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Newswire - January, 2010

Friday January 29, 2010

7:34 PM
FAIR: Action Alert: NPR Finds Right-Wing Crank to Spit on Howard Zinn's Grave
6:22 PM
Constitution Project: Constitution Project Applauds Obama Administration's Commitment to Federal Court Prosecution of 9/11 Conspirators
5:04 PM
NARAL Pro-Choice America Statement on Jury’s Conviction of Scott Roeder
4:39 PM
ACLU: Canadian Supreme Court Finds Guantánamo Detainee's Rights Were Violated
4:10 PM
Amnesty International - USA: Amnesty International USA Commends Google’s Stand Against Internet Censorship
3:07 PM
National Organization for Women: NOW Applauds Guilty Verdict in Roeder Trial
3:03 PM
Physicians for a National Health Program: Medicare-for-All Doctors Arrested Outside Obama-GOP Meeting
2:52 PM
Oxfam International: Four Billion People Threatened by Water Shortages if World Leaders Stumble at 2010’s First Climate Change Hurdle
2:48 PM
Food & Water Watch: For Hawaii, New Bills on Ocean Fish Farming are Two Steps Forward, and One Step Back
2:00 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): "Deception and Abuse at the Fed"
1:50 PM
CSPI: Coke to Fleece America by Charging More for Less, Says CSPI
11:09 AM
ACLU: ACLU Calls For Passage Of Equal Pay Legislation On Anniversary Of The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act

Thursday January 28, 2010

8:05 PM
ACLU Raises Questions About U.S. Report On Reduction In Juveniles Held In Military Detention
7:30 PM
CEPR: Statement on Ben Bernanke's Re-Approval
7:18 PM
PFAW: PFAW Backs Ban on Foreign Electioneering in Wake of Citizens United
6:53 PM
Public Citizen: Capuano’s Shareholder Protection Act Is Excellent First Step – Let Shareholders, Not CEOs, Decide How Their Money Is Spent on Politics
6:51 PM
Environmental Groups: Congress Should End Tax Breaks for Polluters, Invest in Green Economy
6:50 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): Howard Zinn
6:48 PM
Human Rights Watch (HRW): Prosecuting War Crimes: the Courts Must Be Independent
6:47 PM
Human Rights First: US Must Refocus on Safety of Displaced Iraqis
6:46 PM
ForestEthics: Protect Nature to Protect Us
6:14 PM
Conservation Groups in Court to Save Highly Endangered Whales
5:39 PM
Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS): Automakers Deliver on Hybrid Technology, But Too Often Inflate Cost with Luxury Options
4:47 PM
CNA/NNU: Major Advance for California Healthcare Reform as Senate Passes Medicare for All Legislation
4:38 PM
Demos: New Demos Report Finds High-Risk Trading Profits Soared in '09 At Affected "Too Big to Fail" Firms
4:15 PM
Jesse Jackson, Danny Glover, Harry Belafonte, Haiti-Based Aid Groups, and Haiti Experts Call for U.S. to Prioritize Aid Delivery Over Military Deployment
3:42 PM
CEPR: Statement on State of the Union Address
3:19 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Lawsuit Initiated to Protect Hundreds of Endangered Species From Pesticide Impacts
3:10 PM
Physicians for a National Health Program: 'There IS a Better Health Plan, Mr. President'
2:36 PM
Amnesty International: Amnesty International Issues Human Rights Plan for Honduras
2:22 PM
National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC): Statement from NLIHC President Sheila Crowley on President Obama’s State of the Union Address
2:21 PM
Friends of the Earth: Obama Speech a Kick in the Gut to Environmentalists
2:19 PM
NOW Echoes President Obama: Don't Quit on Women
2:15 PM
Council of Canadians: Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Must Divest From Privatized Water in Chile, Says Council of Canadians
1:46 PM
Amnesty International Condemns ‘Shocking’ Execution of Iran Protestors
1:42 PM
Human Rights Watch (HRW): Ireland: Abortion Limits Violate Human Rights
1:40 PM
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC): Groups Galvanize Support for Federal Coal Ash Regulations
1:38 PM
Greenpeace: Statement From Greenpeace in Response to 2010 State of the Union Address
1:37 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue Called on to Ban Rattlesnake Roundups
12:42 PM
ACLU: President Obama Calls for Repeal of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Policy
12:07 PM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER): Obama Gag Order on Federal Workers Like Those Under Bush
12:03 PM
NH Coalition for Common Sense Marijuana Policy: NH House Committee Recommends Study of Bill That Would Tax and Regulate Marijuana
1:45 AM
Constitution Project: Constitution Project Rejects Governor McDonnell's Assessment of Intelligence Gathering through Traditional Federal Prosecution
1:05 AM
Americas Voice: Immigration Reform Will Strengthen the State of the Union
12:40 AM
EQCA: Equality California Urges President Obama to Repeal DADT Immediately
12:31 AM
PFAW: PFAW Applauds Obama for Criticizing Citizens United Decision
12:26 AM
CEPR: Statement on The State of the Union Address
12:19 AM
Center for Biological Diversity: State of the Union Response from the Center for Biological Diversity

Wednesday January 27, 2010

6:33 PM
NAACP: Communities of Color Listen Intently to State of the Union Address
6:32 PM
Friends of The Earth: Response to Senator Graham’s Call for More ‘Business-Friendly’ Climate Legislation
6:07 PM
Project On Government Oversight (POGO): State of the Union: Government Spending Needs Effective Watchdogs
6:05 PM
Human Rights Watch (HRW): Sri Lanka: President’s New Term Time for Accountability
5:02 PM
Earthjustice: EPA Requests Feedback on Plan Analyzing Impact of Hazardous Waste on Disadvantaged Communities
5:01 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): State of the Union
4:59 PM
Congressman Dennis Kucinich: Kucinich Questioning Probes Goldman Sachs/AIG Myth:
4:58 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Lawsuit Filed to Cut Through Red Tape Entangling Mexican Gray Wolf Recovery
4:34 PM
ACLU: House Introduces Bill To Protect LGBT Students Against Discrimination
2:54 PM
ACLU: U.S. Participates In United Nations Human Rights Review Process
1:54 PM
Americans United for Separation of Church and State: Ohio Judge Has No Right to Push Religion in Courtroom, Says Americans United
1:53 PM
Human Rights Watch (HRW): Cuba: Stop Harassing Human Rights Defender and Family
11:55 AM
ReThink Afghanistan / Brave New Foundation: Thousands Gather Prior to State of the Union Address to Participate in Live Stream of Rethink Afghanistan's "Cost of War"
11:43 AM
Oxfam International: Aid Agencies Sound the Alarm on the Militarization of Aid in Afghanistan
11:41 AM
Human Rights Watch (HRW): World Report 2010: Backsliding on Human Rights
11:40 AM
Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): Supreme Court Ruling Spurs Corporation Run for Congress
11:29 AM
PEER: Coal Ash Industry Allowed to Edit EPA Reports
10:25 AM
Military Families Speak Out: Military Families to Obama: Bring All Our Troops Home Now!

Tuesday January 26, 2010

8:08 PM
Voices for Creative Non-Violence: 13 Activists, 9 from Minnesota, Arrested in Front of The White House for Protesting US Militarism
7:54 PM
FAIR: PBS Responds to FAIR Petition Regarding Replacement Programming for Now and Bill Moyers Journal
6:57 PM
Consumers Union: Beware of Debt Settlement Trap Consumer Groups Offer Debt-Strapped Consumers Advice on Getting Real Relief
6:55 PM
Consumers Union: Consumers Union Praises FCC Inquiry into Wireless Early Termination Fees
6:05 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): Obama: Cut Domestic, Increase Military
4:59 PM
Human Rights Watch (HRW): Iraq: Candidate Ban Jeopardizes Election
4:54 PM
Congressman Dennis Kucinich: Kucinich Plan to Create One Million Permanent Job Opportunities
4:28 PM
MADRE: Notes From Our Partner in Haiti
4:27 PM
Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation: Scientists Urge Balanced Approach in Response to Government Report
4:25 PM
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force: More Than 2,000 LGBT Rights Advocates to Converge in Dallas, Texas, Feb. 3-7, to Strategize and Organize
3:22 PM
Greenpeace: Target Charts New Course for Sustainable Seafood
3:17 PM
SEIU: For Workers, American Dream Has Become a Nightmare
2:21 PM
Human Rights Watch: World Report 2010: Harsher Climate for Human Rights
1:20 PM
Amnesty International: New Honduras President Must Order Investigation into Rights Abuses
12:31 PM
Violence Policy Center: Pennsylvania Leads Nation in Per Capita Rate of Black Homicide Victimization
12:26 PM
Peaceable Assembly Campaign: Die In at the White House, Commemoration of War Victims
12:01 PM
PEER: EPA Intervention Needed for Weak Florida Pollution Response
11:49 AM
Arab-American Institute: AAI, ADC and MPAC Meet with Attorney General Holder to Discuss Profiling; Encourage Engagement

Monday January 25, 2010

5:58 PM
ABC Birds: History Making Decision Places Key Bird Areas Within Peruvian System of Protected Lands
5:47 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Lawsuit to Be Filed to Stop Pollution at Proposed PolyMet Mine Site
3:22 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: California Endangered Species Act Protection Sought to Save Mountain Yellow-legged Frog From Exotic Trout, Habitat Destruction, and Disease
3:12 PM
Wake-Up Wal-Mart: Walmart Sam’s Club Lowering Worker and Community Standards
3:10 PM
CREW and Open Government Advocates Urge DOJ to Address FOIA Litigation Concerns
3:08 PM
CREW Files IRS and Ethics Complaints Against Rep. Steve Buyer
2:27 PM
Human Rights Watch (HRW): Cambodia: Close Compulsory Drug Detention Centers
2:26 PM
Human Rights Watch (HRW): UAE: Complete a Full and Impartial Criminal Inquiry in Dubai Rape Case
12:48 PM
US Senator Bernie Sanders: Four Reasons Why Democrats Should Oppose the Bernanke Reappointment
12:10 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): Haiti, Costa Rica and Militarization
11:31 AM
Marijuana Policy Project (MPP): Maryland Lawmakers to Introduce Medical Marijuana Legislation
10:40 AM
Cornucopia Institute: Organic Family Dairies Being Crushed by Rogue Factory Farms

Sunday January 24, 2010

3:18 PM
Senator Bernie Sanders: Sanders Says Democrats Must Decide on Bernanke, Will They Support Wall Street or Main Street
10:20 AM
Peaceable Assembly Campaign: Minnesota Contingent of the Peaceable Assembly Campaign to Commemorate Wars’ Victims at White House Action

Friday January 22, 2010

6:36 PM
Physicians for a National Health Program: Obama Should Seize Moment to Push for Medicare for All, Doctors' Group Says
5:44 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): Obama in Ohio
3:41 PM
Common Cause: Business Leaders Speak Out on Citizens United
3:38 PM
Planned Parenthood Federation of America President Cecile Richards Statement on Anniversary of Roe v. Wade
3:23 PM
Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR): On Eve of Missed Guantánamo Deadline President Announces He Will Hold 50 Without Trial
3:17 PM
IATP Applauds First Lady Michelle Obama’s Initiative on Childhood Obesity
3:09 PM
ACLU: Obama Administration Misses Deadline to Close Guantánamo
2:50 PM
Constitution Project Decries Obama Administration Decision to Indefinitely Detain Some Detainees Without Charge
1:04 PM
National Organization for Women (NOW): Celebrating 37 Years of Roe v. Wade: NOW Asserts That Abortion Care Is a Human Right

Thursday January 21, 2010

6:34 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): Torture: * Prosecution * Protest
6:33 PM
Consumers Union Applauds White House Proposal for New Limits on Big Banks
6:32 PM
Congressman Dennis Kucinich Denounces Supreme Court Decision in Citizens United Case
6:00 PM
Witness Against Torture: 42 Arrested at U.S. Capitol in Day of Action to Denounce Obama's Broken Promises on Guantanamo, America's Broken Laws, and the Breaking of Lives by Torture
5:34 PM
Center for Media and Democracy: PRWatch.org Responds to Supreme Court's Radicial Decision in Citizens United v. FEC
4:56 PM
National Organization for Women (NOW): Marking 37 Years of Roe v. Wade: A Year Marked With Tragedy and Restrictions on Abortion Care
4:48 PM
Center for Biological Diversity Statement on Murkowski Resolution to Gut Clean Air Act
4:02 PM
Americans for Safe Access: California Supreme Court Strikes Limits for Medical Marijuana Patients
3:59 PM
Friends of the Earth: Supreme Court Ruling a Disaster for Democracy
3:57 PM
ACLU Brief Affirms Right of Jehovah's Witnesses to Carry Out Public Ministry
3:50 PM
Public Citizen: Shed a Tear for Democracy: Supreme Court’s Citizens United Will Unleash Flood of Corporate Money in Elections; Public Citizen Calls for Constitutional Amendment to Reverse Decision
3:32 PM
Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR): Tweet to Close Gitmo. Retweet @theCCR with #closegitmo
3:31 PM
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC): New Ad Demonstrates Broad Support for Action on Clean Energy and Climate
3:28 PM
Human Rights Watch (HRW): World Report: Stop Torture, Cruel Treatment in Health Settings
3:26 PM
CREW Calls Supreme Court Decision a Boon for Corporate America
3:24 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): Supreme Court OKs Unlimited Corporate Campaign Money
3:23 PM
Human Rights First: Rights Groups, Celebs Push Tech Envelope to Send Message on Gitmo
3:21 PM
Free Press Echoes Secretary Clinton’s Call for Internet Freedom
3:20 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Emergency Petitions Filed to Close Caves and Save Bats From Extinction
3:14 PM
The Xerces Society, Defenders of Wildlife, and NRDC: Wild Bumble Bees Teeter on Brink of Extinction
2:16 PM
US PIRG: Citizens United Opinion Widens Corporate 'Personhood' Rights
1:32 PM
Ecojustice: Supreme Court of Canada Gives Public a Voice on Major Industrial Projects
1:12 PM
People For the American Way (PFAW): Roberts Court Puts Corporate Power above Individual Rights
1:11 PM
SEIU: Batten Down the Hatches: Supreme Court Opens Floodgates for Corporate Spending in Elections
1:09 PM
Africa Action Releases Africa Policy Outlook 2010
1:06 PM
ActionAid Concerned About Safety of Women Following Earthquake in Haiti
12:36 PM
Common Cause: Supreme Court Decision Creates Political Crisis
12:32 PM
CREW: Supreme Court Overturns Existing Campaign Finance Law
11:58 AM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER): National Park Oil Drilling Rules Slated for Improvement
10:13 AM
Project on Defense Alternatives: Reports Hit 'Unprecedented' Spike in Defense Spending

Wednesday January 20, 2010

3:39 PM
National Whistleblowers Center: Attorneys Issue Response to Inspector General Report Confirming FBI Search Violations
2:55 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Suit Will Be Filed to Protect 83 Corals Threatened by Global Warming, Ocean Acidification
2:05 PM
Violence Policy Center: Virginia Mass Shooting Most Recent Involving Concealed Handgun Permit Holder
1:30 PM
CEPR: Haiti: NGO's and Relief Groups Call for Immediate and Widespread Distribution of Water and Other Aid Supplies
1:04 PM
ACLU: ACLU Lawsuit Challenges Abusive Police Practices In New York City Schools
12:03 PM
ACLU: State Department Ends Unconstitutional Exclusion Of Blacklisted Scholars From U.S.
11:28 AM
ACLU: ACLU Submits Statement On Aviation Security To Key Senate Committees
9:59 AM
SEIU: SEIU Launches Online Ads to Push for Robust Reauthorization of Child Nutrition Act
9:35 AM
Witness Against Torture Decries Obama’s Broken Promises, America’s Broken Laws, Lives Broken by Torture

Tuesday January 19, 2010

10:46 PM
Oxfam International: New Global Education Fund Needed for 72 Million Children
10:45 PM
NARAL Pro-Choice America: As Congress Debates Abortion Coverage in Health-Care Reform, New Report Shows 2009 a Mix of Highs and Lows for Pro-Choice Americans in the States
8:51 PM
MADRE: Health Practitioners Mobilize to Provide Urgent Services
7:53 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Center for Biological Diversity Report Card Gives Obama Administration a “C” on Endangered Species, Climate, Energy, Public Lands and Oceans During First Year in Office
7:49 PM
Union of Concerned Scientists: Factcheck: Contrarians Attack IPCC Over Glacier Findings, But Glaciers are Still Melting
7:48 PM
Rainforest Action Network: General Mills Linked to Rainforest Destruction
6:42 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): Haiti: "Militarization Hinders Relief"
5:41 PM
Doctors Without Borders: Doctors Without Borders Plane with Lifesaving Medical Supplies Diverted Again from Landing in Haiti
5:09 PM
ACLU: ACLU Issues Report On Obama Administration's Civil Liberties Record
5:06 PM
Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation: Obama at One Year: “A” for Transforming Nuclear Policy, “Incomplete” For Execution
5:04 PM
ACLU: FBI Illegally Gathered Phone Records And Misused National Security Letters
4:42 PM
ACLU: ACLU In Court Wednesday In Challenge To Ideological Exclusion Of Tariq Ramadan
4:39 PM
AFL-CIO: Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on Record Wall Street Bonuses
4:20 PM
Progressive Democrats of America: Anit-War Movement Turns Up the Heat
3:59 PM
Institute for Policy Studies: Comic Relief on Its Way to the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission
3:02 PM
CODEPINK: Losing Hope: Time to Take Action; Progressives Assess One Year of Obama's Presidency
2:54 PM
Oxfam International: Haiti Earthquake: One of the Toughest Weeks Ever for Oxfam Staff
2:24 PM
National Whistleblowers Center: FBI Whistleblower Bassem Youssef Instrumental in Exposing Constitutional Violations That Threaten Our National Security
2:00 PM
World Wildlife Fund: WWF’s Earth Hour Returns for 2010 in Largest Call for Action on Climate Change in History
1:51 PM
ACLU: ACLU Files Brief On Behalf Of Former New Jersey Attorneys General Challenging Blanket Strip Searches At State Jails
1:51 PM
Campaign for America's Future: Policy Experts Continue Call for Washington Post to Sever 'News' Deal with Peter G. Peterson-Funded 'Fiscal Times'
12:57 PM
CSPI: New York State Tax on Soda Cheered by CSPI
12:49 PM
Amnesty International: Israel’s Gaza Blockade Continues to Suffocate Daily Life
12:48 PM
Friends of The Earth: New Radio Ad Holds Murkowski Accountable for Doing Bidding of Special Interests in Push to Roll Back Clean Air Act
12:34 PM
PEER: Prison Computer Recycling Put Staff and Inmates at Risk
12:22 PM
PEER: New Science Rules for Offshore Drilling Send Mixed Message
12:20 PM
ACLU: ACLU In Court Today To Challenge Firing Of Former Guantánamo Prosecutor By Library Of Congress
12:13 PM
Witness Against Torture: Murder and CIA Black Sites at Guantanamo?

Friday January 15, 2010

6:21 PM
Institute for Local Self-Reliance: Holiday Sales Increase at Independent Businesses, National Survey Finds
5:39 PM
Peace of the Action: Cindy Sheehan & Others Protest Drones at CIA & Cheney's 1/16
5:28 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): Haiti: * Debt * Aristide * Letting Haitians Stay
5:09 PM
Rainforest Action Network (RAN): Houston Chevron Marathon Marred by Denial of Runners’ Free Speech
5:06 PM
Food & Water Watch: Food and Water Europe Welcomes UK Supermarket Ombudsman
5:03 PM
International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW): IFAW, WSPA, and Other Groups Band Together to Help Animals in Haiti
5:01 PM
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force: Honoring the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
5:00 PM
Free Press: Clear Net Neutrality Rules Will Promote Investment, Innovation and Competition
4:09 PM
Environmental Groups: EPA Proposes Limits on Fertilizer, Animal Waste, and Sewage Pollution in State Waters
4:08 PM
National Whistleblowers Center: Leading Anti-Corruption Groups Request Presidential Pardon for UBS Whistleblower Bradley Birkenfeld
1:07 PM
ACLU: ACLU in Court Tuesday to Challenge Firing of Former Guantánamo Prosecutor by Library of Congress
1:02 PM
Human Rights Watch (HRW): ICTR: Rwanda Tribunal Creates Rich Legal Precedent
12:59 PM
American Rivers: The EPA Rules Against North Carolina’s Detrimental Practice on Rivers
12:34 PM
Progressive Democrats of America: PDA Replies to Lynn Woolsey Regarding Fundraising for Jane Harman
11:06 AM
Witness Against Torture: Human Rights Activists to Confront Torture-Memo Author John Yoo at Book Signing
10:28 AM
ActionAid: Haiti’s Earthquake Survivors Face Massive Risk of Disease as Bodies Litter the Streets, Says ActionAid

Thursday January 14, 2010

7:09 PM
Rights Groups Urge Respect for Human Rights in Delivering Aid to Haiti
7:08 PM
Human Rights Watch (HRW): Saudi Arabia: Criminal Justice Strengthened
7:07 PM
Free Press: More than 13,000 Americans File Comments Asking the FCC to Protect an Open Internet
7:02 PM
Action Against Hunger (ACF): Haiti: Access to Water and Sanitation Urgently Needed
6:54 PM
US PIRG: 'Crisis Fee' Good First Step, But Banks Owe Much More
6:50 PM
Committee to Protect Journalists: Editor-in-Chief Facing Deportation in Israel
6:47 PM
Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR): Statement on President Obama's Financial Crisis Responsibility Fee
5:45 PM
Media Matters for America: For Fox's Top-Rated Shows, Haiti Tragedy Is Hardly News
4:42 PM
Rainforest Action Network (RAN): Advocates Run for Human Rights, Ecuadorean Rainforest in Chevron-Sponsored Houston Marathon
4:38 PM
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force: US Must Push for Full Withdrawal of Uganda's Barbaric 'Anti-Homosexuality Bill'
4:37 PM
Human Rights Watch (HRW): US: Obama’s First Year Record on Counterterrorism Reform Mixed
4:35 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): Financial Hearings
4:12 PM
ACLU: Baseless Searches of Laptops and Cell Phones Pose Privacy Threats to Travelers
3:38 PM
Food & Water Watch and Beyond Pesticides: Consumer Groups Challenge Feds to Ban Dangerous Pesticide Found in Consumer and Personal Care Products
3:10 PM
Coalition: Brave New Films, NARAL Pro-Choice New York, Make The Road New York, And Planned Parenthood Advocates of New York Expose 'The Real Harold Ford'
1:55 PM
Public Citizen: Obama’s New Bank Fee Good Start But More Needed to Hold Wall Street Accountable
1:53 PM
Oxfam International: Oxfam Team Dispatched to the Haiti Quake Zone
1:52 PM
Conservation Groups: Destructive Superior National Forest ORV Plan Challenged in Court
1:13 PM
Environmental Working Group (EWG): FDA Must Curb BPA
12:51 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Suit to Be Filed to Protect Habitat for California's Endangered Black Abalone
11:26 AM
Organic Consumers Association and Certified Organic Brands File Federal Complaint With USDA Against Organic Personal Care 'Cheater Brands'

Wednesday January 13, 2010

6:16 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): Haiti Earthquake
5:45 PM
PFAW: PFAW Condemns Pat Robertson’s Comments on Haiti Earthquake
5:35 PM
Congressional Progressive Caucus: CPC Co-Chairs Release Statement Opposing Health Care Excise Tax
5:13 PM
United for a Fair Economy: NEW REPORT: Economic Stimulus Better for Whites - Blacks & Latinos Continue to Struggle
4:46 PM
ACLU: ACLU Requests Information On Predator Drone Program
4:10 PM
Americas Voice: New Studies Show Economic Benefit of Smart Immigration Reform
3:54 PM
SEIU: The Tragedy in Haiti Calls on Each of Us to Act
3:30 PM
Public Citizen: While Officials Examine Causes of Financial Crisis, Bank Chiefs Still Engaging in Reckless Practices
3:28 PM
National Organization for Women: NOW Denounces Justifiable Terrorism Defense in Wichita Murder Trial
3:27 PM
NAACP: President and CEO Remarks on Haiti Earthquake
3:25 PM
CARE: CARE Deploys Additional Emergency Team Members to Haiti
1:37 PM
Institute for Policy Studies: In Wake of Latest Banker Bonus Outrage, Nation Needs an Immediate Federal Policy About-Face, Says IPS
1:33 PM
MADRE: Haiti Earthquake Wreaks Massive Devastation; Women's Organizations Respond
1:22 PM
Oxfam International: Oxfam Aware of Situation Following Large Earthquake in Haiti and Poised to Respond
12:25 PM
Climate SOS: Climate Justice Activists Risk Arrest, say “No” to Carbon Trading at Carbon Trading Summit, Joined by Reverend Billy
12:21 PM
CARE: CARE Readies Operations in Haiti Following Devastating Earthquake
9:30 AM
National Nurses United: Largest RN Union Issues Urgent Call for Nurse Volunteers To Assist Earthquake Ravaged Haiti

Tuesday January 12, 2010

7:35 PM
Public Citizen: On His Way Out, Corzine Dismisses Public Call for New Direction on American Trade Policy, Vetoes Reform Bill
7:31 PM
Worldwatch Institute: State of the World 2010: From Madison Avenue to Mad Max?
7:29 PM
Doctors Without Borders (MSF): Violence in Southern Italy Exposes Extreme Neglect and Exploitation of Seasonal Migrant Workers
7:27 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): Suicide Rate for Vets Increases
7:26 PM
Congressman Dennis Kucinich to Introduce 'Responsible Bankers Act'
7:24 PM
Conservation Groups: Feds Agree With Conservationists That Endangered Florida Manatees Need More Habitat Protection, But Indefinitely Delay Protection
4:39 PM
ACLU: Landmark Federal Class-Action Lawsuit Charges Los Angeles County With Failure to Educate Youth in Probation Camps
4:09 PM
Marijuana Policy Project (MPP): State Assembly Committee Passes Bill to Tax and Regulate Marijuana in California
3:39 PM
Free Press: Consumer Voice Missing from FCC Media Ownership Panel
3:25 PM
Nuclear Information Resource Service and the Ecology Party of Florida: Federal Nuclear Judges Affirm Citizen Intervention Against New Nuclear Power Reactors on Florida Nature Coast
1:07 PM
Food & Water Watch: Proposed Rockland County Desalination Plant a Boon for United Water New York, a Bust for Area Water Customers
1:05 PM
Human Rights Watch (HRW): Indonesia: Military Business Reforms ‘Totally Inadequate’
12:14 PM
Violence Policy Center: Concealed Handgun Permit Holders Have Killed at Least 9 Law Enforcement Officers, 108 Private Citizens Since May 2007
6:22 AM
Grassroots Organizations: Close US Military Bases in Japan and Okinawa; Rally During Secretary of State HIllary Clinton's Foreign Policy Speech

Monday January 11, 2010

6:54 PM
National Priorities Project: Tallies Cost of War through September 30, 2010: $747 billion for Iraq, $299 billion for Afghanistan
6:52 PM
Constitution Project Marks Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility Anniversary
5:54 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Public Hearing to Focus on Massive Nuclear Water-rights Permit Request That Would Kill Endangered Fish
5:52 PM
Greenpeace: Environmental Groups Sue to Stop Huge Tongass Timber Sale
5:44 PM
Public Citizen: Wall Street Is Giving Outrageous a Bad Name
5:36 PM
Center for Constitutional Rights: Former Detainees Boumediene and Deghayes Address President Obama on Guantánamo Anniversary
5:34 PM
AFL-CIO: Remarks by Richard L. Trumka, President, AFL-CIO, National Press Club, Washington, DC
3:05 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: EPA Petitioned to Regulate Chemicals That Pose Widespread Risks to Human and Animal Reproduction
2:02 PM
Amnesty International: European States Must Take Concrete Steps to Help Close Guantánamo
1:09 PM
CSPI: New York City to Nudge Food Companies to Lower Salt Nationwide
1:01 PM
Friends of The Earth - International: 2010 UN Biodiversity Year: Urgent Action Needed to Preserve Life
12:55 PM
American Rivers: A New Study Provides More Evidence on the Detrimental Effects of Mountaintop Mining
11:01 AM
EQCA: Equality California’s Geoff Kors Issues Statement on Prop. 8 Trial
10:18 AM
Witness Against Torture: Eight Years Later, Activists and Lawyers Demand Real Justice, Say "No More Guantanamos"

Friday January 8, 2010

9:28 PM
ACLU: ACLU Sues Library Of Congress On Behalf Of Former Guantánamo Prosecutor
5:36 PM
Free Press: Free Press Argues in Historic Comcast v FCC Case
5:13 PM
Climate SOS / BeyondTalk.net: Call to Action: Nonviolent Resistance to Carbon Trading
5:05 PM
Amnesty International: Israeli Detention of Palestinian Activists Must End
4:38 PM
Physicians for a National Health Program: As Probation Ends for 'Baucus 8,' Group Vows to Press for Single-Payer Health Reform
4:35 PM
Government Accountability Project: GAP Statement on Administrative Review Board Appointments
4:33 PM
Human Rights First: Closing Guantanamo Remains National Security Priority as 8th Anniversary Approaches
3:59 PM
National Whistleblowers Center: UBS Whistleblower Enters Prison
3:31 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Hopi and Navajo Residents Stop Peabody’s Coal Mine Expansion on Black Mesa
2:56 PM
Union of Concerned Scientists: UCS Backgrounder: It’s Cold and My Car is Buried in Snow. How Can Global Warming be Happening?
2:54 PM
NPCA: Everglades Coalition Releases Its 2020 Vision for Everglades Restoration
2:50 PM
CEPR: Proposed Amnesty Serves to Whitewash Honduran Coup, CEPR Co-Director Says
12:42 PM
Americas Voice: New Poll Finds Continued Public Support for Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Even in a Down Economy
10:08 AM
Witness Against Torture: Eight Years After Guantanamo, Lawyers and Activists Demonstrate, Demand Real Change
8:52 AM
Single-Payer Activists: Probation Ends for Baucus 8. Group Vows: “The Fight Will Continue Until Every Person in Our Nation Has Access to Quality, Affordable Health Care.'

Thursday January 7, 2010

7:06 PM
People For the American Way (PFAW): President Obama to Renominate Dawn Johnsen and Other 2009 Nominees
6:47 PM
Free Press: Industry, Labor and Consumer Groups Unite to Raise Concerns about Cable Giant Comcast’s Proposed Takeover of NBC
6:33 PM
CAIR: Another Hijab-Wearing Muslim Traveler Reports Mistreatment
6:18 PM
National Coalition for the Homeless: Seven Hundred Killed from Hypothermia Annually in US
5:31 PM
Families Against Mandatory Minimums: New Jersey Rolling Back Mandatory Minimums, Becoming Smart on Crime, Says FAMM
5:00 PM
Robert Jackson Steering Committee: FOIA Request Filed for OPR Report on Bush's Lawyers
4:38 PM
Rights Groups Urge Congress Not to Block Disclosure of Details About CIA Rendition, Secret Detention, and Torture
4:30 PM
Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS): Proposed EPA Ozone Standard Based on Science, Not Politics, Science Group Says
3:03 PM
Human Rights Watch (HRW): US: 1 in 10 Children in Juvenile Facilities Report Sexual Abuse by Staff
2:35 PM
Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS): Scientists Request Meeting with American Farm Bureau President to Discuss Group’s ‘Inaccurate’ Stance on Climate Change
2:21 PM
Constitution Project: Policy Experts Available to Discuss Prosecution of Christmas Day Bomber in Federal Court
1:15 PM
Greenpeace’s Electronics Guide Cuts Through the Greenwash at CES
10:00 AM
Oxfam International: World Needs to Act Now to Prevent New Sudan War, Ten Aid Agencies Warn

Wednesday January 6, 2010

7:22 PM
Free Press and Consumer Groups Urge Verizon Wireless to Come Clean on Unfair Penalty Fees
7:20 PM
CREW: CREW Sues SEC for Records of Reforms in Wake of Madoff Scandal
7:18 PM
California Nurses Association/National Nurses United: Nation’s Largest RN Organization Blasts Bid to Tax Benefits, Urges Other Reforms to Protect Patients, Families In Final Talks on Healthcare Reform Legislation
6:39 PM
Council on Islamic-American Relations (CAIR): TSA Tells Muslim Traveler Hijab Now Triggers Security Checks
4:55 PM
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force: Federal Jobs Web Site Change to Include Gender Identity is Step in Right Direction
4:15 PM
ACLU: South Carolina Candidate Oath Law Violates Free Association Rights, Argues ACLU
3:52 PM
Media Matters for America: The 'Beck Phone' Line is Open
3:48 PM
Electronic Frontier Foundation: Political Parodists Strike Back Against U.S. Chamber of Commerce
3:17 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Health and Environment Groups Support Adoption of Air District Greenhouse Gas and Toxics Standards
2:58 PM
Human Rights Campaign: HRC Sends Letter Condemning CBS Late Show with David Letterman Skit, Asks for Apology
2:45 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: With Looming Court Deadline, Interior Secretary Salazar Asked to Take Action to Recover American Jaguar
2:28 PM
FairVote: Rhode Island Legislature Overrides Electoral Reform Vetoes
12:55 PM
ACLU: Administration Adds Gender Identity To Equal Employment Opportunity Policies
11:53 AM
Africa Action Mourns the Loss of Bill Sutherland, 1918-2010

Tuesday January 5, 2010

9:29 PM
ACLU: ACLU Responds To Decision To Halt Guantánamo Transfers To Yemen
8:39 PM
Environmental Working Group (EWG): Off the Books: Industry’s Secret Chemicals
8:07 PM
ACLU: President Obama Rightly Emphasizes Need For Better Intelligence, But Erroneously Defends State Of Terror Watch Lists
7:35 PM
Human Rights First: Guantanamo Closure Remains Key to National Security
7:02 PM
US PIRG: A Jobs Bill That Builds More Jobs, Not More Highways
6:37 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): Roots of Terrorism
5:58 PM
Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR): CCR Denounces Blanket Decision Not to Release Guantánamo Detainees to Yemen
5:00 PM
Americans United Warns Louisiana Education Board Not To Adopt Review Policy That Favors Creationism
4:58 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Two Endangered Birds, Native to Galápagos and Papua New Guinea, to Gain Protection
3:57 PM
Drug Policy Alliance: New Jersey State Assembly to take Final Vote on Bill that Would Reform Mandatory Minimum Sentences for Some Nonviolent Drug Offenses
3:54 PM
Witness Against Torture: Activists and Lawyers Rally, March and Offer Press Briefing, Mark 8 Years of Guantanamo
2:59 PM
Conservation Groups: 70,000 Square Miles of Habitat Proposed for Protection for Endangered Leatherback Sea Turtles
2:10 PM
Senator Russ Feingold: Ahead of the Curve on Yemen
1:55 PM
Conservation Groups: Forest Service to Revise Cattle Grazing to Help Endangered Species in San Jacinto Mountains

Monday January 4, 2010

6:39 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Judge Overturns Decision to Open Off-road Vehicle Routes That Hurt Tortoise
6:13 PM
ACLU: Airline Security Should Protect Americans' Rights While Protecting Their Safety, Says ACLU
6:02 PM
Free Press, Consumer Groups Call on Antitrust Authorities and Congress to Investigate 'TV Everywhere'
5:57 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): Americans Attacked in Cairo Over Gaza March; Video Available
4:22 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Suit to Be Filed Over Delay in Protection for Penguins Hurt by Climate Change and Industrial Fisheries
2:40 PM
National Whistleblowers Center: Court Denies Review of Birkenfeld Sentence
 

January 2010

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