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April 2002
- 4/30/02 5:13 PM
National Environmental Trust:
New Ads, Website Criticize Bush, Corporate Interest Ties; Enviros
Tell Bush to Listen to the Public - Not Corporate Lobbyists
- 4/30/02 4:59 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy:
Interviews Available:
* Back from Jenin * Chinese Leader's Visit
* Pakistan Referendum
- 4/30/02 4:53 PM
Public Citizen:
Safety of New Drugs Cannot Be Known for Many Years; Twenty Percent Ultimately Found to Have Life-Threatening Adverse Effects, Harvard and Public Citizen Find
- 4/30/02 4:32 PM
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF):
New York City Transgender Anti-Discrimination Law Takes Effect Today; NGLTF Praises Mayor Bloomberg for Leadership
- 4/30/02 4:18 PM
Sierra Club:
Sierra Club Calls on Congress to Reject Farm Bill Conference
- 4/30/02 3:30 PM
Tobacco-Free Kids Action Fund:
Tobacco Industry Gave More Than $4.3 Million in Political
Contributions To Date in 2001-2002 Election Cycle
- 4/30/02 3:29 PM
Marijuana Policy Project:
Brother of HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson
Joins Call for Medical Marijuana
- 4/30/02 3:11 PM
National Council of Churches/Churches for Middle East Peace:
U.S. Church Leaders Return From Middle East; Call For Bold Steps
To Achieve A Just And Lasting Peace
- 4/30/02 12:42 PM
International Committee of Religious Leaders for Voluntary Family Planning:
International Committee of Religious Leaders for Voluntary Family
Planning Calls on President Bush to Release $34 Million for UNFPA
- 4/30/02 12:28 PM
Natural Resources Defense Council:
NRDC Issues Subpoena to Former Head of Energy Task Force; Group Seeking to Depose Andrew Lundquist
- 4/30/02 12:17 PM
Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition:
Bush Stream Buffer Re-write Another Reward
to Campaign Funders, Coalfield Residents Say
- 4/30/02 11:01 AM
Bankbusters:
City of Cambridge to Boycott World Bank Bonds:
Unanimous Council Vote Sends Strong Message
- 4/30/02 9:37 AM
NARAL:
NARAL To Unveil TV Ad Comparing Rendell And Casey On Choice
- 4/30/02 7:33 AM
National Action Network:
Sharpton's National Action Network Demonstrates Today;
Protest Against Mediacom in Middletown, N.Y., 10 AM
- 4/29/02 4:50 PM
College Loan Corporation (CLC):
College Loan Corporation Calls on White House, Congress to Protect
Affordable Education for Students
- 4/29/02 3:01 PM
Food First/Institute for Food and
Development Policy:
U.S. Newspapers Present
Biased View of Biotech
- 4/29/02 1:44 PM
Center for Law and Social Policy:
New Surveys Suggest Low-Income Teen Parents Not Receiving Welfare
and Other Assistance They Need
- 4/29/02 12:29 PM
Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation:
Over 150 Participants Conduct Peaceful Protest of Anti-Gay Comments at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York
- 4/29/02 11:40 AM
Center for Public Integrity:
Lobbyists Spent $600 Million to Influence States; New Book Shows
Private Interests Reign in State Capitals
- 4/29/02 9:45 AM
Americans United for Separation of Church and State:
Government-Sponsored National Day Of Prayer
Undermines Church-State Separation, Says AU; Taxpayer-Funded Congressional Chaplain Helps Religious Right Group By Drafting Official 'Prayer For America'
- 4/27/02 11:15 AM
Amnesty International:
Amnesty Int'l to Hold Vigils at Palestinian, Israeli U.N. Missions;
Activists Call On Arafat, Sharon: No More Violence, No More Victims
- 4/26/02 4:03 PM
Natural Resources Defense Council:
Energy Department Releases Index of Missing Cheney Energy Task Force Documents; NRDC Going Back to Court to Demand Documents Energy Department Withheld Illegally
- 4/26/02 3:11 PM
Brady Campaign:
Instead of Courting the NRA, Lawmakers Should
Listen to America and Take Action to Make Communities Safer
- 4/26/02 2:25 PM
Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition:
Groups Angrily Criticize Bush Proposal to Legalize Valley Fills
- 4/26/02 1:44 PM
Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation:
Peaceful Demonstration: Communities Respond to Catholic Church Abuse Scandal
- 4/26/02 1:20 PM
Coalition to Stop Gun Violence:
Coalition to Stop Gun Violence Says Germany Massacre Evokes Memories of Columbine, Highlights Impact of Illegal Gun Trafficking
- 4/26/02 10:46 AM
American Civil Liberties Union:
ACLU Applauds Federal Judge’s Intention to
Declare Federal Death Penalty Unconstitutional
- 4/26/02 7:00 AM
National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association:
Open Letter from National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association
President Robert Dodge
- 4/25/02 7:59 PM
Congressman Bernie Sanders:
Sanders To Hold Town Meeting on "Corporate Control of the Media"
- 4/25/02 7:25 PM
Alliance to Save Energy:
Alliance to Save Energy Rebukes Senate For 'Pitiful Showing' On
Energy Efficiency Major Energy Bill
- 4/25/02 6:47 PM
Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition/GrassRoots Recycling Network:
Calls for Takeback Reach Shareholders; Groups Urge Hewlett-Packard to Takeback Computers Before They Take in Compaq
- 4/25/02 6:42 PM
National Wildlife Federation:
Energy Bill Lacks Arctic Threat and Sustainable Vision, Says National Wildlife Federation
- 4/25/02 5:19 PM
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids:
Philip Morris Hasn't Changed - As Company Adopts New Name, It
Blames Parents Rather Than Its Own Advertising For Youth Smoking
- 4/25/02 5:06 PM
Sierra Club:
Senate Once Again Rejects Oil Savings; Overall, Energy Bill Fails America
- 4/25/02 4:34 PM
Defenders of Wildlife:
Senate Energy Bill Sets Stage for Environmentally-Perilous
House-Senate Conference
- 4/25/02 4:31 PM
Marijuana Policy Project:
Vermont Senate Panel Approves Medical Marijuana
- 4/25/02 3:37 PM
Public Citizen:
Senate Energy Bill Leaves Consumers in Dark, Sends Country in Wrong Direction; Statement of Public Citizen President Joan Claybrook
- 4/25/02 3:19 PM
Public Citizen:
Rep. Tom Davis Dodges Campaign Finance Disclosure Law; Evasion Spotlights Compliance Problems with "527" System; IRS Urged to Assess Strong Penalty Against Top House Republican Fundraiser
- 4/25/02 2:16 PM
Peaceful Tomorrows:
Hiroshima and Nagasaki Survivors Join September 11th Families in Public Dialogue on Nuclear Weapons, Terrorism and Violence
- 4/25/02 2:11 PM
Earthjustice:
EPA Sued over Decision to Stall Toxic Air Cleanup
- 4/25/02 1:31 PM
Marijuana Policy Project:
U.S. Reps. Bernie Sanders and Albert Wynn Join Fight to Stop DEA War on Medical Marijuana
- 4/25/02 1:08 PM
Friends of the Earth:
Statement By Friends Of The Earth President Brent Blackwelder On
Senate Energy Bill
- 4/25/02 11:50 AM
People for the American Way:
Anti-Terrorism Law Proves Threat To Free Expression; Groups Say
USA-PATRIOT Act Grants Gov't Sweeping Powers, Endangering Rights
- 4/25/02 11:18 AM
Human Rights Watch:
Ecuador: Widespread Labor Abuse on Banana Plantations; Harmful Child Labor, Anti-Union Bias Plague Industry
- 4/24/02 11:43 PM
Human Rights Watch:
Israel: Decision to Block U.N. Inquiry Condemned
- 4/24/02 10:10 PM
Earthjustice:
Environmental Community Rejects Defense Department Attempt to
Sidestep Laws
- 4/24/02 7:52 PM
Health GAP Coalition:
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria Announces First Grant Recipients; Activists Demand Focus on AIDS Treatment, Increased Funds to Meet Overwhelming Need
- 4/24/02 5:05 PM
NARAL:
Young People's Reproductive Health at Risk: House Panel Authorizes More "Abstinence-Only" Funding
- 4/24/02 4:31 PM
Sierra Club:
Sierra Club to Run Ads Thanking Senators For Protecting Arctic Refuge, Bidding Them to Continue the Fight
- 4/24/02 2:53 PM
The Interfaith Alliance:
The Interfaith Alliance Calls on President Bush to Stand By Campaign Promise
- 4/24/02 2:40 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy:
Chemical Weapons Agency "Coup"?
- 4/24/02 2:30 PM
Essential Action:
Activists to Expose Philip Morris' Global
Trail of Death at Shareholders Meeting
- 4/24/02 1:38 PM
National Organization for Women:
NOW Opposes Nomination of D. Brooks Smith to Federal Court
- 4/24/02 1:06 PM
Free Expression Network:
Briefing on Capitol Hill Raises Free Speech Concerns Over Anti-Terrorism "Patriot Act' on It's Six-Month Anniversary
- 4/24/02 1:06 PM
Earthjustice:
Earthjustice Statement in Response to Introduction of Endangered Species Recovery Act
- 4/24/02 11:08 AM
Joyce Foundation:
New Report Shows Welfare Families Have Gone To Work But Remain
Poor; Part-time, Temporary Jobs Leave Many Below Poverty Level
- Progressive Newswire is back online... to stay!
- 4/03/02 1:25 PM
Democracy Now!:
Israeli Soldiers Shoot and Kill a US Citizen as She Holds Her 9-Month-Old Baby in Her Lap
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