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November 2005
Wednesday, November 30
9:01 PM
Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting: Pundits Say Public Is Wrong About Iraq
6:25 PM
Congressman Dennis Kucinich: Bush's Iraq "Victory" Plan About As Realistic As Iraq's WMD
5:01 PM
Win Without War Praises Minority Leader Pelosi’s Endorsement of Congressman Murtha’s Iraq Exit Plan
3:16 PM
Center for International Policy: Caracas Connect Blog Offers Opportunity for Dialogue about Venezuela
3:15 PM
People for the American Way: New Document: Alito Favored Overturning Roe v. Wade and State-Level Barriers to Reproductive Rights
3:08 PM
Human Rights Watch: U.S. Holding at Least Twenty-Six "Ghost Detainees"
3:03 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Behind Bush's "National Strategy" on Iraq
2:51 PM
Rep. Henry Waxman Calls for an Investigation of US Military Efforts to Influence Iraqi Media Coverage
2:47 PM
Health GAP (Global Access Project) Statement in Advance of World AIDS Day
12:57 PM
Win Without War President’s Words on Iraq Ring Hollow with a Skeptical American Public
12:31 PM
Bread for the World: Religious Leaders Meeting with Secretary Rice Will Urge Our Nation to Be Bold in Efforts to Reduce Global Poverty Through Aid and Trade
12:31 PM
Center for Economic and Policy Research: Economic Study Refutes Myth that Women are Opting Out
12:12 PM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: Ethics Commission Rejects Developer Inside Information Probe
11:58 AM
Human Rights Campaign Buyer's Guide for LGBT-Friendly Companies Released
11:58 AM
The Humane Society: Investigative Report Links U.S. Seafood Giant Gorton's of Gloucester to Japan's Whale Hunt
11:46 AM
National Organization for Women: Supreme Court Cases Impact Access to Abortion Services
11:43 AM
Rep. Henry Waxman: New Reports Find Major Flaws in Medicare Drug Card Program
11:31 AM
Amnesty International: Panel 2 in Amnesty International's Panel Series to Mount Action: "Confronting War Crimes against Women"
11:17 AM
Sierra Club Names America's Best New Development
10:49 AM
Senator Russ Feingold: Statement of U.S. Senator Russ Feingold On the President’s Speech Today
10:30 AM
MoveOn.org: President’s Speech Same Failed Policy, New Public Relations Campaign Not a Plan
10:10 AM
Center for Study of Responsive Law: Protecting Parcel Post - Letter from Ralph Nader to USPS Postmaster General John Potter
8:24 AM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: National Parks to Seek Corporate Sponsorships
8:14 AM
Stop the War Coalition: International Peace Conference
7:56 AM
Human Rights Watch: Ukraine: Migrants, Asylum Seekers Regularly Abused
Tuesday, November 29
5:53 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Global Warming Summit
3:54 PM
Human Rights Campaign: State Department Involvement in Condemning United Arab Emirates Anti-Gay Arrests a Welcome Step
2:52 PM
Consumers Union: Statement of Gene Kimmelman in Response to FCC Chairman Kevin Martin’s Support for Cable “A la Carte” Pricing Before the Senate Commerce Committee’s Summit on Decency in the Media.
2:52 PM
Public Citizen: The Ghost of NAFTA Past: A Decade of Bad Results Haunts AFTA Talks as “Last Round” of Talks Collapse Just a Month After FTAA Burial in Argentina
2:42 PM
National Parks Conservation Association: Conservation Groups File Lawsuit to Protect National Parks From Harmful Off-Road Vehicle Use
2:35 PM
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force: Task Force Denounces Vatican Guidelines Barring Gay Men from the Priesthood
2:35 PM
Brennan Center for Justice: Congress Directs Census Bureau To Study New Approach to Counting People in Prison
2:35 PM
Brennan Center for Justice: Leading Faith-Based Groups Urge Congress to Lift Restriction on Privately Financed Civil Legal Aid
11:21 AM
Drug Policy Alliance: From the Back of the Bus to the Prison Cell
10:48 AM
Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays: New Vatican Instruction Drives Wedge Between Priests and Vocations, Families and Faith
10:15 AM
Basel Action Network: Is Computer Recycling a Cruel Hoax?
10:03 AM
Campaign for America's Future: Why Americans Rejected Bush's Raw Deal on Social Security and What it Means for 2006
9:42 AM
Feminist Majority Foundation: Supreme Court to Hear Two Cases to Stop Anti-Abortion Violence on Nov. 30
9:42 AM
Democracy Maine Airs Radio Ads Challenging Alito's Prior Views
9:21 AM
Worldwatch Institute: AIDS Disproportionately Affects Working Class in Developing Countries
9:21 AM
Human Rights Campaign: Vatican Document Released Today Dodges Responsibility and Scapegoats Gays
Monday, November 28
6:17 PM
Friends of the Earth International: World Trade Talks Poised to Fail,Good News for People and Planet
4:26 PM
CREW Files IRS Complaint Against James Dobson's Focus on the Family
4:25 PM
Center for Science in the Public Interest: Transatlantic Cooperation on Food Marketing, Labeling, & Nutrition Urged to Help Curb Obesity Epidemic
4:25 PM
Amnesty International: 1,000th Execution Looms as Lottery of Death Reaches Shameful Milestone
4:25 PM
National Parks Conservation Association: Congress Visits CA to Examine Funding for National Parks
3:52 PM
East Timor Action Network: National Security Archive: A Quarter Century of U.S. Support for Occupation in East Timor
2:22 PM
House Leader Nancy Pelosi: President Bush's Latest Immigration Plan Falls Short
2:15 PM
Green Party: Calling for Palestinian Rights, Urge Divestment from Israel
12:35 PM
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy: WTO Draft Text Fails Development
11:35 AM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: Florida Waste Firm Used Illegal Aliens on Air Force Project
11:35 AM
Families USA: Medicare Information Resources for Your Community Listed in New Directory
6:51 AM
Greenpeace: Time is Running Out!
Tuesday, November 22
8:05 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: "Crude Designs": New Report Charges Big Oil "Rip-Off" of Iraq
8:05 PM
Center for Economic and Policy Research: World Bank’s Claims on WTO Doha Round Clarified
8:05 PM
ETAN Condemns Administration Waiver Permitting Weapons Sales to Indonesia
11:31 AM
Center for Science in the Public Interest: Food Processors & Supermarkets Move Forward on Trans Fat
10:31 AM
Human Rights Watch: Russia: Draft Law Would Eviscerate Civil Society
10:31 AM
Human Rights Watch: Iran: Two More Executions for Homosexual Conduct
10:30 AM
US Public Interest Research Group: Consumer Group Alerts Shoppers To Hidden Toy Hazards
9:49 AM
Rainforest Action Network: First Investment Bank Joins Growing Ranks of Global Financial Institutions Addressing Urgent Environmental and Social Issues
9:00 AM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Hurricane Evacuees: No Home For the Holidays
Monday, November 21
10:15 PM
Statement of the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. Following His Visit With San Quentin Death Row Inmate Stanley "Tookie" Williams
7:56 PM
Human Rights Watch: CIA Whitewashing Torture
5:27 PM
Consumer Federation of America: Consumers Say: Less Likely to Spend More This Holiday Season than Last
4:48 PM
Action Against Hunger: World Food Day Fundraiser Honors Archbishop Tutu
6:58 PM
Public Citizen: NHTSA’s Proposed Roof Crush Rule Grossly Inadequate, Fails to Adequately Protect People in Rollover Crashes
4:26 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Iraq Debate
4:26 PM
Citizens for Tax Justice: Two New 2006 Tax Cuts Benefit Only Wealthiest Few
4:26 PM
Center for Science in the Public Interest: Salmonella Outbreaks Linked to Produce on the Rise
3:54 PM
Free Press: Groups File Freedom of Information Act Requests for CPB Documents
3:26 PM
Public Citizen: Diabetes Drug Pargluva Should Not Be Approved, Public Citizen, Clinical Trial Experts Tell FDA
1:30 PM
Congressman Dennis Kucinich Calls For Congressional Hearings On Vice President Cheney's False Statements On The War
12:24 PM
League of Women Voters Unveils 'Openness in Government' Project; Citizen Organization to Raise Awareness on Public's Rights to Government Information
12:13 PM
Electronic Frontier Foundation Files Class Action Lawsuit Against Sony BMG
11:24 AM
Center for Community Change / Fair Immigration Reform Movement: DREAM Act Introduction Represents Positive Step in Addressing Real Immigration Reform
11:06 AM
World Wildlife Fund: Pulp Mill Devastates Swans' Sanctuary in Chile
11:06 AM
MoveOn.org: New TV Ad Attacks Republicans for Lack of Iraq Exit Plan
11:06 AM
Congressman Dennis Kucinich Calls For Congressional Hearings On Vice President Cheney's False Statements On The War
11:06 AM
Interfaith Alliance Foundation: Hill Briefing: Katrina Evacuees Victimized by Administration's Broken Promises, False Hope
5:01 AM
Greenpeace: Ministerial Conference of the Europe and North Asia Forest Law Enforcement and Governance (ENA-FLEG)
12:01 AM
ACLU Files Lawsuit on Behalf of Denver Residents Removed from Bush Event
Friday, November 18
4:10 PM
AFL-CIO: Statement by President John Sweeney On Congressional Budget Vote
4:08 PM
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: House Budget Bill, with Almost All of it's Low-Income Cuts Intact, Moves on to Conference with Very Different Senate Bill
11:08 AM
Congressman Dennis Kucinich on Budget Reconciliation: War over Education, Tax Cuts over Health Care
10:41 AM
Senator Russ Feingold: Statement on Reauthorization of the US Patriot Act
10:15 AM
Bread for the World: House Cuts Food Stamps for More than 220,000 Vulnerable People While Poised to Cut Taxes for Wealthy
10:04 AM
Families USA: House Adopts Budget Reconciliation Bill That Will Harm Medicaid Enrollees
10:04 AM
Citizens for Tax Justice: Extending Capital Gains and Dividends Loopholes Would Mostly Benefit the Wealthiest 1%
10:04 AM
Earthjustice: House Narrowly Passes Nightmare Budget; Unacceptable Threats to the Environment Remain
10:02 AM
Sierra Club: House Passes Budget Reconciliation Bill Sans Arctic and Offshore Drilling
5:16 AM
Greenpeace: Defending Our Oceans, Protecting the Whales
12:20 AM
Electronic Frontier Foundation: Diebold Attempts to Evade Election Transparency Laws
Thursday, November 17
5:31 PM
Bread for the World: Families Depending on Food Stamps at Thanksgiving Hardly Feast: Buying Minimal Meal Creates Food Budget Hole
5:24 PM
Government Accountability Project Praises New MDB Whistleblower Policies;
Senators Lugar & Leahy Win “Best Practices” Mandate for Banks
3:43 PM
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington: Demands Federici Be Referred to Department of Justic for Perjury Investigation
3:43 PM
Free Press / Center for Digital Democracy / Common Cause: Groups Demand Release of Rove-Tomlinson E-mails
3:32 PM
Senator Russ Feingold on Comments by Congressman John Murtha and the Need to Set Our Iraq and National Security Policies Straight
3:12 PM
Sierra Club Launches New TV Series with Robert Greenwald
3:02 PM
Consumer Federation of America: Latest Predatory Lenders Drive Borrowers into Debt With High-Cost Loans Secured by Cars
3:01 PM
American Civil Liberties Union: Men and Women at Orleans Parish Prison Detail Chaos Following Katrina
1:31 PM
School of the Americas Watch: Thousands Rally to Demand Closure of Controversial US Army Training School This Weekend
1:31 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Wal-Mart Under Scrutiny
1:03 PM
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy: New Briefing Report on Agriculture and the WTO Hong Kong Ministerial
12:55 PM
Amnesty International and Reprieve to Host Largest Gathering of Former “War on Terror” Detainees
12:53 PM
Media Matters for America Troubled by Lack of News Coverage of Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel's Speech
12:52 PM
Campaign for America's Future: Indictment Doesn't Deter Lobbyists Hoping to Keep Favor with DeLay, Group Says; DeLay Money Machine Represents HMOs, Pharmaceutical, Big Energy Industries
12:19 PM
Public Citizen: DeLay Collects $1.2m From Lobbyists, More Coming Tonight
11:31 AM
Service Employees International Union: December 5 Is Deadline for Entering National Contest Seeking Common Sense Ideas to Improve Americans’ Lives
10:15 AM
Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting: LA Times Dumps Liberal Columnist
10:15 AM
People for the American Way: With Alito in Trouble, Committee for Justice Tries to Change the Subject
Wednesday, November 16
9:17 PM
People for the American Way: Conference Committee Signs Off on Flawed Patriot Act Behind Closed Doors
5:53 PM
Alliance for Responsible Trade / Public Citizen / Global Trade Watch: Members of U.S. Congress Speak Out on Andean Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) Talks
5:44 PM
Public Citizen Calls on Senate Ethics Committee and SEC to Probe New Stock Trading Questions Involving Frist Trust Funds
5:25 PM
Senator Russ Feingold Pledges to Fight Final Patriot Act Reauthorization
4:25 PM
Center for Public Integrity: Cheney Sidesteps Travel Disclosure Rules
4:25 PM
Environmental Working Group: Former DuPont Top Expert: Company Knew, Covered Up Pollution of Americans' Blood for 18 Years
4:25 PM
Brennan Center Finds "Full Face Ballot" Law in New York Does Not Limit Elections Officials' Choice of Voting Systems
4:25 PM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER): Inspector General Drops Probe of State Jobs for Campaign Cash
4:24 PM
Amnesty International: Zimbabwe: Human Rights and Civic Groups Call for African Leadership to Address Human Rights and Humanitarian Crisis
4:24 PM
Amnesty International: The Global Struggle Against Torture: Guantanamo Bay, Bagram and Beyond
4:21 PM
Green Party of the United States: Media Ignore Mounting Evidence of Widespread Vote Fraud and Election Manipulation, Charge Greens
2:46 PM
United for a Fair Economy: ALWAYS LOW: Assets; Shareholders File Challenge to Wal-Mart's Options Gap
2:46 PM
Congressman Dennis Kucinich: Momentum In Congress Begins To Shift on Iraq; Discharge Petition Started On Homeward Bound Act
1:40 PM
Rep. Henry Waxman: Ample Precedent for Congressional Investigation into Disclosure of CIA Agent
11:32 AM
People for the American Way: New Revelations Undermine Credibility of Alito's Efforts to Discount His Own Words and Record
9:07 AM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Bush in Asia
Tuesday, November 15
7:16 PM
United for Peace and Justice: Take Action to Enable Displaced Katrina Residents to Return Home
4:33 PM
American Civil Liberties Union: Senate Restores Some Rights for Detainees: ACLU Says Move Welcome, But Still Falls Short
4:32 PM
Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting: NBC Chief: Liberals Don't Watch TV - Does this explain MSNBC's right-leaning lineup?
3:30 PM
Rep. Henry Waxman Requests Hearing on FDA's Plan B Decision
3:25 PM
Center for Constitutional Rights: Statement of Habeas Counsel Denouncing Midnight Raid on Constitution
2:32 PM
Worldwatch Institute: Favorable Policies Spur Biofuel Growth
2:32 PM
Human Rights Watch: Uganda: Opposition Leader Arrested
2:31 PM
MoveOn Applauds Democratic Call For Iraq Exit Plan
1:32 PM
Senator Russ Feingold Statement On Senate Votes on Redeploying Troops from Iraq
11:38 AM
Sierra Club: Plan to Remove Endangered Species Protections for Yellowstone Grizzly Bear Premature
11:31 AM
Public Citizen Applauds Creation of Consumer Group Devoted to Protecting Food and Water
11:16 AM
Free Press: Groups Call for New Leadership at CPB After Report Reveals Ethical Violations and 'Political Tests' in Hiring
11:01 AM
Families USA: Medicare Prescription Drug Program and Plan Finder Complicated for Seniors
11:01 AM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Scrutinizing the Koch Deal to Buy Georgia-Pacific
10:01 AM
Peace Action: Congressmembers Rebuke Bush’s Rewriting of History on Iraq
8:32 AM
United for a Fair Economy: No Correlation Between Bush Tax Cuts and Job Creation Rate
Monday, November 14
10:26 PM
Iraq Veterans Against the War / Veterans For Peace / Code Pink / Gold Star Families for Peace / Crawford Peace House: Camp Casey for Thanksgiving
6:21 PM
Earthjustice: Stronger Pollution Controls Needed for Mercury Reductions
5:59 PM
National Organization for Women: Documents Reveal Alito is Wrong Choice for Supreme Court
5:31 PM
Earthjustice / Sierra Club: Logging Stopped in Giant Sequoia
3:58 PM
Amnesty International USA, Author Joy Berry Present Groundbreaking Children’s Book on Human Rights
3:32 PM
Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich: Iraq Is Bush's War - Buck Stops At His Desk And He Cannot Duck Responsibility Or Accountability
3:27 PM
Human Rights Watch: D.R. Congo: Protect Activists Returning From Exile
3:27 PM
Human Rights Watch: Tunisia: Alongside a World Summit, the Police Ban a Gathering of International and Tunisian Associations
3:27 PM
Human Rights Watch: Uzbekistan: Andijan Show Trial Ends With Guilty Verdict
3:27 PM
Brennan Center for Justice: Supreme Court Turns Down Historic Voting Rights Case
1:47 PM
Electronic Frontier Foundation: Sony-BMG Should Recall Infected CDs, Repair Damage Done
1:17 PM
LA Times Readers/Subscribers to Picket Outside Times Building To Protest Controversial Firing of Popular Columnist Robert Scheer
12:57 PM
People For the American Way: New Document Shows Alito’s Devotion to Ultra-Conservative Causes
12:10 PM
Rep. Henry A. Waxman: Details of FDA Decision on Plan B Revealed
11:32 AM
Senator Russ Feingold: Feingold on the Need for a Strategy to Finish the Mission in Iraq
10:54 AM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Rewriting How the War Began
10:16 AM
Moving Ideas Network: New Report -- Ensuring Great Public Schools for All
8:57 AM
Friends of the Earth International: Court Orders Oil Companies to Stop Gas Flaring in Nigeria
Friday, November 11
11:53 PM
Win Without War: Facts Contradict President’s Words in Veterans Day Speech Politically Weak, President Goes On Attack
11:53 PM
American Friends Service Committee: Widespread Torture Exists in US Prisons
10:47 AM
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Henry Waxman Request Documents Relating to Abramoff's Request for $9 Million to Arrange Meeting with Bush
5:01 AM
Greenpeace: Author José Saramago Joins with Greenpeace to Save Ancient Forests
3:26 AM
Friends of the Earth International: Trade Talks at a Standstill: Good for People and Planet
Thursday, November 10
5:31 PM
Action Against Hunger: Huge Boost for Pakistan Emergency Aid
4:14 PM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: New Jersey Facing Chromium Emergency – 1 in 10 Cancer Risks
4:14 PM
People for the American Way: Kansas School Board Undermines Science Standards (Again)
4:01 PM
Fellowship of Reconciliation: Insist that Congress Investigate Torture
2:35 PM
Amnesty International: Jordan: Attacks by Armed Groups Show Utter Disregard for Humanity
2:35 PM
U.S. PIRG Opposes Budget Reconciliation Bill Statement of Gene Karpinski, Executive Director
2:15 PM
Conyers John Conyers Calls for Changes in Patriot Act to Protect Nation's Civil Liberties
1:31 PM
Environmental Working Group: House Votes Today on Budget Package Including Worst Land Grab in American History
1:19 PM
The Wilderness Society Statement on House Decision to Drop Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Drilling from Reconciliation Bill
11:32 AM
People for the American Way: Patriot Act: Conference CTTE Can Protect Americans' Rights
11:23 AM
Ralph Nader / League of Fans: Nader to Lurie, Tagliabue: Rescind Terrell Owens' Suspension and Inactive Designation
11:16 AM
Organic Consumers Association: Nationwide Protests to Break the Chains; Week of Protests Part of Campaign to Call Attention to Destructive Wal-Mart Policies, Encourage Organic, Local and Fair Trade Buying
11:16 AM
People for the American Way: Senate Subcommittee Votes to Write Discrimination Into the Constitution
11:01 AM
Campaign for America's Future: D.C. Premiere of 'Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price'; Morning News Conference, Evening Screening to be Held Nov. 15
10:33 AM
Sierra Club: Threatened Environmental Law Works, Sierra Club Testifies
9:36 AM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Bombings in Jordan
8:36 AM
Sierra Club: Arctic Refuge, Coastal Drilling Stripped from House Budget Bill
8:00 AM
American Rights at Work: Wal-Mart, Dragging Down U.S. Labor Standards
7:10 AM
Clean Air Watch: Smog Problems Nearly Double in 2005
6:46 AM
Greenpeace Activists Arrested for Peaceful Protest Against Coal Power Plant in the Philippines
Wednesday, November 9
7:31 PM
United for Peace and Justice: Day of Action: November 12, 2005: Tell Ford to Get Serious About Breaking Its Oil Addiction
4:29 PM
Interfaith Alliance: Gaddy, TIA Question IRS on Church Investigation
4:06 PM
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence: In New Jersey and Virginia, Common Sense Gun Policy Candidates Prevail
4:05 PM
Friends of the Earth: Big Oil Benefiting from $14 Billion in Taxpayer Handouts—Despite Making Record Profits
4:05 PM
Campaign for America's Future Urges Senators to Act in the Interest of Consumers, Not Oil Companies
4:05 PM
Human Rights Watch: Male Rape in U.S. Prisons
4:05 PM
American Civil Liberties Union: Department of Homeland Security Continues to Infringe on Whistleblower Rights
4:05 PM
American Civil Liberties Union: Global AIDS Gag Holds Critical Funding Captive to Politics
4:05 PM
American Civil Liberties Union Urges Supreme Court to Protect Rights of Disabled Prisoners
3:07 PM
Center for Voting and Democracy: Landslide Win For Election Reform
2:24 PM
Violence Policy Center Hails Passage of San Francisco Handgun Ban
2:24 PM
Sierra Club: Oil Execs: No Responsibility, No Accountability, No Remorse - Statement of Dave Hamilton, Director, Sierra Club Global Warming and Energy Program
1:35 PM
Congressman Dennis Kucinich: House International Relations Committee Once Again Shuns War Oversight Duties
1:00 PM
Center for Constitutional Rights: Groups Denounce Stealth Senate Amendment on Detainees
12:34 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Extending Occupation and Oil Plans; Chalabi in D.C. ; House Vote on WHIG
12:34 PM
Representative Henry Waxman Urges Chalabi Hearings
12:16 PM
Refugees International: Report: African Union Mission in Sudan Cannot Protect Civilians in Darfur Without Greater US and UN Support
9:41 AM
Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood: Children's Advocates Urge Former President Clinton to End Nickelodeon Partnership
12:04 AM
Electronic Frontier Foundation: News Website Can Keep Domain Name After Trademark Fight
Tuesday, November 8
5:57 PM
Human Rights First: U.S. Congress Calls for Justice for Slain Indonesian Human Rights Hero
5:15 PM
Cinema Libre Studio: ‘Operation Last Patrol’ Follows Ron Kovic (‘Born on the Fourth of July’) and Veterans in Historic 1972 Protest
4:03 PM
People for the American Way: Sen. Obama Targets Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation with ‘Sorely Needed’ Legislation
2:50 PM
Sierra Club: Update on Congressional Action this Week on Several Environmental Fronts
2:45 PM
AFL-CIO: President John Sweeney on Delphi Attempt to Slash Wages and Benefits Through Bankruptcy
2:45 PM
Congressman John Conyers: Conyers, Hinchey, Members Request Chalabi Meeting
1:04 PM
Campaign to Defend the Constitution: Kansas School Board Decision Lambasted by Teachers, Scientist as Attack on Science
12:31 PM
Environmental Working Group: Pombo Proposal Amounts to Largest Land Sell-Off in Modern American History
12:31 PM
Center for Economic and Policy Research: Do Bubbles Bother Bernanke?Study Cites Recent Trends That Signal Housing Bubble
12:23 PM
Veterans for Common Sense: Troops Call for Independent Commission on Torture
11:20 AM
Congressman Dennis Kucinich: House International Relations Committee To Vote On Resolution To Demand Documents Related To White House Iraq Group
11:16 AM
Campaign to Defend the Constitution: Teachers, Scientists, Oppose Kansas School Board Assault on Evolution
10:51 AM
Sustainable Energy Coalition: 126 Bipartisan Members of Congress Urge White House to Fully Fund Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Programs at Levels Authorized by New Energy Law
8:00 AM
Action Against Hunger: Archbishop Desmond Tutu To Be Honored this Friday at Action Against Hunger World Food Day Gala
7:21 AM
Institute for Public Accuracy: With Snow Forecast in Kashmir, Tens of Thousands at Risk
Monday, November 7
11:01 PM
Greenpeace: Asian Development Bank Bankrolling Climate Change, says Greenpeace
6:08 PM
Amnesty International USA: Ten Years After Saro-Wiwa Execution, New Evidence of Human Rights Violations in Oil-Rich Niger Delt
3:50 PM
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights Advocates Respond to Task Force Call to Action
3:50 PM
CARE Urges Congress and Administration To Provide More Funds For Bird Flu Prevention
3:41 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Responses to Bush's Claim: "We Do Not Torture"
3:31 PM
Center for Constitutional Rights: Family of Suicidal Guantanamo Detainee Plead for his Healthy Return
2:16 PM
Union of Concerned Scientists: Consumers Get "Extreme Workover" From Auto Lobbyists
1:29 PM
Amnesty International: New Report Corroborates 'Black Sites'; Provides Details on Torture and Secret Facility Conditions from
Three “Disappeared” Yemeni Nationals
1:01 PM
Oxfam International Can Facilitate Trips for Reporters to Countries Struck by South Asian Tsunami; As One-Year Anniversary Approaches, Oxfam Invites Reporters to View Progress at Key Recovery Programs
12:15 PM
Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence: Supreme Court Nominee was Being Activist, Conservative Senator Says
11:45 AM
Farm Aid: A Song for America Hits Book Stores in Time for the Holidays; Book Recounts 20 Years of Music for Family Farmers and Good Food
11:45 AM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: Wildlife Refuge Used for Genetically Modified Crops
10:32 AM
The Nation: Victor Navasky to Step Down from Nation Helm After 28 Years: Vanden Heuvel to be Editor and Publisher
10:14 AM
Commercial Alert: New Study Shows Why Schools Should Stop Advertising Movies That Portray Smoking
9:45 AM
Mobilization for Global Justice Media: Scores of People with HIV and Youth Arrested at White House in Makeshift Graveyard
6:46 AM
Greenpeace: Climate Change to Intensify Asia's Misery, Says Scientist
6:04 AM
Worldwatch Institute: Renewable Energy Markets Show Strong Growth - REN21 Releases "Renewables 2005: Global Status Report"
Friday, November 4
4:49 PM
Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR): The Consequences of Covering Up: Washington Post Withholds Info on Secret Prisons at Government Request
4:26 PM
Congressman Dennis Kucinich Demands IG Investigation Into FBI's Handling Of Investigation Into Forged Niger Documents
4:17 PM
DEMOS: Colorado Votes for the Common Good; Advocate For Effective Government Praises Colorado Vote To Suspend Stifling Spending Cap
2:17 PM
Bill of Rights Defense Committee: Organizations, Local Governments, Veterans, and the Public Urge End to US Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment
1:26 PM
Center for Constitutional Rights: Attorneys for Suicidal Gitmo Detainee File for Immediate Access to Client
11:31 AM
Families USA: A Confusing and Complicated Mess:
A Review of the New Medicare Prescription Drug “Plan Finder”
7:16 AM
Moving Ideas Network: Civil Liberties at Stake in Alito Nomination Fight
7:16 AM
Greenpeace: Climate Change to Intensify Asia's Misery, Says Scientist
2:27 AM
Center for Digital Democracy: Board Scapegoats "Former Key Staff" in Statement to the Press, as Threat of Political Pressure Remains at CPB
Thursday, November 3
7:01 PM
Free Press: Kenneth Tomlinson Resigns from CPB Board
6:24 PM
Sierra Club: Senate Passes Budget That Would Allow Oil Drilling in Arctic Refuge;
All Eyes Turn to House in Historic Fight
5:31 PM
East Timor and Indonesia Action Network: Congress Upholds Restrictions on Military Assistance for Indonesia
5:31 PM
Greenpeace: Kimberly-Clark: Flushing Ancient Forests Down the Toilet;
Demonstrations across Canada and the US spotlight company's role in ancient forest destruction
5:17 PM
People for the American Way: Senate OKs Education Relief Bill Including Voucher Mechanism
4:59 PM
Sierra Club: Senate to Vote on Final Budget, Arctic Refuge Drilling
4:02 PM
Amnesty International: Nigeria: New Evidence of Human Rights Violations in Oil-Rich Niger Delta
4:02 PM
American Civil Liberties Union Raises Security, Privacy Concerns As Congress Considers TSA’s "Registered Traveler Program"
4:02 PM
American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan Applauds Introduction of Legislation to Reform “Juvenile Life Without Parole” Sentences
4:01 PM
Institute of Public Accuracy: Bush in Latin America: A Hemisphere United?
3:24 PM
Environmental Working Group: Senators Sell Out On Reform Amendment To Curb Farm Subsidy Abuses
3:11 PM
Oxfam America: Senate Fails to Reform Inequitable Agricultural Subsidies
3:03 PM
Demos: National Voting Rights Group Urges Wisconsin Voters, Senate To Oppose Voter ID Amendment
12:46 PM
The Oakland Institute: Congress Blocks the Move for Local Procurement of Food Aid While Famine in Southern Africa Reinforces the Need for Drastic Changes
1:02 PM
Rainforest Action Network: Need To Protect North America’s Great Boreal Forest Spotlighted At 350+ Protests And Events
12:25 PM
School of the Americas Watch: Thousands to Rally to Demand Closure of US Army Training School
11:57 AM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: EPA Creates “Intelligence” Unit in New Reorganization
11:17 AM
World Wildlife Fund Experts Available for Comment on Avian Flu, Bird Trade and Wildlife Impacts
10:49 AM
Sierra Club / The Wilderness Society: Where's the Fire?: Walden Logging Bill Is A Solution in Search of A Problem
10:20 AM
Brennan Center for Justice / Justice at Stake: Showdown Over Alito Likely to Trigger Major TV Air War; Data on Ads to Be Released by Brennan Center, Justice at Stake
6:50 AM
Electronic Frontier Foundation: File-Sharing Lawsuits Fail to Deter P2P Downloaders
Wednesday, November 2
8:47 PM
Human Rights Watch: U.S.: Reject Torture as Policy Option
3:46 PM
Coalition to Stop Gun Violence: Coalition to Stop Gun Violence Blasts Alito Machine Gun Opinion
3:03 PM
Natural Resources Defense Council: 32 Community & Conservation Groups Warn Congress Not to Shortchange Health, Environment in Gulf Coast Restoration Spending
3:03 PM
CARE: Resuming Schooling Key to Children’s Recovery from Disaster
1:00 PM
ACLU Urges Federal Appeals Court to Uphold Two Rulings Blocking FBI's Use of Patriot Surveillance Power
1:00 PM
Center for Constitutional Rights: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Extends Precautionary Measures on Guantanamo Detainees
12:54 PM
Brennan Center for Justice: Federal Appeals Court Hears Oral Argument on Restrictions on Lawyers for the Poor
12:52 PM
Amnesty International: UK: Human Rights Under Sustained Attack in the ‘War on Terror’
12:31 PM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: Wildlife Is Unjustified Scapegoat for Livestock Losses
12:25 PM
Permanent Human Rights Assembly of Bolivia: Exiled Bolivian President Served Legal Documents at Washington Wine and Cheese Reception
12:01 PM
Violence Policy Center: Supreme Court Nominee Samuel Alito’s Views Could Imperil Most Federal Gun, Ammo, and Explosives Laws, New Violence Policy Center Backgrounder Shows
11:53 AM
United for a Fair Economy: Book Release:
Economic Apartheid in America, A Primer on Economic Inequality & Insecurity
11:43 AM
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence: Bartenders: Please Stop Serving Jerry Kilgore-He's Had One Too Many
8:00 AM
Institute for Public Accuracy: The Bird Flu Threat: Public Health Vs. Pharmaceutical Profits
6:52 AM
Human Rights Watch: Iran: Journalist Tortured to Renounce Writings
6:52 AM
Human Rights Watch: Sierra Leone: War Crimes Court Makes Major Strides
Tuesday, November 1
5:31 PM
Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting: Spinning the Libby Indictment
4:46 PM
Congressman Dennis Kucinich to Democrats: It's the War!
2:23 PM
Free Press: Groups Demand Immediate Release of Report on Ex-CPB Chairman's Misdeeds
2:13 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Fitzgerald · Alito
1:46 PM
MoveOn Leader’s Statement on Tom DeLay’s Corruption Case
1:46 PM
Environmental Working Group: Farm Subsidy Database Reignites Reform Efforts
1:46 PM
United for Peace and Justice: Action Alert
1:13 PM
American Lands Alliance: New Report : Logging after Fires is a Misplaced Priority, Impedes Forest Recovery, and Costs Taxpayers Millions
12:47 PM
National Priorities Project: Military Recruitment
12:47 PM
Human Rights Watch: Uzbekistan: Jailed Opposition Leader’s Health at Risk
12:47 PM
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute and National Latino/a Coalition for Justice release Hispanic and Latino Same-Sex Couple Households in the United States: A Report from the 2000 Census
12:46 PM
American Civil Liberties Union: Landmark Religious Freedom Law at Stake in Case Being Argued Today Before the High Court
12:33 PM
National Lawyers Guild Opposes Alito Nomination
11:42 AM
National Parks Conservation Association: Congressional Hearing Reviews Changes to Park Management Policies
11:42 AM
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi: President's Tax Panel Would Demolish Building Blocks Middle-Class Americans Use to Reach American Dream
11:26 AM
National Priorities Project: Military Recruiters Enlist Lower and Middle Income Youth
11:06 AM
Congressman Dennis Kucinich: To Prevent Avian Flu Pandemic US Must Break Roche's Monopoly On Key Anti-Viral Drug
10:51 AM
MAS Freedom Foundation: Center for Constitutional Rights, Amnesty International and Human Rights Activists Hold Noon Vigil for Gitmo Detainees
10:51 AM
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence: How Samuel Alito Took a No-Brainer Case and Stepped Way, Way Out of the Mainstream
10:45 AM
Demos: Voting Rights Group Applauds Iowa Court For Upholding Recent Executive Order That Restores Voting Rights To People With Felony Convictions
Monday, October 31
3:46 PM
Amnesty International: Uganda: East Africa and Horn of Africa governments must put an end to targeting of human rights defenders
3:46 PM
Public Citizen: “Magical Realism” vs. Fact: How to Read the Bush Administration’s FTAA Spin
3:46 PM
Feminist Majority Opposes Samuel Alito
2:54 PM
Justice at Stake: Alito Nomination Quickly Galvanizes Interest Groups on Both Left and Right
2:54 PM
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence: "Machine Gun Sammy," A Perfect Halloween Pick
2:54 PM
The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force: Task Force Deplores Bush's Choice as He Further Divides the Country with a Hard Right Idealogical Nominee
2:54 PM
The Wilderness Society: Top 10 Halloween Horribles
2:54 PM
ACLU Urges Senate to Explore Supreme Court Nominee Alito's Record on Reproductive Rights, First Amendment
2:07 PM
Americans for Democratic Action: Trick but No Treat: Judge Samuel Alito: Latest Bush Nominee's Philosophy Is Ghoulish
1:44 PM
Earthjustice: Halloween Supreme Court Nomination a Scary Choice
12:46 PM
AFL-CIO: Statement by AFL-CIO President John J. Sweeney on Nomination of Samuel Alito to Supreme Court
12:12 PM
Public Citizen: "Water Market" Concept Betrays Public Interest, New Public Citizen Report Shows
11:01 AM
Human Rights Watch: Azerbaijan: Run-Up to Election Not Free or Fair
11:01 AM
Human Rights Campaign: Judge Alito is Far Right's Choice
11:01 AM
MoveOn.org: Alito Fails Basic Test: Sides with Powerful Special Interests Against Ordinary Americans
10:54 AM
National Abortion Rights Action League: Pro-Choice Americans Oppose Alito for the Supreme Court; President Bush Fails to Nominate Moderate Consensus Candidate to Replace Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
10:01 AM
Amnesty International NYC Women's Human Rights Action Team: Candlelight Vigil for the Murdered Women of Juarez
9:48 AM
WakeUpWalMart.com Launches Nation's First Advertising Campaign About 'The Movie & The Secret Memo Wal-Mart Does Not Want You to See'
8:01 AM
People for the American Way: Bush Puts Demands of Far-Right Above Interests of Americans with High Court Nomination of Right-Wing Activist Alito
October 2005
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