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Newswire - February, 2012

Wednesday February 29, 2012

6:44 PM
SEIU: We Stand in Solidarity with Hunger Strikers at the University of Virginia University of Virginia Administration Must Take Action Without Delay
6:37 PM
Earthjustice: Collins Amendment to Transportation Bill Puts 8,100 Lives at Risk
6:28 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Wisconsin's Largest Cities Join Others Nationwide Urging Feds to Use Clean Air Act to Slow Global Warming
6:15 PM
Amnesty International: Somali Journalists Must Be Protected After Third Murder In Two Months
2:40 PM
Congressional Progressive Caucus: Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Grijalva, Ellison Call for Justice for Underwater Mortgage Holders
2:19 PM
ACLU Comment on Plea Deal for Guantánamo Detainee Majid Khan
12:49 PM
EWG: California Regulators Turn a Blind Eye to Fracking
12:13 PM
Park Center for Independent Media: Journalist Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Center for Media and Democracy Share Izzy Award Honoring Independent Media
11:58 AM
Amnesty International Fears for Nine Forcibly Returned from China to North Korea
11:40 AM
Occupy Wall Street: 70 Cities Nationwide Stand up to Corporate Greed and ALEC National Day of Action to Resist the Selling Out of the 99%
10:55 AM
Worldwatch Institute: UN Responsibilities Far Outstrip Funding
10:05 AM
Freedom to Marry: Mayors for the Freedom to Marry More than Doubles with 175 Mayors from 32 States

Tuesday February 28, 2012

5:49 PM
Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood Launches "Save the Lorax!" Campaign
1:24 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Bill Would Steal 260 Billion Gallons of Water Annually From California Salmon for Wealthy Water Brokers
12:23 PM
MADRE: Rural Women Leaders from Kenya, Sudan, Haiti and Nicaragua Speak Out
10:18 AM
Greenpeace: Lessons from Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Report Shows Millions Remain at Risk

Monday February 27, 2012

7:41 PM
Occupy Our Food Supply Day of Action Unites Prominent Food Authors, Occupy Groups, Mommy Bloggers, Environmentalists from Oakland to Italy
7:40 PM
Public Citizen: Thousands Call Upon Congress to Include ‘Political Intelligence’ Provision in STOCK Act
7:22 PM
Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR): Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Filed Over Boycott of Israeli Goods
7:17 PM
Environmental Groups: Industry Tries to Overturn Ban on Grand Canyon Uranium Mining
5:56 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): Auto Unions “Saved the Industry by Making Concessions”
5:35 PM
Friends of the Earth: TransCanada Employs Piecemeal Gimmick to Resurrect Keystone XL; Administration Caves to Ploy
5:04 PM
Center for Biological Diversity and Alaska Wilderness League: ‘Polar Bears’ At Shell Gas Stations: Activists Target Arctic Drilling on International Polar Bear Day
4:58 PM
ACLU & NYCLU Call for Federal Probe Into Use of White House Funds for NYPD's Religious Profiling
3:08 PM
EWG: America’s Conservation Compact is Eroding Despite Farmers’ Support
3:07 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Petition Filed to Protect Gray Wolves Under California Endangered Species Act
2:26 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): Saudi Attacks Syrian Regime, While Repressing Its Eastern Province
1:49 PM
ACLU: Groundbreaking Federal Consent Decree Will Prohibit Solitary Confinement of Youth in Mississippi
12:48 PM
Amnesty International: Ruling on Baltasar Garzón is Good News, But Crimes Must be Investigated

Sunday February 26, 2012

11:36 PM
The Yes Men:: Massive Leak Reveals Criminality, Paranoia, Among Corporate Titans
11:05 PM
WikiLeaks:: WikiLeaks Begins Publishing 5 million Emails from STRATFOR

Friday February 24, 2012

4:58 PM
Consumer Groups Call on Obama Administration to Defend Country-of-Origin Labels on Meat
1:36 PM
ACLU Steps in to Block South Carolina’s Discriminatory Voter ID Law
12:48 PM
FAIR: NYT Lets Unnamed Officials Smear Critics as 'Terrorists'
12:10 PM
Amnesty International: Poland Must Investigate Its Role in US Secret Prisons

Thursday February 23, 2012

7:22 PM
The Food Movement Speaks With one Voice: Occupy our Food Supply
7:19 PM
Food & Water Watch: National, Community, Labor and Food Leaders Explain Why Walmart Can’t Fix New York City’s Food System
7:16 PM
Planned Parenthood: Governor Perry Sabotages Entire Texas Women’s Health Program
6:57 PM
Friends of the Earth: State Department Sued for Not Disclosing Keystone XL Pipeline Lobbyists’ Communications
4:48 PM
EWG: How Much Added Sugar is in Food? Eaters Have the Right to Know
4:41 PM
Veterans for Peace: Drop All Charges Against Bradley Manning!!
4:37 PM
Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR): Constitutional Rights Attorneys Urge Court to Dismiss Lawsuit Filed Over Boycott of Israeli Goods
4:35 PM
Common Cause: Corporate Lobby Group Gave Cash Awards to Cantor, 21 State Lawmakers
4:34 PM
NRDC Lawsuit Seeks to Ban Agent Orange Ingredient from Weed and Feed Products
4:33 PM
US Senator Bernie Sanders Calls Postal Service Plan ‘Deeply Flawed’
4:31 PM
Earthjustice: Toxic Air Burden from Industrial Power Plants (Boilers) Revealed
4:30 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): Business Leaders Want Big Corps to Pay More, Not Less
4:29 PM
Doctors Without Borders: Yemen: MSF Treats 39 Injured as Violence Affects the South of the Country
4:27 PM
Center for Biological Diversity and Juniata Valley Audubon: Central Pennsylvania Cave, Bats, and Other Rare Wildlife Saved from Mine
12:20 PM
CEPR: Statement In Support of Passage of Work-Share Legislation
11:40 AM
CEPR: New Paper Argues Greece Should Consider Default and Exit From Euro
11:17 AM
Basel Action Network: San Francisco Joins Global Effort to Tackle Electronic Waste
11:00 AM
Amnesty International: New Report Reveals Afghans Fleeing War Find Misery in Urban Slums
9:44 AM
Greenpeace/EU: Decision to Ban Tar Sands Blown into the Open as Ministers Asked to Step In

Wednesday February 22, 2012

6:36 PM
Amnesty International: Egypt: Systematic Failure to Rein in Security Forces
6:32 PM
ACLU Call For Investigation into NYPD Profiling of Muslims and Ethnic Groups
6:23 PM
Center for Constitutional Rights: End U.S. Funding to Honduran Police and Military
5:05 PM
PEER: NOAA Cuts Tsunami and Seismic Safety Funding
4:38 PM
America's Voice: Spoiler Alert: GOP Debate in Arizona Tonight Will Feature Tough Talk on Immigration, No Solutions
4:35 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: 700 Miles of Critical Habitat Protected for Two Endangered Fish in Southwest
1:47 PM
Handicap International: One Percent of Humanitarian Aid Goes to People with Disabilities and Older People
12:20 PM
Worldwatch Institute: Membership in Co-operative Businesses Reaches 1 Billion
11:22 AM
CEPR: Only One Fourth of Low- Wage Workers in America Have Employer-Provided Health Insurance
11:00 AM
Bill of Rights Defense Committee: Leaders Unite Across Party Lines to Defend Constitution from NDAA

Tuesday February 21, 2012

5:36 PM
Senator Bernie Sanders: Senators Seek Study on Voter Laws
5:01 PM
3:38 PM
CEPR: Latest Agreement Won’t Resolve Greek Crisis, Likely to Make it Worse, CEPR Co-Director Says
2:20 PM
OpenSecrets.org: Double-Duty Donors, Part II: Large Numbers of Wealthy Donors Hit Legal Limit on Giving to Candidates, Turn to Presidential Super PACs in Continuing Trend
10:23 AM
Food & Water Watch: Why Walmart Can’t Fix the Food System
9:25 AM
Committee to Protect Journalists: Local Censorship Goes Global as Media Under Siege

Monday February 20, 2012

6:25 PM
Support Our Schools Chicago: Candlelight Vigil and March Delivers a Message: “Support Our Schools, Don’t Close Them!”

Friday February 17, 2012

7:09 PM
ACLU: Obama Administration Asks Supreme Court to Dismiss ACLU Challenge to Warrantless Wiretapping Law
6:03 PM
Progressive Democrats of America Joins the 99% Spring
4:40 PM
Public Citizen: Will Chevron Case Take Down Trade Pact ‘Investor-State’ Enforcement System?

Thursday February 16, 2012

6:53 PM
Freedom to Marry: New Jersey Legislature Passes Marriage Bill
6:45 PM
SEIU: Right Wing Republicans Launch Another Attack On Workers' Rights
6:30 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Fourth Legislative Attack on Grand Canyon Uranium Ban Fails
5:57 PM
ACLU: House Oversight Holds One-Sided Hearing on Contraception
1:56 PM
Amnesty International: IOC Rejection of Dow Concerns Leaving Toxic Legacy for London 2012
12:40 PM
Americans United for Separation of Church and State: Religious LIberty Does Not Grant a License to Deny the Rights of Others, Americans United Tells Congressional Panel
12:35 PM
ACLU: Doug Liman, ACLU, PEN American Center Ask Public to Submit Videos for Film Based on Torture Documents
12:31 PM
Environment America: House Bill Swaps Clean Transportation for Dirtiest of Fuels

Wednesday February 15, 2012

6:19 PM
ACLU: Domestic Workers Who Accused Diplomats of Human Trafficking Settle With Kuwaiti Government
5:52 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Polar Bear Mascot to Tell Obama: Halt Shell's Arctic Drilling Plans
4:16 PM
Amnesty International Urges Stricter Limits on Police Taser Use as U.S. Death Toll Reaches 500
2:08 PM
National Low Income Housing Coalition: Nation's Renters Face Severe Affordable Rental Shortage
1:46 PM
CSPI, Health Advocates Announce Sugary Drinks Summit
1:19 PM
NIRS: Clean Energy Groups Submit Formal Petition to NRC to Incorporate Lessons of Fukushima
11:52 AM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER): Twenty-Seven New Jersey Superfund-Elilgible Sites Left Off List
11:34 AM
Americans for Safe Access: Medical Marijuana Activists to Protest Obama's DOJ Crackdown Thursday in 9 Cities, 6 States
10:34 AM
Greenpeace Activists Erect Banner in Front of Duke Headquarters

Tuesday February 14, 2012

7:08 PM
Jobs With Justice / United States Student Associations Happy Valentine’s Day: We’re Breaking Up. Student Organizations Break Up with Big Banks
4:42 PM
PFAW: 50 Organizations Present Letter to Congress Requesting Hearings on Constitutional Amendment to Overturn Citizens United
4:39 PM
Amnesty International Urges China to Avoid Forced Repatriation of North Korean Defectors
4:33 PM
Human Rights First: Tensions High on Bahrain Anniversary
4:00 PM
Voices for Creative Non-Violence: Six US Citizens Arrested in Bahrain, To Be Deported
2:48 PM
PEER: EPA Inaction Imperils Clean Water Anti-Conflicts Safeguard
2:07 PM
Institute for Policy Studies: Good News and Bad News for the American People from President Obama’s 2013 Budget
11:20 AM
Single Payer Action / It's Our Economy Fifty Medical Doctors for Single Payer Urge Supreme Court to Strike Down Individual Mandate

Monday February 13, 2012

8:10 PM
Food & Water Watch: President’s Budget Shortchanges Food Safety
6:22 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): What is Bahrain Trying to Hide?
6:19 PM
Human Rights Watch: Turkey: Draft Reform Law Falls Short
6:16 PM
Greenpeace: Activists Take a Stand at Asheville Power Station
5:51 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: 40 Groups Call on Supporters to Oppose Keystone XL
5:43 PM
Amnesty International: Bahrain: One Year On, Accountability Remains a Distant Aspiration
5:12 PM
Public Citizen: Consumers to Starbucks: Remove Forced Arbitration Language From Gift Cards

Friday February 10, 2012

7:15 PM
Middle East Children's Alliance: 61 Homes Demolished in Gaza: Hundreds Homeless
5:14 PM
EWG: EPA Lists Dry Cleaning Chemical Likely Carcinogen
5:06 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): “Witness Bahrain” Launched One Year After Start of Uprising
4:48 PM
Amnesty International Urges Iran to Respect Peaceful Protests on One Year Anniversary February 14 of Demonstrations in Support of Egypt and Tunisia Uprisings
4:22 PM
Marijuana Policy Project: Medical Marijuana Bills Introduced in Maryland
3:11 PM
Americans United Commends Obama Commitment to Birth Control Access, but Questions Continuing Political Power of Sectarian Lobbies
2:41 PM
Public Citizen: California’s ‘Stop Special Interest Money Now Act’ Is a Deception Wearing Reform Rhetoric
2:40 PM
IFAW: Demonstrating Death – Rhino Dies during Operation
2:38 PM
NRDC: Green Budget Outlines Ideas for Federal Environmental Investments
2:37 PM
Planned Parenthood: Statement by Cecile Richards, President of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, on Obama Administration Announcement on Birth Control Coverage Benefit:
2:35 PM
NARAL Pro-Choice America: White House Reaffirms Commitment to Contraceptive Services
1:35 PM
ACLU: Obama Administration Reaffirms Contraception Access for All Women
1:05 PM
National Whistleblowers Center: House Joins Senate in Investigating FDA Spying Program

Thursday February 9, 2012

7:11 PM
Public Campaign: Watchdog: Tipton Took Big Bucks from Energy Interests, Did Their Bidding in Congress in 2011
6:58 PM
Beyond Nuclear: Media Statement by Kevin Kamps of Beyond Nuclear Regarding US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Approval of Two New Atomic Reactors at Vogtle, Georgia
4:33 PM
Friends of The Earth: Investigation Reveals Flaws in State Department’s Keystone XL Review Process, Raises Fresh Concerns
3:24 PM
Americans United Settles Texas Lawsuit Over Religious Activities In Public School
2:43 PM
Senator Bernie Sanders: State Department IG Finds Flaws in Keystone Pipeline Review
10:12 AM
EQCA: Equality California Celebrates Passage of Washington Marriage Equality Bill
8:00 AM
ACLU: Washington State Legislature Passes Historic Same-Sex Marriage Bill

Wednesday February 8, 2012

6:55 PM
NARAL Pro-Choice America Calls on Congress to Back Off Attacks on Insurance Coverage of Birth Control
6:38 PM
Congressman Kucinich Challenges ‘Right to Work for Less’
6:26 PM
Amnesty International: Maldives Security Forces Must Stop Using Violence Against Supporters of Mohamed Nasheed
6:02 PM
Environmental Groups: Is Arch Coal About to Mine Historic Blair Mountain?
5:57 PM
NRDC: Fighting for Air: Groups Support EPA’s Life-Saving Standards for Mercury and Auto Emissions
5:46 PM
People for the American Way: GOP Presidential Candidates Should Denounce Bigotry of White Nationalist Featured at CPAC
4:46 PM
Food & Water Watch: Protestors Walk Red Carpet in Trenton for “Fracky Awards”
4:34 PM
CREW Slams Cantor’s Sham STOCK Act and Calls for Open Conference
4:30 PM
Center for Constitutional Rights Submits Declaration Detailing Torture to Spanish Court after Judge's Order to Proceed with Guantánamo Torture Investigation
4:21 PM
Move to Amend: Fixing the Problem Not the Symptom
4:20 PM
National Priorities Project: Talking About Military Spending and the Pentagon Budget
3:21 PM
Common Cause Urges Passage of STOCK Act
2:00 PM
Project on Government Oversight Launches Inspector General Vacancy Tracker: “Where Are All the Watchdogs?”
1:43 PM
Doctors Without Borders (MSF): Syria: Medicine as a Weapon of Persecution
1:06 PM
Amnesty International: Israel: Cancel Plan to Forcibly Displace Jahalin Bedouin Communities

Tuesday February 7, 2012

7:04 PM
US PIRG: New Legislation Would Close Corporate Tax Loopholes, Save Taxpayers $155 billion
6:47 PM
Amnesty International: Maldives Must Avoid Persecution of Ousted Government
5:00 PM
Freedom to Marry Calls 9th Circuit Ruling "Powerful"
4:43 PM
CEPR: A Lower Dollar Would Ease the Pressure of the Unbalanced Trade Deficit
4:40 PM
PFAW Commends Ninth Circuit Ruling on Prop 8
4:37 PM
ACLU: Federal Appeals Court Says California Marriage Ban Is Unconstitutional
3:20 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Petition Seeks International Investigation of Canada’s Farmed Fish Operations, Protections for Wild Salmon
3:18 PM
US PIRG: Press Call for Release of New Report, Auctioning Democracy: The Rise of Super PACs and the 2012 Election
2:31 PM
Free Press: FCC Must Address Barriers to Entry in Media Ownership

Monday February 6, 2012

6:28 PM
Public Citizen: Enact Legislation to Prevent ‘Congressional Insider Trading’
6:27 PM
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence: Federal Court Dismisses Gun Lobby Lawsuit Claiming Right to Carry Loaded Guns In Public
6:16 PM
US PIRG: Listeria Contaminated Eggs Yanked From 34 States
2:56 PM
PETA's Purrs and Hisses for Super Bowl XLVI's Ads

Saturday February 4, 2012

12:24 PM
Voices for Creative Non-Violence: Say No To An Attack on Iran Today!

Friday February 3, 2012

9:15 PM
Bradley Manning Support Network: Military Officials Formally Refer Bradley Manning Case to Court-Martial
4:40 PM
Free Press: Arizona State University Blocks Popular Online Organizing Site
3:52 PM
The New Bottom Line Blasts Expected AG-Bank Mortgage Deal
3:08 PM
Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association: OSGATA et al. v. Monsanto: Will Farmers Receive Justice?
1:48 PM
Maplight: Commercial TV and Radio Group Tries to Thwart Disclose of Income From Political Ads

Thursday February 2, 2012

6:55 PM
Voces de la Frontera: The ARMS Act: GOP Offers Immigrant Youth as Cheap Labor and Cannon Fodder
6:51 PM
Demand Progress: Internet VS Lamar Smith, Round Two: Demand Progress Takes On Snooping Bill, HR 1981
6:24 PM
CAIR Calls for Hearings on NYPD Targeting of Shia Mosques
5:26 PM
FAIR: ABC's Iran Propaganda: Alarmist Reporting on 'Terrorist' Threat
5:04 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: California Protects Vanishing High Sierra and Southern California Frogs Under State Endangered Species Act
4:58 PM
America's Voice: What They’re Saying: Range of Observers Tear Apart Romney’s “Self-Deportation” Policy
3:21 PM
US PIRG: House Proposal Threatens to Defund Public Transportation
1:43 PM
Rights Groups: Broad Coalition Launched to Repeal Federal So-Called “Defense of Marriage Act”
12:34 PM
Worldwatch Institute: Electricity Access Still Insufficient in Developing Countries
11:55 AM
National Whistleblowers Center: FDA Whistleblower Lawsuit Sparks Congressional Investigation

Wednesday February 1, 2012

4:29 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Obama Continues Destructive Federal Grazing Subsidy on 258 Million Acres of Public Land
4:08 PM
Maplight: Senators Funded by Oil & Gas Introduce Bill that Would Grant Congress Final Say on Keystone Pipeline
2:31 PM
SEIU And Priorities USA Action Expand Ad Campaign in Florida and Nevada to Continue to Expose the Two Faces of Mitt Romney
2:14 PM
Amnesty International: As Police Vehicle Kills Senegalese Protester in Escalating Protests, Amnesty International Urges President Wade to Rein in Security Forces
1:13 PM
Amnesty International Rejects Russia’s “Unconscionable” Threat for Second Veto of U.N. Security Council Action to Stop the Syria Bloodshed
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