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Newswire - June, 2010

Wednesday June 30, 2010

4:49 PM
AFSCME: Out of Time: Struggling Families Hoping for Assistance Shafted by Congress
4:06 PM
ACLU Files Lawsuit Challenging Unconstitutional "No Fly List"
3:39 PM
Free Press Launches ‘Corruption Road’ to Track Telecom Industry Influence in Washington
3:01 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Lawsuit Launched to Challenge Denial of Endangered Species Act Protection for Imperiled California Seabird
1:48 PM
Common Cause: Founding Fathers Crash D.C. Corporate Fundraisers Demanding Fair Elections Stops Include Podesta Group
1:45 PM
US PIRG: Watchdog Group Finds $1 Trillion in Savings for Debt Commission
1:44 PM
ACLU: As Holiday Weekend Approaches, ACLU Affiliates Issue Alerts To Individuals Traveling To Arizona
1:36 PM
Southern Environmental Law Center: Gulf Oil Spill Highlights Need to Put Atlantic Coast, Eastern Gulf Off-Limits to Offshore Drilling, Groups Say
1:09 PM
Violence Policy Center: Another Mass Shooting, More Convictions, and Other Innocent Victims Murdered by Concealed Handgun Permit Holders
12:30 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: EPA Quietly Approves New Mountaintop Removal Permit in Appalachia
11:02 AM
Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): Did Kagan Cover for Dershowitz's Plagiarism?
11:00 AM
Human Rights Watch (HRW): Sudan: Widespread Abuses Bode Ill for Referendum
10:39 AM
Africa Action: Event: Congo Independence 50 Years Later: The Continuing Pursuit
10:13 AM
Free Press: Free Press, NTEN, NOW and 150 Nonprofits and Allies Express Unwavering Support for Net Neutrality in Letter to FCC
9:22 AM
PEER: Buy MMS Mementos Before It Is Too Late

Tuesday June 29, 2010

5:49 PM
Food & Water Watch: Fixing U.S. Water Systems Will Create a Flood of Jobs 

5:47 PM
Public Citizen: Facebook Owes Users Explanation for Decision to Temporarily Remove ‘Boycott BP’ Fan Page
5:02 PM
Friends of The Earth: Senator Kerry Pledges to Follow Capitulation with Compromise
4:45 PM
NRDC: Lawsuit Seeks to Ban BPA from Food Packaging
3:50 PM
PFAW: Sessions Equates Citizens United with Brown v. Board
3:43 PM
Human Rights First: Google Compliance with Censorship Demands will Embolden China and other Repressive Governments
3:05 PM
ACLU: New ACLU Report And Web Hub Reveal Rise In Political Spying Across United States
2:44 PM
Secular Coalition for America: Corporal Punishment Ban Praised by Secular Coalition for America
2:41 PM
Greenpeace: Greenpeace Targets Costco on Seafood
1:07 PM
CPSI: CSPI Says Food Dyes Pose Rainbow of Risks: Cancer, Hyperactivity, Allergic Reactions
1:04 PM
Free Press: Free Press Grades FCC Chairman’s First Year ‘Incomplete’
12:43 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): "Why Petraeus Won't Salvage This War"
12:41 PM
Dēmos: As We Celebrate Independence Day, Many New Citizens Still Left Out Of American Democracy
12:24 PM
ACLU: Bill Eliminating Corporal Punishment In Schools Introduced In House
12:06 PM
AFL-CIO: Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on the U.S.- South Korea Trade Agreement
12:05 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Lawsuit Launched to Force BP and Coast Guard to Protect Turtles From Burning Alive
11:46 AM
Amnesty International: Spanish Politicians Urged to Reject Bans on Full-Face Veils
11:36 AM
CEPR: Deficit Calculator Demonstrates Effect of Several Policy Options on Future U.S. Debt-to-GDP Ratio
11:27 AM
ACLU: ACLU Sues Wal-Mart On Behalf Of Cancer Patient Fired For Legally Using Medical Marijuana
11:05 AM
Amnesty International: Timor-Leste Law Allows Amnesties for War Criminals
10:44 AM
Government Accountability Project: SEC Settles with Aguirre
8:33 AM
Human Rights Watch: France/Germany/United Kingdom: Wrong Message on Torture

Monday June 28, 2010

6:33 PM
Farm Sanctuary Issues Statement on the Passing of Senator Robert C. Byrd
6:07 PM
Brennan Center for Justice: New York’s New Voting System Procedure Could Cost Tens of Thousands of Lost Votes
6:03 PM
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force: Nation's High Court Upholds University Nondiscrimination Policy
5:58 PM
Congressman Dennis Kucinich: We Are Losing Our Nation to Lies About the Necessity of War
5:10 PM
Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR): New York Times Reporter Errs in Attack on Film, "South of the Border"
5:04 PM
Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS): Intervenors Submit New Challenge to Calvert Cliffs-3 in NRC Licensing Hearing
3:47 PM
CREW Asks for Congressional Investigation Into White House Violations of Federal Records Laws
3:45 PM
Americans United Applauds Supreme Court Ruling Against Discriminatory Religious Club at Law Schoo
3:44 PM
Human Rights Watch (HRW): UN: Include Disabilities in Development Agenda
2:54 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: More than 150,000 Call on BP and Federal Officials to Stop Burning Endangered Sea Turtles Alive
2:53 PM
ACLU: Supreme Court Upholds University Non-Discrimination Policy
2:51 PM
People For the American Way (PFAW): Supreme Court Rules Against Government-Aided Discrimination
12:07 PM
Free Press: Obama Spectrum Proposal Must Include Plan to Promote Competition
12:05 PM
NOW to Closely Monitor Kagan Hearings for Sexism and Signs of Nominee's Commitment to Equality and Justice for All
12:03 PM
ACLU: Supreme Court Agrees to Review Arizona Employer Sanctions Law in ACLU Case
11:52 AM
Violence Policy Center Statement on McDonald v. Chicago Decision
11:46 AM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER): EPA Needs Broader Approach on Antimicrobials
11:38 AM
Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence: Statement of Brady President Paul Helmke on Second Amendment Ruling by U.S. Supreme Court
11:35 AM
Marijuana Policy Project (MPP): Rhode Island to Hold Hearings on Medical Marijuana Compassion Center Applications
11:33 AM
Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR): Poll Finds AmericaSpeaks Participants Poorly Informed About the Deficit and Economy
9:25 AM
Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): Repression Increasing One Year After Honduras Coup
9:23 AM
Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): Kagan 'Similar to Bush on Executive Power'

Sunday June 27, 2010

9:59 AM
Brave New Films: Real Story in Rolling Stone Article: Inner Circle Knows Afghanistan War Facts Would Kill Remaining Public Support

Friday June 25, 2010

3:30 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): G20 Gets a "D"
1:31 PM
Jubilee USA Network: Network Responds to Draft Communique, Urges Bold Action at Summit This Weekend
1:22 PM
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence: Statement of Paul Helmke on PA Court Ruling Against NRA Lawsuit
12:52 PM
Veterans for Peace: On the 60th Anniversary of an Ongoing War, with Signs of Present-Day Increased US Military Buildup, Veterans of the Korean War Call for a Real Peace Treaty
12:40 PM
ACLU: Michigan Agrees To Stop Unlawful Voter-Purge Programs
11:29 AM
Human Rights Watch (HRW): Nigeria: Civil Society Groups Call on State Governments Not to Resume the Execution of Prisoners
10:51 AM
PEER: Heavy Toll on Wildlife Prompts Lawsuit Against Cape Wind
10:34 AM
ACLU: ACLU Plans Torture Awareness Event Friday In New York
9:27 AM
Human Rights Watch (HRW): Gaza: Allow Access to Gilad Shalit

Thursday June 24, 2010

5:43 PM
ACLU: DISCLOSE ACT Passed By House Today Compromises Free Speech
5:41 PM
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence: Statement of Brady President Paul Helmke on Passage of Campaign Finance Bill
4:18 PM
Congressman Dennis Kucinich Blisters JP Morgan Chase’s Home Finance CEO
3:17 PM
Congressman Dennis Kucinich Introduces Right to Know Legislation; Bills Create Regulatory Framework for Genetically Engineered Organisms
2:37 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Petition Filed to Increase Protection of Gulf of Mexico Fisheries Devastated by Rushed Oil-Drilling Permits
2:36 PM
Amnesty International Urges Uzbekistan to Halt Forcible Return of Refugees to Kyrgyzstan
1:55 PM
Americans for Safe Access: Medical Marijuana Is Focus of National League of Cities Webcast Thursday
12:24 PM
ACLU Submits Testimony Today for House Subcommittee Hearing on Cell Phone Privacy
11:46 AM
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders Bill Restores Estate Tax on Billionaires
11:25 AM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER): New Jersey Slashes Pollution Enforcement

Wednesday June 23, 2010

6:39 PM
Sierra Club: 700 "Hands Across the Sand" Events Opposing Offshore Drilling, Supporting Clean Energy Largest Gathering Against Offshore Drilling in History
5:29 PM
U.S. Senator Russ Feingold Statement on President Obama Accepting the Resignation of General Stanley McChrystal
4:34 PM
Senator Russ Feingold: Feingold Statement on President Obama Accepting the Resignation of General Stanley McChrystal
4:31 PM
Human Rights First: Massimino Statement on Appointment of Petraeus to Lead U.S. Afghanistan Command
4:20 PM
ACLU: ACLU Intervenes In Lawsuit To Protect Amazon Users' Personal Information
3:49 PM
Congressman Dennis Kucinich: On Afghan Strategy
3:35 PM
Americans United Urges Senate Panel To Question Kagan On Church-State Views
3:24 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: McCrystal
2:38 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Five Southeastern Fish Proposed for Endangered Species Act Protection
2:33 PM
Public Citizen: Patient Safety Advocates Give Plan to Reform Medical Residency a Failing Grade
12:36 PM
NRDC: Whale Protections Remain Intact at International Meeting
12:25 PM
Food & Water Watch: Americans Overwhelmingly Support Eliminating Cap on Oil Company Damages from Oil Spills
12:17 PM
Free Press Ad Warns Against Industry Takeover of Open Internet
12:13 PM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER): Florida Goes Soft on Polluters
11:43 AM
Green America: Americans Asked To Vote For Best Green Projects In The US
11:41 AM
Amnesty International: Award-Winning Syrian Human Rights Lawyer Jailed for Three Years
11:33 AM
Amnesty International Charges That Human Rights Suffer as Libya Stalls on Reform
10:46 AM
Drug Policy Alliance: Another World Is Possible: U.S. Social Forum in Detroit Brings Together Over 15,000 Activists, Cultural Workers and Community Changemakers from June 22-26th; Drug Policy Reform Highlighted as Increasingly Urgent Issue for Progressives
10:44 AM
Center for Biological Diversity: Lawsuit Launched to Protect Two Bat Species Threatened by White-nose Syndrome
10:42 AM
Corporate Accountability International: Statement: Suit McDonald's Cue to Stop Predatory Marketing Altogether
10:37 AM
Corporate Accountability International: Report: Water Corporations Use United Nations to Bluewash Abuses

Tuesday June 22, 2010

5:42 PM
ReThink Afghanistan / Brave New Foundation: Robert Greenwald, Director of Documentary Rethink Afghanistan, Calls for General McChrystal to Resign
5:11 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Federal Judge Lifts Gulf Drilling Moratorium, Giving Green Light to Risky Drilling
4:08 PM
Friends of The Earth: New Orleans Judge May As Well Have Apologized to BP
3:50 PM
Senator Sanders Sets Out Energy Policy Principles Calls Current Proposals ‘By No Means Strong Enough’
3:33 PM
NLIHC: Administration Releases National Plan to End Homelessness
3:00 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): Peterson's "Rigged" Drive to Cut Social Security
1:32 PM
Justice at Stake Campaign: Reform Groups Urge White House, Senate to Reduce Judicial Backlogs
1:15 PM
Greenpeace: Highest Risk Chemical Plant in U.S. Fails Security Inspection
1:14 PM
Public Citizen: Foreign Clinical Trials for U.S. Drugs Present Significant Threat to Test Subjects, Integrity of Data
1:11 PM
Doctors Without Borders: G8: Reform Food Aid System And Generate Resources to Reduce Malnutrition
1:05 PM
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence: “Anatomy" Of A Legislative Mess
11:49 AM
People for the American Way: New PFAW Poll Shows Americans Want Action to Correct Citizens United
11:29 AM
Center for Biological Diversity: American Power Act Fails to Reduce Emissions Enough to Avoid Catastrophic Climate Change
11:08 AM
Free Press: Public Interest Groups Urge FCC to Deny Comcast’s Takeover of NBC
10:55 AM
PEER: Beetles Bungled - Biological Control Out of Control
9:28 AM
Free Press: Backroom Industry Deals Shouldn’t Determine Future of the Internet
9:17 AM
Jubilee USA Network: G20 Gets “D” Grade for Breaking Commitments to the World’s Poorest
9:15 AM
Progress Democrats of America (PDA): Democrats and Greens to Discuss Joint Strategy
8:51 AM
Hands Across the Sands: Americans and the World To Join Hands In The Largest Gathering Against Offshore Oil Drilling In History
8:17 AM
Center for Public Integrity: Car Dealers’ Tactics Echo Subprime Lenders

Monday June 21, 2010

5:29 PM
League of Women Voters: League of Women Voters Backs Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
5:22 PM
Union of Concerned Scientists: California Legislature to Reconsider Renewable Electricity Standard
3:42 PM
Center for Constitutional Rights: Supreme Court Criminalizes Speech in Ruling in Patriot Act Case
3:02 PM
ACLU: Supreme Court Rules "Material Support" Law Can Stand
2:19 PM
US PIRG: New Report Shows Insurers Reap Record Profits Even as Consumers Suffer
1:54 PM
ACLU: ACLU Releases Report On Supreme Court Nominee Elena Kagan
1:40 PM
Constitution Project: Constitution Project Dismayed by Supreme Court's Rejection of Constitutional Challenge to Provisions of Material Support Laws
1:33 PM
Free Press: Free Press Joins Bloomberg, CWA and Others to Urge the Government to Stop Comcast’s Takeover of NBC Universal
1:31 PM
Friends of The Earth: Energy Department Pressed to Release Records Pertaining to Its Preemptive Bailout of Georgia Nuclear Reactors
1:18 PM
Human Rights Watch: UN: Rights Council Condemns Violations in Kyrgyzstan
1:10 PM
Progressive Democrats of America: American SiCKOs Head to Detroit
12:30 PM
PEER: Compromised Coal Ash Rule Belatedly Unveiled
12:20 PM
Earthjustice: EPA Coal Ash Rule Sends Mixed Signal on Strong, Federally Enforceable Safeguards
12:17 PM
Human Rights Watch: Kimberley Process: Halt Zimbabwe Diamond Trade
11:13 AM
Earthjustice: Clean Air Advocates Urge U.S. EPA to Protect All Communities from Toxic Emissions

Friday June 18, 2010

4:58 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): Rowley, McGovern and Ellsberg -- Statement on Wikileaks
4:14 PM
Food & Water Watch: A Mixed Bag of Livestock Fairness Rules
3:38 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Feds Issue Permit to "Take" Jaguar and Ocelot: Arizona Game Department Allowed to Kill More Endangered Felines
3:29 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Authorization to Kill Oregon Wolves Extended; Punitive Killings Threaten Wolf Recovery
3:27 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Lawsuit Seeks $19 billion in Clean Water Act Penalties from BP
3:20 PM
Project On Government Oversight: Security Planning and Management in Combat Zones Should Not Be Left To Contractors
3:18 PM
NARAL Pro-Choice America: NARAL Pro-Choice America Praises EC Education Act
2:19 PM
Environmental Working Group (EWG): HBO to Premiere Explosive Natural Gas Documentary
1:55 PM
Progressives and Community Organizers: Green Party and Progressive Democrat Leaders, Community Organizers and Others to Talk Joint Political Strategy at US Social Forum June 24th
1:49 PM
ACLU: Execution In Utah Highlights Need To Abolish Death Penalty, Says ACLU
1:23 PM
Human Rights First: Group Urges Commission to Advance Accountablity for Private Military Contractors, Protect Civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan
1:11 PM
Amnesty International: Israeli Nuclear Whistleblower Returned to Solitary Confinement
11:17 AM
Human Rights Watch: Lebanon: Seize Opportunity to End Discrimination Against Palestinians
10:23 AM
Environment America: Gumbo For Gulf Events Offer Way to Respond to Disaster

Thursday June 17, 2010

8:50 PM
CEPR: This Father's Day, Dads Need Health Insurance: One in Five Men Ages 18-64 are Uninsured
3:47 PM
ACLU: House To Hear Testimony On Racial Profiling Today
3:06 PM
Friends of the Earth: Campaign Launched to Force 'BP Ten' and Others in Congress to Give Up Dirty Oil Cash
2:57 PM
Doctors Without Borders: Migrants in Detention: Lives on Hold
2:51 PM
Congressman Dennis Kucinich: What if the BP Gusher in the Gulf is Unstoppable?
2:28 PM
Human Rights First: Human Rights First Commemorates World Refugee Day, Calls on U.S. Policymakers to Pass the Refugee Protection Act of 2010
1:19 PM
Amnesty International: Israel Gaza Blockade Must Be Completely Lifted
1:18 PM
CODEPINK: Distraught Shrimper Disrupts BP CEO Tony Hayward Testimony Demanding Hayward’s Arrest and Permanent Moratorium on Offshore Drilling
12:47 PM
ACLU: Impending Execution In Utah Highlights Need To Abolish Death Penalty, Says ACLU
11:46 AM
Free Gaza Movement: Flotilla Passengers to Israeli Government: “Release all illegally-seized evidence of the shootings as well as all personal property”
11:16 AM
ACLU: New Directions Conference Aims To Create New Approach To Drug Policy
11:05 AM
CEPR: Conference Report on Fed is a Step Forward on Openness, a Step Backward on Governance
10:53 AM
Food & Water Watch: Are Brazil’s Veterinary Drugs in Your Canned Meat?
8:59 AM
Project On Government Oversight: MMS Reforms Must Dig Deeper

Wednesday June 16, 2010

8:50 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Environmental Groups Intervene to Block Industry Challenge to Drilling Moratorium
5:23 PM
National Lawyers Guild: California Lawyers Demand Immediate Release of American Attorney Imprisoned in Rwanda
4:41 PM
Food & Water Watch: Trenton Residents Drown Risky Water Deal
3:22 PM
Free Press: FCC Action Is First Step Toward Achieving Broadband Goals
2:43 PM
Council on Islamic-American Relations (CAIR): CAIR Asks AG Holder to Help Muslim Citizens Barred from U.S.
2:32 PM
Environmental Groups: EPA Called on to Set National Limits on Air Pollution From U.S. Coal Mines
2:31 PM
Environmental Groups: Kentucky Coal Plant Funding Challenged
2:07 PM
Physicians for a National Health Program: League of Women Voters Calls for 'Medicare for All'
1:50 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): BP: * "Corporate Criminal" * Beneath the Surface
1:49 PM
Earthjustice: Kentucky Coal Plant Funding Challenged
1:46 PM
Friends of the Earth: Summer Public Education Effort Launched to Warn Consumers of Risks Posed by Nanosunscreens
1:13 PM
Organic Consumers Association: Whole Foods Market Imposes One-Year Deadline on Brands to Drop Bogus Organic Label Claims and Calls for Federal Regulation of Personal Care Products
12:16 PM
United National Antiwar Conference Planning Committee: National Conference to Bring the Troops Home Now
11:58 AM
EQCA: Equality California Issues Statement on Prop. 8 Federal Trial
11:08 AM
US PIRG: Health Care Reform - Spotlight Shifts to the States
10:10 AM
Human Rights Watch (HRW): Iraqi Kurdistan: Girls and Women Suffer the Consequences of Female Genital Mutilation
7:52 AM
Greenpeace: Greenpeace Solar Powers World Cup Festivities

Tuesday June 15, 2010

10:10 PM
Friends of The Earth: On President Obama's Oval Office Speech
9:28 PM
Center for Biological Diversity Statement on President Obama’s Oval Office Speech
5:39 PM
Union of Concerned Scientists: EPA Analysis Makes Case for Senate Action on Climate Bill
5:25 PM
Amnesty International: Opt Out System Risks Undermining ICC
5:09 PM
5:05 PM
Free Press: New SavetheInternet.com Video Showcases Internet Celebrities to Highlight Importance of Net Neutrality
5:05 PM
Haymarket Books: Cultural Extinction on Louisiana's Gulf Coast
4:51 PM
Amnesty International: Amnesty International Urges Kyrgyzstan's Neighbors to Open Borders
3:28 PM
Free Press: CableCard Improvement Is Test Run to Overhaul Set-Top Box Market
3:22 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Legal Petition Filed to Reform Policy That Allows Oil Drilling to Evade Environmental Review
3:00 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): Afghanistan's $1 Trillion "Resource Curse"
2:53 PM
National Whistleblowers Center: NWC Demands Attorney General Hold the Offshore Oil Industry Liable for Fraud in the Gulf
2:34 PM
CREW: CREW Asks South Carolina AG to Investigate Whether Alvin Greene was Induced to Run and Files Complaint with FEC
1:48 PM
Free Press: Key Senators Urge Appropriations Committee to Support FCC
1:47 PM
Amnesty International - USA: Amnesty International Criticizes the Israel Gaza Commission over Transparency and Accountability
12:44 PM
America's Voice: Nation’s Immigration System So Broken that Harvard Biology Student is Threatened With Deportation
12:20 PM
Rainforest Action Network: Oil Lobbyists and Lawyers Crowd out Public in Today’s Oil Hearing
12:10 PM
Senator Bernie Sanders: Sanders Amendment Would End Big Oil Tax Breaks
12:08 PM
Free Gaza Movement: ICRC: Israel’s Blockade Breaks the Law Free Gaza: Send More Ships
11:54 AM
Environmental Defense Fund: Concerned Americans Say to Congress: "I Am Not a Guinea Pig"
11:29 AM
Defenders of Wildlife: “Drill, Baby, Drill” Event in Poor Taste
10:16 AM
Center for Biological Diversity: Deadly White-nose Syndrome Jumps to Ninth Bat Species
9:48 AM
Witness Against Torture: Twenty-Four Anti-Torture Activists Acquitted in Trial for Protest at the US CapitolCalling for Guantanamo's Closure and the Investigation of Deaths at the Prison
9:22 AM
Government Accountability Project: GAP Scrutinizes Nominee for Deputy Attorney General

Monday June 14, 2010

5:27 PM
Congressman Dennis Kucinich: Afghan Mineral Discovery Demands a Thoughtful Way Forward
5:24 PM
CREW: New Info in CREW Lawsuit Reveals 89.4% of Bush-Era Emails Were Never Archived
5:23 PM
Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR): Canadian RCMP Conducting Criminal Investigation of U.S. and Syrian Officials for Maher Arar's Rendition to Torture
5:22 PM
Human Rights Watch (HRW): Middle East: End 'Sponsored' Gateway to Human Trafficking
4:12 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): Egyptian Crackdown on Protests Following Activist's Beating Death
3:37 PM
School of the Americas Watch: Human Rights Advocate Sentenced to Six Months in Federal Prison for Civil Disobedience at the School of the Americas
3:01 PM
ACLU: Supreme Court in Holland v. Florida Affirms Importance of Fairness in Construing Habeas Deadlines
2:59 PM
Center for Public Integrity (CPI): U.S. Passport Security Endangered
2:56 PM
Amnesty International 'Deeply Disappointed' by Supreme Court’s Decision to Reject Arar Appeal
2:26 PM
Constitution Project Welcomes Supreme Court's Decision in Holland v. Florida
2:12 PM
America's Voice: Texas GOP Targets Immigrants, Alienates Latinos and Threatens to Become the New California
12:28 PM
Food & Water Watch: Salazar: Close Atlantis Today or Get Out of the Way
12:27 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): "What's Wrong With This Picture?": Prosecuting Torture Protesters -- Not Perpetrators
12:26 PM
Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR): Supreme Court: No Day in Court for Canadian Rendition Victim Maher Arar
12:25 PM
Doctors Without Borders (MSF): Chad Nutrition Crisis Requires Accelerated Response

Friday June 11, 2010

5:05 PM
CODEPINK: Victory: Peace Groups Permanently Shut Down Army Experience Center in Philadelphia
5:02 PM
Amnesty International: Colombia: Human Rights Abusers Must Not be Protected from Justice
4:36 PM
Environmental Groups: EPA Challenged Over Global Warming Pollution From Ships, Aircraft and Non-road Engines
4:14 PM
Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation: Frank, Task Force, Urge Pentagon Role in Deficit Reduction
3:36 PM
Amnesty International - USA: Amnesty International Urges Egypt Government to Investigate Brutal Killing of Young Man
3:04 PM
NARAL Pro-Choice America: NARAL Pro-Choice America Applauds Pro-Choice Victory for Florida Women
2:41 PM
Corporate Accountability International: Survey: More Cities Cut Bottled Water Spending
1:57 PM
Interfaith Worker Justice: IWJ Condemns Targeting of Immigrant Workers in BP Oil Spill
1:27 PM
Public Citizen - Center for Responsive Politics: Financial Reform Conference Committee Offers Industry Lobbyists Chance to Reunite With Former Bosses
1:04 PM
Violence Policy Center: Hialeah Mass Shooting Most Recent by a Concealed Handgun Permit Holder
1:00 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): Just Back From Afghanistan and Pakistan
12:41 PM
Project on Defense Alternatives: New Report Urges Pentagon Role in Deficit Reduction
12:10 PM
Defenders of Wildlife • Southern Environmental Law Center: MMS Deepwater Lease Sales to BP and Other Companies Continue Lax Oversight, say Groups
12:06 PM
Audubon Society: Mississippi River Can Buy Time for Louisiana Wetlands, Scientists Say
9:55 AM
Witness Against Torture: Trial for 27 Anti-Torture Activists Who Protested Obama's Failure to Close GITMO Begins Monday (6/14)

Thursday June 10, 2010

7:33 PM
Union of Concerned Scientists: Senate Rejects Murkowski Attack on Science and Clean Air Act
7:31 PM
Greenpeace: Statement in Response to Vote on Senator Murkowski’s Dirty Air Act
5:49 PM
Friends of the Earth: Senate’s Rejection of Murkowski Attack on Clean Air Act Is a Major Victory for the Climate
5:46 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Senate Rejects Republican Move to Gut Clean Air Act
4:59 PM
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Commends State Department for New Passport Standards for Gender Transition
4:58 PM
Human Rights Watch (HRW): Iran: Crisis Deepening One Year After Disputed Elections
4:56 PM
Environmental Justice Groups: Lawsuit Targets Harmful Public-lands Livestock Subsidy
4:55 PM
Americans United for Separation of Church and State: IRS Should Investigate South Dakota Church That Endorsed Gubernatorial Candidate, Says Americans United
3:00 PM
Constitution Project: 16 Former Federal Judges Say New Legislation 'Unwarranted' to Address Guantanamo Detainee Habeas Rights
2:45 PM
ACLU Urges FDA to Apply Science, Not Discrimination, to Blood Donor Policy
1:38 PM
Rainforest Action Network (RAN): New Rainforest Safe Book List Tells Parents How to Go Green for Summer Reading
1:30 PM
Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence: Gun Data Shows Weak State Gun Laws Enable Gun Trafficking
11:12 AM
Amnesty International Says Millions Suffer in 'Human Rights Free Zone' in Northwest Pakistan
10:04 AM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER): Widespread Asbestos Violations in Massachusetts Schools
9:26 AM
Witness Against Torture: Twenty-Seven to Go on Trial for Protesting the Obama Administration’s Failure to Close Guantanamo, Plan for Indefinite Detention, and Refusal to Prosecute Torture
8:34 AM
Center for Public Integrity (CPI): Who Bankrolls Congress?

Wednesday June 9, 2010

6:35 PM
ACLU: Obama Administration Might Hold Non-Afghan Detainees at Bagram Indefinitely After Prison Transfer
6:12 PM
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force: Task Force: End the Archaic FDA Blood Ban Now
5:39 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Wolves in Northeast Denied Protection Again
5:02 PM
Project On Government Oversight: POGO Calls for Real Accountability and Transparency in Financial Reform End Game
4:57 PM
Free Press: Free Press: FCC Plan Is Not About Regulating the Internet
3:22 PM
Hands Across the Sand: Americans to Join Hands in Largest Gathering Against Offshore Oil Drilling in History
3:00 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): Israeli Critic "Witch Hunt"
2:53 PM
Congressman Dennis Kucinich: Kucinich: “We Have Disassociated Ourselves from Nature”
1:54 PM
CREW: CREW Files FOIA Request with US Coast Guard to Determine Extent to Which Government was Prepared for Massive Oil Spill
1:50 PM
Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation: Diplomacy, Not Sanctions, Key to Iranian Nuclear Situation
1:49 PM
Brave New Foundation and TrueMajority/USAction’s Members Demand Firm Withdrawal Date for U.S. Troops in Afghanistan with Politico Ad Buy
1:45 PM
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders Amendment Would Repeal Big Oil Tax Breaks
12:58 PM
Greenpeace: New Report: Greenpeace Energy Blueprint Shows How Existing Alternatives to Fossil Fuels Will Revolutionize a Broken Energy Economy
12:42 PM
CODEPINK: Distraught Gulf Shrimper Arrested for Pouring Oil on Herself in Senate Energy Hearing Protesting Senator Murkowski's Refusal to Make BP Pay
11:45 AM
American Rights at Work: New Report Exposes Labor Relations Double Standard at T-Mobile USA
11:11 AM
Free Press: Advisory Groups Not a Substitute for Rules of the Road
11:10 AM
MADRE: NGOs Sign On to Stop Climate Funds for World Bank
11:07 AM
Amnesty International: States Must Not Ignore Human Rights in Efforts to End Poverty
10:04 AM
Win Without War: Move the Movement and End the War
8:32 AM
Center for Public Integrity (CPI): Who Bankrolls Congress?

Tuesday June 8, 2010

6:54 PM
Brave New Foundation / TrueMajority.org: Brave New Foundation and TrueMajority/USAction’s Members Demand Firm Withdrawal Date for U.S. Troops in Afghanistan with Politico Ad Buy
6:03 PM
National Whistleblowers Center: Senator Grassley Stands up for UBS Whistleblower
5:19 PM
PFAW: Supreme Court Halts Public Matching Funds for Arizona Candidates
4:10 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Salazar Declares Shallow Water Drilling “Safe,” Lifts Drilling Injunction, Conceals Shallow Water Oil Spill Currently Fouling Gulf
3:55 PM
National Lawyers Guild (NLG): The DC Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild Protests the Detention of Attorney Peter Erlinder by Rwanda
3:48 PM
Friends of The Earth: Even Without Handouts for Liquid Coal, Tax Package Pending in Senate Could Subsidize Dirty Energy
3:26 PM
Peace Action: Debt, Deficits, & Defense – A Way Forward
2:18 PM
Cornucopia Institute: Watchdog Calls on USDA to Boost Transparency in Organic Governance
2:09 PM
Earthjustice: Murkowski and Allies Clamor to Protect Big Oil in Face of Gulf Crisis
1:47 PM
Food & Water Watch: US Should Follow UK’s Lead to Increase Oversight of Offshore Oil Operations
1:36 PM
Free Press Tells Truth about FCC's ‘Third Way’
1:30 PM
Public Campaign: Decision Has No Impact on Pending Fair Elections Legislation
1:19 PM
Council on Islamic-American Relations (CAIR): CAIR: Fla. Muslim Receives White Powder in Mail
12:19 PM
National Whistleblowers Center: Swiss Parliament Rejects UBS DOJ Dea
11:53 AM
Center for Public Integrity: Top 10 Financial Lobby Firms
11:49 AM
ForestEthics: Key US City Acts to Avoid 'Dirty' Tar Sands Fuel
10:59 AM
CEPR: Lowering Non-Violent Incarceration Rate by Half Would Result in Billions in Savings for Cash- Strapped State and Local Governments
10:42 AM
MADRE: Indigenous Organizations Meet in Managua to Discuss Climate Change

Monday June 7, 2010

3:07 PM
Marijuana Policy Project (MPP): Colorado Gives Marijuana Dispensaries Legal Status
2:56 PM
Marijuana Policy Project (MPP): New Marijuana Ordinance Could Have Disastrous Impact on Los Angeles
2:55 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): Actually, the Ship Was Not Turkish-Flagged
2:53 PM
Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) Endorses New Report Showing Evidence of Bush Administration Human Experimentation on Men in CIA Secret Detention
2:52 PM
CREW Asks HHS IG to Investigate Tobacco Panel's Conflicts of Interest
2:50 PM
Food & Water Watch: BP Means Risky Business in North Atlantic
2:49 PM
World Wildlife Fund (WWF): China and US Both Have Capacity to Measure and Report CO2 Emissions, Says WWF
2:26 PM
Brave New Foundation: The War in Afghanistan Reaches New Milestone: Longest War in US History, Surpasses the Vietnam War
12:04 PM
Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR): Social Security and the Age of Retirement
11:46 AM
International Labor Rights Forum: World Cup Soccer Balls Missed the Goal Set 13 Years Ago: Child Labor, Poverty Wages, Temporary Workers
11:25 AM
Amnesty International Says First Convictions for 1984 Union Carbide Disaster in India -- Too Little, Too Late
11:23 AM
National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC): Statement From NLIHC President Sheila Crowley on HUD Approved Settlement Reached Between Advocates and the State of Texas
11:11 AM
ACLU: Defendants With Limited English Proficiency Have a Constitutional Right to Court Interpreters, Says ACLU
11:08 AM
MADRE: Haitian Women's Rights Activist Leaves Camp for Displaced People to Testify Before the UN Human Rights Council
11:04 AM
Congressman Dennis Kucinich: Kucinich Asks, ‘Is the U.S. Paying for Attacks on U.S. Troops?'
9:16 AM
Physicians for Human Rights: Evidence Indicates that the Bush Administration Conducted Experiments and Research on Detainees to Design Torture Techniques and Create Legal Cover
8:35 AM
Center for Public Integrity (CPI): Who Bankrolls Congress? Series Examines Big Money Behind Congressional Leaders

Saturday June 5, 2010

1:31 PM
Free Gaza: Israeli Military Forcibly Stops Aid Boat to Gaza - Again

Friday June 4, 2010

5:07 PM
FAIR: Where Is O'Reilly's Anti-Immigration Retraction?
5:03 PM
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP): Statement: Chad Stone, Chief Economist, on the May Employment Report
5:01 PM
Food & Water Watch: United Water’s Service Failures Indicative of Problems Suffered Under Privatized Utilities
3:30 PM
Amnesty International: Human Rights Concerns in South Africa During the World Cup
2:49 PM
ACLU: One Year After Obama’s Cairo Speech, U.S. Policies Continue To Unfairly Target Muslims
2:02 PM
Wake-Up Wal-Mart: Statement of Dan Schlademan at 2010 Walmart Shareholders Meeting
1:59 PM
AFL-CIO: Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on May Jobs Report
1:52 PM
Free Gaza Movement: Rachel Corrie on Her Way
1:13 PM
Farm Sanctuary: Washington D.C. City Council Unanimously Passes Law Encouraging More Plant-Based Meals at City Schools
12:06 PM
Public Citizen: Public Citizen and Allies Stage Protest at BP’s Washington, D.C., Headquarters, Conduct Mock Citizen’s Arrest of CEO
11:48 AM
Center for Biological Diversity: Legal Settlement Will Protect Seven Penguin Species at Risk From Global Warming and Fisheries
11:46 AM
NOW Applauds President's Expansion of Benefits to Same-Sex Partners of Federal Workers, Supports Efforts in Congress to Extend Full Range of Benefits
11:13 AM
Public Citizen: BP Plays the Influence Game: $19.5 Million, 49 Lobbyists Since 2009

Thursday June 3, 2010

6:18 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Confusion Continues to Plague Interior Department Drilling Rules
5:21 PM
Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM) Salutes South Carolina for Enacting Bold Sentencing Reform
5:17 PM
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force: LGBT Rights Activists Gathering for California Power Summit
4:53 PM
Earthjustice: Gulf Conservationists Challenge Phony BP Oil Disaster Cleanup Plan
4:51 PM
Amnesty International Calls for Restrictions on Taser Use by U.S. Border Police Following Death of Mexican Migrant
4:48 PM
ACLU Sues for Records About Government's Use of Unconstitutional Spying Powers
3:19 PM
People For, CREDO, Brave New Foundation Deliver Petitions Demanding Unbiased Textbooks
2:37 PM
Farm Sanctuary: Ducklings Seized During Santa Cruz Hatchery Cruelty Investigation Brought to Farm Sanctuary
2:26 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Protective Regulations Finalized for Southern Green Sturgeon
2:17 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): 'Can Israel Be Trusted with Nuclear Weapons?'
1:36 PM
Free Press Welcomes FCC Decision to Hold Public Workshop on Comcast-NBC Merger
12:48 PM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER): BP Bucked Canada's Same Season Relief Well Policy
12:47 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: BP Faces Lawsuit for Polluting Gulf’s Waters
11:49 AM
Center for Responsive Politics and Taxpayers for Common Sense: Unique Mashup of Earmarks, Campaign Contributions and Lobbying Expenditures Updated for Fiscal Year 2010
11:24 AM
Public Citizen and Center for Responsive Politics: Revolving Door Spins Quickly Between Congress and Wall Street
11:08 AM
ACLU: Rights Groups Ask Court to Block Movie Industry Subpoenas

Wednesday June 2, 2010

5:50 PM
Public Citizen: BP’s Washington, D.C., Headquarters Will Be Site of June 4 Protest and Mock Citizen’s Arrest by Public Citizen, Environmental Justice and Green Job Advocate Allies
5:32 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): Israel and Free Gaza Flotilla
5:17 PM
Food & Water Watch Calls on Feds to Shutter all BP Deepwater Drilling in the Gulf Until Proven Safe
5:16 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): Iraq and Afghanistan: Crossing the $1 Trillion Mark
5:13 PM
Congressman Dennis Kucinich Circulating Letter to Colleagues Regarding Mavi Marmara Incident
4:54 PM
ACLU: UN Expert Calls On US To Halt CIA Targeted Killings
3:53 PM
SEIU: SEIU Launches Arizona Travel Advisory Hotline as Part of Broader “It Stops In Arizona” Campaign
3:30 PM
Rachel Corrie Foundation: Parents of Rachel Corrie Respond to Gaza Flotilla Attack and sailing of MV Rachel Corrie
3:06 PM
Free Gaza Movement: Everyone Is NOT Released
2:36 PM
Free Press: Free Press Applauds House Leadership for Support of Open Internet, FCC Authority
2:17 PM
CREW Files SEC FOIA for Documents on State-Law Loophole in Shareholders’ Voting Rights
2:16 PM
Brennan Center for Justice: Bureau of Prisons Proposed Rule Strictly Limits Prisoners’ Contact with the Outside World
2:14 PM
Doctors Without Borders: Starved for Attention: A Radical New Vision of Malnutrition
2:14 PM
Haymarket Books: Noam Chomsky on Israel and the Gaza Flotilla Attack: "Sheer Criminal Aggression, with no Credible Pretext"
2:12 PM
America's Voice: The Obama/Brewer Meeting: It’s Not Just About What Arizona Has Done; It’s About What Washington Has Not Done
1:57 PM
Voces de la Frontera: Undocumented and Unafraid: Dora Comes Out and Urges for Passage of Dream Act
1:28 PM
ACLU: Bureau Of Prisons Should Shutter Secretive And Isolated Communications Management Units, Says ACLU
12:32 PM
Free Press: AT&T Tiered Pricing Is Anti-Consumer
12:26 PM
Global Justice Ecology Project: New Report Reveals Major Threats to Forests and Communities from Bioenergy
11:13 AM
Violence Policy Center: States with Higher Gun Ownership and Weak Gun Laws Lead Nation in Gun Death
10:55 AM
PEER: Dune Scraping by Delaware State Agency on Refuge is Illegal
9:09 AM
Center for Biological Diversity: Lawsuit Seeks Full Disclosure of Dispersant Impacts on Gulf’s Endangered Wildlife

Tuesday June 1, 2010

7:13 PM
Committee to Protect Journalists: Israeli Forces Detain Journalists Aboard Humanitarian Flotilla
4:07 PM
Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR): NGOs Gathered in Kampala Call for End to Impunity Crisis Following Israeli Attack on Aid Convoy
3:40 PM
Sierra Club: Obama Calls for Criminal Investigation into BP Disaster
3:13 PM
Free Gaza Movement: Update on Israeli Attack on Humanitarian Boats
2:35 PM
ACLU Renews Call For Accountability At Start Of Torture Awareness Month
1:38 PM
CARE Calls for an End to the Embargo on Gaza
12:58 PM
Oxfam International: Climate Cash Must Not Increase Developing Countries' Debt
12:53 PM
Palestine Center Condemns Attack on Aid Boats
11:33 AM
International Labor Rights Forum: US Falls Short of Compliance with International Convention on Child Labor
10:55 AM
National Day Laborer Organizing Network: Immigrant Students from Miami Travel to Arizona to Meet Controversial Sheriff Arpaio, Known for his Racial Profiling tactics and Civil rights Violation
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