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June 2006
Friday, June 30
11:55 AM
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence: Massachusetts High Court Rules That Homeowners Must Lock Up Their Guns
11:36 AM
Marijuana Policy Project: New Radio Ad Calls Out Politicians Who Have Used Marijuana
11:26 AM
National Audubon Society Says House Drilling Bill Endangers Coasts, Offers No Energy Solution
11:04 AM
Servicemembers Legal Defense Network: White House Makes 1st-Ever Comments on 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'; When Will White House Stand Up for Gay Americans Who Sacrifice So Much?
10:25 AM
Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala: As Guatemala Enters CAFTA, U.S. Coalition Calls for a New Trade Model
9:12 AM
National Resources Defense Council: Senators Cut Environmental, Health Programs to Lowest Level in A Century
Thursday, June 29
7:37 PM
Sierra Club: House Shreds Offshore Drilling Moratorium
3:35 PM
People For the American Way: Supreme Court Shifts Right, Kennedy Moderates Impact of Roberts and Alito
3:16 PM
Institute For Public Accuracy: Comment on Welfare Changes, Federal Reserve
3:00 PM
Violence Policy Center: U.S. House Vote to Stop Enforcement of Federal Child Safety Lock Law Panders to Gun Lobby, Ignores Grave Risk to Children
2:17 PM
National Security Whistleblowers Coalition: Whistleblowers Hold House & Senate Members Responsible
1:39 PM
Institute For Public Accuracy: Comment on Supreme Court's Guantanamo Decision
12:46 PM
Institute For Public Accuracy: Comment on Gaza and Israel
12:41 PM
Amnesty International: Amnesty International to the Bush Administration:
Game Over Due to Supreme Court Ruling on Military Commissions
11:33 AM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: New "Green Scam" Rules Will Cripple Wetland Protections
11:27 AM
Center For Constitutional Rights: CCR Lauds Supreme Court Victory in Hamdan V. Rumsfeld and Calls For Fair Trials and Closure of Guantánamo
11:13 PM
Sierra Club:Ford Breaks Yet Another Promise to Provide American Consumers with Fuel Efficient Vehicles
10:24 AM
Amnesty International: Amnesty International Releases Video Depicting Death and Destruction in Chad; Calls on International Community to Protect Chadians from Janjawid's Cross-Border Attacks
9:56 AM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: 10,000 EPA Scientists Protest Library Closures
5:15 AM
Congressman Dennis Kucinich: Congress Must Protect The Media's First Amendment Rights
Wednesday, June 28
4:30 PM
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: New Estate Tax "Compromise" Even Costlier Than Previous One
3:24 PM
Americans United for Separation of Church and State: West Virginia School District Sued Over Religious Display
2:58 PM
Military Families Speak Out: Military Mom and Military Wife Visit Senators, Deliver Message: "This is What Staying the Course Looks Like"
2:15 PM
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington: Releases House Ethics Complaint Against Rep. Charles Taylor, Details Possible Criminal Acts, Violations of House Ethics Rules
2:11 PM
Common Cause: Supreme Court Decision Puts Politics over Democracy
2:02 PM
Democracy 21: Reform Groups Support New Strong Lobbying and Ethics Reform Package
1:52 PM
Institute for Policy Studies: Organizations at UN Conference Condemn Israeli Assault on Gaza
1:48 PM
Center for Public Integrity: Power Trips Database Goes Live: Info on Sponsors, Destinations, Costs of 5 1/2 years of Congressional Travel Made Public
1:25 PM
League of Women Voters: U.S. Supreme Court Opens Floodgates to Partisan Gerrymandering
12:51 PM
Environmental Defense: Federal Grant Will Develop, Market NC Hog Waste Byproducts
12:36 PM
PeaceAction Maryland: Maryland Peace Activists Welcome Granny, Jailbird, Marchers against Iraq War from NYC
12:06 PM
Natural Resources Defense Council: Navy Will Be Sued to Stop Illegal Sonar in Massive Hawaiian War Games
12:05 PM
ACLU Seeks Information About Government Use of Brain Scanners in Interrogations
12:05 PM
ACLU Welcomes European Scrutiny Of U.S. Snooping On Financial Data
11:53 AM
Amnesty International Will Administer Funds for On-the-ground Efforts to Rehabilitate Young Combatants
11:52 AM
Freedom to Travel Campaign: Banning Books on Cuba Hurts America Not Castro
11:51 PM
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and Empire State Pride Agenda Applaud Launch of New Group Working to Advance Fair Treatment of Hotel Industry Employees
11:33 AM
WakeUpWalMart.com: Wal-Mart Flip-Flops on Minimum Wage; Wal-Mart's Campaign of Lies and Deception Continues
10:21 AM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Bomb and Run -- for Office · Scuttling Peace Plans · The Oil Timeline
10:21 AM
Sierra Club Calls on Rumsfeld, DOD to Stop Blocking Wind Farms
9:31 AM
Families USA: Suit Challenges New Law Requiring over 50 Million People in Medicaid to Document Citizenship
Tuesday, June 27
1:59 PM
Earthjustice: Water and Wildlife Threatened by Rio Grande Logging Proposal
1:29 PM
Human Rights Watch: Europe: Governments Must End Renditions, Illegal Detentions
1:29 PM
Human Rights Watch: Mexico: Candidates Must Address Murders of Women
1:12 PM
American Civil Liberties Union: Senate Panel Examines President’s Use of "Signing Statements"
1:00 PM
Clean Air Watch to EPA: Don't Let Oil Industry Pollute Clean Air Standards
12:28 PM
AFL-CIO: Panel Provides Solutions to the Persistent Problem of Worker Abuse in Jordan
12:28 PM
Death Penalty Information Center: Resources Available as 30th Anniversary of Gregg v. Georgia Approaches
12:28 PM
Public Citizen: The 100th Anniversary of the FDA: The Sleeping Watchdog Whose Master is Increasingly the Regulated Industries
12:28 PM
Public Citizen Appeals on Behalf of Gripe Web Site Operator to Protect Internet Free Speech
12:28 PM
Public Citizen: FDA Fails to Protect Americans from Dangerous Drugs & Unsafe Food, Watchdog Groups Say
12:12 PM
MoveOn.org: Rallies at 300 Gas Stations Nationwide Protest GOP Ties to Big Oil
12:00 PM
Center for Economic and Policy Research: 10 Economic Indicators to Watch for Signs of Housing Bubble Collapse
11:17 AM
Progressive Democrats of America Co-Sponsors Town Hall Meetings on Election Violations, Joins Call for Answers in Busby/Billbray Race
11:01 AM
CODEPINK: Women for Peace / Global Exchange / Gold Star Families for Peace: Cindy Sheehan, Dick Gregory, Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn and Hundreds More Launch Hunger Strike to End the Iraq War
10:43 AM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: NOAA's Quarter-Billion Dollar Hawaiian Boondoggle
10:40 AM
Brennan Center for Justice: Software Attacks Pose Real Danger to All Electronic Voting Machines, Brennan Center Task Force Says
10:07 AM
Amnesty International Expert Available to Comment on Expected Supreme Court Ruling on Hamdan v. Rumsfeld; Decision Expected by Month's End
9:16 AM
Sierra Club Canada: Grandmother Launches Climate Crisis Journey
9:08 AM
Center for Science in the Public Interest: FDA Fails to Protect Americans from Dangerous Drugs and Unsafe Foods
7:41 AM
Payday: International Day of Action to Support First Lt. Ehren Watada
6:00 AM
Peace Action California: A Showdown Over Guns: The UN Reviews Controls on Illicit Weapons Trafficking
4:55 AM
Witness Against Torture: 25 Arrested at the US Mission to the United Nations Saying 'No to Torture, Shut Down Guantanamo'
Monday, June 26
1:20 PM
Earthjustice Statement on Supreme Court Decision to Hear Global Warming Case
1:04 PM
Friends of the Earth: Global Warming Case Taken Up By Supreme Court
1:04 PM
Amnesty International: AK-47: World's Worst Regulated Weapon According to New Report
12:46 PM
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington Sends Supplemental Letter to Original IRS Complaint Against Grover Norquist's Americans For Tax Reform
11:30 AM
Natural Resources Defense Council: Energy Efficiency Improvements Could Significantly Cut Natural Gas Use, New Report Finds
11:24 AM
Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict (CIVIC): US Should Release Numbers of Civilians Killed in Iraq
11:17 AM
American Civil Liberties Union: Government Drops Demand for Library Records
10:51 AM
Green Party: California, Washington and New York Green Party Candidates Join LGBT "March for Love and Life"
10:32 AM
Human Rights Watch: Iran: Retry Ethnic Arabs Condemned to Death
10:10 AM
Democracy 21 Endorses New Bill to Replace Federal Election Commission with Real Enforcement Agency
10:04 AM
Human Rights Campaign President Urges Pennsylvania Representatives to Reject Discrimination
9:31 AM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: Attacks on Forest Service Staff up Fivefold in 2005
9:26 AM
National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty: Chicago Tribune Series Raises Possibility of Another Innocent Person Executed
6:28 AM
ActionAid International: G8 Back-tracking on Poverty Pledges as Blair Announces Aid Oversight Panel
6:28 AM
Greenpeace: Dell Commit to "Greener" PCs But Survey Shows Computer Users Demand Even More
6:03 AM
International Committee of the Red Cross: Preventing Small-Arms Proliferation - Five-Year Review
6:03 AM
Center for Defense Information: Power of NRA Showcased in U.S. Delegation to Small Arms Conference
4:46 AM
Oakland Institute: Turning the Tide:Challenging the Right on Campus
Friday, June 23
1:54 PM
National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL): Poll Reaffirms that Americans View Birth Control as the Best Way to Prevent Unintended Pregnancies
1:54 PM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: EPA Forgot to Shield Nursing Mothers in Pesticide Experiments
10:51 AM
AFL-CIO: Hold Clean on $2.10 Minimum Wage Increase, AFL-CIO Tells Members of Congress
10:49 AM
Amnesty International: Third Anniversary of Order to Detain Enemy Combatant in U.S. Without Charge; Amnesty International Concerned about His Deteriorating Mental, Physical Health
10:14 AM
Greenpeace: EU Taxpayers and Consumers to Pay for Utilities Pollution
8:41 AM
Government Accountability Project: Senate Approves Whistleblower Rights Breakthrough
7:00 AM
Let Justice Roll Campaign Calls on the House to Represent People by Raising Minimum Wage
6:30 AM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Telecom Giants: Their Way on the Information Superhighway
6:00 AM
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington: Forces Dept. of Labor to Release Anti-Union Docs and E-mails
4:16 AM
Greenpeace Rounds up 'Wall of Death' Fishing Nets in the Mediterranean Sea
Thursday, June 22
11:44 AM
Common Cause: New Report Shows 17 States at High Risk for Election Results Compromised Due to Electronic Voting Machine Problems
11:28 AM
ActionAid International: WTO Stalemate Threatens Development Disaster
11:13 AM
Natural Resource Defense Council: Wasted Energy Week
11:03 AM
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence: Texas Republicans Support Right of Criminals to Purchase Guns
10:43 AM
Doctors Without Borders: Pneumonic Plague Outbreak Increases in Ituri, Democratic Republic of Congo
10:42 AM
Americans United for Separation of Church and State Urges House Panel To Defeat Bill Cutting Off Attorneys' Fees In Church-State Cases
10:12 AM
Public Citizen Tells FDA Companies Must Stop Fraudulently Promoting Laser Therapy as a Treatment to Quit Smoking
10:11 AM
Citizens for Tax Justice: Proposed Timber Tax Break Benefits Low-Tax Corporations: Estate Tax “Sweetener” Leaves a Sour Taste
9:56 AM
Center for Science in the Public Interest: Give Bud the Boot from World Cup, Groups Say
9:11 AM
Human Rights Watch: Iran: Remove Rights Abuser from U.N. Delegation
6:54 AM
Greenpeace Demands Immediate Closure of the Mediterranean Bluefin Tuna Fishery
6:54 AM
Greenpeace: Wake-up Call for the World - Whales Protection Goes Beyond IWC
6:00 AM
Senator Russ Feingold On the Kerry-Feingold Amendment to the Department of Defense Authorization Bill Setting a Deadline of July 1, 2007 for the Redeployment of U.S. Troops from Iraq
Wednesday, June 21
2:40 PM
American Friends Service Committee: If Congress Deserves a Raise, Why Don't Workers?
2:38 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Congress on Iraq and War: Lax and Spend?
2:23 PM
Food and Water Watch: Oil Rigs and Fish Farms = An Unappetizing Idea
2:22 PM
American Civil Liberties Union Urges Court to Reject State Secrets Claim in NSA Case
2:22 PM
American Civil Liberties Union and NYCLU Join V-Day Festival for Evening of Performance About Women in Prison
2:22 PM
Center for Science in the Public Interest: Dietary Supplement Bill Would Require Companies to Report Adverse Reactions to FDA
2:22 PM
Free Press: Public Interest Groups Respond to New FCC Ownership Rules
2:22 PM
Common Cause: Reformers Launch National “Voters First” Pledge to Build Support for Public Funding of Congressional Campaigns
1:36 PM
Amnesty International USA Deeply Disturbed by Reports of Brutal Torture of 2 U.S. Soldiers
1:33 PM
Nukewatch: WMD Found in North Dakota : Disarmament Begins
11:13 AM
Center for Justice and Democracy: Consumer Groups and Medical Malpractice Survivors Form United Front against "Health Courts"
9:55 AM
Amnesty International: UN World Conference on Small Arms and Million Faces Petition
9:51 AM
Congresswoman Barbara Lee: House Votes Against Permanent Bases in Iraq
6:00 AM
American Friends Service Committee: From Flight to Hope: The Compromised Existence of Refugees
5:45 AM
Greenpeace: Peaceful Whaling Protest Stopped Abruptly in St Kitts
Tuesday, June 20
4:08 PM
Government Accountability Project: Groups Question DOE’s Announcement of Possible Dismantling of Office of Environment, Safety & Health
2:23 PM
International Fund for Animal Welfare Stands With Greenpeace as Activists are Arrested at International Whaling Meeting
2:16 PM
Families USA: Medicare Part D Plans Raised Their Prices for Top Drugs Sold to Seniors
2:01 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Coming to Ramadi: Terror From the Skies?
1:30 PM
ACLU Condemns U.S. for Failing to Uphold Civil and Political Rights
1:13 PM
Democracy 21 Opposes Pre-Approval of Privately-funded Trips by Discredited House Ethics Committee
1:00 PM
Service Employees International Union: Major Class Action Lawsuits Filed in Four Cities Allege Hospitals Colluded To Hold Down Nurse Wages
12:07 AM
Electronic Frontier Foundation and Government Face Off Over 'State Secrets' in San Francisco Courtroom
12:00 PM
US Public Interest Research Group: New Report: Global Warming Pollution Doubled in 28 States Since 1960
12:00 PM
International Committee of the Red Cross Alarmed by Acute Water and Power Shortages in Various Parts of Iraq
11:59 AM
Center for Science in the Public Interest: 23 States Get Failing Grade on CSPI's School Foods Report Card
11:59 AM
Human Rights Campaign Announces Support of ‘Groundbreaking’ Maurice Jamal Film
6:30 AM
Military Families Speak Out: With the Iraq War Putting the Nation’s Health in Peril, Military Families Make a House Call
6:15 AM
Earthjustice: New EPA Rule Gives Refineries, Chemical Plants Free Pass for Toxic Air Pollution
6:00 AM
Food and Water Watch: 23 Cities Tell Starbucks To Stop Serving Milk Made with Artificial Growth Hormones
Monday, June 19
4:09 PM
John Kerry and Russ Feingold to Offer Amendment with Deadline to Redeploy U.S. Combat Troops From Iraq
3:56 PM
US Public Interest Research Group: U.S. Supreme Court Issues Split Decision in Clean Water Cases; Congress Must Reaffirm Original Intent of Clean Water Act
2:40 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Iranian Peace Offers
2:16 PM
Center for Economic and Policy Research: Federal Minimum Wage at Lowest Point in 50 Years
2:15 PM
Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting: New York Times Corrects the Record
2:15 PM
NARAL Pro-Choice America: Certification of Signatures Marks First Victory for Freedom and Privacy in South Dakota
1:45 PM
Sierra Club: Supreme Court Rules Clean Water Act to be decided on Case-by-Case Basis
1:15 PM
National Parks Conservation Association: New Draft of National Park Management Policies Appears to Restore Agency's Fundamental Mission
12:59 PM
Amnesty International: Almost One in Three People Affected by Gun Crime
11:27 AM
Rep. Henry A. Waxman: Dollars, Not Sense: Government Contracting Under the Bush Administration
10:29 AM
Consumer Federation of America: New CFA Analysis of Real Estate Cartel Explains How It Can Set Prices
10:26 AM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER): The "National Park that Ralph Built" Costs $1,000 Per Visitor
5:31 AM
Greenpeace: 16 Fashion Designers Link up with Greenpeace to Lobby EU for Comprehensive Ban on Chemicals Which Harm Human Health
12:21 AM
NARAL Pro-Choice America Calls Supreme Court Decision to Review Federal Abortion Ban Ominous
Friday, June 16
3:35 PM
Task Force Policy Institute Launches Largest-Ever National Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Asian and Pacific Islander Americans
3:20 PM
Natural Resources Defense Council: New Study Reinforces Link Between Mortality Rates and Environmental Hazards
3:20 PM
Natural Resources Defense Council: EPA Considering Industry Scientists for Advisory Board Reviewing Cancer-Causing Chemical
3:04 PM
Government Accountability Project: Procter & Gamble Surrenders Data to GAP Client
3:04 PM
Congressman Dennis Kucinich: “In The Name Of Fighting Terrorism We Are Creating More Terrorists”
3:04 PM
Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting: Warning Dems Against Withdrawal
2:34 PM
Doctors Without Borders: Over 10,000 People Flee Violence in Chad
2:34 PM
Demos: Praise for NY Assembly Committee on Election Law for Passing the "Voting Rights Notification and Registration Act"
12:11 PM
Sustainable Energy Network: 60+ Groups, Businesses Urge US Senate to Restore Geothermal Energy Funding
12:03 PM
Human Rights Watch: U.N.: No Business as Usual at New Rights Council
10:00 AM
Families USA: New Study Shows that Virtually All Medicare Part D Plans Recently Increased Their Prices for the Top 20 Drugs Prescribed to Seniors
8:43 AM
International Fund for Animal Welfare: Fate of World's Whales Hangs in Balance; International Whaling Commission Meets Today
2:03 AM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Military Personnel Refusing War
Thursday, June 15
3:10 PM
Amnesty International USA Applauds Justice Department Review of TASER-related Deaths, Calling it ‘a Good First Step’
1:01 PM
United for Peace and Justice: As 2,500th U.S. Serviceperson Dies in Iraq, House Leadership Thwarts Debate on Iraq War!
12:31 PM
MoveOn Counters GOP Campaign to Intimidate TV Stations
12:29 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: End of the Internet?
12:19 PM
American Civil Liberties Union: Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Flag Amendment, ACLU Urges Full Senate to Reject Limits on First Amendment Rights
11:55 AM
Democracy Rising: In Memory of 2,500 Deaths: More than 2,500 Religious Congregations to Toll Bells to Call Attention to Fallen
11:25 AM
Institute for Energy and Environmental Research: Using Nuclear Power to Combat Climate Change Has Severe Risks
10:34 AM
Human Rights Watch: Iran: Police Assault Women’s Rights Demonstrators
10:20 AM
Green Party Condemns Mass Arrests, Bulldozers at Nation's Largest Urban Farm
9:34 AM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: New Jersey DEP Weakening Toxic Standards Despite Scandals
5:43 AM
Greenpeace: Marine Reserves in the Mediterranean Now
Wednesday, June 14
2:22 PM
World Wildlife Fund: New Book Sheds Light on Combatting Poverty And Environmental Destruction; Photo Available
1:53 PM
Media Matters for America: After Numerous Media Appearances Right-Wing Pundit Ann Coulter Has Yet to Answer Tough Questions
1:45 PM
Amnesty International: European States Legally Responsible for Rendition Abuses
12:57 PM
Human Rights Campaign: Bishop Gene Robinson, Gay Rights Leaders Speak Out Against Discrimination
12:41 PM
American Friends Service Committee Sues the U.S. Defense Department for Unlawful Surveillance
12:32 PM
Farm Sanctuary: USDA Refused to Heed Warnings of Atypical Strains of Mad Cow Disease Since Research Reported Likelihood of Variant in 1993, Group Says
12:29 PM
Peace Action Education Fund Calls For Real Iraq War Debate on Iraq War
12:26 PM
Democracy Rising to Distribute Thousands of Copies of Book in Front of White House
12:17 PM
Senator Russ Feingold: Calls on Gonzales and Negroponte to Provide More Information on Warrentless Wiretapping
12:17 PM
Senator Russ Feingold: Statement at the Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Net Neutrality
12:12 PM
Doctors Without Borders: Malnutrition on the Rise in Southern Central Somalia
12:12 PM
Sierra Club Statement on Jindal Offshore Drilling Bill: Forcing States to Fight for Coastal Protections
11:12 AM
Free Press: Senators and Strange Bedfellows Come Together to Save the Internet
11:07 AM
Center for Study of Responsive Law: Statement by Ralph Nader on the Seizure of the
South Central Farm in Los Angeles and the Eviction of 350 Farmers
11:03 AM
Center for Constitutional Rights: Guantanamo to Prevent Independent Coverage of Recent Deaths
10:54 AM
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, Children's Defense Fund Decry Loss of Young Lives
10:46 AM
Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood to FTC: Stop BabyFirstTV from Deceiving Parents
Marketing Television as Educational for Babies is False and Deceptive
10:39 AM
American Civil Liberties Union Sues Pentagon for Documents on Peace Groups
10:13 AM
Environmental Working Group: USDA Farm Data Release A Good Start, But Incomplete
10:13 AM
Environmental Working Group: Summer Smog Season Is Also Asthma Season:
Which Cars Help Kids Breathe Easier?
7:31 AM
Real News Project Profiles 25 Democratic Consultants and Their Corporate Clients
7:31 AM
Peace Alliance: Department of Peace Picks up Nine New Congressional Endorsements Following Successful Mother's Day Campaign
Tuesday, June 13
3:46 PM
Greenpeace Ship Banned from St Kitts on Eve of Whale Meeting
3:10 PM
Children's Defense Fund: 'Mobilizing For Action' Global Women's Action Network for Children Conference Concludes in Jordan; Photo Available
3:09 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Rove Walks? · Bush and Permanent Bases in Iraq
2:56 PM
Take Back America Conference Participants March in Silent Protest: U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq Surpass 2500
2:56 PM
Center for Constitutional Rights Reacts to Bush Administration's First Court Filings Since the Guantanamo Deaths
2:20 PM
Rep. Henry Waxman Calls for Public Accounting of Rove's Actions in CIA Leak
2:18 PM
Amnesty International: Bush Administration Must Confront Colombian President on Human Rights Abuses
12:30 PM
Military Families Speak Out: On the Occasion of the 2,500th Troops Death in Iraq, Military Families Mourn and Speak Out: Honor the Fallen, and Bring Our Troops Home Now!
11:23 AM
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law: John Brittain Testifies Before House Committee on Education and the Workforce on “No Child Left Behind” and the Disaggregation of Student Achievement Statistics
11:23 AM
Oxford Research Group: 'War on Terror' Failing, and Distracting Politicians from the Genuine Threats to Global Security
11:01 AM
Free Press / Consumers Union / Consumer Federation of America: New Report Dismantles Industry Claims about Net Neutrality
11:01 AM
Council On Hemispheric Affairs: Venezuela: Holding the Line against Drug Trafficking
11:01 AM
Free Press asks Senate to Save Net Neutrality, Ensure Universal Access to New Networks
10:55 AM
Children's Defense Fund Gun Report: 2,827 Child, Teen Deaths by Firearms in One Year Exceed Total U.S. Combat Fatalities During Three Years in Iraq
10:44 AM
Institute for Policy Studies / Nuclear Information and Resource Service: Women Leaders Urge Negotiated Solution to U.S.-Iran Stalemate to Avert War
10:31 AM
National Organization for Women: Proposed EEOC Cuts Will Make a Bad Situation Worse
Monday, June 12
12:55 PM
Campaign for America's Future: Progressives Push "Straight Talk" in Their Fall Agenda
12:54 PM
American Civil Liberties Union Calls for Immediate Independent Investigation into Reported Suicides at Guantánamo Detention Facility
12:40 PM
Consumer Federation of America: CFA and American Express Report on First Phase of Research on Consumer Credit Counseling Effectiveness
12:39 PM
Americans United for the Separation of Church and State Lawsuit Challenges Baltimore City Funding Of Baptist Outreach Program
12:39 PM
Friends of the Earth International: Wind & Solar Powered Yacht Sets Sail for La Route du Rhum
12:39 PM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: NOAA Blocks Moving Pacific Tsunami Center above Sea Level
12:10 PM
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence: Florida Newspaper Report Shows Highly Questionable Shooting Deaths in Early Months of 'Shoot First Law'
12:04 PM
Democracy 21: Reform Groups Strongly Oppose Use of Pre-Approval Process by House Ethics Committee to Legitimize Privately-Funded Trips for Members
11:34 AM
Center for Constitutional Rights Blasts Bush Administration for Suicides at Guantanamo
10:13 AM
National Lawyers Guild Condemns FBI'S Operation Backfire as Unconstitutional
8:35 AM
Demos: Publication Announcement: New Book Sheds Light on Election Barriers in 21st Century America
Friday, June 9
3:38 PM
Citizens for Tax Justice: Do Family Farms Need More Estate Tax Breaks?
2:07 PM
Free Press: SaveTheInternet.com Coalition Statement on Passage of the COPE Act
12:04 PM
American Rivers Hails Congressional Move to Close Shipping Channel That Doomed New Orleans
10:59 AM
Public Citizen: In Settlement Victory, Software Company Allows eBay Sale of Guide to Popular Video Game
10:27 AM
Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) President Writes to Remind Bush of His Obligations to All Americans
9:59 AM
ACORN: Wells Fargo Should Make Amends to Customers
9:48 AM
Service Employees International Union Statement by Secretary-Treasurer Anna Burger on Defeat of the Estate Tax Repeal
6:00 AM
Clear Path International: Three Children Killed, Three Inured By War Era Cluster Bomb in Vietnam
6:00 AM
Congresswoman Barbara Lee Blasts GOP Effort to Allow Permanent Iraq Bases
6:00 AM
Human Rights Watch: D.R. Congo: Climate of Fear Threatens Elections
Thursday, June 8
3:01 PM
Environmental Working Group: USDA Farm Data Release A Good Start, But Incomplete Farm Bill Must Not be Extended Without Full Public Accounting
2:42 PM
Human Rights Campaign and XM Satellite Radio Launch ‘The Agenda With Joe Solmonese’
2:29 PM
Public Citizen: Senate Rejects Misleading Lobbying Campaign of Moneyed Interests and Votes Against Estate Tax Repeal
2:14 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Zarqawi
1:58 PM
Institute for Local Self-Reliance: Kicking Our Oil Addiction: Minnesota Becomes First State to Endorse an Electric-Alcohol Strategy
1:40 PM
Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich On the Death of Terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
1:13 PM
Human Rights Watch: Sudan: No Justice for Darfur Victims
1:00 PM
Nuclear Information and Resource Service: Women Leaders Urge Negotiated Solution to U.S.-Iran Stalemate to Avert War
12:42 PM
National Parks Conservation Association Celebrates 100-Year Anniversary of the Antiquities Act
12:42 PM
Americans United for the Separation of Church and State: Military Must Accommodate Wiccan Symbol On Memorial Markers At Government Cemeteries
12:42 PM
Food and Water Watch: Experimental Fish Farms Fail the Test
12:41 PM
AFL-CIO Demands Bush Enforce Law On China
12:41 PM
American Civil Liberties Union: Senate Judiciary Committee To Blindly Consider NSA Legislation, Fails to Challenge White House Claims of Unlimited Executive Power
11:44 AM
School of the Americas Watch: Congressional Vote to Cut Funding for School of the Americas/WHINSEC Expected Today
11:06 AM
Progressive Patriots Fund Announces Special “Pick A Progressive Patriot: YearlyKos” Event
9:38 AM
U.S. Senator Russ Feingold On the Death of Terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
8:16 AM
Greenpeace Activists arrested in NATO Headquarters; Greenpeace calls for removal of 480 US nuclear weapons from Europe
Wednesday, June 7
4:16 PM
Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting: Gay Marriage Amendment Proposal Needs Serious Attention
3:31 PM
United for a Fair Economy: Senate Will Try to Kill Estate Tax Tomorrow
3:10 PM
Sierra Club Television Series Documnts the Fight against Offshore Drilling along the Mississippi Coast
1:55 PM
Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood Urges Schools to Tune Out BusRadio
1:52 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Palestinian Authority * East Timor
1:28 PM
MoveOn.org: New 'Caught Red-Handed' TV Ad Starts Airing Today: 4 Reps Charged with Voting to Protect War Profiteers like Halliburton
1:19 PM
Democracy 21 Calls on Attorney General to Ensure That Criminal Investigations Involving Congressmembers Are Free From Political Interference
1:11 PM
Sierra Club, United Steelworkers Announce 'Blue-Green Alliance'; Good Jobs, Clean Environment, Safer World Cited as Uniting Principles
12:53 PM
Greenpeace Welcomes Conviction of Notorious 'Conflict Timber' Trader
12:38 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Congo · Sudan
12:19 PM
Greenpeace: Ten Football Pitches Worth of Ocean Floor Devastated Every Four Seconds
12:11 PM
Progressive States Network: Beyond the Minimum Wage: Progressive State Leaders Promote Innovative New Policies
12:10 PM
American Civil Liberties Union Applauds Senate for Rejecting Discriminatory Constitutional Amendment, Says House Must Also Reject President’s Anti-Gay Agenda
11:07 AM
Human Rights Campaign: Politics of Discrimination and Distraction Fail as Senate Resoundingly Defeats Federal Marriage Amendment
11:01 AM
Americans United for Separation of Church and State: Hails Senate Derailment of Federal Marriage Amendment; Says Floor Vote Was Disgraceful Election-Year Stunt
10:51 AM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER): New Jersey Environmental Agency Issues Gag Order to Staff
10:47 AM
Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG): Discrimination 49, Fairness 48: PFLAG Comments on Federal Marriage Amendment Vote
10:43 AM
People For the American Way: Statement by President Ralph G. Neas on the Failure of the Marriage Discrimination Amendment to Advance in the U.S. Senate
10:38 AM
Interfaith Alliance: 5 Ways to Protect Marriage & Religious Freedom: Federal Marriage Amendment Wasted Time on Senate Floor
10:38 AM
Worldwatch Institute: Report: Biofuels Poised to Displace Oil
10:36 AM
Free Press / Common Cause: Diverse Groups Urge Rules Committee to Permit Net Neutrality Amendment
8:35 AM
Amnesty International: Council of Europe Calls on European Countries to Stop Renditions
Tuesday, June 6
1:06 PM
Food and Water Watch: Consumer Group Urges U.S. Mayors to Protect Public Water Agencies, Not Abandon Them to Corporate Interests
10:53 AM
National Priorities Project: States to Gain Security and Dollars Under Unified Security Budget
6:33 AM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Beyond Haditha
Monday, June 5
3:57 PM
National Lawyers Guild: NLG Opposes Bush's Proposed Constitutional Amendment to Ban on Same Sex Marriage
8:20 AM
The Sierra Club: Sierra Club and United Steelworkers to Announce Historic Strategic Alliance
Labor and Environmental Leaders to Describe Details of the Unprecedented
Partners
11:03 AM
Commercial Alert: Commerical Alert Urges Gov. Romney to Expel Radio Ads From Mass. School Buses
Friday, June 2
1:29 PM
Jubilee USA Network: Prevent A Man-Made Disaster: Cancel Indonesia's Debt
11:03 AM
Environmental Working Group: Real-Life Epilogue To "Erin Brockovich": Medical Journal Retracts Fraudulent Chromium/Cancer Study
8:49 AM
Jobs With Justice: Thousands to "Quarantine" Wal-Mart as Hazardous to Community Health
Thursday, June 1
3:50 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Blix Report: "Weapons of Terror: Freeing the World of Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Arms"
1:31 PM
Greenpeace: Flying Protest Exposes Security Risks of French Nuclear Site
1:05 PM
Campaign for America's Future: Progressives Announce Prime Time Speakers for 'Take Back America' Conference
12:57 PM
American Civil Liberties Union Wins Expanded Protections for Needle Exchange Participants
12:51 PM
The Oakland Institute: Korean and American Workers, Farmers and Legislators Voice Opposition to U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement
12:28 PM
Demos: Study Demonstrates That Campaign Contribution Limits Do Not Harm Challengers
12:27 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Iraq and Afghanistan: Turning Point or Going in Circles?
12:12 PM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER): Legislature to Probe Toxic Collapse in New Jersey
12:00 PM
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW): Federal Judge Allows CREW to Take Deposition of Top DOJ Official; Court Finds DOJ Failed to Comply with FOIA Obligations
11:57 AM
ActionAid International: EU Duties Would Have a Serious Impact on the Livelihoods of Nearly One Million Workers in Vietnam
11:01 AM
Greenpeace Comment on BLIX WMD Report to Be Published Today
10:24 AM
Center for Science in the Public Interest: Frito-Lay Agrees to Label Fake Fat Olestra More Clearly on its “Light” Chips
10:17 AM
Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey Joined by National and Local Peace Groups Calling for End to Iraq War, TODAY
Wednesday, May 31
3:53 PM
Human Rights Campaign: ExxonMobil Shareholders Vote in Record Numbers for Non-Discrimination Policy
3:33 PM
Clean Air Watch: Bush EPA Ignores Science - and Recent Developments - in Reaffirming Pro-Industry Mercury Rule
12:37 PM
Corporate Accountability International: World No Tobacco Day Draws Attention to Dangers of Tobacco
12:03 PM
Children's Defense Fund: Prominent Women Leaders from Across the Globe To Gather in Jordan with Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah to launch the Global Women’s Action Network for Children June 11-13th 2006 at the King Hussein Bin Talal Convention Center - Dead Sea, Jordan
11:33 AM
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force: New Web Site Ranks States on Reproductive, Sexual Rights
11:02 AM
Congressman Dennis Kucinich: At A Time When Iran Reaches Out To US; US Participates In Phony Diplomacy Setting The Course For War
10:48 AM
Food and Water Watch: New Survey Confirms Consumers’ Distaste for Carbon Monoxide in Meat Packaging
10:48 AM
Global AIDS Alliance: Over 1,500 AIDS Activists Protest at U.N. Special Session
9:45 AM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER): Coast Guard Backs New Shipping Lanes for Atlantic Right Whale
9:19 AM
Peace Alliance: Support for U.S. Department of Peace Grows at Local Level
6:00 AM
RenewUS.org: Global Warming Finally Solved!
6:00 AM
Institute for Southern Studies / Gulf Coast Reconstruction Watch: New Orleans Dangerously Unprepared for Hurricane Season
5:57 AM
ActionAid International: Four Men Arrested in Connection with the Killing of Three Female ActionAid Staff in Northern Afghanistan
May 2006
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