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September
1998
- 9/30/98 3:27 PM
Human Rights Campaign:
Congress Passes Legislation For Colleges
To Report Hate Crimes Statistics, Including Sexual Orientation; President Clinton
Expected To Sign Bill, Asserts HRC
- 9/30/98 2:30 PM
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities:
CBPP Hosts Press Conference
on 'Social Security and People of Color'
- 9/30/98 1:35 PM
AIDS Policy Center:
Harvey to Step Down as Executive Director
of AIDS Policy Center
- 9/30/98 11:09 AM
Amnesty International:
Kosovo Province: Latest Allegations
Of Massacres Again Underline Desperate Need For International Human Rights Monitors
- 9/29/98 4:43 PM
Ozone Action:
Administration Takes A Dive On Anti-Environmental
Rider; Loosened Timetable on Methyl Bromide Will Harm Ozone Layer
- 9/29/98 12:30 PM
U.S. Public Interest Research Group:
Statement Of Anna Aurilio, US PIRG
Staff Scientist On "The Great Ratepayer Robbery: How Electric Utilities Are
Making Out Like Bandits At The Dawn Of Deregulation"
- 9/29/98 12:29 PM
Sierra Club:
Sierra Club Honors Bipartisan Team
For Their Leadership In Protecting America's Forests; Reps. Jim Leach (R-IA),
Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) Receive Sierra Club's Highest Award for Public Officials
- 9/25/98
2:18 PM
Union of Concerned Scientists:
River Bend--Broke! Dangerous Safety
Problem at Louisiana Nuke Plant Requires Immediate Shutdown
- 9/25/98
11:28 AM
People for the American Way:
Ohioans Rally to Save Public Education
As Supreme Court Hears Voucher Case
- 9/25/98 10:45 AM
AFT/NEA:
AFT/NEA Presidents Call for Partnerships
to Strengthen Teacher Quality
- 9/25/98 8:23 AM
Council for A Livable World:
Readiness Part II: Pentagon Major Part
Of The Problem
- 9/24/98 2:45 PM
Feminist Majority:
Women Leaders Take Action To Stop Impeachment,
Warn What's At Stake For Women And Who's On Third To Succeed
- 9/24/98 3:01 PM
Union of Concerned Scientists:
"Supercar" Program's Mid-Course
Report Card: "D" for Diesel
- 9/24/98 1:13 PM
Clean Air Trust:
Clean Air Trust Hails EPA for Promoting
Cleanup of Dirty Electric Power Plants
- 9/23/98 8:34 AM
Council for A Livable World:
Military Readiness Shortfalls: Congress
Major Part Of The Problem
- 9/23/98 3:05 AM
Institute for Public Accuracy:
Presidential Lying - The Sordid Details
- 9/22/98 2:54 PM
Endangered Species Coalition:
Interior Appropriations Pending on
Senate Floor: TV Ads Oppose Expected Rider to Weaken Endangered Species Act
- 9/22/98 12:59 PM
Greenpeace:
Greenpeace Unfurls Giant Banner Over
Niagara Falls To Save Ancient Forests
- 9/22/98 11:28 AM
United Steelworkers of America:
United Steelworkers of America to Hold
Rally in Front of U.S. Capitol
- 9/21/98 11:40 PM
Human Rights Watch:
Women Raped In Prison Face Retaliation;
Michigan Failing to Protect Inmates, Says Rights Group
- 9/21/98 6:09 PM
International Action Center:
U.S. Delegation Led By Ramsey Clark
Returns From Fact-Finding Mission In Sudan; Ramsey Calls For Restitution In Destruction
Of Factory
- 9/21/98 1:25 PM
Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation:
Country Rock Legends Raise Awareness,
Money for Landmine Victims
- 9/21/98 11:21 AM
East Timor Action Network:
House of Representatives Continues
Military Training Ban for Indonesia; Ban on U.S. Weapons in East Timor Reaffirmed
- 9/19/98
California League of Conservation Voters:
Conservationists Call Wilson Environmental
Record Poor; Signing of Headwaters Deal Gives No Boost
- 9/18/98 7:04 PM
NARAL:
Congress Approaches 100th Vote On Reproductive
Choice; NARAL Kicks Off Online Countdown with New Website Section
- 9/18/98 6:29 PM
The Interfaith Alliance:
Christian Coalition's Road To Victory
Conference; Rhetoric Filled with Mean-spirited Partisanship
- 9/18/98 6:13 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy:
The Hyde Controversy: A Chilling Effect?
- 9/18/98 3:33 PM
Public Citizen:
Health and Consumer Groups Slam Senate
Bill 981's Effect on Tobacco Control, Patients Rights and Food Safety
- 9/18/98 2:35 PM
Environmental Defense Fund:
EDF Praises BP'S Commitment To Cutting
Greenhouse Pollutants
- 9/18/98 10:15 AM
Planned Parenthood Federation of America:
Senate Fails to Override President's
Veto of Far-Reaching National Abortion Ban; Planned Parenthood Applauds Senators
for Standing Up for Women
- 9/17/98 6:50 PM
Greenpeace:
Shintech Inc. Pull-Out Is A Major Civil
Rights Victory; Greenpeace Pledges To Oppose Any Expansion
- 9/17/98 6:26 PM
People for the American Way:
IRS Urged To Move Against Christian
Coalition For Violating Tax Exemption
- 9/17/98 5:09 PM
Ralph Nader:
Nader Applauds House Decision To Deny
Funds To IMF
- 9/17/98 12:11 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy:
Impeachment In Perspective
- 9/17/98 10:00 AM
US Public Interest Research Group:
Survey Finds Credit Card Industry Targets
Students; Meanwhile, Industry Bankruptcy Bill To Recover More Credit Card Debts
Pending In Senate
- 9/16/98 4:04 PM
Rainforest Action Network:
Climbers Unfurl Five-Story Banner in
Downtown Houston; Activists Say to Oil and Gas Industry: Houston We Have a Problem!
- 9/16/98 2:20 PM
Defenders of Wildlife:
Environmentalists Decry Senate Leadership
Attempt to Gut Endangered Species Act Using Rider Tactic
- 9/16/98 1:08 PM
Families USA:
Despite Industry Losses for 1997 Average
Compensation of Top HMO Execs Tops $2 Million ; Industry Hypocritically Wages
Advertising Campaign About Lawyers Profiting From Consumers and Costs of Protections
- 9/16/98 8:00 AM
Ralph Nader:
Nader: Regulators Cover Up Safety Problems
During Stock Offering of Government Corp.
- 9/15/98 3:40 PM
Rainforest Action Network:
Groundbreaking Study Shows Petroleum
Exploration Threatening Natural Areas, Indigenous Peoples and the Global Climate;
International Coalition Announces Campaign to End New Petroleum Exploration
- 9/15/98 3:07 PM
Defenders of Wildlife:
Native Americans, Bison Experts Available
for Interviews Thursday
- 9/15/98 12:40 PM
US Public Interest Research Group:
Coalition Urges Big Oil to Cancel Drilling
Plans for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
- 9/15/98 9:00 AM
Clean Air Trust:
Clean Air Trust Warns Coal, Power Companies
Seek to Thwart EPA Clean-Air Plan
- 9/15/98 9:00 AM
Center for Responsive Politics:
Congressional Leaders Using 'Leadership
PAC's To Tap Donors Twice; Study Finds Two-Fisted Giving that End-Runs Campaign
Contribution Limits
- 9/14/98 4:40 PM
Public Citizen:
Statement of Joan Claybrook,
President of Public Citizen, on New Air Bag Safety Tests
- 9/14/98 2:44 PM
Human Rights Watch:
UN Urged To Prevent More Killings As
Taliban Offensive Continues
- 9/14/98 2:34 PM
Interfaith Alliance:
The Interfaith Alliance Foundation
Gathers National Religious Leaders to Discuss Religion, Politics, Morality
- 9/14/98 2:26 PM
Economic Policy Institute:
Economic Policy Institute Presents
Sept. 17 Media Preview of Upcoming World Bank/IMF Meeting
- 9/14/98 8:03 AM
National PTA/National School Boards Association (NSBA):
PTA, School Boards Association to Campaign
Against School Vouchers
- 9/12/98 6:00 PM
Worldwatch Institute:
Worldwatch Institute Proposes $2,000
Tax Cut Per Family To Save The Planet
- 9/11/98 5:16 PM
National Organization for Women:
NOW Challenges Clinton And Congress;
Statement of NOW President Patricia Ireland
- 9/10/98 6:32 PM
Feminist Majority:
Environmental, Human Rights, Women's
And Pro-Democracy Groups Petition Attorney General Of California To Revoke UNOCAL's
Corporate Charter
- 9/10/98 2:19 PM
Public Citizen:
California Utility Bailout Could Prove
Devastating to Environment, New Report Says
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