April 2003
- 4/30/03 4:20 PM
Amnesty International:
Iraq: Death of Civilian Demonstrators Must Be Investigated
- 4/30/03 3:51 PM
Citizen Works:
Citizen Works Supports Lawmaker’s Questions on Halliburton’s Deals with “Axis-of-Evil” Countries
- 4/30/03 3:31 PM
NARAL Pro-Choice America:
Public Interest Groups Join Sen. Cantwell in Urging Senate
to Keep Priscilla Owen off Federal Appeals Court
- 4/30/03 3:04 PM
Public Citizen:
Public Citizen Forces Withdrawal of Suit Against Online Critic of Sexual Abuse at New Jersey Choir School
- 4/30/03 1:26 PM
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids:
U.S. Move to Gut Tobacco Treaty Would Benefit Only Tobacco Industry
- 4/30/03 12:30 PM
Project On Government Oversight (POGO):
Leaked Document: Late Night Cramming for Security Test at Indian Point
- 4/30/03 12:03 PM
Childrens Defense Fund:
Report Finds Extreme Black Child Poverty on Rise; Tax Cuts for Rich Will Erode Safety Nets for Children Even Further
- 4/30/03 11:15 AM
Public Citizen:
Public Citizen Calls on House to Pass Landmark Ethics, Campaign Reform Bill
- 4/30/03 10:32 AM
People for the American Way:
PFAW Calls on House to Reject Misguided Special Ed Voucher Proposals
- 4/30/03 9:24 AM
TomPaine.com:
Rumsfeld Blinks: Pentagon Reverses Policy at Eleventh Hour,
Averts "Public-Relations Nightmare"
- 4/29/03 6:25 PM
Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting:
ABC's Weapons "Scoop" Turns Up Empty
- 4/29/03 3:56 PM
Americans United for Separation of Church and State:
‘National Day Of Prayer’ Entangles Religion And Government, Says AU; Government Officials Should Not Tell Americans When And How To Pray, Says AU’s Lynn
- 4/29/03 3:07 PM
Wilderness Society:
Environment Groups: Western Communities Would be at Risk From Wildfire Under Bill that House Resources Committee will Review
- 4/29/03 2:46 PM
Fellowship of Reconciliation's Interfaith Peace-Builders:
Interfaith Peace-Builders Delegation Arrives in the Middle East
- 4/29/03 2:40 PM
Clean Air Trust:
State Lawmakers from Texas, North Carolina Named Clean Air
'Villians' of Month by Clean Air Trust
- 4/29/03 2:18 PM
Council on
American-Islamic Relations (CAIR):
Readers of Right-Wing Site Threaten Muslims; Hate E-mails Include: 'kill muslims...f--k all of you...and die real soon'
- 4/29/03 1:45 PM
National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty:
Texas County Becomes First to Call for a Moratorium on Executions; Movement Building Steam Across Texas and Across the South
- 4/29/03 12:31 PM
Global Response:
Hundreds of International Letter-writers Ask United Nations to Project Endangered Sea Turtles
- 4/29/03 11:00 AM
Program on International Policy
Attitudes (PIPA):
Poll: While Strongly Endorsing the Iraq War, Public Rejects a
New U.S. Role Emphasizing Unilateral and Military Approaches
- 4/29/03 8:46 AM
Friends of the Earth:
Groups File Claim Against BP, Pipeline Partners in 5 Countries:
Companies Violating Intl Norms in Controversial Caspian Oil Pipeline
- 4/28/03 6:12 PM
United for a Fair Economy:
CEOs at Defense Contractors Earn 45 Percent More, Study Finds; Campaign Contributions Tied to Bigger Contracts
- 4/28/03 3:52 PM
Public Citizen:
Better Late Than Never: Administration Should Have Fired Army Secretary Thomas White Long Ago
- 4/28/03 1:56 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy:
Will the Oil of Iraq Belong to the Iraqi People?
- 4/28/03 1:04 PM
Arab-American Republicans Against
Bush:
New Arab-American Group Launches Anti-Bush Campaign, Pledges
Voter Mobilization Drive to Send Bush Packing in 2004
- 4/28/03 12:18 PM
Public Citizen:
Recently Released Treasury Documents Chronicle Enron’s Influence in Washington; Documents Reveal Extensive, Secretive Lobbying Efforts; Public Citizen Requests More Complete Release of Redacted Documents
- 4/28/03 11:00 AM
Planned Parenthood Federation of America:
Planned Parenthood Tells Senate to Stop the Court Stacking
- 4/28/03 2:52 AM
Free Burma Coalition:
Prominent Burmese Political Prisoner Launches Hunger Strike; Days After President Bush Showers Praise on Burma's Democracy Movement, 75-Year Old Professor Risks Danger and Death in Human Rights, Religious Freedom Protest
- 4/27/03 10:13 AM
Human Rights Watch:
Northern Iraq: Civilian Deaths Higher Since War Ended
- 4/25/03 4:40 PM
Human Rights Watch:
U.S. Misleading on Cluster Munitions
- 4/25/03 3:54 PM
Public Citizen:
Conflicts of Interest Demand that Wife of Virginia Senator George Allen Decline Appointment to Dominion Resources Board
- 4/25/03 3:04 PM
East Timor Action Network (ETAN):
UN Human Rights Commission Abandons Justice for East Timor; Pretends Sham Indonesian Trials Are Redeemable
- 4/25/03 2:08 PM
Planned Parenthood Federation of America:
Planned Parenthood Denounces Santorum's Attack on Birth Control; Statement of Gloria Feldt
- 4/25/03 1:16 PM
Justice for Gun Victims:
Sen. Lautenberg, Former Gun Industry Exec Urge Opposition to Legal Immunity for Gun Industry
- 4/25/03 11:57 AM
Institute for Public Accuracy:
* Aziz's 'Urbanity of Evil'
* Kelly Back from Iraq's '12-Year War'
- 4/25/03 11:47 AM
Fair Taxes for All Coalition:
Mock Millionaires Protest Bush Tax Cuts at Correspondent Dinner; Photo Opportunity and Press Availability
- 4/25/03 11:43 AM
Amnesty International:
Iraq: Stripped Naked and Humiliated by US Soldiers
- 4/24/03 4:44 PM
Human Rights Watch:
U.S.: Guantanamo Kids at Risk
- 4/24/03 4:12 PM
Victims Trust Fund Campaign:
Nearly 70 Celebrities Sign On To Victims Trust Fund Campaign; Celebrities ask Senators to Support Justice for Victims of Atrocities
- 4/24/03 3:38 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy:
* Korea * Hizbullah * Palestinian Prime Minister
- 4/24/03 3:27 PM
Massachusetts Anti-Corporate Clearinghouse (MACC):
Anti-Corporate Group Welcomes Resignation of Raytheon's Burnham, Calls for Outside Leadership to be Brought in to Oversee Company
- 4/24/03 3:11 PM
Public Citizen:
New Farm, Ranch Program Can Boost Renewable Energy in Texas; But USDA Should Extend Deadline for Grant Applications
- 4/24/03 1:32 PM
Council on American-Islamic
Relations (CAIR):
Muslims Lobby Against Pipes Nomination on Capitol Hill
- 4/24/03 11:50 AM
Childrens Defense Fund:
Candidates Agree Bush Pushing Unfair Tax Cuts for Wealthy, Says
Children's Defense Fund
- 4/24/03 10:53 AM
Center for Justice & Democracy:
Center for Justice & Democracy Study Refutes American Medical Association Claims of 'Crisis' in 18 States
- 4/24/03 10:20 AM
Marijuana Policy Project:
Nevada Attorney General Condemns Drug Czar's "Excessive" and"Disturbing" Interference in State's Marijuana Vote
- 4/24/03 9:08 AM
INFACT:
Pressure on Philip Morris/Altria Reaches New Heights at Annual Shareholders' Meeting:
Pending Adoption of Global Tobacco Control Treaty, Implementation of Name Change,
Cut in Bond Rating Demonstrate Growing Public Rejection of Tobacco Giant's
Deadly Business Practices
- 4/24/03 6:00 AM
Amnesty International USA:
Death by Discrimination -- Time to Halt US Executions, Says Amnesty International
- 4/23/03 5:13 PM
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force:
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Slams Santorum's "Gutter Language" Comparing Homosexuality to Pedophilia, Bestiality
- 4/23/03 4:42 PM
Congressman Dennis Kucinich:
Kucinich: Nike v. Kasky Benchmark
Case on Corporate Accountability
- 4/23/03 2:27 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy:
* Tax Cuts * Greenspan * Jobs
- 4/23/03 1:22 PM
Health GAP (Global Access Project):
Global Day of Protest to Demand South Africa Government Provide Aids Treatment to Millions Facing Preventable Deaths;
Aids Activists Demonstrate at South African Embassy in Washington, D.C.; Simultaneous Actions Planned in Europe, Africa, Latin America, and Asia
- 4/23/03 12:38 PM
Clean Air Trust:
Clean Air Trust To EPA's Jeffrey Holmstead: Read Your Own EPA
Press Releases
- 4/23/03 11:56 AM
Drug Policy Alliance:
In First-of-Its-Kind Lawsuit, Santa Cruz City and County Sue Ashcroft, DEA for Brutal Medical Marijuana Raid;
Lawsuit Filed Today Regarding Patients’ Rights to Control Circumstances of Pain Relief, Death
- 4/23/03 11:44 AM
World Wildlife Fund:
AEP Shareholders Vote for Global Warming Resolution;
Vote Sufficient to Give Resolution A Spot on Docket of Next Year's Meeting
- 4/23/03 11:07 AM
Save the Children:
Save the Children to Release New Report May 6 on World's Most
Dangerous War Zones for Women and Children
- 4/23/03 10:41 AM
Human Rights Watch:
Iraq: U.S. and Allies Must Protect Refugees; Jordan Should Not Block Trapped Refugees
- 4/23/03 10:35 AM
People For The American Way:
Santorum's Anti-Gay Remarks Fit Pattern of Discrimination;
PFAW Calls on President, GOP Leaders to Repudiate Santorum
on Gays, Claim that Constitution Contains No Right to Privacy
- 4/23/03 10:04 AM
Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI):
550 Sickened from Quorn Fungus-based Foods;
FDA Investigation Moving too Slowly, Says CSPI
- 4/23/03 5:01 AM
Commonwealth Fund:
A Call for Action to Cover the Uninsured, Improve Health Insurance
for All Americans;
Proposal Detailed in Health Affairs Article
- 4/22/03 2:09 PM
INFACT:
Kraft Censors Talk of Tobacco Connection
at Annual Shareholders' Meeting as Pressure of Tobacco Liability Builds
- 4/22/03 1:53 PM
Project On Government Oversight (POGO):
Inappropriate Influence? Senators Pressure
NRC to Delay Security Improvement
- 4/22/03 1:45 PM
League of Conservation Voters:
LCV/CLCV Set Presidential Candidate
Environmental Forum for June 26
- 4/22/03 12:38 PM
Afterschool Alliance:
Report: Bush's Budget Would Cost Florida
$20 Million in Federal Funding for Afterschool, Denying Programs to
28,000 Children
- 4/22/03 12:13 PM
Center for Constitutional Rights:
American Couple Sue US Treasury Department
for Unreasonable Penalties in Cuba Travel Case; Elderly Couple Fined
For Having Boat Repaired After Storm Left Them Stranded; The Center
For Constitutional Rights Says Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
Applied Cuba Embargo Regulations Arbitrarily and Violated Plaintiff’s
5th Amendment Rights
- 4/22/03 10:50 AM
League of Conservation Voters:
Text of Earth Day Remarks of LCV President
Deb Callahan
- 4/22/03 9:43 AM
National Environmental Trust:
Find Out Who's Trying to Turn Earth
Day Into LuntzDay; National Environmental Trust's LuntzSpeak.Com to
Have Real-Time Updates
- 4/22/03 8:00 AM
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom:
WILPF-US on the War and "Post-War"
Situation in Iraq
- 4/22/03 12:24 AM
State Public Interest Research Groups:
Kraft Investors and Celebrities Raise
Concerns about Genetically Engineered Foods at Shareholder Meeting;
Investors Concerned with Public Health and Financial Risks of Genetically
Engineered Foods
- 4/21/03 6:20 PM
Vote Hemp:
DEA Employees Take Hemp Food Taste
Test in 65 Cities; Americans 'Just Say No' to DEA Attempts to Ban
Hemp Food Products
- 4/21/03 4:40 PM
Congressman Dennis Kucinich:
Kucinich Requests DOD Release Number
of Iraqi Casualties; Sends Letter to Secretary Rumsfeld
- 4/21/03 4:38 PM
Essential Action:
Richmond Rally to Denounce New VA Tobacco
Company 'Licensed to Kill, Inc'; 200 Teens to Participate
- 4/21/03 3:33 PM
Planned Parenthood Federation of America:
Over-the-Counter Access to Emergency
Contraception Will Reduce Numbers of Unintended Pregnancies and Abortions
- 4/21/03 2:45 PM
Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR):
Bush Nominee Refuses to Condemn Japanese
Internment: Daniel Pipes Says He Does Not 'Know Enough' About Subject
to Comment
- 4/21/03 2:02 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy:
U.S. Bases: Interviews Available
- 4/21/03 11:17 AM
Center for Constitutional Rights:
Rights Group Urges Independent Verification
on U.S. Weapons Inspection in Iraq; Center for Constitutional Rights
Says Iraqi Scientist should be turned Over to UN Inspectors
- 4/21/03 11:02 AM
National Coalition Against the Death Penalty:
U.S. Supreme Court Grants Cert in Texas
Death Penalty Case; Delma Banks Jr. Deserves a Comprehensive Review,
Says NCADP
- 4/21/03 9:51 AM
Center for Science in the Public Interest:
Big Sugar’s ‘Thuggish’
Tactics Come Under Fire; Trade Group Tries Unsuccessfully to Whack
Report on Diet & Disease
- 4/18/03 2:30 PM
Public Citizen:
Web Site Mocking Home Developer Can
Remain on the Internet; Raintree Homes Drops Lawsuit Against Pennsylvania
Man Angered by Company’s Business Practices
- 4/18/03 1:18 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy:
* Humanitarian Crisis * Lifting the
Sanctions
- 4/17/03 6:01 PM
INFACT:
Corporate Accountability Activists
Denounce Virginia's Granting of Corporate Charter to Licensed to Kill:
Incorporation of Tobacco Company Demonstrates Need for States to Place
People Before Profits
- 4/17/03 4:58 PM
Voices in the Wilderness:
Voices in the Wilderness Banned from
Palestine Hotel in Baghdad by U.S. Military
- 4/17/03 4:29 PM
Essential Action:
New Tobacco Company, Licensed to Kill
Inc., Incorporated in Va. Aims to 'Kill 4.9M Worldwide Annually';
New Rival for Altria
- 4/17/03 4:23 PM
VoteHemp.com:
Ninth Circuit Court Blocks DEA Hemp
Rule
- 4/17/03 4:27 PM
Center for Responsive Politics:
Coast to Coast: Presidential Candidates
Hit New York, California for Fundraising
- 4/17/03 4:13 PM
Green Party of the United States:
As Invasion Becomes Occupation, Greens
Call for Sustained Effort to Ensure Peace; Greens Reiterate the Call
for International Criminal Court Powers to Investigate Both Sides,
and Challenge Americans Against the War
- 4/17/03 3:23 PM
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC):
Friant Water Users Reject San Joaquin
River Restoration Settlement; Conservation and Fishing Groups Say
Historic Plan to Bring Dead River Back to Life Will Still Move Forward;
Growers' Action Sends 15-Year-Old Case Back to Court
- 4/17/03 2:37 PM
Fellowship of Reconciliation:
Follow-Up of Durban World Conference
Against Racism Continues to Build a Vision of Racial Justice in Post
9/11 Era
- 4/17/03 2:13 PM
Public Citizen:
Public Citizen Cites Military Study
of Heat-Related Injuries at California Military Base to Underscore
Dangers of Ephedra; In Separate Science Magazine Article, Public Citizen
Calls on FDA to Fulfill its Legal Mandate
- 4/17/03 2:03 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy:
"NASA's Strategic Plan" *
Military * Nuclear
- 4/17/03 12:00 PM
World Watch Magazine:
Factory Farming Goes Global
- 4/17/03 11:45 AM
National Parks Conservation Association:
Statement of Mary Munson on Florida
Bill That Threatens Everglades National Park
- 4/17/03 10:45 AM
Amnesty International:
Iraq: Response to Demonstrations and
Disorder Shockingly Inadequate
- 4/17/03 10:25 AM
Human Rights Watch:
U.S. Sidesteps Charges of Mistreating
Detainees
- 4/17/03 10:22 AM
National Association of State PIRGs:
Report Finds Genetically Engineered
Foods a ‘Risky Business’ for Kraft (kft); Genetically Engineered
Foods Pose Unnecessary Financial Risks to Kraft Foods, Inc. and Other
Food Companies
- 4/17/03 9:30 AM
National Environmental Trust:
Bad on the Environment? Need to Look
Green on Earth Day? Try LuntzSpeak.Com Today! Says National Environmental
Trust
- 4/16/03 4:45 PM
Public Citizen:
Public Citizen Praises House Committee
Passage of Campaign, Ethics Reforms
- 4/16/03 4:01 PM
Rainforest Action Network:
Western Washington University Associated
Students Rejects Boise Bid; Commits To 100% Post Consumer Paper
- 4/16/03 12:56 PM
Human Rights Watch:
U.S. Use of Clusters in Baghdad Condemned
- 4/16/03 12:38 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy:
* Syria * Iraq * Antiquities * Terrorist
Groups
- 4/16/03 12:15 PM
League of Conservation Voters:
League of Conservation Voters Statement
on Labor Environment Alliance
- 4/16/03 12:04 PM
People for the American Way:
Colorado Governor to Sign Voucher Bill;
Citizens and Education Groups Prepare to Bring Legal Challenge
- 4/16/03 10:30 AM
Project on Government Oversight (POGO):
Investigative Lead: Patriot Missile
Problems Date Back to 1993
- 4/16/03 9:46 AM
Public Citizen:
Appeals Court Reinforces January Decision
That Government Must Assess Environmental Impacts of Mexico-Domiciled
Trucks Before Opening Border
- 4/16/03 9:08 AM
Servicemembers Legal Defense Network:
Military Continues to Discharge Lesbian,
Gay, Bisexual Linguists, Despite Critical Shortfall of Trained Personnel,
Says SLDN
- 4/16/03 9:01 AM
GreenpeaceUSA:
Monsanto Investors Face Catastrophic
Risk
- 4/16/03 8:30 AM
TomPaine.com:
Register for Peace: A Call for Citizen
Engagement
- 4/15/03 4:39 PM
Win Without War:
Who's Next? As the Bush Administration
Eyes Syria, Anti-War Leaders Tim Robbins & Tom Andrews Call on
the White House to End the "First-Strike" Doctrine
- 4/15/03 4:14 PM
Amnesty International:
USA: Call for Inquiry into Possible
Excessive Force Against Anti-War Protesters
- 4/15/03 3:29 PM
Americans United for Separation of Church and State:
Release Of Transcript Fails To Vindicate
Education Secretary Paige, Says Americans United; Education Department
Leader’s Comments Still Show Favoritism Toward Christianity
In Public Schools, Group Asserts
- 4/15/03 1:50 PM
Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR):
Calif. GOP Asked to Repudiate Anti-Islam
Remarks: Former State Party Chairman Says 'Disease of Islam Must be
Rectified'
- 4/15/03 12:43 PM
American Lung Association:
American Lung Association Welcomes
EPA Diesel Proposal; Will Work for Rapid Implementation
- 4/15/03 12:40 PM
Free Burma Coalition:
Powerful Industry Association Calls
for Ban on Apparel Imports from Burma; American Association of Apparel
and Footwear Manufacturers Takes Strong Stand on Human Rights
- 4/15/03 12:28 PM
Project on Government Oversight (POGO):
Potential Livermore Lab Espionage Incident
Report Missing from Files
- 4/15/03 12:21 PM
Horizon Hospice:
Chicago's First Hospice Celebrates
Twenty-Five Years of Caring for People at the End of Life and Their
Families
- 4/15/03 12:03 PM
Clean Air Trust:
Clean Air Trust Welcomes EPA Plan to
Clean Up Diesel Heavy Equipment, Fuel
- 4/15/03 11:38 AM
Sierra Club:
Advisory: Bush Administration to Argue
for Secrecy on Energy Plans Next Hearing on Thursday, April 17, 2003
- 4/15/03 11:37 AM
American Association of Retired Persons (AARP):
Consumers Call for Assisted Living
Protection; Groups Urge Governor, Senate and Assembly to Make Law,
Not More Legislation
- 4/15/03 10:09 AM
National Coalition for Child Protection Reform (NCCPR):
Horrors of NJ Foster Care Show Need
for More Efforts to Keep Families Together; 'Orphanages are Even Worse,'
Advocacy Group Says
- 4/14/03 4:15 PM
Common Cause:
Common Cause Welcomes New Guidelines
On Gift Ban Rules, But Still Seeks To Reverse Change
- 4/14/03 12:41 PM
People For the American Way:
FTFA: Vote on Budget Resolution Gimmick
Shows Lack of Support for Massive Tax Breaks for Millionaires
- 4/14/03 11:28 AM
People For the American Way:
PFAWF Requests Investigation, Action
on Reported Coercive Battlefield Baptisms; Requiring Soldiers to Attend
Sermon and Accept Baptism Violates First Amendment
- 4/14/03 10:44 AM
Green Party of the United States:
Greens Plan April 15 Events Informing
Taxpayers of War's Economic Costs
- 4/14/03 10:03 AM
American Lung Association:
New Report Shows Need for Strong Regulation
to Protect Public Health from Dangers of Diesel Air Pollution
- 4/14/03 7:10 AM
Democracy Rising:
Ralph Nader and Patti Smith Come to
Buffalo to Work for "Peace on Earth Week"
- 4/10/03 8:11 PM
Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR):
Is Killing Part of Pentagon Press Policy?
- 4/10/03 5:53 PM
Iraq Pledge of Resistance:
Events in Iraq Do Not Change Campaign
of Nonviolent Resistance to War and Occupation; Statement by Gordon
Clark, National Coordinator
- 4/10/03 5:42 PM
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence United with the Million
Mom March:
Brady Center Report: Gun Makers, Dealers
Knowingly Feed Illegal Gun Market; Evidence from Lawsuits Reveals
Industry Misconduct
- 4/10/03 3:51 PM
Marijuana Policy Project:
Medical Marijuana "Truth in Trials
Act" Introduced; Bipartisan Bill Would Allow Federal Defendants
To Show They Followed State Law
- 4/10/03 3:00 PM
National Organization for Women:
It's Not Just about Golf: Feminists
Blast Discrimination at Masters Tournament
- 4/10/03 2:44 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy:
* After Saddam * Garner and Chaliabi
* Rachel Corrie's Legacy
- 4/10/03 1:31 PM
Public Citizen:
Public Citizen Urges Lawmakers to Reject
Bush Plan to Build New Nuclear Reactors, Subsidize Nuclear Industry
With Taxpayer Money; Public Citizen Analysis Concludes "Nuclear
Power 2010" Hurts Taxpayers, Makes Them Responsible for Nuclear
Risks
- 4/10/03 1:02 PM
Earthjustice:
Earthjustice Presents 2003 Human Rights
and the Environment Report to UN Commission on Human Rights in Geneva
- 4/10/03 11:34 AM
International Fund for Animal Welfare:
Japanese Whalers Begin Hunt for 260
Whales
- 4/10/03 10:41 AM
Justice for Gun Victims:
Justice for Gun Victims Praises Howard
Dean for Opposing Legal Immunity for Gun Industry; Calls on Other
Candidates to Do Same
- 4/10/03 7:01 AM
Commonwealth Fund:
Medicare+Choice Enrollees Face Rising
Premiums, Limits on Benefits in First Look at 2003 Medicare Managed
Care Trends
- 4/09/03 5:12 PM
Neighbors for Neighbors * Environmental Defense * Public Citizen:
Alcoa, Citizens Groups Agree on Emissions
Cleanup; Groups Settle Lawsuit in Exchange for Immediate Pollution
Cuts
- 4/09/03 4:37 PM
People for the American Way:
Pryor Appeals Court Nomination Continues
Pattern of Divisive Far-Right Judicial Nominees; Nominee for 11th
Circuit Has ‘Extremely Troubling’ Record
- 4/09/03 4:30 PM
Americans United for Separation of Church and State:
Army Must Halt Iraq Chaplain's 'Coerced
Baptisms,' Says Americans United; Civil Liberties Group Urges Military
To Stop Activities Of ‘Southern Baptist Evangelist’
- 4/09/03 4:11 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy:
Iraq: From Tyranny to What?
- 4/09/03 3:58 PM
NARAL:
NARAL Pro-Choice America Unveils www.StopOwen.org;
Calls On Pro-Choice America to Take Action to Stop Owen Re-Nomination;
Announces that Owen Senate Vote Will Be Scored First Time in 20 Years
– Appellate Judge Vote Scored By Group
- 4/09/03 3:22 PM
New York Unemployment Project:
Unemployed Workers to House GOP: Unemployed
Not 'Lazy'; 100 Unemployed Workers to Attend Thursday Hearing and
Demand Work
- 4/09/03 1:44 PM
Americans United for Separation of Church and State:
Education Secretary Paige Should Repudiate
Remarks About Religion, Insists Americans United; Top Education Official’s
Promotion Of Christianity, Criticism Of Pluralism In Public Schools,
Is Unacceptable, Says AU’s Lynn
- 4/09/03 12:30 PM
Earthjustice:
Court Orders Interior to Act on Pacific
Fisher Endangered Species Listing: Imperiled Species Now an Important
Step Closer to Receiving Federal Protection
- 4/09/03 12:16 PM
Marijuana Policy Project:
Medical Marijuana "Truth in Trials
Act" to Be Introduced; Press Conference April 10 with Reps. Farr,
Rohrabacher, Frank, Juror from Ed Rosenthal Trial
- 4/09/03 12:10 PM
People for the American Way:
Education Secretary Paige Urged to
Disavow Outrageous Remarks on Religion and Schools
- 4/09/03 11:47 AM
East Timor Action Network/US (ETAN):
Rights Group Praises New Indictment
of Indonesian Officials; Calls on International Community to Strongly
Support Joint UN/East Timor Serious Crimes Court
- 4/09/03 11:36 AM
Citizens Campaign for the Environment:
Bush Administration Proposes Rules
Allowing Increased Opportunities to Degrade Sensitive Waters without
Consequence; Environmental Group Urges Public Outcry
- 4/09/03 11:30 AM
Project On Government Oversight (POGO):
Contractor Goody Bag Legislation Rears
Its Ugly Head
- 4/09/03 11:04 AM
Rebuilding Homes:
Rebuilding Homes, Israeli Committee
Against House Demolitions Announce Rapid Response Rebuilding Program;
16 New Demolitions in Jerusalem April 3 -- Rebuilding Began on April
5
- 4/09/03 11:47 AM
Human Rights Watch:
Iraq's Civilians Face Security Vacuum
- 4/09/03 8:30 AM
TomPaine.com:
TomPaine.com Challenges Washington's
'Twisted Allegiance' to Tax Cuts
- 4/09/03 6:00 AM
Amnesty International:
Iraq: Civilians Under Fire
- 4/08/03 3:21 PM
American Medical Student Association:
Medical Students Respond to National
Malpractice Crisis Students Reject Caps on "Non-Economic Damages"
as a Simplified Approach to a Complex Problem
- 4/08/03 3:07 PM
War Resisters League:
New Book Encourages Nonpayment of Taxes
for Iraq War
- 4/08/03 2:00 PM
Amnesty International:
Amnesty International to Hold Candlelight
Vigil One Year After Death of Charleston Resident Chad Boggess
- 4/08/03 3:01 PM
Children's Defense Fund:
Thousands to Hand Out 'Checks' to U.S.
Congress at Children's Defense Fund Rally
- 4/08/03 1:49 PM
Carolina Peace Resource Center:
April 12 Procession and Service
- 4/08/03 1:43 PM
Nukewatch:
Four ELF Resisters to be Sentenced
in Federal Court; One Finishes Prison Term
- 4/08/03 1:20 PM
Wilderness Society:
New Report Documents Gap Between Environmental
Promises and Reality on Alaska's North Slope
- 4/08/03 1:10 PM
Green Party of the United States:
Pentagon Policy Makes Iraqi Civilian
Lives Expendable in Their Own Liberation, Say Greens; Green Party
Antiwar Activists Call Bush Complicit in the Murder of Civilians
- 4/08/03 12:48 PM
League of Conservation Voters:
LCV: House Energy Bill Ignores U.S.
Priorities; GOP Energy Plan Fails to Reduce Dependence on Foreign
Oil or Bolster Economy
- 4/08/03 12:40 PM
World Wildlife Fund:
International Banks Contributing to
Destruction of Key Rainforest, WWF Report Shows
- 4/08/03 12:34 PM
League of Fans:
Ralph Nader and League of Fans Ask
LeBron James to Push for Anti-Sweatshop Provisions in His Upcoming
Sneaker Contract
- 4/08/03 11:54 AM
Human Rights Watch:
U.S. Plans for Iraq Tribunals "A
Mistake;" International Tribunal Needed
- 4/08/03 11:04 AM
Clean Air Trust:
The Bush Administration's Air Pollution
Plan Would Shred Current Clean Air Act Protections, Says Clean Air
Trust
- 4/08/03 9:34 AM
The Commonwealth Fund:
Enactment of Federal Medicare Drug
Benefit Could Help Ease States' Budget Crises; Savings Could Help
Prevent Cuts in Medicaid for Children, Parents
- 4/08/03 7:17 AM
Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR):
New Report: "Water under Siege
in Iraq: Human Rights Group Warns US/UK Military Forces Risk Committing
War Crimes by Depriving Civilians of Safe Water;" If Iraqis "take
innocent life, if they destroy infrastructure, they will be held accountable
as war criminals." -US President George W. Bush (Feb. 25, 2003)
- 4/08/03 5:05 AM
International Rescue Committee:
Congo's Conflict is Deadliest Since
WWII, Says International Rescue Committee; Tenuous Peace Process Needs
Int'l Support
- 4/07/03 3:44 PM
Domini Social Investments:
Domini Files Amicus Brief with Supreme
Court in Nike v. Kasky; Socially Responsible Investors Argue that
Nike's Position Threatens Securities Regulation
- 4/07/03 2:04 PM
Council on American-Islamic Relations:
Institute of Peace Asked to Reject
'Muslim-Basher'
- 4/07/03 1:56 PM
Sierra Club:
Sierra Club Applauds Senator Durbin
for Pushing Real Fuel Economy Increase
- 4/07/03 1:27 PM
International Campaign to Ban Landmines:
Italy Urged to Condemn Landmine Use
& Promote Mine Ban
- 4/07/03 12:34 PM
International Fund for Animal Welfare:
Conservationists Stunned, Iceland to
Hunt 250 Whales in the Name of 'Science'
- 4/07/03 11:37 AM
Hightower & Associates:
Jim Hightower, i.e. America Radio Network
Join Forces to Pack Progressive Radio Punch
- 4/07/03 10:47 AM
Americans for Insurance Reform:
New Study Shows Insurance Industry,
Not Lawsuits, Causing Insurance Rates to Rise for North Carolina Doctors;
North Carolina Payouts Have Been Stable for 18 Years
- 4/07/03 9:11 AM
Stop the War Coalition (NI):
Hypocrisy of George Bush & Tony
Blair Knows No End
- 4/04/03 7:19 PM
Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR):
Official Story Vs. Eyewitness Account:
On Najaf Killings, Some Outlets Seem to Prefer the Sanitized Version
- 4/04/03 3:09 PM
Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR):
Media Should Follow Up on Civilian
Deaths: Journalist's Evidence That US Bombed Market Ignored by US
Press
- 4/04/03 2:13 PM
Citizen Works:
Citizen Works Protests Corporate War
Profiteering at Halliburton Subsidiary; D.C. event is one of nearly
100 across the country to challenge corporate power on Big Business
Day
- 4/04/03 2:06 PM
AFL-CIO:
Statement by AFL-CIO President John
J. Sweeney On Today’s Unemployment Numbers And the Loss of 2.6
Million Jobs Over Last Two Years
- 4/04/03 1:49 PM
Center for Science in the Public Interest:
Senate Bill Puts Transgenic Animals
on Fast Track; Animal Drug Bill Weakens Regulation for GE Food Animals
- 4/04/03 12:45 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy:
War Crimes?
- 4/04/03 12:18 PM
Public Citizen:
"GATT-Zilla vs. Flipper"
Dolphin Case Demonstrates How Trade Agreements Undermine Domestic
Environmental, Public Interest Policies; Federal Court Hearing Scheduled
for Monday, April 7, in San Francisco
- 4/04/03 10:40 AM
United Food and Commercial Workers Union:
Nationwide Ad Campaign Exposes Worker
Issues at Natural Food Giant; Worker Voices Censored by 'Vegetarian
Times'
- 4/04/03 9:39 AM
Association for Progressive Communications (APC):
Statement by APC Opposing Actions Against
the Online Presence of Middle East News Agency, Al-Jazeera
- 4/04/03 9:17 AM
National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee:
Anti-War Tax Initiative Launched Against
Iraq War
- 4/03/03 5:38 PM
Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR):
Some Critical Media Voices Face Censorship
- 4/03/03 4:30 PM
National Press Club:
Tim Robbins, Win Without War to Discuss
the War, the Movement, and the Bush 'First-Strike Doctrine' at National
Press Club
- 4/03/03 4:17 PM
Community Action Partnership:
Span Hits the Road for Beginning
of Poverty Tour; Anti-poverty official to stay overnight in impoverished
American cities
- 4/03/03 4:04 PM
Natural Resources Defense Council:
Chemical Security Measures Killed Again
- 4/03/03 3:31 PM
Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR):
Bush Asked to Rescind Nomination
of 'Islamophobe,' Says CAIR; Nominee Says 10 to 15 Percent of Muslims
are 'Potential Killers'
- 4/03/03 3:05 PM
Green Party of the United Sates:
U.S. Greens Urge the U.N. General
Assembly to Invoke 'Uniting for Peace;' Resolution 377 Would Circumvent
the U.S.'s Security Council Veto and Assert Worldwide Opposition to
the U.S. Invasion of Iraq
- 4/03/03 2:37 PM
Rebuilding Homes:
Rebuilding Homes, Israeli Committee
Against House Demolitions Announce Rapid Response Rebuilding Program;
16 New Demolitions in Jerusalem This Morning -- Rebuilding Begins
on Saturday
- 4/03/03 1:33 PM
Students for Sensible Drug Policy:
Members of Congress, Students and Educators
to Host Press Forum Highlighting Negative Impacts of Student Drug
Provision
- 4/03/03 12:58 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy:
* Americans Just Out of Baghdad
* Iraqi Dead * War Profits * U.S. Safety * Taxpayers
- 4/03/03 12:56 PM
Public Citizen:
Court Orders OSHA to Protect Workers
From Dangerous Lung Carcinogen; Federal Appeals Court Tells Government
to Write Rule About Hexavalent Chromium; Order Is Culmination of Suit
Brought by Public Citizen and PACE
- 4/03/03 12:34 PM
Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance:
Citizen Inspection Team Denied
Entry to Bomb Plant; Plant Shut Down by Protesters for Treaty Noncompliance;
6 Arrested for Civil Disobedience; Citizens Petition United Nations
for Inspection Team
- 4/03/03 10:00 AM
Amnesty International:
Iraq: Condemnation of British
Use of Cluster Bombs
- 4/03/03 8:15 AM
StopJayGarner.com:
Human Rights Groups Call on Bush
and Blair to Stop Former Weapons Maker Jay Garner as Head of Iraqi
Transitional Government; Coalition Calls on United Nations to Oversee
Reconstruction of Iraq; Former U.S. Army General Jay Garner Sends
"Wrong Message to the People of Iraq"
- 4/03/03 7:10 AM
Franciscans International:
Franciscans Urge Indonesian Government
to Address Human Rights Violations; Statement at UN Commission on
Human Rights Calls Government to “Stop At Once” Efforts
to Create Paramilitary Groups
- 4/03/03 2:39 AM
New College of California:
Danny Schechter Speaks on "The
Media in Bed at a Time of War;""The News Dissector"
Analyzes Biased War Coverage at Upcoming New College Address
- 4/02/03 4:36 PM
Public Citizen:
New Study Debunks Claims of an
Impending Medical Malpractice Insurance "Crisis" in Rhode
Island; Real Malpractice Crisis Involves "Repeat Offender"
Doctors; Overall Insurance Premiums, Malpractice Payments to Injured
Patients Have Decreased, Study Finds
- 4/02/03 2:35 PM
Global Health Council:
Global Health Council Urges Congress
to Invest in Children and Women for a Safe and Secure World
- 4/02/03 1:40 PM
American Civil Liberties Union:
ACLU Criticizes CAPPS II in New
Online Advertisements
- 4/02/03 12:41 PM
Citizen Works:
Citizen Works to Lead Protest
at Halliburton on the Second Annual Big Business Day
- 4/02/03 11:55 AM
Government Accountability Project:
Good Government Groups Hail Tentative
Approval of State of the Art Nuclear Safety Whistleblower Protection
- 4/02/03 11:47 AM
Amnesty International:
Iraq: Use of Cluster Bombs -- Civilians
Pay the Price
- 4/02/03 9:00 AM
World Wildlife Fund:
WWF Analysis Shows US Power Sector
Can Prevent Environmental Damage from Global Warming; WWF Challenges
Power Sector to Move Toward Clean Energy Future
- 4/02/03 8:30 AM
Jews for Peace in Palestine and Israel (JPPI):
Jewish Groups Call on Congress
to Pass Rachel Corrie Bill
- 4/02/03 2:43 AM
Iraq Peace Team:
Iraq Peace Team Members Travel
From Bagdad to Amman; Available for Interviews About Life in Bagdad
During the War
- 4/01/03 4:28 PM
Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich:
Kucinich Takes to The House Floor To
Call For An End to The War
- 4/01/03 3:15 PM
Natural Resources Defense Council:
Cheapening the Value Of Life: The Bush
Administration's Death Discount
- 4/01/03 2:27 PM
Sierra Club:
Statement of Daniel Becker, Director
of the Sierra Club's Global Warming and Energy Program, on the Bush
Administration's Announcement on Light Truck Fuel Economy
- 4/01/03 2:09 PM
The Green Party of the United States:
Wartime Contracts Favor Bush Administration's
Corporate Cronies; Greens See Extensive War Profiteering by Firms
with White House and Pentagon Connections, While Bush Urges Americans
-- Especially Troops and Veterans -- to Sacrifice
- 4/01/03 1:45 PM
NARAL Pro-Choice America:
NARAL Pro-Choice America Opposes Bush
Nominee Carolyn Kuhl
- 4/01/03 1:38 PM
Earthjustice:
Lawsuit Aims for Protection of Vanishing
Sierra Amphibian; Groups Claim Species Relegation to "Bureaucratic
Purgatory" is Illegal
- 4/01/03 1:20 PM
Earthday Resources:
“Don’t Be Fooled” Exposes
Top 10 Misleading Environmental Claims; Kraft Named for its use of
Genetically Engineered Ingredients
- 4/01/03 1:15 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy:
* Supporting Troops * Rumsfeld: Lightning
Rod* City Teach-in * U.S. Credibility * 'Unavoidable' Deaths
- 4/01/03 1:09 PM
Congressional Progressive Caucus:
Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs: Affirmative
Action Is Necessary And Must Be Preserved
- 4/01/03 12:11 PM
International Federation for East Timor (IFTE):
International Federation for East Timor
Urges Nations' President to Fully Support Accountability for Past
Abuses
- 4/01/03 10:47 AM
Amnesty International:
Iraq: US Must Investigate Civilian
Deaths
- 4/01/03 10:25 AM
Greenpeace:
United States Attempts to Block United
Nations Peace Bid
- 4/01/03 10:14 AM
Public Citizen:
Consumer Health Advocates Warn Against
Osteoporosis Drug; Forteo May Lead to Bone Cancer in Humans, Risk
Outweighs Benefit
- 4/01/03 8:31 AM
Human Rights Watch:
U.S. Using Cluster Munitions In Iraq
* March 2003
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