes Ongoing Civil and Human Rights Violations on the Gulf Coast as Katrina's Second Anniversary Nears

9:36 AM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER): Bush Orders Federal Agencies to Promote Hunting

Friday, August 17

1:55 PM
National Whistleblower Center: Full Court Review Requested in Key Tax Case

1:13 PM
Global Exchange: Human Rights, Trade and Labor Groups Oppose Closed-Door Summit on North America's Future

9:51 AM
Free Press: Minneapolis to Host 2008 National Conference for Media Reform

Thursday, August 16

4:53 PM
Amnesty International Responds to Padilla Verdict

4:51 PM
Military Families Speak Out: MFSO Responds To Army's Report on Suicide

4:45 PM
Kennebunks Peace Department: August 25 Rally and March for Peace

4:38 PM
Union of Concerned Scientists: US Automakers Misleading the Public about Benefits of Stronger Fuel Economy Standards

3:20 PM
Physicians for a National Health Program: Doctors, Nurses Challenge Edwards to Endorse Real Reform

2:11 PM
Institute For Public Accuracy: Iran's Revolutionary Guard: A Terrorist Organization?

12:04 PM
Human Rights Watch: Jordan: Government Pledges to Grant Iraqis Education, Health Rights

11:06 AM
Center for Science in the Public Interest: Nickelodeon Reduces Junk Food Marketing to Kids

Wednesday, August 15

4:20 PM
ACLU Obtains New Details of Possible "Cover-Up" of Iraqi Prisoner Abuse

2:18 PM
Center For American Progress: Access Denied: Minorities and Low-Income Families Face Barriers To Credit

1:38 PM
Congressman Dennis Kucinich: Administration's Terrorist Labeling Is A Calculated Plan To Set the Stage For War With Iran

12:15 PM
Earth Justice: Judge Upholds Endangered Species Protections for Wild Salmon

10:59 AM
Food & Water Watch: Nation's Largest Meat Producer Abandons Deceptive Meat Treatment

10:35 AM
Green Party Blasts Secretive NAFTA-Plus Trade-Security Deal

8:14 AM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: EPA Growing More Dependent on Corporate Research Pacts

Tuesday, August 14

12:53 PM
Cornucopia Institute: USDA Cracking Down on "Organic" Factory Farms

12:11 PM
Sierra Club Statement on Mattel's Latest Recall of Lead Painted Toys

11:34 AM
Friends of The Earth: Sunscreens' Not-So-Tiny Problem

11:15 AM
Public Employees For Environmental Responsibility: White House Waiting Game on Whale Safeguards

10:41 AM
Green Party Urges Quick Repeal of Bill Expanding Bush Administration's Surveillance Powers

Monday, August 13

3:48 PM
Senators Feingold, Leahy Call For Changes to NCLB

9:55 AM
National Lawyers Guild Calls on Congress to Repeal Warrantless Domestic Surveillance

9:24 AM
Institute For Public Accuracy: Rove

8:19 AM
ACLU Challenges Louisiana Law Funneling Taxpayer Funds to Favored Churches

Friday, August 10

2:31 PM
Institute For Public Accuracy: One Million Iraqis Killed?

11:25 AM
Human Rights First: ABA Slated to Vote on Resolution Condemning Executive Order on CIA Interrogations

9:49 AM
Center For American Progress: An Oldie But A Goodie: The Importance of Social Security as a Source of Retirement Income

Thursday, August 9

10:48 PM
National Gay & Lesbian Task Force: Great, Now Say It on The Stump

6:18 PM
Center for Constitutional Rights: Canadian Government Releases Previously Redacted Information Revealing CIA Involvement In CCR Client Maher Arar's Rendition

4:12 PM
Center for Constitutional Rights: CCR In Court Today To Challenge NSA Domestic Spying Program and New FISA Law

1:13 PM
Center for Economic & Policy Research: New CEPR Paper Looks at the Factors Leading Up To the Recent Instability of the Housing and Stock Markets

1:00 PM
World Watch Institute: Green Acres: Communities Reduce Ecological Footprints

12:01 PM
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Responds to White House Threat of Veto of Hate Crimes Legislation

11:50 AM
Institute For Public Accuracy: Nagasaki and the Second Bomb

11:06 AM
Democracy 21: GOPs Block Ethics Reform: Republicans Voting Against Now What They Voted For Then

10:17 AM
ACLU Asks Secret Intelligence Court to Release Orders That Led to "Emergency" Wiretapping Legislation

9:55 AM
ACLU: Coalition Launches Public Education Initiative to Bring Fairness to Crack Cocaine Sentencing

9:34 AM
Amnesty International: Rights Activists in Honduras and Guatemala at High Risk of Abuses

9:20 AM
Free Press: FCC Brings Media Ownership Debate to the Windy City

8:14 AM
Co-Op America: Fair Trade Banana Push From US Consumers Targets National And Local Grocery Store Operators

7:39 AM
ACLU: Statement and Action Letter Regarding FISA Law From Anthony D. Romero, Executive Director

Wednesday, August 8

3:45 PM
Free Press: Media Policy Becomes a Presidential Campaign Issue

3:23 PM
Senator Bernie Sanders: Earth to Bush: The Middle Class is Shrinking

10:55 AM
Institute For Public Accuracy: Iraqi Oil Law Impasse: Good News for Democracy?

10:45 AM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: Massachusetts Poised to Pave Over Wetland Protections

9:28 AM
ACLU: Congress Legalizes Warrantless Wiretapping for Americans

7:30 AM
Bill of Rights Defense Committee Tells Congress: End Warrantless Wiretapping and Restore The Fourth Amendment

Tuesday, August 7

3:18 PM
Center For Constitutional Rights: Despite New FISA Law, CCR's Challenge To NSA Domestic Surveillance Program To Be Heard In Federal Court In San Francisco

12:01 PM
Human Rights Watch: China: Attacks on Media Violate Olympic Commitments

11:11 AM
EarthJustice: Judge Halts Oil and Gas Development in Colorado Proposed Wilderness

10:48 AM
Just Foreign Policy: Group's Estimate of Iraqi Deaths to Cross One Million

10:29 AM
MADRE Calls for Farm Bill to Reshape Food Aid

9:15 AM
Oil Change International: Iraqis Oppose Oil Development Plans, Poll Finds

8:11 AM
Human Rights First: Darfur Rebel Groups Agree to Move Peace Talks Forward

Monday, August 6

7:18 PM
Ground Zero Center For Non-Violent Action: 4 Peace Activists Arrested Marking 62nd Anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Atomic Bombing at the Trident Submarine Base at Bangor, WA

4:58 PM
NRDC: Federal Court Blocks Use of High-Intensity Naval Sonar During Exercises off Southern California in Rich Marine Mammal Habitat

2:50 PM
National Gay & Lesbian Task Force Urges Congress to Reject Southwick Nomination to U.S. Court of Appeals

1:28 PM
Environmental Working Group: Comments to BPA Advisory Panel: Federal Panel's Report on Food Contaminant Flunks Basic Science

12:24 PM
Feingold, Hinchey Introduce Resolutions Censuring President, Vice President and Attorney General

12:13 PM
Public Employees For Environmental Responsibility: West Point Drops Plan to Contract Out Environmental Staff

11:50 AM
School of The Americas Watch: Congress Demands ex-School of the Americas Release Information on Graduates and Instructors

11:41 AM
Center For Constitutional Rights Condems FISA Modernization Law

10:05 AM
Servicemembers Legal Defense Network: Support for 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Repeal Grows in Congress

9:19 AM
Institute for Local Self-Reliance: Locally Owned Wind & Ethanol - Bigger Not Better

8:20 AM
Greenpeace: Commemorating the 62nd Anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Atomic Bombings

8:05 AM
Center For Democracy & Technology: Congress Votes to Expand Unchecked Warrantless Wiretapping

Friday, August 3

1:15 PM
Center For Science In The Public Interest: House Moves to End Financial Conflicts of Interest at FDA

10:28 AM
ACLU Condemns Administration Circumvention of Spy Judge

9:10 AM
Congressman Dennis Kucinich: Executive Order on Lebanon Undermines The Middle-East Peace Process

9:00 AM
Planned Parenthood Applauds House For Supporting Children and Women's Health

8:31 AM
Human Rights First: Those Who Authorize and Use CIA 'Enhanced' Interrogation Tactics Risk Criminal Prosecution

8:01 AM
Free Press: FCC Stifles Public Debate on Media Ownership

7:47 AM
Families USA: US Senate Vote Makes Health Coverage a Closer Reality for Children

Thursday, August 2

1:35 PM
Friends of The Earth: Senators Offer Yet Another Global Warming Proposal That Falls Short of What is Needed

11:36 AM
Senator Bernie Sanders: Statement On Global Warming

8:21 AM
Congressman Dennis Kucinich: To Receive More Than 100,000 Petitions From Supporters Seeking Impeachment of Vice President Dick Cheney

Wednesday, August 1

1:30 PM
Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood (CCFC): Nation's Strongest School Commercialism Bill Advances Out of Committee

1:25 PM
Union of Concerned Scientists: New Nuclear Facility Undermines International Security

1:17 PM
PEER: Scant Improvement in Southeast Waters under Bush

12:21 PM
National Lawyers Guild Release Report On Government Threats to First Amendment

12:06 PM
Amnesty International Urges Speedy Deployment of U.N. Peacekeepers in Darfur

10:49 AM
Africa Action: UN Authorizes Hybrid Peacekeeping Mission for Darfur

July 2007

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