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December
1998
- 12/31/98 10:58 AM
Population Communications International:
Population Communications International
Launches Monthly Internet Service on the Eve of 'Year of 6 Billion'
- 12/31/98 7:00 AM
Center to Prevent Handgun Violence:
Sarah Brady Offers New Year's Resolution:
'Let's Make 1999 a Safe Year for Our Children'
- 12/30/98 4:08 PM
US Public Interest Research Group:
EPA Proposes Right To Know Expansion;
PIRG Says Step In Right Direction, But More Action Needed
- 12/30/98 12:34 PM
American Civil Liberties Union:
Kentucky Court Says Teen Moms Must Be
Admitted into National Honor Society
- 12/30/98 11:53 AM
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society:
Gray Whales: 5 Makah Whalers:
0 - Year Passes With No Whales Killed Off Washington State
- 12/30/98 8:00 AM
Worldwatch Institute:
Wind Power sets New Record In 1998;
Fastest Growing Energy Source
- 12/29/98 4:18 PM
Rainbow/Push Coalition:
Rainbow/PUSH Coalition to Host Second
Annual Wall Street Conference
- 12/29/98 10:31 AM
Voices in the Wilderness:
U.S. Humanitarian Organization Prosecuted
for Delivering 'Medicine and Toys' to Iraq
- 12/29/98 9:34 AM
Institute for Public Accuracy:
Assessing Some Key Trends of 1998: Experts
Available for Interviews
- 12/28/98 9:01 AM
Utne Reader:
Utne Reader Publishes 'Y2K Citizen's
Action Guide'
- 12/23/98 4:04 PM
Physicians for Social Responsibility:
Physicians Organization Deplores Tritium
Decision
- 12/23/98 3:45 PM
Public Citizen:
Killer Industries Fund Congressional
Champions of "Family Values"; $18.1 million boosts gambling, gun, tobacco
and booze interests
- 12/23/98 2:18 PM
Consumers Union:
Consumers Union Denounces Attorney General
Lungren's Approval Of Columbia/Alexian Brothers Deal
- 12/23/98 9:15 AM
Death Penalty Information Center:
The Death Penalty in 1998: New Voices
In Dissent, Executions Decline. 500th Execution May Mark A Turning Point
- 12/23/98 8:19 AM
Amnesty International:
The Wye Memorandum: Human Rights Neglected
in Theory and Practice by All Involved in "Peacemaking
- 12/22/98 6:53 PM
Center for Responsive Politics:
Campaign Cash of Speaker-to-be Hastert
Reflects Committee Assignments
- 12/22/98 3:50 PM
Nuclear Control Institute/Greenpeace:
Major Security Breach at Panama Canal
Revealed as the Next Nuclear Waste Shipment Looms
- 12/22/98 3:01 PM
American Civil Liberties Union:
Colorado Parental Notification Law Challenged
by ACLU, Doctors, Planned Parenthood
- 12/22/98 12:56 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy:
Role of Former High Official in Pinochet
Dictatorship Is Now Subject of Pointed Questions in United States
- 12/22/98 11:54 AM
Center for Science in the Public Interest :
Fake-fat Olestra Sickens Thousands;
15,000 Cases Makes Olestra Most-Complained-About Additive Ever
- 12/22/98 10:18 AM
Human Rights Watch:
INS Violates Rights of Detained Children
- 12/21/98
5:23 PM
Anti-Defamation League:
ADL Expresses Concern Over David Duke's
Link to Neo-Nazi Hate Group
- 12/21/98
1:50 PM
American Friends Service Committee:
American Friends Service Committee Urges
Clemency In Nebraska Death Penalty Case
- 12/21/98
10:31 AM
International Action Center:
Letter to the UN Security Council from
former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark
- 12/21/98
9:39 AM
Human Rights Watch:
Leaders Call on President Clinton
to Support International Ban on Child Soldiers
- 12/20/98 2:00 PM
Emily's List:
Statement by Ellen R. Malcolm, President, Regarding House Impeachment Vote
- 12/19/98 3:58 PM
People for the American Way:
Fight to Save Constitution and Presidency
Moves to the Senate; Voters Angry at Impeachment
- 12/18/98 5:29 PM
Public Citizen:
Public Citizen Sees Hope in Gore Commission
Call for Free TV for Candidates as Part of Campaign Finance Reform Legislation
- 12/18/98 4:10 PM
The Interfaith Alliance:
Religious Leader Questions Moral Principles
Guiding Elected Leaders; Rabid Partisanship and Incivility Erode Public Trust
- 12/18/98 2:18 PM
Critical Mass Energy Project:
News Release from 100 Environmental
and Consumer Organizations: Yucca Mountain & DOE's Viability Assessment: Showstoppers
Abound
- 12/18/98 12:38 PM
ADAPT:
Disability Rights Group Says Governors
Declare War on Disabled People
- 12/18/98 11:08 AM
Peace Action:
Peace, Religious and American-Arab Groups
Call for National Day of Mourning and Protest This Saturday; Growing International
Opposition Endangers Nuclear Accords
- 12/17/98 5:26 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy:
Other Views On The Bombing Of Iraq
- 12/17/98 3:33 PM
General Board of Church and Society The United Methodist Church:
Cease the US-British Bombing of
Iraq
- 12/17/98 3:24 PM
War Resisters League:
War Resisters League Condemns Bombing
- 12/17/98 1:27 PM
International Action Center:
Anti-War Forces Announce National
Day of Mass Protests, Saturday, December 19 Against Bombing of Iraq
- 12/17/98 9:15 AM
Amnesty International:
Amnesty International's Position On
The Decision By The House Of Lords To Open A New Hearing On The Pinochet Case
- 12/17/98 8:02 AM
Greenpeace:
Greenpeace Satellite Mapping Moves The
First Major Producer To Phase Out Ancient Forest Use
- 12/16/98 10:32 PM
American Friends Service Committee:
American Friends Service Committee Statement
Deploring US Military Action Against Iraq
- 12/16/98 9:06 PM
Amnesty International:
Amnesty International Appeals To The
US And UK Governments Over Fear Of Indiscriminate Killings Of Civilians In Iraq
- 12/16/98 7:14 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy:
Iraq and Impeachment: Interviews
Available
- 12/16/98 7:04 PM
Human Rights Watch:
Avoid Harm To Iraqi Civilians, Says
Rights Group; Clinton and Blair Urged to Take Extraordinary Precautions
- 12/16/98 4:28 PM
American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee:
Arab Americans Oppose Any Planned Attack
On Iraq
- Technical Difficulties
prevented Progressive Newswire from updating earlier today. The problem has been
corrected.
- 12/15/98 3:27 PM
Friends of the Earth:
Tax Breaks for Polluters Growing More
Expensive: New Congressional Report Reveals $17.8 billion in Corporate Welfare
- 12/15/98 1:28 PM
Essential Information:
Fired Reporters, University Professor
to Receive Civic Courage Award
- 12/15/98 12:46 PM
Feminist Majority:
Statement of Eleanor Smeal, President
of Feminist Majority on the Pending Presidential Impeachment Vote
- 12/15/98 11:32 AM
Public Citizen:
Public Citizen Petition Seeks to Lift
Shroud of Secrecy Covering Hiss-Chambers Case; Questions Surrounding Case Remain
Unanswered
- 12/14/98 7:32 PM
Amnesty International:
Geronimo Pratt Case -- After 27 Years
It Is Time For Justice To Be Done
- 12/14/98 6:59 PM
Human Rights Campaign:
Human Rights Campaign Supports Boycott
Against United Airlines; United Airlines Guilty Of Blatant Discrimination, According
to Human Rights Campaign
- 12/14/98 5:26 PM
National Organization for Women:
National Women's Leaders Issue Call
to Action on White House Crisis
- 12/14/98 3:38 PM
People for the American Way:
New Radio Ads Urge Intensified
Nationwide Phone-In Campaign: Over 130,000 calls against impeachment so far
- 12/14/98 1:49 PM
National Organization for Women:
Statement of NOW Executive Vice-president
Kim Gandy Urging Women to Lobby Against Impeachment
- 12/14/98 12:52 PM
National Partnership for Women and Families:
Women's Leader Says House Should Censure,
Not Impeach
- 12/14/98 9:18 AM
Greenpeace:
No Western Financing For New Chernobyls
In Ukraine, Says Greenpeace
- 12/11/98 8:12 PM
Human Rights Watch:
Clinton Urged to Press Human Rights
on Mideast Trip; Israeli-Palestinian Agreement Sacrifices Rights for Security
- 12/11/98 5:00 PM
National Organization for Women:
NOW President Patricia Ireland Challenges
Livingston to Reign in Conservatives and Calls upon Women to Lobby Against Impeachment
- 12/11/98 9:46 AM
Planned Parenthood:
New Abortion Statistics Confirm Effectiveness
of Prevention Programs
- 12/10/98 1:02 PM
Americans United for Separation of Church and State:
Americans United Reports Eight Churches
To IRS For Distributing Christian Coalition Voter Guides During November Elections
- 12/10/98 12:50 PM
National Organization for Women:
Mark Your Calendars! NOW Announces
Two Dynamic Events in 1999
- 12/10/98 10:40 AM
Institute for Public Accuracy:
Analysis of Pincohet Decision
- 12/10/98 8:01 AM
Amnesty International:
Fiftieth anniversary of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights
- 12/9/98 4:18 PM
Critica Mass Energy Project:
Better Business Bureau: Nuclear Industry
Ads "Inaccurate"; Ads Example of Industry "Greenwashing"
- 12/9/98 1:12 PM
Amnesty International:
Pinochet Decision: The Birth Of A New
Era For Human Rights
- 12/9/98 12:25 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy:
Three Perspectives On The Impeachment
Uproar
- 12/9/98 12:00 Noon
Human Rights Watch:
British Decision on Pinochet Hailed
- 12/9/98 11:08 AM
Urban Institute:
Study Shows States Are Changing Welfare-to-Work
Policies Affecting Individuals with Disabilities
- 12/9/98 9:50 AM
Clean Air Trust:
Study Links Smog, Lung Cancer Among
Men; New Evidence for Cleaner Gasoline, Vehicle Standards
- 12/9/98 9:43 AM
Environmental Defense Fund:
North Carolinians Kick
Off "Hog Watch" Campaign with Website Launch; Web Site www.hogwatch.org
Powerful Tool In Battle To Clean Up Hog Waste
- 12/8/98 4:19 PM
People for the American Way:
Action Plan For Stronger Public Schools
And Tougher Voucher School Standards Unveiled For Milwaukee; Jesse Jackson Jr.
Joins Community Leaders, Students and Parents Urging Community to "Stand
Up For Public Schools"
- 12/8/98 1:49 PM
Common Cause & Democracy 21:
Common Cause, Democracy 21 Urge FEC
to Hold Clinton, Dole Campaigns Legally Accountable for 1996 Campaign Advertising
Abuses
- 12/8/98 1:26 PM
Amnesty International:
10 Million Pledges
to Support Human Rights Delivered to Kofi Annan
- 12/8/98 1:00 PM
Anti-Defamation
League:
Feminism Appropriated
to Spread Hate on World Wide Web
- 12/8/98 12:18 PM
Critical Mass
Energy Project:
Statement
by Critical Mass Energy Project Director Wenonah Hauter on Exxon-Mobil Merger
- 12/8/98 11:30 AM
The Access
Project:
Northwest
Community Activists Gather to Push for Wider Access to Health Care for the Uninsured;
December 11 Meeting to Highlight the Expanding Role of Community Organizations
in Keeping the Regional Health Care "Safety Net" from Shredding
- 12/8/98 6:08 AM
Greenpeace:
Greenpeace
Claims Victory In Japanese Whaling Protest
- 12/7/98 7:22 PM
Common Cause:
Common Cause
Statement on Reno's Decision Not To Seek The Appointment Of An Independent Counsel
To Investigate Campaign Finance Abuses
- 12/7/98 5:29 PM
Rainforest
Action Network:
The Debate
Over Ending The Use Of Old Growth Wood Plays Out In City Planning Commissions;
Home Depot Expansion Plans Challenged In Sacramento, CA, And Madison, WI
- 12/7/98 4:35 PM
National Women's
Law Center:
National Women's
Law Center Warns Individual Account Proposals Threaten Social Security Protections
for Women, Families
- 12/7/98 2:29 PM
Bread for
the World:
Workers in
The United States Still Suffer From Hunger
- 12/7/98 10:51 AM
Franklin and
Eleanor Roosevelt Institute:
National 'In
Your Hands' Campaign to Celebrate 50th Anniversary of Universal Declaration of
Human Rights Dec.10
- 12/7/98 8:06 AM
Greenpeace:
Greenpeace
Continues Japanese Whaling Protest Overnight
- 12/6/98 5:29 PM
East Timor
Action Network:
December Demonstrations
to Highlight Rights for East Timor; Events Commemorate 1975 Invasion, 50th Anniversary
of Human Rights Declaration
- 12/5/98 12:49 PM
Handgun Control:
Statement
of Sarah Brady Re: President's Address and The Instant-Check System
- 12/4/98 11:00 AM
Bill Bradley
Presidential Exploratory Committee:
Bradley Files
Presidential Exploratory Committee
- 12/4/98 9:53 AM
Institute
for Public Accuracy:
Analysis Of
Clash Between IMF and World Bank
- 12/4/98 8:01 AM
Greenpeace:
Medical Experts
Consider Genetically Modified Maize Unacceptable
- 12/3/98 6:29 PM
Iraq Sanctions
Challenge:
Open Defiance
of US/UN Sanctions as Iraq Sanctions Challenge Returns to Iraq
- 12/3/98 12:20 PM
National Organization
for Women:
Statement
of NOW President Patricia Ireland On Social Security
- 12/3/98 11:57 AM
Greenpeace:
Atanor Argentina.:
An Example Of Corporate Irresponsibility; Greenpeace Returns US Company Waste
Water and Demands Zero Toxic Discharges
- 12/3/98 10:00 AM
New Century
Alliance for Social Security:
Leaders of
citizen groups unite to launch New Century Alliance to fight for Social Security;
Civil Rights, Women, Labor, Senior, Disability, Religious, and Youth Leaders Release
Principles for Social Security's Future
- 12/3/98 9:30 AM
Human Rights
Watch:
Rights Group
Hails Headway in International Justice in 1999; Annual Report Sees Progress, Setbacks
at 50th Anniversary of Human Rights Charter
- 12/3/98 8:56 AM
Amnesty International:
The Conveyor
Belt Of Death Continues - 500th Execution Looms in the U.S.
- 12/3/98 8:00 AM
Center for
Responsive Politics:
Pharmaceutical,
Insurance Industries Lead Way In Lobbying Spending; New Study Provides Comprehensive
Look at Washington's $1.26 billion Influence Industry
- 12/2/98 5:13 PM
National Abortion
Rights Action League:
NARAL Response
to the U.S. News and World Report article, "Abortion: The Untold Story,"
by David Whitman
- 12/2/98 3:07 PM
Children's
Defense Fund:
CDF and National
Coalition for Homeless: After Welfare, Many Families Are Worse
- 12/2/98 2:15 PM
General Board
of Church and Society The United Methodist Church:
Women Deserve
Fair and Equitable Treatment Under Social Security
- 12/2/98 12:24 PM
US Public
Interest Research Group:
Big Oil: Badder
Than Ever: Proposed Mergers of Exxon with Mobil and BP with Amoco Highlight Dangerous
New Trend in Oil Industry
- 12/2/98 11:45 AM
National Organization
for Women:
NOW President
Patricia Ireland Joins National Leaders In Call to Strengthen Social Security
- 12/2/98 11:00 AM
Public Citizen:
FDA Medical
Officers Report Falling Standards Permit Dangerous Drug Approvals; Heavy Pressure
from Industry and FDA Hierarchy Cited
- 12/2/98 10:25 AM
United Food
and Commercial Workers:
Grassroots
Movement to Challenge Wal-Mart Move to Supermarket Business
- 12/2/98 10:18 AM
Democrats
With An Attitude:
Democrats
with an Attitude Take Entertaining Shot and Impeachment Hearings, Starr
- 12/1/98 4:59 PM
Rainforest
Action Network:
Exxon-Mobil
Merger Spells Potential Disaster For The Planet's Climate; Enviros Ask: Will Big
Oil's Seven Sisters Become The Three Fates?
- 12/1/98 3:28 PM
Institute
for Public Accuracy:
Critics Denounce
Exxon-Mobil Merger
- 12/1/98 3:19 PM
US Public
Interest Research Group:
Groups File
Arctic Shareholder Resolution with Chevron: Call on Company to Cancel Drilling
Plans for Arctic Refuge
- 12/1/98 2:17 PM
Consumer Project
on Technology/Essential Action:
Consumer Groups
Criticize Exxon-Mobil Merger Proposal
- 12/1/98 11:10 AM
East Timor
Action Network:
Nobel Peace
Laureate Calls For Immediate Release Of Malaysian Pro-Reform Leader
- 12/1/98 10:51 AM
American Civil
Liberties Union:
ACLU Honors
Rep. Dellums, Others At Bill of Rights Day Celebration
- 12/1/98 9:48 AM
Greenpeace:
Greenpeace
Global Expedition Exposes Damage Caused By Chemical Poisons
- 12/1/98 8:56 AM
Campaign for
America's Future:
Announcing
the New Century Alliance for Social Security
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