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Newswire - January, 2012

Monday May 28, 2012

2:50 PM
Amnesty International Russia: Moscow Must End ‘Shameful’ Clampdown on Pride
9:57 AM
Human Rights Watch Ethiopia: ‘Special Police’ Execute 10

Friday May 25, 2012

5:39 PM
Take the Flour Back: African Voices Join With UK Farmers: GM Is a False Solution to Hunger
4:38 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): * U.S. “Hard Line” on Iran * Egyptian Election
12:53 PM
Human Rights Watch: Equatorial Guinea: End Harassment of Jailed Opponent, Lawyers

Thursday May 24, 2012

5:25 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Arizona Corporation Commission Delays Power Line for Rosemont Mine
4:32 PM
People For the American Way: Amazon.com Drops ALEC, PFAW Encourages Others to Follow
3:36 PM
Food & Water Watch: Poultry Litter Incineration Isn’t Feasible or Sustainable, But Your Tax Dollars Might Fund It
2:21 PM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: Romney Hog-Tied Pollution Prosecution
2:19 PM
Public Citizen: In Fight to Hold Financial Institutions Accountable for Mortgage Overcharges, Pennsylvania Woman Should Not Be Priced Out of Court, Public Citizen Argues
2:18 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Confronting the “Taboo of Public Ownership”
2:15 PM
Corporate Accountability International: Growing Number of Shareholders Vote for McDonald’s to Assess its Health Impacts
2:12 PM
Center for Constitutional Rights: Constitutional Rights Attorneys, Media Challenge Secrecy of Manning Court Martial
1:50 PM
Mountain Justice and RAMP: Pro-mountain Activists Board Coal Barge and Blockade Kayford Strip Mine Haul Road
10:11 AM
Amnesty International: Report 2012: No Longer Business as Usual for Tyranny and Injustice

Wednesday May 23, 2012

5:49 PM
Rainforest Action Network: Amazonian Tribes Launch Water Project Amidst Legal Battle
5:45 PM
Oxfam International: Robin Hood Tax Would Boost Growth and Help Poor
5:39 PM
NRDC: Heat-Related U.S. Deaths Projected to Rise 150,000 by Century's End Due to Climate Change
5:34 PM
NARAL Pro-Choice America: Gallup Shows Support for Legal Abortion Remains Strong
5:31 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Court Rejects Southern California Mega-development Next to Wildlife Area
5:29 PM
Center for American Progress: Examining Egypt’s Presidential Election
12:35 PM
Public Citizen: Ethics Committee Should Look Into Whether Lobbyists Were Behind Recent Possible Violation of Congressional Travel Rules
12:30 PM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: Two Rare Florida Panther Killed This Week; 11 So Far This Year
12:28 PM
Oxfam: Yemen on Brink of Hunger Catastrophe Aid Agencies Warn
12:25 PM
Freedom to Marry: New Poll Shows Record Intensity in Support for the Freedom to Marry

Tuesday May 22, 2012

5:04 PM
People For the American Way: Calls on WI Legislators, Governor to Return Funds Tied to ALEC
4:53 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Is NATO Ending the Afghan War?
4:48 PM
Free Press: Free Press Questions FCC Stance on Data Caps
4:46 PM
Food & Water Watch: Maryland Becomes First State to Ban Arsenic in Chicken Feed
4:43 PM
Congressman Dennis Kucinich: New Study Confirms (Again): Keystone XL Would RAISE Gas Prices
4:23 PM
Senator Bernie Sanders: Bill Introduced to End Conflicts of Interest at the Federal Reserve
4:16 PM
Center for Media and Democracy: CMD Calls on Speaker Fitzgerald and Majority Leader Suder to Comply with Wisconsin Law
12:06 PM
Public Citizen: Pharmaceutical Companies Must Be Held Fully Accountable for Defrauding the Government
12:02 PM
Public Citizen: More Than 50 Towns in Massachusetts Call for an End to Citizens United
11:58 AM
Dēmos: New National Survey: Credit CARD Act A Success, But Plastic Safety Net Persists
11:55 AM
Center for Biological Diversity: Lawsuit Launched to Speed Protection for Dozens of Rare and Vanishing Amphibians and Reptiles in Southeast
9:33 AM
Human Rights Watch: Azerbaijan: Authorities Violently Disperse Peaceful Rallies

Monday May 21, 2012

4:57 PM
Food & Water Watch: Pickens Dumps Chesapeake, Showing that Natural Gas “Boom” is a Bust

4:50 PM
Congressman Dennis Kucinich: “NATO Talks a Sham: War in Afghanistan is Not Ending”
4:34 PM
MADRE: Don't Put Monsanto in Charge of Ending Hunger in Africa
1:45 PM
Public Citizen: U.S. Supreme Court Should Not Review Montana Case Upholding Corporate Spending Limits
1:42 PM
Earthjustice: Revised EPA Storm Water Permit Will Ensure District Will Meet Clean Water Goals
1:23 PM
Amnesty International: 60,000 People Ask President Obama for Apology to Torture Victim Maher Arar
11:19 AM
ACLU: Supreme Court to Hear ACLU Case Challenging Warrantless Wiretapping Law
11:15 AM
ACLU: Launches “Teach Kids, Not Stereotypes” Campaign Against Single-Sex Classes Rooted in Stereotypes
10:13 AM
Friends of The Earth: Seventy Thousand People Ask Oil Giant Shell to Clean up its Mess in Nigeria

Friday May 18, 2012

5:33 PM
Oxfam: G8 Food Security Alliance Answers Question Hungry People Have Not Asked
5:31 PM
NRDC: House Passes Back-Door Attempt to Force Tar Sands Pipeline Approval
2:17 PM
Friends of the Earth Releases New Ad: San Onofre 'a Disaster Waiting to Happen'
2:14 PM
Kucinich: If you Want Peace, Prepare for Peace. If you Want War, Prepare for War; The NDAA Prepares for War with Iran
2:11 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Lawsuit Launched to Protect Endangered California Condors in Arizona From Lead Bullets
2:08 PM
Amnesty International: Virulent’ Homophobic Attacks Put South Caucasus Activists at Risk
2:06 PM
ACLU: House Fails To Pass Amendment Scaling Back NDAA Indefinite Detention Provisions
1:58 PM
International Fund for Animal Welfare Creating a Legacy for Tomorrow on Endangered Species Day
1:55 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: G8: Preventing a More Just World?
1:51 PM
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law: D.C. Circuit Upholds Constitutionality of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
11:28 AM
National Organization for Women: NOW to Rally Outside D.C. Radio Station Airing Rush Limbaugh Show
11:26 AM
Human Rights First: House Defeats Amendment to Realign Counterterrorism Policy with American Values
10:15 AM
National Nurses United: Nurses, Global, U.S. Activists Converge on Chicago in Call To G-8 Leaders for Tax on Wall Street to Heal Economy
9:55 AM
Cornucopia Institute: The Organic Watergate: Advocates Condemn Corruption and USDA's Cozy Relationship with Corporate Agribusinesses in Organics

Thursday May 17, 2012

4:33 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Study: 90 Percent of Endangered Species Recovering on Time
4:18 PM
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington Asks AG Holder to Clarify DOJ Position on FEC's Relevance
4:14 PM
Planned Parenthood Strongly Opposes Bill That Would Cut and Restrict International Family Planning Funding
4:03 PM
League of Conservation Voters: More than One Million Comments Supporting Carbon Pollution Limits Delivered to EPA
3:59 PM
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Applauds Efforts to Protect Voting Rights of All Americans
3:56 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Bilking the Poor: America’s Poverty Taxes
3:50 PM
Human Rights First: New PREA Regulations Should Apply to Immigration Detainees
3:46 PM
Greenpeace: 100 Labor, Health, Environmental Groups Urge Obama to Prevent Chemical Disasters
3:36 PM
Free Press: Media General Station Sale Shows Failure of Runaway Media Consolidation
3:33 PM
Dēmos: Demos Applauds Goals Of Voter Empowerment Act of 2012, Urges Expansion Of Americans' Freedom To Vote
1:54 PM
Center for Media and Democracy: ALEC Exposed in Wisconsin: The Hijacking of a State
11:10 AM
Worldwatch Institute: Green Economic Transition Needed to Achieve More Equitable and Sustainable Development
11:04 AM
Service Employees International Union: House Targets Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence
9:36 AM
Human Rights Watch: Azerbaijan: Free Activists, Journalists Held on Bogus Charges

Wednesday May 16, 2012

5:17 PM
NRDC: Climate Study: Extreme Rain Storms in Midwest Have Doubled in Last 50 Years, Often Leading to Worsened Flooding
5:11 PM
Environmental Groups: Arctic Oil Drilling to Pump Pollution into Pristine Skies
5:06 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Suit Filed Against Expansion of Navajo Coal Mine Polluting Four Corners Region
4:48 PM
International Rivers Report Calls on New World Bank President to Change Course on Infrastructure
4:41 PM
Rights Groups Peace Activists Demand End to NATO Violence at Chicago Obama Headquarters and Consulates
4:38 PM
MADRE Demands a Women's Human Rights Agenda for the G8
1:55 PM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: Corporate Takeover of New Jersey's Environmental Science
1:51 PM
NARAL Pro-Choice America: NARAL Pro-Choice America Calls on Congress to End War on Women in Nation’s Capital
1:48 PM
Human Rights First: Retired Admirals and Generals Urge Support for Smith-Amash Amendment to Defense Authorization
1:44 PM
Friends of The Earth: New Study Shows Dangers of E15 for Engines
1:41 PM
Environmental Working Group (EWG) More Good Sunscreens to Choose From this Summer
1:35 PM
Center for Constitutional Rights: Class-action Lawsuit Challenges Stop-and-Frisk Policy
1:29 PM
Center for American Progress: America’s Future Under ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’
12:12 PM
Public Citizen Condemns WTO Attack on U.S. Dolphin Protection Efforts
12:05 PM
Rights Groups: 1,000 Community Activists Converge on DC for Actions to Fight Corporate Greed and Put People First!
10:12 AM
Human Rights Watch: US: Sexual Violence, Harassment of Immigrant Farmworkers
10:10 AM
Amnesty International: Mali’s Worst Human Rights Situation in 50 Years

Tuesday May 15, 2012

5:45 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Lawsuit Filed to Protect Endangered Beluga Whales From Alaska Oil and Gas Drilling
5:42 PM
Sierra Club: Las Brisas Power Plant Cannot Move Forward
5:32 PM
Food & Water Watch: Citizens, Groups Calling for a Ban on Fracking in California
5:28 PM
Dēmos: Massachusetts Citizen and Community Groups Sue Commonwealth for Failing to Provide Voter Registration Opportunities
5:23 PM
Common Cause Files Lawsuit to End Senate Gridlock
3:53 PM
Public Citizen: End Pay-to-Play Politics Through Transparency, Groups Tell U.S. Senate Committee
3:42 PM
NRDC: Mexico Mega Resort Project: Risky Business for Investors and the Environment
3:37 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Palestinian Hunger Strikers: “Fighting Ingrained Duplicity”
3:34 PM
Human Rights First: Dempsey Urged to Investigate Controversial Training Materials
3:27 PM
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington: CREW Calls on House Leadership to Demand Resignation of Rep. Vern Buchanan
3:24 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: More Than 1 Million People Urge White House to Stop Shell's Arctic Drilling
3:16 PM
Center for American Progress: New Report Outlines Recommendations for Improving Teacher Observation Practices
1:27 PM
Amnesty International Urges Ukraine Authorities to Implement Police Criminality Law Ahead of Euro 2012
11:57 AM
Senator Bernie Sanders: End HIV/AIDS Drug Monopolies
11:53 AM
Human Rights Watch: Iraq: Mass Arrests, Incommunicado Detentions
10:22 AM
American Rivers: Announcing America’s Most Endangered Rivers® of 2012
9:48 AM
Friends of The Earth: New Report Reveals Scale of Edison Steam Generator Failures at San Onofre Nuclear Plant

Monday May 14, 2012

5:23 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Chicago Supports Clean Air Act, Joins Urgent Call for Climate-Change Action
5:13 PM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: Livestock's Heavy Hooves Impair One-Third of BLM Rangelands
5:06 PM
Public Citizen: Report: Rolling Back Dodd-Frank’s Derivatives Rules Would Ignore History’s Lessons
4:26 PM
Earthjustice: EPA Strongly Defends Its Veto of One of Largest Mountaintop Removal Mines Ever Proposed
4:21 PM
Council for a Livable World Groups Call on White House To Update Outdated Nuclear Policy, Deliver Petition with 50,000 Signatures
4:15 PM
Corporate Accountability International: The Netherlands Nominated for “Marlboro Man Award”
4:08 PM
Center for Constitutional Rights Condemns Activation of Secure Communities in New York City
3:50 PM
Center for Constitutional Rights: First-quarter Stop-and-Frisk Data Sets Yet Another Shameful Record
3:48 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Two Washington Plants Proposed for Endangered Species Act Protection
3:28 PM
Amnesty International: Azerbaijan: Police violently disperse peaceful rallies ahead of Eurovision
3:23 PM
Campaign for America's Future: JP Morgan’s Risky Misdeeds Demonstrate that Banks are Too Big to Fail
11:42 AM
Beyond Nuclear: Groups Opposed to Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant Relicensing File Appeal to Federal Court in Boston, Mass
11:38 AM
Senator Bernie Sanders: Senate Hearing on Ending HIV/AIDS Drug Monopolies
9:48 AM
Human Rights Watch: NATO: Investigate Civilian Deaths in Libya

Friday May 11, 2012

5:12 PM
People For the American Way: Good Government Advocates Call on Governor to Sign CT Disclosure Bill
5:07 PM
National Organization for Women: National Coalition Urges Congress to Consider Sweeping Social Security Proposals for Women, Caregivers and Same-Sex Couples
5:05 PM
Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy IATP Applauds Lawmakers’ Call to FDA for Action on Antibiotics in Ethanol Production
4:57 PM
Human Rights Watch: Bahrain Arms Sale to Proceed Despite Ongoing Abuses
3:05 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: JPMorgan “Shock Disclosure” a “Wake-Up Call We Dare Not Ignore”
3:00 PM
Environmental Working Group (EWG): FDA Bows to Industry Pressure, Delays Sunscreen Rules
1:56 PM
Common Cause: ALEC Legislators, Companies Convene in Charlotte, N.C.
1:54 PM
Senator Bernie Sanders: J.P. Morgan Debacle Bolsters Case for Breaking Up Big Banks
9:16 AM
ACLU: In Appeals Court Today for No Fly List Challenge

Thursday May 10, 2012

6:07 PM
ACLU Responds to Justice Department’s Lawsuit Against Sheriff Joe Arpaio
6:04 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Philadelphia Joins Urgent Call for National Action on Climate Change
3:20 PM
Senator Bernie Sanders: Statement on U.S. Postal Service Finances
3:17 PM
Friends of The Earth: New Legislation Would End Over $110 Billion in Handouts to Fossil Fuels
2:03 PM
Senator Bernie Sanders: Sanders, Ellison File Bill to End Fossil Fuel Subsidies
1:56 PM
Amnesty International Demands Romania Address Gaps in Housing Law Affecting Most Vulnerable
1:46 PM
Congressman Dennis Kucinich: Bombs or Bread; Congress Must Decide
1:39 PM
School of The Americas Watch: Stop the Pentagon from Training Terrorists
1:33 PM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: Love that Dirty Water: Romney Water Pollution Record
1:19 PM
Public Citizen: By the Numbers, Support Grows for Overturning Citizens United
1:16 PM
Friends of The Earth: Nuclear Industry Suffers Major Defeat in Iowa
12:20 PM
Human Rights Watch: UAE: Expanded Crackdown on Islamist Group
12:06 PM
ACLU Challenges Corrections Corporation of America CEO to Public Debate About Prison Privatization

Wednesday May 9, 2012

5:35 PM
Sierra Club: Groups Act to Protect Waterways Harmed by Notorious Brushy Fork Sludge Lake
5:27 PM
Human Rights First: “No Backdown on Crackdown” Report Details Ongoing Bahrain Abuses
5:19 PM
Freedom to Marry Hails President Obama’s Historic Support for the Freedom to Marry
5:14 PM
Doctors Without Borders: Haiti Unprepared in the Face of Resurgent Cholera
5:11 PM
Dēmos: Vermont Establishes a Genuine Progress Indicator, Blazes a Path for Measuring What Matters
5:06 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Lawsuit Challenges Old-growth Logging Near Grand Canyon
4:37 PM
People For the American Way President Michael Keegan Responds to President Obama’s Endorsement of Marriage Equality
4:36 PM
ACLU: President Obama Endorses Freedom To Marry
3:10 PM
Food & Water Watch: National Consumer Group Identifies Five Human Right to Water Hot Spots in the United States
3:08 PM
National Whistleblowers Center: NWC Issues Statement on Passage of Senate Whistleblower Bill
3:06 PM
ACLU: US House Condones Racial Profiling of Latinos and Other Minorities
3:03 PM
Defenders of Wildlife: Settlement Will Help Prevent Sea Turtles From Drowning in Fishing Nets
2:59 PM
Service Employees International Union: Next Stop, Recall Walker
1:57 PM
Project On Government Oversight: Bill to Expand Protections for Whistleblowers and Taxpayers Passes the Senate by Unanimous Consent
1:53 PM
NRDC: Report: Five Primary Disposal Methods for Fracking Wastewater All Fail to Protect Public Health and Environment
1:49 PM
League of Conservation Voters: Mitt Romney: Still in the Tank for Big Oil
1:43 PM
Freedom to Marry: Colorado Civil Enions Bill Fails in the House Because of Legislative Inaction
1:37 PM
Drug Policy Alliance: A Tale of Two Cities: Numerous Elected Officials, Community Members March and Rally at 1 Police Plaza
1:33 PM
Corporate Accountability International: Statement: Philip Morris CSR Is a Smokescreen
1:24 PM
Bread for the World: Hunger and Poverty Rises among Older Americans amid Cuts to Safety-Net Programs
10:12 AM
Human Rights Watch: Russia: Investigate Police Use of Force Against Peaceful Protesters

Tuesday May 8, 2012

6:15 PM
Public Citizen: Californians Call for a Constitutional Amendment to Get Corporate Money Out of Politics
6:11 PM
Project On Government Oversight: Watchdog Groups Identify Nearly $700 Billion in Wasteful Spending on National Security
6:02 PM
Friends of The Earth: Irvine Council pushes Edison to reveal non-nuclear summer electricity plan
5:56 PM
Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs to Introduce "Stop Shoot First Laws" Amendment
3:59 PM
Human Rights First: Smith Amendment to NDAA a Step in the Right Direction
3:50 PM
Free Press: 70,000 Petition Congress to Hold Hearings on News Corp. Corruption
3:31 PM
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington and Others Renew Call for Congress to Investigate Murdoch's FCC Licenses
3:25 PM
Amnesty International: Bahrain: Activist Arrested Over 'Insulting' Tweets Must Be Freed
3:13 PM
Public Citizen: Coalition Demands Transparency in Trans-Pacific Trade Negotiations
12:29 PM
Center for Economic and Policy Research: Work Sharing Could Save States $1.7 Billion Per Year
11:18 AM
Public Citizen: Commercial Alert to Hospitals: Stop Handing Out Industry-Provided Samples of Infant Formula
11:11 AM
Amnesty International: Romania: Housing Law Must Protect the Vulnerable

Monday May 7, 2012

4:36 PM
US Senator Bernie Sanders: Austerity on the Defensive
4:33 PM
Greenpeace: The BP Disaster Photos Big Oil and the White House Don’t Want You to See
3:19 PM
Free Press: Senate Confirms New FCC Commissioners Pai and Rosenworcel
2:57 PM
CEPR: New Paper Finds Jamaican Economy to Be Held Back by Pro-Cyclical Conditions Demanded by IMF, Creditors
1:29 PM
Human Rights Watch: Yemen: Detained, Tortured, and Disappeared
11:28 AM
Food & Water Watch: Emails Show Maryland Governor Henpecked by Perdue on Agriculture Issues
10:27 AM
PFAW: White House Summit Signals Priority on Ending Judicial Obstruction

Friday May 4, 2012

4:20 PM
350.org: The World “Connects the Dots” Between Extreme Weather & Climate Change:
4:14 PM
Common Cause List of ALEC Corporate Members Released
4:06 PM
Service Employees International Union: Jobs Numbers Underscore Why Pending Budget Vote Is Wrong Priority
4:01 PM
NRDC: BLM Proposal to Reduce Risks to Ground Water from Oil and Gas Fracking
3:56 PM
Friends of The Earth: TransCanada Moves to Steamroll Application for Controversial Keystone XL Pipeline
3:53 PM
Food & Water Watch Calls On CFTC to Investigate Chesapeake Energy CEO’s 

Shady Holdings
3:47 PM
Earthjustice: Interior Department Proposes Updated Fracking Rules, Comes Up Short
3:38 PM
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: Chad Stone, Chief Economist, on the April Employment Report
3:29 PM
Amnesty International Urges Russia To Reconsider Anti-Gay Laws, Condemns the Fining of Prominent Activist
3:24 PM
Beyond Nuclear: If Fukushima Unit 4 Falls, Hazardous Radioactive Cesium-137 Release Could be Eight Times Worse Than Chernobyl
9:44 AM
Human Rights Watch: Kenya: Investigate Security Force Abuses Against Ethnic Somalis

Thursday May 3, 2012

4:36 PM
Center for American Progress: Communities of Color and Student Loan Debt during the Great Recession
4:24 PM
Sierra Club: “We Can’t Strip Mine our Way to a Safe Climate”
4:23 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: New Keystone XL Route Is Environmental Disaster
4:16 PM
Friends of The Earth: TransCanada Secretly Moves Forward with Permits for Keystone XL Southern Segment Amid EPA Region 6's Previous Objections
4:12 PM
Free Press: Free Speech and Digital Rights Groups Call on Department of Justice to Protect Everyone’s Right to Record
3:57 PM
ACLU Asks Guantánamo Tribunal Not to Censor 9/11 Defendants’ Accounts of Torture
3:52 PM
Americans for Safe Access: House Minority Leader Pelosi Joins Democrats in Condemning Federal Medical Marijuana Attacks
3:46 PM
Violence Policy Center: More Than 1,300 Murder-Suicide Deaths Occurred in 2011, New Study Estimates
3:43 PM
Freedom to Marry: State Democratic Party Chairs Support Freedom to Marry Plank in National Platform
11:23 AM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility How Would the Environment Fare Under a President Romney?

Wednesday May 2, 2012

8:00 PM
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence Statement on the NRA’s Defense of Dangerous “Shoot First” Laws
3:29 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Bat-killing Epidemic Spreads to Civil War Park at Lookout Mountain, Tennessee
3:23 PM
US PIRG: Don't Double Interest Rates, Demands Large Coalition
2:22 PM
AFL-CIO: Thirteen Workers Killed on the Job Every Day According to New Report on Worker Safety and Health
2:20 PM
Amnesty International: Egypt: Army Must End Attacks on Protesters Amid Renewed Violence
2:19 PM
Defenders of Wildlife: One Year After Delisting, Idaho Leads Race to Bottom in Wolf Management
2:16 PM
Rainforest Action Network: Daring Action at Bank of America Stadium Leads to Five Arrests
2:14 PM
Public Citizen: Corporate Reform Coalition Breaks Record for Comments Sent to Securities and Exchange Commission on Corporate Political Spending
2:10 PM
Freedom to Marry: Colorado House Committee to Vote on Civil Union Bill on Thursday
2:07 PM
Corporate Accountability International: Release: New Report Offers Policy Solutions for a Nation That Can’t Afford Fast Food’s Abuses
2:03 PM
Kucinich: We are Not Exiting Afghanistan. We are Staying.
11:55 AM
Center for Economic and Policy Research: New Paper Examines Ecuador's Success in Emerging from Economic Recession; Reducing Poverty and Unemployment
10:18 AM
Human Rights Watch: Burundi: Escalation of Political Violence in 2011

Tuesday May 1, 2012

5:42 PM
People For the American Way: Romney Surrenders to Religious Right, Forces Out Gay Spokesman
5:38 PM
Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting: PBS Responds on Dow-Funded Series
5:05 PM
Food and Water Watch: Consumer Advocates and Food Safety Inspectors Tell Christie Vilsack to Oppose Privatized Poultry Inspection
4:54 PM
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington Calls for FCC to Revoke Mudoch's Broadcast Licenses
4:52 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Asked to Investigate Shell's Statements of Arctic Drilling Risks
4:46 PM
Center for American Progress: Improving New England Groundfishery Management
4:44 PM
Drug Policy Alliance: Mother’s Day: Moms, Cops and Students Unite to End War on Drugs at National Press Club
4:41 PM
Public Citizen: Obama’s ‘Regulatory Cooperation’ Executive Order Is a Smokescreen for Deregulation
1:51 PM
Amnesty International: Moving from Pen and Paper to Digital May Mean Progress, But Suppression Continues
12:38 PM
ACLU: Government Settles Charity’s Lawsuit Over Unconstitutional Terrorism Probe
12:32 PM
Rainforest Action Network: US Banks Risk Public Health and Climate by Financing Coal
12:30 PM
MADRE Celebrates International Workers' Day
12:23 PM
Free Press Monitoring Journalist Arrests During May First Occupy Protests
12:20 PM
Service Employees International Union: Marching Forward for Justice and Good Jobs on International Labor Day
12:16 PM
Violence Policy Center: Michigan Reports 38 Deaths, Including the Murder of a Law Enforcement Officer--VPC Concealed Carry Killers April Update
9:41 AM
Human Rights Watch: France: Candidates Pledge to Address Human Rights Issues

Monday April 30, 2012

6:11 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: New Wyoming Wolf Plan Will Allow Killing of Hundreds of Wolves
6:09 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Lawsuit Initiated Over Government Failure to Stop Illegal Grazing on Desert Tortoise Habitat in Nevada
6:05 PM
ACLU: Unanimous Oklahoma Supreme Court Blocks Dangerous “Personhood” Initiative
4:40 PM
Planned Parenthood: Federal Judge in Texas Rules in Favor of Women’s Health
4:35 PM
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law: Court Blocks Protections for Unemployed Americans and Exploited H-2B Guestworkers
4:20 PM
Center for American Progress: Preparing All Teachers to Meet the Needs of English Language Learners
4:10 PM
Nuclear Information and Resource Service: 94 Organizations Urge Senate to Reject Possible Renomination of Kristine Svinicki to NRC
3:14 PM
ACLU: White House Admission of Drone Strikes Does Nothing to Justify Program’s Legality
1:01 PM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: New Jersey War on 'Killer Trees' Violates Federal Law
12:46 PM
Center for Constitutional Rights: Calls on Hennepin County Attorney to Drop Charges Against CeCe McDonald
12:41 PM
Amnesty International Calls On Ukraine to Stop Police Criminality or Risk Euro 2012 Fan Abuse
12:33 PM
Service Employees International Union: SEIU and Allies Lodge Unprecedented NAFTA Complaint, Hitting 'Abusive' Alabama Anti-Immigrant Law
9:57 AM
Human Rights Watch: United Arab Emirates: End Arrests; Free Political Activists

Friday April 27, 2012

5:12 PM
Sierra Club: Conservation Groups Seek to Break World Record with Largest-Ever Polar Bear Uprising
4:53 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): “May Day is Coming Home”
1:47 PM
US PIRG: Congress Must Keep Their Eye on the Prize
1:43 PM
Americans for Safe Access: San Francisco Democratic Party Calls on Obama to End Medical Marijuana Attacks
1:39 PM
Free Press: FCC to Broadcasters: Put Your Public Files Online
1:36 PM
Public Citizen: Shame on Obama Administration for Sacrificing Children to Keep Agribusiness Happy
1:22 PM
Amnesty International: China Must Guarantee Chen Guangcheng’s Safety
11:52 AM
Worldwatch Institute: Economic Recovery Brings Return to Growth of CO2 Emissions
10:05 AM
Public Citizen: State Visit Kabuki: What Happened to Japanese Prime Minister’s Big Washington Announcement on Joining Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Talks?
9:55 AM
Human Rights Watch: Saudi Arabia: Abolish Terrorism Court

Thursday April 26, 2012

4:34 PM
National Parks Conservation Association: New Report Confirms Aggressive Oil Shale, Tar Sands Development in West Poses Significant Threat to National Parks, Water Supplies, Local Economy
4:31 PM
Human Rights Watch: Sierra Leone: Landmark Conviction of Liberian Ex-President
4:30 PM
Union of Concerned Scientists: No Need to Build Proposed Nuclear Weapons Facility Now, Report Finds
4:26 PM
Rainforest Action Network: EPA Underestimates Emissions from Palm Oil Biofuels, Public Comment Deadline Tomorrow
4:25 PM
Public Citizen: Miami Mayor: Don’t Allow LED Billboards on Public Buildings
4:11 PM
Human Rights First: Interrogators: Torture Undermines U.S. Intelligence
4:04 PM
Food Safety Groups: USDA Receives Over 365,000 Public Comments Opposing Approval of 2,4-D-Resistant, GE Corn
3:59 PM
Dēmos: Organizations Begin Litigation to Enforce NVRA in PA
3:53 PM
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington: CREW Renews Call for IRS, FEC to Investigate the Commission on Hope, Growth, Opportunity
3:51 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Lawsuit Launched to Protect 35 Springsnail Species Threatened by Las Vegas Water Grab
3:49 PM
Campaign for America's Future: Geithner Remark Calls Into Question Administration's Commitment to Mortgage Fraud Investigations and Prosecutions
2:38 PM
Amnesty International Demands Investigation Into Killing of Environment Activist in Cambodia
1:20 PM
Amnesty International Condemns Mass Forced Evictions in Belgrade, Leaving Hundreds of Families in Peril
1:17 PM
Food and Water Watch Public Research, Private Gain: Corporate Influence Over University Agricultural Research

Wednesday April 25, 2012

5:00 PM
Service Employees International Union: Eliseo Medina: "States Do Not Have the Right to Legalize Hate" As U.S. Supreme Court Weighs Arizona Law, Voters Will Have the Final Word
4:40 PM
Center for Constitutional Rights: Rights Groups Issue Statement in Support of Students’ Right to Speak on Palestinian Human Rights
2:59 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Lawsuit Launched to Protect Rare, Mink-like Carnivore in California and Oregon
1:57 PM
Public Citizen: Report: In Wake of Supreme Court’s AT&T v. Concepcion Decision, Consumers Are Worse Off
1:52 PM
NRDC: Ambitious Solar Program in India Driving Prices to Impressive Lows
1:46 PM
Human Rights First: Retired Military Leaders: Torture is Counterproductive, Unreliable, Immoral and Illegal
1:40 PM
Government Accountability Project: NSA Domestic Spying Continues Under Obama
1:33 PM
Corporate Accountability International: Coke's Priority is Marketing Dasani, No Matter the Costs to Our Environment
1:18 PM
ACLU Attorneys React to Argument at Supreme Court on Arizona’s Anti-Immigrant Law
9:54 AM
Amnesty International Urges Indonesia to End Impunity for Police Violence
8:03 AM
Service Employees International Union: As U.S. Supreme Court Weighs Arizona Law, Voters Will Have the Final Word

Tuesday April 24, 2012

4:23 PM
Public Citizen: Got a Credit Card or Bank Account? Scrutiny of Forced Arbitration Is Good News
4:12 PM
Earthjustice: Clean Air Advocates Urge EPA to Protect Minnesota’s Public Health, Economy and Natural Resources
4:08 PM
Bread for the World Disappointed by Proposed Senate Cuts to Anti-Hunger Program
2:02 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): Principals Against State of Testing
1:59 PM
Doctors Without Borders: Burkina Faso: Insufficient and Inadequate Support for 46,000 Malian Refugees
1:54 PM
Campaign for America's Future: Progressives Say Trustees’ Report Shows More Health Reform Needed to Solve Rising Medicare Costs, Not Cuts to Benefits
1:33 PM
US PIRG: Lobby Effort Disbanded to Create Tax Holiday for Users of Offshore Tax Shelters
12:38 PM
Center for Constitutional Rights: U.S. Relents and Grants Pakistani Lawyer a Visa in Time for International Drone Summit
12:33 PM
Brennan Center for Justice Poll: Super PACs Leave Americans Less Likely to Vote
12:30 PM
Amnesty International: European Muslims Discriminated Against for Demonstrating Faith

Monday April 23, 2012

5:37 PM
Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR): Is 'America Revealed'--or PBS?
4:56 PM
Food and Water Watch: Nestlé’s Purchase of Pfizer’s Infant Formula Unit Reinforces Its Emerging Markets Strategy to the Detriment of Public Health
4:46 PM
Center for Constitutional Rights: Human Rights Groups say Canada Violated Convention Against Torture Obligations
4:39 PM
Senator Bernie Sanders: Social Security Is Strong
4:37 PM
Common Cause Files IRS Whistleblower Complaint Against ALEC
4:28 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Pesticide Lobby Attacks Laws Protecting U.S. Waters From Dangerous Pesticides
12:26 PM
Friends of The Earth: New Report Uncovers Land Grab In Uganda
12:25 PM
Public Citizen: Dozens of Organizations and Investor Groups Call Upon Congress to Approve the DISCLOSE Act
12:22 PM
Oxfam International: Millions of People Across the Sahel Will Be Left Hungry in the Coming Months unless funding shortage is addressed
11:19 AM
Amnesty International: Shell’s Wildly Inaccurate Reporting of Niger Delta Oil Spill Exposed
11:11 AM
People For the American Way: PFAW Report: The Anti-Gay Lobby’s Pro-Bullying Agenda
10:33 AM
ACLU: Mother of Jose Padilla Appeals Torture Lawsuit to U.S. Supreme Court

Friday April 20, 2012

5:19 PM
Environmental Working Group (EWG): 2012 Senate Farm Bill Does More Harm Than Good
4:36 PM
Greenpeace: The 5 important Lessons Not Learnt from Deepwater Horizon
3:44 PM
Kucinich: Symptoms of a War that Must End
3:38 PM
Center for Biological Diversity Statement on Forest Service Withdrawal of Off-road Vehicle Decision in Oregon
3:36 PM
Public Citizen: The Unlearned Lessons of the BP Disaster
3:30 PM
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence Speaker Boehner Makes Time For Gun Industry, But Not For Victims of Gun Violence
2:06 PM
ACLU: North Carolina Judge Finds Racial Discrimination in Death Penalty, Commutes Death Sentence to Life Without Parole
1:50 PM
Move to Amend: Vermont Becomes First State to Call for Amendment that Would Remove Corporations From Constitution
1:05 PM
Amnesty International: Wu Ying Case Shows Death Sentences For Non-Violent Crimes Must End, says Amnesty International
11:46 AM
Oxfam: Military Action Against LRA Rebels Risks New Wave of Retaliations, Charities Warn
11:34 AM
Center for Constitutional Rights: Human Rights Group Applauds First Guantanamo Resettlement in More Than A Year

Thursday April 19, 2012

6:43 PM
Public Citizen: Vermont Legislature Calls for a Constitutional Amendment to Overturn Citizens United
5:16 PM
Environmental Working Group: Domestic Fuels Protection Act Will Shift Cost to Consumers, Taxpayers
5:10 PM
Earthjustice: Regulators Say No to More Fossil Fuel Power Generation in California
5:04 PM
ACLU: Georgia Agrees to Comply with “Motor Voter Act,” in Settlement of ACLU Suit
4:52 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: 100,000 Endangered Species Condoms to Be Given Away for Earth Day
1:39 PM
Move to Amend: Salt Lake Move to Amend Organizers Project Victory in Corporate Power Ballot Initiative
1:30 PM
The Yes Men: On-the-Brink Bank Still Not Yours (Yet)
1:16 PM
AFL-CIO: CEOs Collect Raises, Hoard Record Cash Reserves
1:12 PM
Public Citizen: Key Senate HELP Committee Hearing Highlights Problem of Delayed OSHA Rules and the Impacts on American Workers’ Health and Safety
1:05 PM
People For the American Way: Romney and Bork, a Dangerous Team: People For the American Way Campaign Exposes Romney’s Embrace of Judicial Extremism
12:59 PM
National Organization for Women: Launches "Enough Rush" Campaign Directed at Local Advertisers, Radio Stations
12:52 PM
Dēmos: Georgia Agrees to Provide Voter Registration Services
12:42 PM
Center for Constitutional Rights: Groups Demand Information on NYPD Crowd Control Policies and Surveillance of Occupy Wall Street Protests
10:10 AM
Human Rights Watch: Azerbaijan: Journalist Viciously Attacked by Police
10:05 AM
Amnesty International: NTC must investigate death of another Tawargha man under torture

Wednesday April 18, 2012

5:34 PM
Project On Government Oversight: Leaked Defense Memo Criticizes the Department of Energy’s Push to Expand Nuclear Weapons Laboratories
5:22 PM
NRDC: EPA Puts First Limits on Dangerous Air Pollution from Natural Gas Fracking
5:20 PM
MADRE: A Women's Human Rights Agenda for the G8
5:15 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: BP Disaster Two Years Later
5:06 PM
Earthjustice: Environmental Groups Praise EPA’s First-Ever Clean Air Protections for Fracking
4:59 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Lawsuit Seeks Protections for Sea Turtles, Polar Bears, Other Rare Wildlife From Oil-spill Dispersants
4:49 PM
Marijuana Policy Project: Obama Administration Increases Drug War Spending
12:39 PM
Electronic Frontier Foundation: Time for Technology Companies to Stand Up for Human Rights
12:36 PM
Public Citizen: Congressional Summit: Lawmakers and Activist Organizations Demand End to Corporate Dominance of Political Campaigns
12:26 PM
Oxfam: Oxfam Calls for Greater Scrutiny of Hedge Funds and Banks Used to Finance Development
12:13 PM
People For the American Way: Mitt Romney Won’t Disavow Supporter Ted Nugent’s Violent Rhetoric
12:00 PM
Senator Bernie Sanders: Congressional Summit Held on Citizens United
11:28 AM
Dēmos: New Guide Released to to Help Voters Obtain IDs
11:24 AM
Center for Economic and Policy Research: First-time Homebuyer Tax Credit was Temporary Fix At Best
11:20 AM
Amnesty International: Libyan Rendition Case Shows It’s Time for UK to Come Clean
11:04 AM
ACLU Tells Federal Appeals Court to Reinstate Lawsuit Against Wal-Mart for Wrongfully Firing Medical Marijuana Patient

Tuesday April 17, 2012

5:42 PM
Common Cause ALEC Caves to Public Pressure
5:17 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Obama Administration Again Proposes Polar Bear Extinction Plan
4:02 PM
US PIRG: BP Settlement With Government May Follow Pattern of Allowing Companies to Write Off Costs of Wrongdoing
3:58 PM
Center for Media and Democracy: Grassroots Campaign Makes ALEC Try to Stanch Bleeding of Corporate Donors but ALEC Companies and Politicians Must Be Held Accountable
3:53 PM
Service Employees International Union: Tax Day 2012: Workers Rally to Call on Rich, Corporations to Pay Their Fair Share
3:50 PM
Public Citizen: House Oversight Committee Masks Deregulation Agenda Behind Cost-Benefit Shield
3:45 PM
NRDC: House Panel Passes Misleading “Gasoline Regulations” Bill
3:38 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): Tax Day: “Buffett Rule” and Military Spending
3:29 PM
Food and Water Watch: Walmart Unaccountable to Consumers’ Demands
3:21 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Agency Launches Recovery Plans for Endangered Whales Along West Coast, Alaska
2:15 PM
Center for American Progress: Release: Women Are Still Earning Less than Men Across the Board
2:00 PM
National Whistleblowers Center: FBI Whistleblower First Exposed Forensic Flaws
11:58 AM
Human Rights Watch: Council of Europe: Shelve Risky Court Reforms
10:24 AM
People For the American Way: Romney Should Rebuke NRA Board Member Ted Nugent for Extreme and Violent Rhetoric
10:09 AM
Amnesty International: Bahrain: Reforms Risk Appearing Hollow as Violations Continue
10:05 AM
Freedom to Marry: House Leaders Join Call for Freedom to Marry Plank in 2012 National Democratic Platform

Monday April 16, 2012

3:24 PM
Institute for Policy Studies: As Buffett Rule Comes Before Congress This Tax Day, One Percenters Will Ask Congress to Redistribute The “Pie”
2:44 PM
People for the American Way: Report: How the War on Women Became Mainstream: Turning Back the Clock in Tea Party America
2:06 PM
Turtle Island Restoration Network/Center for Biological Diversity: Lawsuit Launched to Protect Habitat for Florida’s Loggerhead Sea Turtles
1:16 PM
CEPR: Kim's Selection as World Bank President is a "Rare Historic Event" CEPR Co-Director Says
8:08 AM
National Priorities Project Breaks Down Federal Income Tax Dollars to the Penny

Friday April 13, 2012

4:25 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): Iran Talks, Bahrain Repression, Summit of Americas
4:16 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: 50-plus Corals in U.S. Waters Face Extinction by Century's End
4:14 PM
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence Brady Campaign Statement on Romney's Appearance at NRA Convention
4:09 PM
Common Cause: Mars Inc. Quits ALEC Orbit
3:31 PM
Citizens Trade Campaign: Minnesota Fair Trade Urges President Obama not to Green Light Columbia Free Trade Agreement
1:22 PM
Move to Amend: Vermont Poised to Become First State in the Union to Call for Amendment to End Corporate Personhood
12:57 PM
Amnesty International: Human Rights Briefing on Bahrain
10:41 AM
ACLU Asks Montana Supreme Court to Recognize Relationships of Same-Sex Couples
9:43 AM
Amnesty International: Nigeria: End Police Intimidation of National Human Rights Commission

Thursday April 12, 2012

5:59 PM
Public Citizen Hails Vermont Senate Passage of Resolution to Overturn Citizens United Decision
5:53 PM
Freedom to Marry, GLAAD, MAP release new resource for marriage allies
5:47 PM
Earthjustice: Groups Appeal Arctic Oil Drilling Decision in Chukchi Sea
5:21 PM
Doctors Without Borders: Bahrain: Despite Reforms, Patients Still Fear Health System
5:14 PM
Center for Constitutional Rights: Judge Orders Plaintiffs Removed from Sex Offender Registry
5:09 PM
Center for American Progress: Release: Promoting Gender Equity and Increasing Employment Through Paid Family Leave
4:59 PM
People For the American Way: ALEC Holds Tight Grip on Arizona Legislature
12:01 PM
OWS Environmental Solidarity: OWS Environmental Working Group Condemns “Clean Coal” Advertisement, Challenges ACCCE to Debate
11:23 AM
Americans United for Separation of Church and State: Catholic Hierarchy's 'Fortnight for Freedom' Campaign is Thoroughly Misguided
11:20 AM
US PIRG: Toxins in Nail Polish a Potential Danger to Women and Children
11:18 AM
ACLU: Civil And Human Rights Groups Urge Michigan Women’s Prison To End Degrading Body Cavity Searches
11:08 AM
Environmental Working Group (EWG): Poor Farming Practices Foul Drinking Water at the Source
10:15 AM
ACLU Says Vote in Connecticut to Repeal Death Penalty Sign of Growing Momentum Against Capital Punishment
9:58 AM
Human Rights Watch: Indonesia: Parliament Approves Migrant Workers Convention
9:56 AM
Amnesty International: Tunisia’s Constitution Must Stand Test of Time

Wednesday April 11, 2012

6:35 PM
NAACP: Statement on the Charges Filed Against George Zimmerman
6:27 PM
ACLU of Florida Statement on Arrest of George Zimmerman
5:49 PM
Electronic Frontier Foundation: Radical Library/Publisher and Prison Support Group Settle Lawsuit with FBI and UC-Berkeley Police over Improper Raid
4:37 PM
Center for Science in the Public Interest: FDA Voluntary Guidance on Antibiotics Tragically Flawed
4:20 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Study Links Massive Oyster Die-offs in Northwest to Ocean Acidification
2:16 PM
People For the American Way: ALEC’s Response to Corporate Exodus Hides Their Real Agenda
1:58 PM
Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy Study Links Autism with Industrial Food, Environment
1:44 PM
Food and Water Watch Announces New Program Scrutinizing Market-Based Schemes Affecting Common Resources
1:40 PM
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington: Why Hasn't White House Responded to CREW Petition Requesting New Appointments to FEC
1:37 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: White House Petitioned to Take National Action on Fast-moving Disease Killing Millions of Bats
10:53 AM
Violence Policy Center: NRA Annual Meeting This Weekend in St. Louis, MO--State Ranked #1 for Black Homicide Victimization
10:20 AM
Center for Economic and Policy Research: Proposals Raising the Normal Retirement Age for Social Security Would Lead to Increase in Inequality
9:37 AM
Human Rights Watch: Hungary: Revoke Denial of Pride March Route

Tuesday April 10, 2012

4:59 PM
World Wildlife Fund: World’s Rarest Wild Cat Thrown a Lifeline with Establishment of New National Park
4:54 PM
Sierra Club: Proposed Ben Hill Coal Plant Cancelled
4:46 PM
Public Citizen: Lawmakers, Groups and Activists Launch Campaign to Pass Local Resolutions Ridding Elections of Corporate Cash
4:36 PM
Earthjustice: Groups Join Legal Battle to Protect Rare Seabird from Timber Industry Attack
4:31 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Wild Turtles Move Closer to International Trade Protection
4:26 PM
Amnesty International: US Authorities Urged to End Two Men’s 40 Year-Long Solitary Imprisonment
4:12 PM
School of The Americas Watch: Human Rights Activists to Congress: Stop the Pentagon from Training Terrorists
3:29 PM
ACLU: Expert Report Provides Clear Road Map For Closure of Los Angeles’ Violence-Ridden Men’s Central Jail
3:25 PM
Advocacy Groups Launch Petition Drive Urging Companies to Quit ALEC
2:20 PM
Freedom to Marry: Human Rights Campaign and Freedom to Marry Ask Catholic Bishops to End Support of Anti-Gay National Organization for Marriage
12:39 PM
United for a Fair Economy: League of Millionaires Join Populist Call for Higher Taxes on Richest U.S. Households
9:46 AM
Human Rights Watch: Thailand: Two Years On, No Justice for Political Violence
9:45 AM
National Whistleblowers Center: FBI Attempts to Hold Sibel Edmonds’ Book Hostage
9:39 AM
Amnesty International: China: Jail Sentence for Disabled Housing Activist 'Unacceptable'
8:57 AM
Public Citizen: U.S. Abandons Final Pretense of Transparency or Inclusion of Consumer, Health, Environmental, Labor Perspective in Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Talks

Monday April 9, 2012

5:07 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: EPA Allows Widespread Lead Poisoning of Wildlife to Continue
4:40 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): Egypt’s “Torturer-in-Chief” Running for President
4:29 PM
Americans for Safe Access: Local, State Officials Decry Federal Attacks on Medical Marijuana Program
2:16 PM
Free Press: FCC Plans to Put Public and Political Files Online -- in Some Markets
2:03 PM
Dēmos: Decades of State Cuts to Higher Ed Threaten Millenials
1:55 PM
Center for Constitutional Rights: Pakistani Lawyer Representing Victims of Drone Strikes Prevented From Speaking in U.S.
1:49 PM
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence Gun Violence Victims Challenge Congress to Keep Guns from Dangerous People, on April 16, 5th Anniversary of VA Tech Shooting
1:36 PM
Public Citizen to Hospitals: Stop Handing Out Industry-Provided Samples of Infant Formula
12:33 PM
Survival International: Indian Tribe Stands Firm as Vedanta Mine Appeal Adjourned
10:11 AM
Codepink Pakistani Lawyer Representing Victims of Drone Strikes Prevented From Speaking in U.S.

Friday April 6, 2012

4:19 PM
Environmental Working Group (EWG) Common Pesticides Associated With Lower Birth Weight, Shortened Pregnancy
3:31 PM
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Statement: Chad Stone, Chief Economist, on the March Employment Report
3:26 PM
Center for Constitutional Rights: DHS Inspector General Report Provides Further Proof ICE Cannot Reform Itself
3:21 PM
Campaign for America's Future Jobs Numbers Show More Needs to be Done to Get Americans Back to Work
3:12 PM
ACLU Reacts to Office of Inspector General’s Reports on Secure Communities Program
2:00 PM
Common Cause Calls on Companies to Quit ALEC
9:52 AM
Human Rights Watch: Yemen: Transition Needs Accountability, Security Reform

Thursday April 5, 2012

6:04 PM
Food & Water Watch Urges Maryland General Assembly to Send Arsenic Ban to Governor O’Malley
5:59 PM
Green America, Global Exchange and International Labor Rights Forum: Raise the Bar Coalition to Hershey and Cadbury: Get Child SLAVE Labor Out Of Our Easter Baskets
3:55 PM
Public Citizen: Corporate Money or American Democracy: Vermont Senate to Decide
3:52 PM
NRDC Report Reveals 29 States Unprepared for Growing Water Threats to Economy, Health
3:49 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): “JOBS Act” a “Recipe for Fraud” Creating a “Race to the Bottom”
1:18 PM
Oxfam Warns Sanctions Could Be a Tipping Point as Malians Face a Triple Food, Security and Political Crisis
1:16 PM
Earthjustice: Community Groups File Lawsuit for Federal Coal Ash Protections
1:13 PM
IATP: U.S. Exports Obesity Epidemic to Mexico, Says New Study
12:21 PM
Center for Economic and Policy Research: New Calculator Shows Long-Run Deficit is Entirely Due to Health Care Costs
12:19 PM
Human Rights Watch: Cameroon: LGBT Rights Workshop Shut Down
11:36 AM
National Lawyers Guild Warns Tampa Over Rash RNC Protest Ordinance
11:32 AM
US PIRG: New Report: Long-Term Drop in How Much People Drive, Youth Desire More Transportation Options
10:34 AM
Amnesty International Welcomes Vote to Remove Death Penalty in Connecticut
7:47 AM
Center for Biological Diversity: Court Sends Richardson Grove Highway Expansion Back to Drawing Board
6:45 AM
National Priorities Project Breaks Down Federal Income Tax Dollars to the Penny

Wednesday April 4, 2012

5:34 PM
Service Employees International Union: Romney Pitches His Tent with Walker, Affirms His Support for the 1%
5:24 PM
Drug Policy Alliance: Six National Drug Policy Organizations Call on President Obama to End Unnecessary Assault on Medical Marijuana Providers
5:19 PM
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington: Luke Warm On STOCK Act
5:04 PM
Center for American Progress: Release: New CAP Report Shows Latest Voter Suppression Efforts will Disenfranchise Millions
4:50 PM
Freedom to Marry: Former DNC Chairs Dean, Fowler, Grossman and Wilhelm Call for Freedom to Marry Plank in 2012 Democratic Platform
4:44 PM
Move to Amend Republican Voters in West Allis, Wisconsin Move to Amend
1:57 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: White House, EPA Need National Plan to Save Sea Life, Curb Ocean Acidification
1:39 PM
ACLU Comment on Charges Against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and Other 9/11 Suspects
12:14 PM
Friends of The Earth: Opposition to Biotech Giant Monsanto Growing Worldwide, New Report Shows
11:48 AM
Public Citizen Condemns WTO Attack on U.S. Efforts to Reduce Teen Smoking
9:48 AM
Human Rights Watch: Bosnia and Herzegovina: Roma, Jews Face Political Discrimination
9:38 AM
Center for Biological Diversity: Trapped Idaho Wolf Tortured Before Killing
9:36 AM
Handicap International: Celebrities, Global Leaders, Landmine Victims and Thousands Worldwide Call on U.S. and Other Outliers to Join Mine Ban Treaty

Tuesday April 3, 2012

2:10 PM
Earthjustice: U.S. District Court Finalizes Deadlines for Air Pollution Cleanup Plans
2:00 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Conservationists' Appeal Halts Coal Mine Expansion
1:45 PM
US PIRG: New Report Series, “American Lives at Risk” Highlights the Painful Impact of Federal “Regulatory Reform” Proposals
1:25 PM
Center for Economic and Policy Research: Cholera Infections Rising Again in Haiti as Rainy Season Begins, Highlighting Urgency for NGO's, Agencies to Redouble Their Efforts
10:39 AM
Worldwatch Institute: Time Running Out to Ensure Sustainable Prosperity for All
9:41 AM
Amnesty International: USA: Arizona Urged to Curb Inhumane Use of Prison Isolation Units
8:30 AM
Human Rights Watch: Senegal: Human Rights Priorities

Monday April 2, 2012

5:37 PM
Violence Policy Center: New VPC Study Details How Lax Concealed Carry Laws Are Designed to Boost Gun Sales
5:35 PM
Sierra Club: Students Call for Universities to Divest from Coal
5:24 PM
ACLU Says Supreme Court Decision Upholding Strip Searches for Any Offense Puts Privacy Rights of Millions of Americans at Risk
4:24 PM
ACLU: Court Declares Government Response to Request for Military Sexual Trauma Records Insufficient
4:21 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Disease That Has Killed 7 Million Bats Strikes Missouri
2:03 PM
Human Rights Watch: Angola: Violent Crackdown on Critics
1:58 PM
Friends of The Earth: TV Ad Calls on Edison to Keep San Onofre Nuclear Reactors Shut Down
1:32 PM
Amnesty International: Mali: Urgent Action Needed to Protect Civilians
1:26 PM
SEIU: Daimler and Its Shareholders Urged to Seek Repeal of Alabama's Racial Profiling Law
10:33 AM
Public Citizen: As Secretive Trade Negotiations Resume in LA, Public Interest Groups Demand Transparency
10:14 AM
Worldwatch Institute: Losses from Natural Disasters Reach New Peak in 2011
9:33 AM
ACLU Releases Cell Phone Tracking Documents From Some 200 Police Departments Nationwide
9:10 AM
Oakland Institute: A New Report Exposes French Tycoon's Land Grab in Sierra Leone
9:07 AM
Food and Water Watch: Consumers Deserve Better Than Dirty Chicken

Friday March 30, 2012

4:51 PM
Environmental Working Group: FDA Keeps Toxic Plastic Chemical in Food, Infant Formula
4:01 PM
NAACP to Host March & Rally for Trayvon Martin Mar. 31
3:39 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: National Geographic's New TV Show 'Wicked Tuna' Trivializes Plight of Disappearing Bluefin Tuna
2:19 PM
Sierra Club: Mississippi Public Service Commission Violates Law to Favor Mississippi Power, Disregard Public
1:37 PM
Friends of The Earth: New Bill on E15 Gives Big Oil Companies 'Get Out of Jail Free' Card
1:34 PM
Doctors Without Borders: Somalia: MSF Hospital Caught in Center of Fighting in Mogadishu
10:16 AM
Oxfam: Conflict in Mali Disrupts Fragile Food Markets and Threatens to Escalate Food Crisis in West Africa
10:04 AM
Amnesty International: Bahrain: Release Leading Rights Activist at Risk of Death from Hunger Strike
9:00 AM
Human Rights Watch: Philippines: Keep Promise to Disband Paramilitaries

Thursday March 29, 2012

5:25 PM
Freedom to Marry: Mayors for the Freedom to Marry Leaders Outraged by National Organization for Marriage’s Divide and Conquer Campaign
4:40 PM
Union of Concerned Scientists: Drug and Health Product Industry Spent $700 Million on Lobbying
4:34 PM
Bradley Manning Support Network Judge Allows Bradley Manning Supporter Lawsuit to Proceed
4:27 PM
NRDC: Continued Support of Oil Industry Tax Breaks is “Mindboggling”
4:01 PM
Dēmos: The Congressional Progressive Caucus' Budget For All: Quotes Of Support
3:54 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Thousands Ask Coconino Sheriff to Enforce Laws Protecting Wildlife, Wild Places
3:47 PM
Common Cause Corporate Power Has Pushed "Stand Your Ground" Laws Nationwide
12:43 PM
ACLU and Women’s Health Groups File Lawsuit to Protect Vital Health Services in Oklahoma
11:45 AM
Mountain Justice Fracking Company Refuses to Speak with Impacted Landowners; Protest Ensues
11:43 AM
Environmental Working Group: Autism Rate Surges Among US Children
11:17 AM
ACLU: Judge Rules in Favor of Bradley Manning Supporter, Allows Lawsuit Challenging Laptop Search
10:19 AM
Human Rights Watch: US Supreme Court: Take Into Account Prison Hardships for Youth
10:12 AM
Amnesty International: Hangings in Japan Significant Step Backwards
9:38 AM
Worldwatch Institute: Sustainable Energy Roadmaps Chart Course to Healthier Economies and Societies
9:17 AM
Freedom to Marry Calls on GOP Candidates to Renounce NOM Pledge

Wednesday March 28, 2012

6:11 PM
AFL-CIO: National Immigration Law Center and AFL-CIO Seek To Restore Rights for Wrongly Fired Immigrant Workers
6:07 PM
NRDC: Offshore Exploration Proposal Good for Oil Companies; Horrible for Oceans and Coasts
5:58 PM
Human Rights First: Detention Hearing Should Focus on Issues, Not Politics
5:33 PM
Common Cause: Rally Against ALEC "Stand Your Ground" Laws That Are Protecting Trayvon's Shooter
3:13 PM
Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association: Farmers Determined to Defend Right to Grow Food File Appeal in OSGATA vs. Monsanto
2:46 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Feds Approve Weak Oil-spill Response Plan in Arctic; Move Toward Offshore Drilling Off Virginia
1:48 PM
Amnesty International: Immigration Enforcement Results in Widespread and Systemic Human Rights Abuses
12:35 PM
Doctors Without Borders: Chad Facing Malnutrition and Meningitis Emergencies
12:18 PM
Peaceful Uprising: Breaking: Tim DeChristopher Placed in Isolated Confinement
12:13 PM
Environmental Defense Fund: U.S. Airlines Give Up Legal Fight Against EU Anti-Pollution Law
11:05 AM
Bread for the World Applauds New Food Aid Bill
9:26 AM
Human Rights Watch: Afghanistan: Hundreds of Women, Girls Jailed for ‘Moral Crimes’
9:22 AM
Amnesty International: Maldives Must Investigate Sexual Harassment of Detained Women Protesters

Tuesday March 27, 2012

4:59 PM
Rainforest Action Network Over 1000 to Protest Bank of America at Shareholder Meeting
4:50 PM
Public Citizen: New York Assembly Committee Approves Resolution Calling for a Constitutional Amendment to Overturn Citizens United
4:39 PM
Human Rights Watch: US: Implement Farm Safety Rules for Children
4:37 PM
Greenpeace: New Greenhouse Gas Rules Riddled with Loopholes
4:28 PM
Friends of The Earth: Nuclear Engineer Warns Unresolved Safety Issues Threaten San Onofre Reactors
4:03 PM
ACLU To Testify at Congressional Forum on Trayvon Martin Case
3:48 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: EPA Proposes Cuts to Industrial Carbon Pollution
2:23 PM
Freedom to Marry: Maine Launches "Mainers United for Marriage"
2:08 PM
Demand Progress: Hearing/Press Conf on Federal Lawsuit Seeking Injunction Against the Implementation of National Defense Authorization Act
1:38 PM
Worldwatch Institute: Planet's Tug-of-War Between Carrying Capacity and Rising Demand: Can We Keep This Up?
12:15 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: 100,000 Endangered Species Condoms to Be Given Away for Earth Day
12:05 PM
World Wildlife Fund: European, Japanese Taxpayers Unwittingly Underwrite Continued Forest and Tiger Habitat Destruction
11:22 AM
ACLU: FOIA Documents Show FBI Using “Mosque Outreach” for Intelligence Gathering
10:12 AM
Human Rights Watch: Egypt: Children on Trial
9:42 AM
Freedom to Marry: Divisive National Organization for Marriage Strategy Exposed in Secret Memos Using Race As Wedge
7:40 AM
Amnesty International: Death Penalty 2011: Alarming Levels of Executions in the Few Countries that Kill

Monday March 26, 2012

5:39 PM
Center for American Progress: Ryan Budget Cuts to Nutrition Assistance Would Eliminate 184,000 Jobs
4:27 PM
Amnesty International: Execution of Balwant Singh would be a step back for India
4:17 PM
People For the American Way Joins Call Urging SEC to Require Disclosure of Corporate Political Spending
4:14 PM
NRDC: Legislation Ending Oil Industry Tax Breaks Will Foster Better Energy Choices
4:09 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Beyond “Both Sides” — Doctors Against Mandate and for Universal Coverage
4:03 PM
Free Press: Free Press Action Fund Slams So-Called FCC Reform Bill
4:00 PM
Food and Water Watch: Goodlatte-Holden Chesapeake Bay Bill Trades Away Bay Protections
3:57 PM
Congressional Progressive Caucus Releases Complete Budget for All
3:55 PM
Earthjustice: In Effort to Protect Public Health, Groups Seek Fracking Chemical Information
2:09 PM
Common Cause: Powerful Corporate Interests Used the American Legislative Exchange Council to Undermine the Affordable Care Act
12:00 PM
ACLU: Supreme Court Remands ACLU Gene Patenting Case to Appeals Court
11:58 AM
Physicians for a National Health Program Health Law, Constitutional or No, Fails to Remedy Ailment: Doctors Group
11:07 AM
Public Citizen: Groups Urge Securities and Exchange Commission to Require Disclosure of Political Spending
8:37 AM
Human Rights Watch: NATO: Clarify Response to Deaths at Sea

Friday March 23, 2012

5:23 PM
Center for Media and Democracy: CMD/PRWatch Asks Ethics Board to Examine Corporate-Funded Gifts to ALEC Legislators
3:13 PM
ACLU: Statement on Extension of Time U.S. Can Retain Info on Innocent Americans in Counterterror Databases
2:05 PM
Service Employees International Union: The Affordable Care Act: An Appeal to the Repealers
1:52 PM
NRDC: Court Orders FDA to Address Antibiotic Overuse in Livestock and Protect Effectiveness of Medicine for Humans
1:43 PM
Human Rights Watch: Malawi: Arrests Signal Deteriorating Rights Environment
1:34 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Lawsuit Launched to Protect Imperiled Crayfish in Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia
1:26 PM
Audubon Society: Federal Guidelines a Step Forward for Bird-Friendly Wind Development
1:20 PM
Amnesty International: Palestinian Hunger-Striker ‘At Risk of Death’ Highlights Injustice of Administrative Detention
11:42 AM
Beyond Nuclear: Activists Arrested on March 22 Will Protest Again at Entergy GQ on Saturday
10:51 AM
Amnesty International: Suriname Amnesty Law Threatens President's Trial for Human Rights Violations
10:04 AM
Worldwatch Institute: Rising Number of Farm Animals Poses Environmental and Public Health Risks

Thursday March 22, 2012

5:40 PM
Public Citizen: President Obama Sacrifices Gas Policy for Gas Politics on Keystone XL Pipeline
5:32 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Coordinated Protests Against “Outlaw” Fukushima-Style Nuclear Plant Operator, Arrests Expected in Three States
5:30 PM
Electronic Frontier Foundation SEC Overreaches with Investigation Into Speakers' Identities
5:08 PM
Corporate Accountability International Group, Members of Congress, and Leading Mayors Mark World Water Day With Events Nationwide Demanding Washington Act
4:40 PM
CREW: Report Revealing Representatives Abuse Position to Benefit Family Members
4:31 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Protection Sought Once Again for Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy Owl and Its Sonoran Desert Home
4:24 PM
Audobon: Audubon President says Keystone Decision Wrong for the Environment
4:20 PM
Amnesty International: Mali: Coup Heralds Period of Uncertainty on Human Rights
3:40 PM
Center for Constitutional Rights: CCR Calls on Manning Court-Martial Judge to Uphold Right to Open Trial
2:04 PM
Violence Policy Center: Unarmed Teen Trayvon Martin One of More Than 400 Victims of “Concealed Carry Killers” since May 2007
1:28 PM
Amnesty International: Human Rights Council Vote on Sri Lanka a Step in the Right Direction
12:54 PM
Beyond Nuclear: Eight Anti-Nuclear Activists Arrested at Entergy Corporate HQ in New Orleans: Group demands: 'No Nuke Business as Usual for March 22nd'
12:38 PM
Friends of The Earth: President Obama Abdicates Responsibility to Lead with 'All of the Above' Energy Strategy
11:58 AM
350.org: Bill McKibben on Pres. Obama's Keystone XL Speech in Cushing, OK
11:54 AM
Global Justice Ecology Project: Instability in Genetically Engineered Tree Company Indicated with ArborGen Shake Up
10:49 AM
MADRE: LGBT Rights Upheld in Historic Inter-American Court Ruling
9:48 AM
Global Justice Ecology Project: Native Americans Protest Keystone XL From A Cage
8:08 AM
Amnesty International: Cuban Government Increasingly Harassing Journalists, Activists

Wednesday March 21, 2012

6:00 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: EPA Refuses to Take Action Against Acid Rain, Acid Deposition
5:54 PM
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: Statement of Robert Greenstein, President, on Chairman Ryan's Budget Plan
5:52 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Expedition Conducts First-ever Extensive Search for South Florida Rainbow Snake
1:27 PM
Progressive Caucus Announces the Budget for All
12:57 PM
Environmental Working Group: Cancer-Causing Pesticide Pulled from U.S. Agriculture
11:46 AM
Public Citizen: Sen. Whitehouse Reintroduces DISCLOSE Act to Shine Light on Secretive Campaign Slush Funds
11:25 AM
Common Cause Files IRS Complaint Against Liberty Central
11:17 AM
US PIRG: Thirty Companies Contribute $41 Million to 524 Members of Congress, Receive $10.6 Billion in Tax Rebates
9:42 AM
Oxfam: Niger Communities Say They Will Run Out of Food Before Next Harvest, Joint Study Shows
8:09 AM
The Greenlining Institute: New Report Warns of “Internet Apartheid” Without Net Neutrality

Tuesday March 20, 2012

4:53 PM
Sierra Club: Groups Sue Two More Mining Companies for Endangering WV Streams
4:51 PM
SEIU: House GOP Budget: By the 1%, For the 1%
4:48 PM
Public Citizen: Kudos to California for Moving Ahead a Resolution Calling for Constitutional Amendment to Overturn Citizens United
4:40 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Ryan Budget: Increases Pentagon, “Out of Touch”
4:38 PM
Human Rights Watch: US: Investigate New York Police Surveillance of Muslims
4:34 PM
Free Press Applauds FCC for Opening Up Airwaves for Low Power Radio
4:25 PM
Bread for the World: House Budget Proposal Threatens Programs for Hungry and Poor People
4:21 PM
Center for American Progress: House Republican Budget Offers Pain for Everyone but the Rich
3:42 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Two of Nation's Most Treasured National Parks — Acadia and Great Smoky Mountains — Stricken by Bat-killing Epidemic
3:15 PM
Congressional Progressive Caucus: Congressional Progressive Caucus Holds Emergency Meeting in Response to the Republican Budget for the 1%
10:32 AM
Freedom to Marry: Former President Jimmy Carter Supports the Freedom to Marry
10:16 AM
Human Rights Watch: Afghanistan: End Invasive Searches of Women Visiting Prison

Monday March 19, 2012

5:39 PM
ACLU: Afghans & Iraqis Tortured by U.S. Military Bring Case Before International Human Rights Tribunal
4:40 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: 10,000 Acres of Critical Habitat Protected for Rare Chiricahua Leopard Frog in Arizona, New Mexico
3:41 PM
SOA Watch Fr. Roy Bourgeois and SOA Watch Field Organizer Nico Udu-gama Arrested Following Protest at the U.S.-Mexico Border
3:30 PM
Public Citizen: U.S. House Should Reject Flawed Medical Liability Measure
2:07 PM
Electronic Frontier Foundation Backs Judge Calling for Warrant in Cell Phone Tracking Case
1:53 PM
CREW: Advocacy Groups Ask FTC to Investigate Anti-Competitive Practices of Vaccine Makers
1:32 PM
MADRE: Indigenous Woman Testifies Before Human Rights Committee On Guatemala Human Rights Record
7:20 AM
Amnesty International: Libya: Civilian Deaths from NATO Airstrikes Must Be Properly Investigated

Saturday March 17, 2012

11:10 AM
Council of Canadians and Food & Water Watch: World Water Forum Paves the Way to Privatize Nature, Undermine Human Right to Water in RIO+20

Friday March 16, 2012

5:43 PM
NRDC: BLM to Approve Disastrous Development Project in Desolation Canyon Proposed Wilderness
5:35 PM
Human Rights First: Egyptian Aid Plan Should Be Linked to Reform Milestones
5:29 PM
Friends of The Earth: Friends of the Earth Demands Public Disclosure of Information Regarding Safety Problems at Troubled San Onofre Reactors
5:26 PM
EWG: Foreign Companies Paid Billions to Run U.S. Crop Insurance Program
5:08 PM
Sunshine Week: EFF's Current Freedom of Information Act Lawsuits Sunshine Week: EFF's Current Freedom of Information Act Lawsuits
5:00 PM
Amnesty International: Iraq: Investigate ‘Emo’ Attacks
3:26 PM
Amnesty International: Amnesty International Decries Continued Bombing and Restrictions on Humanitarian Aid While Civilians Suffer in Sudan
1:59 PM
Enough Project: George Clooney, Members of Congress, Human Rights and Faith Leaders Arrested Protesting at Sudanese Embassy
10:50 AM
SEIU: Civil Rights Leaders Tell Hyundai Shareholders in Korea: Put the Brakes on Hate
10:22 AM
Amnesty International: Human Rights in Guatemala Under Scrutiny by UN
10:08 AM
Human Rights Watch: China: Tibetan Monasteries Placed Under Direct Rule

Thursday March 15, 2012

5:35 PM
Veterans For Peace: US Vets Refused Entry Into South Korea
5:31 PM
Amnesty International: Secretary Clinton Must Reveal Final Recipient of Military Cargo
2:58 PM
People For the American Way: Senate Confirms Groh and Fitzgerald; Votes Should be the Norm, Not the Exception
1:56 PM
Earthjustice: Federal Appeals Court Upholds Limits on Sea Turtle Deaths in Hawai`i’s Longline Fishery
12:50 PM
Amnesty International: Convictions Against UN Peacekeepers in Haiti 'a Travesty of Justice'
12:26 PM
Food and Water Watch: Pressure on Walmart to Rebuff GE Sweet Corn Intensifies
9:29 AM
Freedom to Marry: One Year After Introduction, DOMA Repeal Bill Keeps Gaining New Cosponsors
9:24 AM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Kony 2012 Video: A Pretext for Military Intervention?
9:11 AM
Amnesty International: Halt Ships of Shame from the USA Carrying Weapons to Egypt
9:01 AM
People For the American Way: As Senate Cuts Deal to Move Some Judicial Nominees, PFAW Urges GOP to End Partisan Obstruction

Wednesday March 14, 2012

5:49 PM
Food and Water Watch: GE Bug Makes Floridians Part of Oxitec’s Grand Experiment
5:29 PM
CREW: Files IRS Complain Against Americans for Tax Reform and Grover Norquist
4:23 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Bat-killing Disease Spreads to Alabama, Putting Colonies of Endangered Gray Bats at Risk
4:17 PM
Public Citizen: Goldman Sachs Revelation Underscores Need for Expedited Volcker Rule; Stress Test Results Should Bar Dividends
2:03 PM
Human Rights First: Russian Court Ruling Bans LGBTI Group from 2014 Winter Olympics
1:53 PM
Environmental Defense Fund Quick Action Needed from Obama Administration to Limit Airplane Emissions
1:45 PM
Center for Constitutional Rights: Ugandan LGBT Activists File Case Against Anti-Gay U.S. Evangelical in Federal Court
1:42 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Bold Steps Needed for New Clean Air Rules Combating Global Warming
1:40 PM
Bread for the World Urges Congress to Safeguard Nutrition Programs in the Farm Bill
1:36 PM
Amnesty International: Landmark ICC Verdict Over Use of Child Soldiers
1:32 PM
US PIRG: Report Card Ranks 50 States on Transparency of Spending

Tuesday March 13, 2012

5:51 PM
Environmental Working Group: California Drinking Water Pollution Traced to Fertilizers and Animal Waste
5:45 PM
Defenders of Wildlife: Senate Votes to Protect Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from Big Oil Drills
5:35 PM
Center for Constitutional Rights Supports House and Senate Letters to Secretary of State Clinton Urging Concrete Actions to Promote Human Rights in Honduras
5:32 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Grand Canyon Uranium Mining Ban Defended in Court by Havasupai-Environmental Coalition
5:18 PM
Common Cause: Watchdog Groups Ask Presidential Candidates to Reveal More Bundler Information
4:14 PM
United for a Fair Economy: Conservative Business Icons' "Self-Made" Claims Challenged
3:45 PM
National Low Income Housing Coalition: New Report Reveals Renting Out of Reach for America’s Workers
3:24 PM
Friends of The Earth: New Declaration Calls for Precautionary Oversight for the Emerging Field of Synthetic Biology
1:55 PM
Insitute for Energy and Environmental Policy: Minnesota Wind and Solar Resources Can Supply 100% of State's Electricity
1:27 PM
Afghan Youth Peace Volunteers: Kandahar ‘Killing-Spree’ Militarism
12:05 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: 100 Groups Ask EPA to End Wildlife Poisoning From Lead Hunting Ammunition
11:53 AM
Iraq Veterans Against the War: NATO Call to Action: March with Veterans for Justice and Reconciliation
10:21 AM
Amnesty International Documents Sri Lanka’s Shameful Record on Detention Without Trial in New Report

Monday March 12, 2012

4:17 PM
Amnesty International: Following Kandahar Massacre, International Forces Must Increase Protection of Afghan Civilians
4:00 PM
Congressman Dennis Kucinich: No Amount of Troops, Training or Money will Result in a Stable Afghanistan
1:37 PM
Corporate Accountability International: Statement: Challenging the World Water Forum to Protect Water from Corporate Control
10:53 AM
Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): Killings in Afganistan
9:31 AM
Food & Water Watch: Prominent Water Activists Refuse to Debate Privatization at Controversial World Water Forum

Friday March 9, 2012

6:53 PM
US PIRG: Stop Using Pink Slime in School Lunches
6:51 PM
Human Rights Watch: US: Victory for Rights in Alabama
6:44 PM
Friends of The Earth: Contract for Keystone XL Review Was Between TransCanada and Cardno Entrix, State Department Documents Confirm
6:39 PM
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: Statement: Chad Stone, Chief Economist, on the February Employment Report
6:35 PM
Campaign for America's Future: New February Jobs Numbers Are Encouraging -- But CAF Warns Against Turn to Austerity
6:33 PM
Amnesty International: Egypt: A Year After ‘Virginity Tests’, Women Victims of Army Violence Still Seek Justice
6:30 PM
Common Cause Seeks IRS review of Koch brothers takeover attempt at Cato
4:40 PM
Handicap International: Deploys Emergency Response Mission to Brazzaville (Republic of Congo) to Protect Civilians
2:36 PM
Marijuana Policy Project: Medical Marijuana Advocates Urge Senate Committee to Support New Bill
1:54 PM
Nuclear Information and Resource Service: Fukushima Anniversary to be Marked by Protests, Rallies, Flash Mobs Across the US and Entire World
1:41 PM
US PIRG: Throwing Down the Gauntlet Against Corporate Influence in Elections
1:38 PM
Environmental Working Group: FDA to Decide Soon On Move Toward BPA Food Packaging Ban

Thursday March 8, 2012

6:36 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): Tensions Soar as Korean Women Try to Stop Destruction of “Wonder of Nature” for Military Base
6:35 PM
CEPR: Bill Clinton’s Admission of UN Responsibility for Haiti’s Cholera Epidemic is a Welcome Step Forward, CEPR Co-Director Says
5:09 PM
89 Conservation Groups, 97 Scientists Oppose Proposed Obama Policy That Would Limit Protection for Endangered Species
5:04 PM
NIRS: American Nuclear Society Is Right to Say U.S. Nuclear Emergency Planning Inadequate -- But Wrong on Solutions
3:57 PM
ACLU in Appeals Court FRIDAY Arguing for Release of CIA’s Waterboarding Descriptions
3:23 PM
PFAW Report: The Mythical Martyrdom of Jerry Boykin
1:39 PM
Public Citizen: SEC Must Heed Congressional Appeal for Regulatory Reform on CEO Pay
1:36 PM
Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI): Antibiotic-resistant Bacteria Sickened 167, Hospitalized 47 in 2011
12:36 PM
Over 80 Civil Rights Organizations Call on FBI to End Facilitation of ICE's "Secure Communities" Deportation Program
11:03 AM
Beyond Nuclear: Hundreds of Events Globally Will Mark One-Year Commemoration of Fukushima Nuclear Disaster

Wednesday March 7, 2012

7:04 PM
Amnesty International Urges Maldives Security Forces to End Violence Against Peaceful Protesters
6:59 PM
Public Citizen: On Super Tuesday, Vermont Pushed Campaign to Overturn Citizens United
6:06 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Cincinnati Joins Growing List of Cities Supporting Use of Clean Air Act to Slow Global Warming
2:29 PM
Food & Water Watch: New Report: Fracking Could Cause a New Global Water Crisis
2:02 PM
Food & Water Watch: Privatized Meat Inspection Experiment Jeopardizes Food Safety
12:33 PM
Senator Bernie Sanders: Vermont Town Meetings Boost Move to Overturn Citizens United

Tuesday March 6, 2012

6:00 PM
Amnesty International: China Must Not Legalize “Disappearances” and "Two-track Justice"
5:43 PM
Dēmos: New Report and New Findings From NY Federal Reserve Cast Light On Student Debt Crisis
5:38 PM
CEPR: Unemployment Rate Does Not Tell the Full Story: Long-term Hardship a Tremendous Burden on Millions of Workers and the Economy
5:35 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Deadly Expansion of Shark, Swordfish Fishery Planned for California Sea Turtle Protected Area
5:32 PM
Amnesty International: Azerbaijani Youth Activists Beaten and Detained at Peaceful Protest
5:23 PM
Center for American Progress: Rich Americans Are Not Overtaxed
5:18 PM
Union of Concerned Scientists : NRC Needs a More Comprehensive Approach to Post-Fukushima Nuclear Safety, Report Finds
2:05 PM
SEIU: GOP Presidential Candidates Pose Super Threat to Working People
1:52 PM
ACLU: Lawsuit Charges Arizona Prison Officials with Failing to Provide Adequate Health Care, Inhumane Use of Solitary Confinement
11:35 AM
Occupy AIPAC: Citizens Occupy AIPAC Policy Conference and Mic Check Cong. Ros-Lehtinen: Use Diplomacy, Not War on Iran

Monday March 5, 2012

7:03 PM
ACLU Comment on Eric Holder Speech on Targeted Killing Program
5:02 PM
Food & Water Watch: Kampachi Farms LLC Announces First Fish Farm Harvest, But Omits Law Suit and Illegal Operating Permit From Their Message
4:58 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): “Occupy the Kremlin”?
3:10 PM
Senator Bernie Sanders: Stop Wall Street Speculators From Driving Up Gas Prices, Lawmakers Say
3:08 PM
Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI): Lab Tests Find Carcinogen in Regular and Diet Coke and Pepsi
3:07 PM
Conservation Groups: Sharp Park Golf Course Caught Killing Endangered Frogs, Tampering With Evidence
3:05 PM
EWG: 109 Organizations Take Issue With Obama’s Support for Fracking
12:18 PM
NRDC: New Mapping Tool Shows How Severe Nuclear Accident Could Look in U.S., Flags Risk Factors for U.S. Reactors
12:16 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): Obama, Netanyahu and AIPAC: Critical Analysis
12:12 PM
NARAL Pro-Choice America: House Obsession with Attacking Choice to Continue Next Week

Sunday March 4, 2012

12:26 PM
Occupy AIPAC: Protesters to Rally Outside of AIPAC Conference, Oppose War on Iran

Friday March 2, 2012

5:00 PM
ACLU Adds to Charges in Suit Challenging Wisconsin Voter ID Law
4:32 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): Contraception Controversy Would Be Irrelevant with National Health Care
3:44 PM
Freedom to Marry: 19 Senators Endorse Freedom to Marry Plank in 2012 National Democratic Platform
3:09 PM
Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS): Virginia Supreme Court Rejects Subpoenas of Climate Scientists’ Emails
12:25 PM
Congressman Dennis Kucinich Calls for Stronger Rules to Protect Consumers from Oil Speculation

Thursday March 1, 2012

6:34 PM
ACLU Asks Appeals Court to Block Anti-Immigrant Laws in Georgia and Alabama
6:32 PM
NRDC: Clean Energy Legislation Is Important Step in Right Direction
6:29 PM
NARAL Pro-Choice America: Senate Scores Win for Women’s Contraceptive Coverage
6:27 PM
Human Rights Watch: Somalia: Investigate Attacks on Journalists
6:08 PM
Amnesty International: Rwanda Urged to End Clampdown on Dissent as Charles Ntakirutinka Released
6:05 PM
American Rivers: House Greenlights Massive Bridge Over Wild and Scenic St. Croix River
4:43 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Feds Plan to Strip Endangered Species Act Protection From Gray Wolves Across United States
4:32 PM
ACLU Responds To Reports Of Proselytizing And Anti-LGBT Remarks By Principal At Tennessee High School
4:26 PM
PFAW: Romney Needs to Make Up His Mind About Birth Control
3:28 PM
Freedom to Marry: New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman Endorses Freedome to Marry Plank in Democratic Platform
2:22 PM
ACLU: Senate Blocks Dangerous Blunt Amendment
11:37 AM
Amnesty International: Pakistan Authorities Must Do More to Protect Religious Minorities

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

Tuesday January 31, 2012

7:06 PM
Public Citizen Urges Senate to Prohibit ‘Congressional Insider Trading’
7:06 PM
NRDC: House Transportation Bill Is No Jobs Bill
6:05 PM
Center for Constitutional Rights Condemns Obama for Admitting Yemeni Interim President to the U.S.
3:58 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Rare Southern California Flying Squirrel, Threatened by Climate Change and Habitat Destruction, Closer to Endangered Species Act Protection
3:48 PM
Earthjustice: New Report Urges EPA to Abandon Proposed Air Pollution Rule
3:03 PM
Amnesty International: USA Urged to Clarify Basis for Drone Killings in Pakistan
11:46 AM
Amnesty International Calls Decision to Drop Jean-Claude 'Baby Doc' Duvalier Case 'A Disgrace'
9:44 AM
Change.org: Apple Factory Abuses Spark Viral Online Campaign

Monday January 30, 2012

7:24 PM
ACLU: State Drops Defense of Arizona Law that Would Have Withheld Critical Resources for Women’s Health
4:58 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): Honduras: Murder Capital of World, “Made in the USA”
4:57 PM
CSPI: FDA Urged to Require Sodium Reduction in Food Supply
4:55 PM
Public Citizen Moves to Dismiss County’s Lawsuit Against Occupy Chattanooga
3:56 PM
Center for Biological Diversity and Sierra Club: Shawnee National Forest Plan Would Trade Away Endangered Bat Habitat for Strip Mining
3:25 PM
Amnesty International Calls for Immediate Release of Female Activist in Bahrain -- Beaten, Arrested and Jailed For Involvement in Pro-Reform Demonstrations
1:31 PM
Food & Water Watch: Consumer Group: Don’t Scrap Food Safety Protections to Ease Trade with Canada
1:19 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Senate Republicans Attempt End Run Around Obama's Rejection of Keystone XL
12:08 PM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER): Water Gap Transmission Corridor Legally Vulnerable
8:15 AM
National Priorities Project: Federal Money on the Rise in Florida, Nevada

Friday January 27, 2012

6:43 PM
Lawyers’ Committee Submits Testimony for Critical Voting Rights Hearing in Florida
6:12 PM
Friends of the Earth: Nuclear Cancellation in Florida Is Warning to Iowa Legislators
3:35 PM
Brennan Center Submits Testimony Challenging Florida’s Restrictive Election Law
3:31 PM
Free Press: NAB Spin Won't Change the Facts About Woeful Election Coverage
2:47 PM
IEER: Radioactive Wastes From Nuclear Bomb Program Given Short Shrift in Blue Ribbon Commission Report
12:40 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): Panetta’s Pentagon: “Austerity”?

Thursday January 26, 2012

7:16 PM
Occupy Wall Street Builds Momentum for Spring Resurgence: Launches 5-Week Bus Trip
4:53 PM
National Lawyer's Guild: NLGSF Asks Federal Court to Certify Class Action by Oscar Grant Protesters
4:45 PM
Conservation and American Indian Groups: Navy Training Blasts Marine Mammals With Harmful Sonar
3:00 PM
America's Voice: Range of Experts Agree: Primary Battle on Immigration Will Hurt GOP in General
2:59 PM
Freedom to Marry Pushes for Marriage in Maine
12:35 PM
CEPR: High and Rising Levels of Low-wage Work Remain a Cause for Concern in Many Countries
12:19 PM
PEER: Dupont Prompton Lake Pollution May be Headed Downstream
11:49 AM
Americans for Safe Access Patient Advocates File Appeal Brief in Federal Case to Reclassify Medical Marijuana
10:04 AM
Doctors Without Borders (MSF): Libya: Detainees Tortured and Denied Medical Care
9:49 AM
Amnesty International: Libya: Deaths of Detainees Amid Widespread Torture

Wednesday January 25, 2012

6:50 PM
Union of Concerned Scientists : Delays, Special Interests Hinder Rules Against Deadly Dust
6:45 PM
EWG: President’s Speech Misses Mark in Addressing Concerns Over Fracking
6:42 PM
PEER: Climate Science Legal Defense Fund Gets New Backing
6:38 PM
Public Citizen To Financial Regulators: Bank of America Poses a Grave Threat to U.S. Financial Stability, Should Be Broken Up
5:02 PM
Human Rights Watch: UAE: Free Speech Under Attack
4:49 PM
CREW Files FOIA Requests for Gingrich Ethics Investigation Records
4:44 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Oxnard, Pittsburgh Join Growing List of U.S. Cities Calling for Federal Action on Global Warming
4:36 PM
Amnesty International: China Must Avoid Excessive Force in Response to Tibetan Protests
3:16 PM
America's Voice: Memo to Jeb Bush: Unfortunately, Republicans Killed DREAM Act in 2010
3:14 PM
EWG: New School Lunch Standards Will Improve Diets for 31 Million Children
12:51 PM
Food and Water Watch: State of Our Food and Water: President Obama’s Energy Plan Trades Water for Energy

Tuesday January 24, 2012

6:42 PM
Amnesty International: Davos: World Leaders Protecting Business Over Rights in Economic Crisis
6:32 PM
350.org: Hundreds Protest Keystone XL on Capitol Hill
5:50 PM
Free Press Action Fund Calls on Congress to Return MPAA’s Dirty Money
3:35 PM
Congressman Kucinich Speaks to the Urgency of Getting Private Money out of Politics
3:31 PM
Campaign for America’s Future: What Americans Hope to Hear in the State of the Union: Jobs. Jobs. Jobs.
2:37 PM
Human Righs First: Bagram Detainee Transfers Would Strengthen Broader Military Mission in Afghanistan
2:22 PM
National Whistleblowers Center: Wall Street 'License to Steal' Bill Gains Momentum
12:20 PM
PEER: Creeping Corporatization of National Parks
11:28 AM
Amnesty International: Egypt: Parties Pledge to End State of Emergency, Many Stop Short of Committing to Women’s Rights

Monday January 23, 2012

7:19 PM
Public Citizen: Citizens Urge President Obama to Sign Executive Order Requiring Government Contractors to Disclose Political Spending
6:11 PM
AFL-CIO: Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard L. Trumka on Possible Bank Mortgage and Foreclosure Fraud Settlement
6:09 PM
Campaign for America's Future Urges President: Stand Against a Sweetheart Deal With the Big Banks
5:38 PM
ACLU Attorneys Cleared of Any Wrongdoing in Guantánamo Photograph Investigation
5:20 PM
Sierra Club: New Report – Outlook Mostly Cloudy for Coal, Brighter for Clean Energy
4:45 PM
Citizens, Environmental Groups Condemn Approval of Green River Nuclear Reactor's Water Rights, Pledge to Continue to Fight Proposal
3:47 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Sanctions Sought Against Canada Over Unsustainable Polar Bear Hunting
2:49 PM
Center for Constitutional Rights Sends Letter to State Department Urging Actions to Ensure Safety of Family of Slain Activist
2:27 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Sanctions Sought Against Canada Over Unsustainable Polar Bear Hunting
2:22 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Climate Crisis Should Be Front and Center in Obama's State of the Union Speech
2:18 PM
ACLU Statement on Supreme Court GPS Tracking Decision
1:36 PM
PEER: High-level Lowball in Gulf Deepwater Crisis
1:32 PM
Amnesty International: In Advance of the State of the Union Address, Amnesty International Calls On President Obama to Implement Bold Policies That Seize Historic Opportunities for Human Rights Progress
12:54 PM
Cornucopia Institute: Largest Corporate Dairy, Biotech Firm and USDA Accused of Conspiring to Corrupt Rulemaking and Pollute Organics
12:32 PM
PEER: Christie Guts Vapor Intrusion Safeguards

Sunday January 22, 2012

11:40 AM
NOW: Roe v. Wade Turns 39, Abortion Rights Still Under Attack

Friday January 20, 2012

7:30 PM
Environmental Working Group: Human Carcinogen Found in Drinking Water Near Gas Drilling Ops
4:08 PM
IATP: Antibiotic-Resistant MRSA Bacteria Widely Present in Retail Pork, New Study Says
2:20 PM
ACLU: Obama Administration Protects Birth Control Access for Women
1:19 PM
Rainforest Action Network: Bank of America is Main Target of Economic and Environmental Groups
1:18 PM
Congressman Dennis Kucinich: Victory for Men’s Health; Medicare Will Keep Covering Prostate Cancer Screening
1:14 PM
Amnesty International: Russia Drops Slander Case Against Leading Human Rights Defender
12:38 PM
Free Press: Senate Delays PROTECT IP Vote After Public Outcry
12:34 PM
Food and Water Watch: Consumer Group Opposes USDA’s Privatization of Poultry Inspection
12:28 PM
Amnesty International: Trial of Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzón 'a blow to human rights'
11:24 AM
Freedom to Marry: Mayors from Across the Country to Launch Mayors for the Freedom to Marry
11:19 AM
Demand Progress: More than 100K Americans ask President Obama to pledge to veto SOPA/PIPA

Thursday January 19, 2012

4:15 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Dunes Sagebrush Lizard Named One of 10 U.S. Species Most Threatened by Fossil Fuel Development
3:08 PM
America's Voice: ICYMI: Influential Spanish Language Media Paying Attention to Romney’s Two-Faced Campaign
1:25 PM
Free Press Blasts AT&T Rate Hikes
1:22 PM
Amnesty International Calls for Immediate Release of Ethiopian Prisoners of Conscience
1:18 PM
Amnesty International: Ukraine Must Release Somali Asylum-Seekers, says Amnesty International
12:39 PM
PEER: Price no Object for Federal Refuge Land Purchases
10:23 AM
Campaign for America's Future: Progressives Deliver Message to the White House: No Sweetheart Deal for Big Banks

Wednesday January 18, 2012

6:30 PM
Friends of The Earth: Obama Rejects Keystone XL
4:45 PM
Arise Chicago: Unjustly Fired Bakery Workers Announce First Victory, Continued Demand for Full Payment Under Law
4:28 PM
Maplight: Online Piracy Legislation Gets Vote of Confidence From Sen. Harry Reid
4:11 PM
DRM Capitol Group: Romney Tells Undocumented Youth He Will Veto the Dream Act Because She Is "Illegal"
3:51 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Obama to Reject Keystone XL Pipeline
3:00 PM
ACLU Lawsuit Charges Los Angeles County Sheriff with Condoning Pattern of Deputy-on-Inmate Violence
2:50 PM
350.org: Bill McKibben Responds to Expected State Department Rejection of Keystone XL Permit
11:26 AM
US PIRG: “The Dirty Thirty”: Report Reveals Fortune 500 Companies that Spend More on Lobbying Than Taxes
10:24 AM
Revolution Truth: Online Discussion on the Future of Internet Postponed in Support of SOPA Strike
10:12 AM
CAIR: Reminds Gingrich that All Faiths are Equal in America

Tuesday January 17, 2012

6:36 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Scientists Estimate Up to 6.7 Million Bats Dead From Fast-spreading Disease
5:38 PM
CEPR: Statement on New Jersey’s Approval of Work Sharing
4:48 PM
Workers Independent News: Biggest Recall in American History: More Than One Million Signatures Submitted to Recall Scott Walker
2:21 PM
Amnesty International: Welcomes Decision by European Court to Stop Deportation of Omar Othman (Abu Qatada) but Alarmed by Diplomatic Assurances Ruling
2:16 PM
Worldwatch Institute: Use and Capacity of Global Hydropower Increases
12:39 PM
Americans United for Separation of Church and State: Americans United Hails Supreme Court Refusal to Intervene in North Carolina Prayer Case
12:35 PM
Public Citizen: As Anniversary of Citizens United Looms, Public Citizen Highlights Urgent Need for a Constitutional Amendment
12:17 PM
Make the Road New York: New Yorkers to Rally for Paid Sick Days
10:29 AM
Occupy Wall Street: American Occupies the Capital

Monday January 16, 2012

5:55 PM
OSGATA: A Citizen's Assembly in Support of Family Farmers vs. Monsanto
4:32 PM
Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action: Peace Activists Occupy Nuclear Sub Base Entrance to Honor MLK
2:41 PM
Protest DNC: Organizations Announce Plans for Actions During the Democratic National Convention in September, and to Challenge City over Denial of Permits
1:47 PM
SEIU: The Two Faces of Mitt
11:01 AM
America's Voice: Romney to Campaign with Anti-Immigrant Radical Kris Kobach in SC on Monday

Friday January 13, 2012

6:40 PM
Amnesty International Urges Caution as U.S. Restores Full Diplomatic Relations with Myanmar
5:57 PM
ACLU: Gov. Brewer’s Decision to Implement Arizona Medical Marijuana Law Will Provide Overdue Relief to Sick Patients, Says ACLU
5:31 PM
Rights Groups: Dr. King Jr. March for Jobs and Justice
5:20 PM
Public Citizen: As Anniversary of Citizens United Looms, Public Citizen Highlights Urgent Need for a Constitutional Amendment
5:04 PM
People for the American Way: A Movement Moment: Growing Support for Overturning Citizens United
4:23 PM
NRDC: Obama’s Reorganization Plan Could Erode NOAA’s Capabilities
4:01 PM
Sunlight Foundation: Will Super PACs Determine the 2012 Election?
3:21 PM
Amnesty International: Myanmar: Political Prisoner Release 'Major Step’ But Gates Must Open 'Even Wider'
3:11 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: South Carolina, MLK, Black America’s Invisibility
2:16 PM
Amnesty International: One Year On, Tunisians Still Waiting for Human Rights Overhaul
1:48 PM
Human Rights Watch: Bahrain: Rights Activist Attacked
1:19 PM
National Parks Group Advocates Preserving Bear and Wolf Populations to Alaska Board of Game
10:33 AM
United for a Fair Economy: MLK Day Report: Dr. King's Dream 30 Years from Now

Thursday January 12, 2012

6:52 PM
Free Press Action Fund: Changes to Piracy Bills Could Help, but Problems Remain
6:06 PM
Bradley Manning Support Network: Military Refers All Charges Against Bradley Manning to Court Martial
5:57 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Target Iran: Will Assassinations Lead to Overt War?
5:51 PM
Earthjustice: California Regulators Add Teeth to Landmark Clean Energy Policy
5:47 PM
Witness Against Torture: Almost Forty Anti-torture Activists Arrested at White House
5:46 PM
Friends of The Earth: Genetically Modified Mosquitoes' Survival Rate Concealed
5:44 PM
ACLU Intervenes in Arizona’s Challenge of the Voting Rights Act
5:38 PM
POGO: FDA Advisors who Endorsed Contraceptive had Industry Ties
2:18 PM
ICBL: One Million More Mines to Be Destroyed as Finland Becomes 159 Nation to Join Landmine Ban
2:17 PM
NRDC: U.S. Chamber Launches Distortion Campaign on Keystone XL Pipeline
1:43 PM
Handicap International: Haiti: Two Years Later, a New Beginning
12:11 PM
MADRE: Haitian Women and Girls Trading Sex to Survive

Wednesday January 11, 2012

4:32 PM
Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR): Two Years After the Earthquake, Where Did the Money Go?
4:29 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): Two Years after Haiti Earthquake: UN Cholera Epidemic Rages as Situation in Camps Deteriorates
4:10 PM
Occupy Wall Street Honors the Spirit Of Dr. King With Year’s Largest Action
2:08 PM
Maplight: Keystone XL Pipeline: How Much Would 'Huge Political Consequences' From the Oil & Gas Industry Cost?
1:11 PM
Human Rights Watch: US: Make Guantanamo’s 10th Anniversary Its Last
1:10 PM
Center for Constitutional Rights On the Tenth Anniversary of Guantánamo, the Center for Constitutional Rights Demands that President Obama Close Guantánamo
10:11 AM
Broad Coalition Opposes NDAA and Calls on President Obama to Keep His Promise and Shutter Guantanamo Bay Now
6:53 AM
London Guantánamo Campaign: Campaigners Demand Guantánamo Closure on Tenth Anniversary of Prison

Tuesday January 10, 2012

5:57 PM
FAIR: NYT Responds on Iran Alarmism
5:02 PM
CEPR: Two Years Later, Haitians Are Worse Off Due to Cholera, Lack of Accountability, CEPR Co-Director Says
4:13 PM
Environmental Coalition Concludes New York State DEC’s Fracking Proposal Too Fatally Flawed to Move Forward
3:58 PM
ACLU: South Carolina Jail Agrees to End Unconstitutional Censorship
3:02 PM
ACLU: Court Upholds Ruling Blocking Oklahoma Sharia and International Law Ban
2:01 PM
Amnesty International: On 10th Anniversary of First “War on Terror” Detainees' Arrival in Guantánamo, Passage of NDAA Revitalizes Detention Facility, Says Amnesty International
1:56 PM
Violence Policy Center: Monterey County Ranks #1 for Youth Homicide Victimization in California for Second Year in a Row, New Study Reveals
1:19 PM
PEER: EPA Corrects Cleanup Standard for Industrial Solvent
11:18 AM
Occupy Pittsburgh: Occupy Groups Nationwide Support Occupy Pittsburgh in their Fight Against BNY Mellon

Monday January 9, 2012

7:14 PM
Common Cause: Eleven National Groups Call on the Supreme Court to Reform its Ethics Rules and Formally Adopt the Code of Conduct for U.S. Judges
7:11 PM
Free Press: More Work to be Done to Solve Broadband Adoption Problem
7:05 PM
Conservation Groups: Grand Canyon's Million-acre Uranium Mining Ban Finalized
6:45 PM
Public Citizen: Daley: Good to See Him Go, Public Citizen Says
5:01 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Crude Tragedy: Nigeria Repression and Austerity Lead to General Strike
4:25 PM
Amnesty International Urges Yemen to Reject Amnesty Law for President Saleh and Aides
3:47 PM
Center for Biological Diversity" Puget Sound, Under Threat From Ocean Acidification, Put on "Waters of Concern" List
3:01 PM
Freedom to Marry: NJ Legislators to Fast-Track Freedom to Marry Bill
2:25 PM
People For the American Way: Americans Mobilize For Constitutional Amendment to Restore Our Democracy on Second Anniversary of Citizens United
2:12 PM
The New Bottom Line and Rainforest Action Network: Environmental and Economic Justice Communities Target Bank of America
2:09 PM
Amnesty International: On 10th Anniversary of Guantanamo’s Opening, Amnesty International, Numerous Groups and Thousands of Demonstrators to Show Their Anger at the NDAA and Guantanamo’s Status with Rallies and Demonstrations Around the Globe
2:05 PM
Friends of The Earth: New Radio Ad Warns Against ‘Radioactive Rate Hikes’ in Iowa
12:18 PM
Amnesty International: Anwar Case Shows Why Sodomy Law Must be Scrapped in Malaysia, Says Amnesty International
12:14 PM
Center for Constitutional Rights To Hold Press Call to Discuss FOIA Complaint Seeking Public Disclosure of Videos of Gitmo Torture Victim
12:01 PM
Witness Against Torture: Over Fifty Citizens on Ten Day Fast for Justice Carry Guantanamo Cell to President Obama’s Front Door

Friday January 6, 2012

7:04 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Money in Politics: Citizens United Setback in Montana; Gingrich Hoisted on Own Petard
6:10 PM
Amnesty International: Arab League Should Clarify Human Rights Situation in Syria
5:43 PM
Human Rights Watch on the Tenth Anniversary of Guantanamo
5:08 PM
National Organization for Women: NOW Urges Obama Administration Not to Cave in to Catholic Bishops
4:30 PM
National Nurses United Join Call for Healthcare for the 99% in Monday Rallies
3:21 PM
Public Citizen: Public Citizen Applauds Obama Administration’s Continued Efforts to Reduce Teen Smoking; Appeal of Trade Pact Ruling Necessary First Step
3:11 PM
FAIR: NYT Misleads Readers on Iran Crisis
2:23 PM
Amnesty International Urges Investigation into Alleged Torture of Detained Bahrain Student
2:11 PM
AFL-CIO: Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on December Employment
1:50 PM
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: Statement: Chad Stone, Chief Economist, on the December Employment Report
1:02 PM
Violence Policy Center: Number of Americans Shot Each Year is Rising New Analysis Shows
10:13 AM
London Guantanamo Campaign Shut Guantánamo – End 10 Years of Shame
10:11 AM
Brady Campaign: "Too Many Victims" Vigils Reflect Unending Pain; A Pledge to Protect Others From Senseless Loss

Thursday January 5, 2012

6:34 PM
National Lawyers Guild (NLG) Demands OPD End Harassment of Occupy Oakland Protesters
4:54 PM
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington Calls for Federal Investigation into Gingrich's Lobbying Activities
4:51 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Lawsuit Filed to Protect Endangered Woodpecker From Excessive Logging on Mississippi's Noxubee Wildlife Refuge
2:23 PM
Center for Economic and Policy Research: Data Suggest Long-term Unemployment Substantially Higher than Official Level
2:21 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Is the Military Budget Really Being Cut?
1:09 PM
ACLU Challenges Michigan Domestic Partner Health Care Ban
12:42 PM
Rights Groups: Broad Coalition Opposes NDAA and Calls on President Obama to Keep His Promise and Shutter Guantanamo Bay Now
12:22 PM
National Nurses United: Nurses Kick Off New Year With Call to Build on Historic Protests of 2011
10:52 AM
Occupy Washington, DC: Occupy Phase II: Occupy Washington, DC Builds Foundation for the Future
8:58 AM
Occupy Delaware to Augment Tactics at Sheriff’s Sale: Celebrating Two Months at Spencer Plaza And Planning More Actions

Wednesday January 4, 2012

4:51 PM
America's Voice: After Iowa, Report Offers Snapshot of Where Candidates Stand on Immigration
4:33 PM
Members of Occupy LA: Occupy to Save a 79-Year-Old Retired School Teacher's Home
2:01 PM
Public Citizen Applauds Obama’s Recess Appointment of Richard Cordray to Lead Consumer Agency
1:59 PM
Cornucopia Institute: Wholesale Approval of Genetically Engineered Foods
1:50 PM
Human Rights Watch: Somaliland: End Forced Return of Refugees
1:46 PM
Service Employees International Union: Despite Eking Out a Victory in Iowa, Presidential Wannabe Romney Oblivious to Challenges of Middle Class Families
1:34 PM
Campaign for America's Future: Progressives Praise President’s Appointment of Richard Cordray to Head the CFPB and Urge Recess Appointments to the NLRB
1:21 PM
Common Cause: Senate’s Abuse of Filibuster Gave President Little Choice in Making Recess Appointment
1:11 PM
People For the American Way Applauds President for Appointing Cordray; Recess Appointment a Necessary and Proper Response to GOP Obstruction
1:11 PM
Amnesty International: Blasphemy Law Reform Even More Urgent in Pakistan Year After Governor’s Killing
12:55 PM
Friends of The Earth: Controversial Release of Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes Delayed
12:43 PM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: Court Lets Park Service Drop Desert Tortoise Protections
12:42 PM
US PIRG Applauds President For “Bold and Important” Recess Appointment of Richard Cordray To Head New Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)

Tuesday January 3, 2012

7:15 PM
Strengthen Social Security Campaign: The Race to the Bottom for Worst Social Security Proposals of GOP Presidential Candidates
2:37 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): Indefinite Detentions, Trial Today
2:25 PM
ACLU Asks Court to Stop Missouri Library From Illegally Censoring Websites
10:54 AM
Witness Against Torture: Anti-Torture Activists to Go on Trial for Speaking Out Against Guantanamo, Indefinite Detention, and the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)
8:30 AM
National Priorities Project: Federal Money Keeps Iowa, New Hampshire Afloat

Monday January 2, 2012

5:40 PM
Beyond Nuclear: Nuclear Regulatory Commission Agrees to Public Request to Review Dangerous Vents on US Fukushima-Style Reactors and Lack of Emergency Power for Cooling Waste Pools
10:00 AM
Iraq Body Count: Analysis and Overview of Iraqi Deaths from Violence 2003–2011
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