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  May 2008

Monday, May 12

  • 5:40 PM
    Rainforest Action Network: International Paper Threatens to Violate Own Policy by Expanding Into Indonesian Rainforest

  • 5:26 PM
    Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) Calls for Rep. Vito Fossella to Resign

  • 5:07 PM
    Action Against Hunger: Myanmar: Emergency Shipments Arrive to Reinforce Action Against Hunger's Response on the Ground

  • 5:05 PM
    AFL-CIO: Statement by AFL-CIO President John Sweeney on Senate Consideration of the Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act

  • 5:00 PM
    Conservation Groups Sue Federal Government to Protect Salmon in Maine; Agencies Stall on Endangered Listing

  • 4:54 PM
    National Lawyers Guild (NLG) Calls For Special Prosecutor to Investigate Bush Administration Officials and Lawyers Who Wrote Torture Memos

  • 4:44 PM
    Institute for Public Accuracy: Voter ID Battle

  • 3:38 PM
    NRDC Greening Advisor Enables Businesses to Reduce Environmental Impact; Strengthen Bottom Line

  • 2:14 PM
    Consumer Groups Urge the FCC to Reject XM-Sirius Merger

  • 1:59 PM
    Commercial Alert Asks Book Reviewers Not to Review Ad-Laden Children's Series 'Mackenzie Blue'

  • 1:30 PM
    Human Rights Watch (HRW): Uzbekistan: Repression Linked to 2005 Massacre Rife

  • 12:47 PM
    Cornucopia Institute: America's Largest Corporate Dairy Processor Muscles Its Way into Organics

  • 12:19 PM
    Government Accountability Project: OSC Filing Challenges Aviation Security

  • 10:07 AM
    Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER): Bay State Worsens Prescription Drug in Drinking Water

  • 10:07 AM
    ACLU Report Exposes Unjust Detention Of Youth

    Friday, May 9

  • 4:40 PM
    FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting): Journalists Predict Scrutiny of McCain...Some Day

  • 4:20 PM
    Media Matters for America: Double Standard for Candidate Spouses

  • 4:00 PM
    Free Press: Comcast Caps Are a Band-Aid at Best

  • 3:15 PM
    Human Rights Watch (HRW): Saudi Arabia: Medical Workers Stranded Without Pay

  • 3:10 PM
    Human Rights Watch (HRW): Morocco: Investigate Migrant Deaths at Sea

  • 3:01 PM
    Project on Government Oversight (POGO): Pentagon IG’s Handling of Tenebaum Raises Troubling Questions; Serious Conflicts of Interest Deserve Review

  • 2:50 PM
    International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW): Animals in Myanmar Need Help

  • 2:45 PM
    Americans United Condemns Religious Right Plot to Politicize Pulpits

  • 2:38 PM
    AFC-CIO: Statement by President John Sweeney on Housing Crisis Legislation

  • 2:35 PM
    Government Accountability Project: Domestic Surveillance Panel Monday

  • 1:26 PM
    Jewish Voice for Peace/Just Foreign Policy: 5,000 Sign Petition Supporting Dialogue With Hamas

  • 1:15 PM
    Center for Biological Diversity: As Polar Bear Decision Looms, Department of the Interior Crosses Two-year Mark Without Any New Species Protected Under the Endangered Species Act

  • 1:01 PM
    Amnesty Inernational: European Parliamentarians Visit U.S. Officials to Deliver 'Close Guantanamo' Message May 14-16

  • 12:38 PM
    Human Rights First: Somali Women’s Rights Activist Wins Roger Baldwin Award

  • 12:22 PM
    Doctors Without Borders: Cyclone in Myanmar (Burma): MSF Teams Intensify Emergency Response, a First Relief Plane Is Due to Land in Yangon

  • 12:00 PM
    People for the American Way (PFAW): Fired Teacher Calls on Calif State University to Change 'Loyalty Oath' Policy

  • 11:27 AM
    Constitution Project Urges Council to Strip Funding for Centralized DC Camera Network

  • 10:40 AM
    Conservation Groups: National Monuments, Wildlife, and Archaeological Sites Threatened by New BLM Plan for Northern Arizona

    Thursday, May 8

  • 6:59 PM
    Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): Mother's Day

  • 6:48 PM
    Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): Focus on Whistleblowers

  • 6:30 PM
    Common Cause: White House Decision To Remove FEC Chairman Mason Smacks of Retribution

  • 6:22 PM
    Free Press Applauds the Internet Freedom and Nondiscrimination Act

  • 5:52 PM
    Bread for the World Gives Mixed Reviews to Farm Bill Agreement

  • 5:45 PM
    ACLU Skeptical of Senate Report on “Homegrown” Terrorism

  • 5:25 PM
    Action Against Hunger: Myanmar Emergency: Reports from The Ground

  • 5:19 PM
    Government Accountabillity Project: Whistleblower Week Events Kick Off Monday

  • 5:17 PM
    ACLU: Federal Judge Orders CIA To Turn Over Torture Memo For Court Review

  • 5:07 PM
    Congressman Ellison, Amnesty International, Others Call for End to Darfur Crisis; Urge World Leaders to Act

  • 4:21 PM
    Center for Economic & Policy Research (CEPR): Comparison of Ownership vs. Rental Costs in 100 U.S. Cities Demonstrates that Rental Options Should Be a Consideration in Housing Proposals

  • 3:42 PM
    CODEPINK: American and Iraqi Mothers Highlight Iraqi Refugee Crisis

  • 3:12 PM
    No War On Iran Coalition — Chicago: Chicago City Council Considers Resolution Opposing War on Iran

  • 12:10 PM
    World Wildlife Fund and The Nature Conservancy Release First-Ever Comprehensive Global Map of Freshwater Systems

  • 12:02 PM
    Sierra Club: Shareholders Beware: Investments in New Coal Could Go Up in Smoke

  • 11:40 AM
    SEIU Members To Politicians: Live Up To Your Promises or We Will Hold You Accountable

  • 11:23 AM
    ACLU: Disability Backlogs Violate Due Process Rights

  • 1:40 PM
    ACLU Resumes Vigilant Watch as Unconstitutional Guantánamo Hearings Continue This Week

  • 12:28 PM
    ACLU Membership Conference 2008: Stand Up For Freedom

  • 11:15 AM
    Public Citizen: Ortho-Evra Patch Exposes Women to Dangerous Estrogen Levels, Risk of Blood Clots

  • 10:48 AM
    Center for Biological Diversity: Tejon Ranch Deal Destroys Critical Habitat for California Condor, Paves Way for Largest Development Ever Proposed in California

  • 10:20 AM
    CODEPINK Shows Pelosi in Bed with Bush to Fund War

  • 9:42 AM
    Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER): Is It Time for Congress to Abolish the Office of Special Counsel

    Wednesday, May 7

  • 5:14 PM
    Senator Sherrod Brown Applauds Senate Efforts To Hold Big Oil Accountable, Cosponsors Bill To Put Consumers First

  • 4:24 PM
    Military Families Speak Out (MFSO) Calls On Congress To Reject Speaker Pelosi's Betrayal of Our Troops

  • 3:01 PM
    Bread for the World Calls for More Help for Hungry Families

  • 2:58 PM
    Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) Files FOIA Requests With EPA Regarding Resignation of Mary Gade

  • 2:40 PM
    CODEPINK Shows Pelosi in Bed with Bush to Fund War

  • 2:30 PM
    Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC): San Joaquin River Restoration Bill Moves Closer to Passage

  • 2:28 PM
    POGO Reveals Internal OSC Document Shows Bloch Misused Own Task Force

  • 2:25 PM
    Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR): New Case Charges NYPD With Illegal Stop-and-Frisks

  • 2:04 PM
    Amnesty International: Myanmar Government Must Cooperate with International Community to Ensure Appropriate Aid for Victims

  • 2:04 PM
    ACLU: FBI Withdraws Unconstitutional National Security Letter After ACLU and EFF Challenge

  • 1:17 PM
    Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS): New Report Calls For Halt To Production of New Nuclear Warheads

  • 1:14 PM
    Doctors Without Borders/MSF: Myanmar Cyclone: MSF Teams Bring Immediate Assistance While Additional Staff and Relief Materials are Ready to be Sent

  • 1:01 PM
    Demos: Historic Gather of Young Activists in Washington DC to Address Economic Concerns Driving Youth Vote

  • 12:50 PM
    Public Citizen: Bush Slate of Nominees to FEC Is Anything but a Compromise; Conflict Over FEC Appointments Likely to Continue

  • 12:44 PM
    Center for Budget & Policy Priorities (CBPP): Statement by Barbara Sard, Director of Housing Policy, On House Action on Foreclosure Legislation

  • 12:32 PM
    Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP): Labor, Faith, Seniors, Consumer Groups Rally at New York State Capitol in Support of Single Payer Universal Health Care

  • 12:29 PM
    Environmental Groups: Public Overwhelms Interior Dept. With Opposition to Latest Proposed Oil & Gas Project in Utah’s Famed Nine Mile Canyon

  • 12:20 PM
    Corporate Accountability International: Pepsi's New Labels Hit Shelves, Raise New Concerns

  • 10:12 AM
    Pubic Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER): New Jersey Jettisons Groundwater Pollution Standards

  • 10:10 AM
    ACLU: Teleconference Today at 2PM EDT/11AM PDT: National Security Letter Recipient Speaks Out for First Time After Government 'Gag' Is Lifted

    Tuesday, May 6

  • 6:07 PM
    Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR): NYT Again Excludes Critics From Iraq War Discussion Paper Reprises One-Sided

  • 3:45 PM
    Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): "The Truth About Veteran Suicides"

  • 3:45 PM
    Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy: Biofuels Contributing to Changing Land-Use Patterns, Affecting Biodiversity – New Report Finds

  • 3:45 PM
    Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) Asks For House Ethics Comm. Investigation Into Members’ Illegal Use of Official Resources for Campaign Purposes

  • 3:45 PM
    Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR): Guantánamo Attorneys to Congress: Resettle Imprisoned Refugees

  • 3:45 PM
    ACORN: “Women’s Voices, Women Vote” Works to Open Access, Not Close It

  • 3:45 PM
    Greenpeace: Chemical Industry Lobby Stalling Efforts to Secure Hazardous Materials from Attacks

  • 3:45 PM
    Conservation Groups: Bush Administration Challenged Over Abandonment of Wildlife Protections

  • 3:27 PM
    Free Press Hosts 2008 National Conference for Media Reform in Minneapolis

  • 3:05 PM
    Union of Concerned Scientists: Chrysler Gas Gimmick Keeps Customers Addicted To Oil, Science Group Says

  • 2:15 PM
    Public Citizen: Congress Must Reform Oil Industry, Financial Markets

  • 2:01 PM
    Equality Forum Mourns Civil Rights Pioneer Mildred Loving

  • 1:45 PM
    Free Press: Consumer Groups Champion Internet Freedom Preservation Act

  • 1:30 PMbr> Center for American Progress: America's Young Adults Face Serious Economic Challenges According to New Data Report and Opinion Poll Analysis

  • 1:19 PM
    Amnesty International: Routine Killings of Civilians In Somalia

  • 1:08 PM
    Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR): Notorious Haitian Human Rights Abuser to Stand Trial for Mortgage Fraud in New York

  • 1:05 PM
    ACLU Commends Net Neutrality Hearing

  • 1:02 PM
    Enivronmental Working Group (EWG): Pentagon & Polluters Wage 50-Year Fight Against Rocket Fuel Safety Standards

  • 12:30 PM
    Center for Biological Diversity: Depleted Longfin Smelt Moves Toward Federal Endangered Species Status

  • 11:00 AM
    People For The American Way (PFAW): McCain Sticks to Bush Script on Judges

  • 10:25 AM
    Voices of Women Organizing Project: Report: Battered Women Claim NYC Family Court System Puts Domestic Violence Survivors and Their Children in Danger

  • 10:01 AM
    EcoJustice: Green Groups In Court To Defend Alberta Tar Sands Victory

  • 9:45 AM
    Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER): EPA Experts Cast Doubts on Greenhouse Gas Emissions

  • 9:41 AM
    Amnesty International: As House and Justice Department Have Showdown Over Interrogation Techniques, Human Rights Activists Mobilize Against Torture

  • 9:35 AM
    Corporate Accountability International: Pepsi Pressured to Address Campaign Demands

  • 6:36 AM
    Friends of the Earth/WSDP: International Indigenous Leaders Attend Barrick Gold's Shareholder's Meeting

    Monday, May 5

  • 7:25 PM
    Human Rights Watch: US: ‘Drug War’ Unjust to African Americans

  • 7:10 PM
    Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) Is Joined on Anti-Spyware Brief by a Wide Range of Groups and Companies

  • 6:52 PM
    CARE to Respond to Myanmar Cyclone Disaster

  • 6:35 PM
    Action Against Hunger: Myanmar Emergency: Action Against Hunger Mounts Response in Wake of Cyclone Nargis

  • 6:05 PM
    American Rivers: Bush Administration's Salmon Plan Falls Short

  • 5:57 PM
    Freedom to Marry Honors Mildred Loving Upon Her Passing

  • 5:43 PM
    Center for Biological Diversity: Oklahoma Moves to Protect State’s Freshwater Turtles From Commercial Over-Harvest

  • 4:38 PM
    Government Accountability Project: US District Court Decision Holds Development Bank Accountable to Contractors

  • 3:55 PM
    NARF and ACLU Ask Federal Court to Stop Disenfranchisement of Alaska Natives Who Need Language Assistance

  • 2:58 PM
    Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR): New Abu Ghraib Torture Claims Filed Against Military Contractors

  • 2:50 PM
    Human Rights Watch (HRW): Kosovo/Albania: Investigate Postwar Abductions, Transfers to Albania

  • 2:39 PM
    Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR): Activism Update: TV News Blackout on Pentagon Pundits

  • 2:30 PM
    Greenpeace: Carbon Capture and Storage: A Corporate Boondoggle That Shortchanges Environment, Consumers

  • 2:00 PM
    Earthjustice: Planned Oil Operations in Beaufort and Chukchi Seas Challenged

    Friday, May 2

  • 4:57 PM
    Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy: Agro-fuels: The Trojan Horse for GM Food

  • 4:35 PM
    International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) Urges All Countries to Join the UN Disability Rights Convention

  • 4:29 PM
    Global AIDS Alliance: Indiana Religious Leaders Urge Clinton and Obama to Overhaul Foreign Aid

  • 4:15 PM
    Environmental Defense Fund: ChAMP Just Doesn't Have the REACH

  • 4:10 PM
    ACORN Applauds Good First Step on Reigning in Abusive Credit Card Practices

  • 4:08 PM
    Friends of The Earth: Voinovich Global Warming Bill ‘Repugnant and Immoral

  • 2:33 PM
    Human Rights Watch: UN: Tackle Wrongdoing by Peacekeepers

  • 2:23 PM
    Human Rights Watch: Israel: Independent Probe Needed in Gaza Killings

  • 2:15 PM
    Center for American Progress: Food Price Crisis 101

  • 2:00 PM
    ACLU: Innocent North Carolina Man Exonerated After 14 Years On Death Row

  • 11:52 AM
    Brennan Center for Justice: US Government Admits It Destroyed Videotape in Enemy Combatant Case

  • 11:51 AM
    Amnesty International Urges the Bush Administration to Release or Provide Fair Trials to All Remaining Guantanamo Detainees

    Thursday, May 1

  • 6:00 PM
    Public Citizen: Bush, Congress Must Hold Oil Industry, Speculators Accountable for High Gas Prices

  • 6:00 PM
    Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): McCain Health Plan

  • 6:00 PM
    Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): Gas Prices

  • 6:00 PM
    Committee to Protect Journalists: After Six Years, Al-Jazeera Cameraman Freed From Guantanamo

  • 6:00 PM
    Friends of The Earth: Obama’s Call for Rail Expansion Instead of Gas Tax Holiday Welcomed by Friends of the Earth

  • 6:00 PM
    FairVote: Hundreds of Pro-Democracy & Election Reform Advocates to Convene in Minneapolis This Summer

  • 5:55 PM
    ACLU: Fourth Annual ACLU Congress on Civil Liberties in Puerto Rico Begins Today

  • 5:41 PM
    Human Rights First Supports Senate Bill on Ending Secret Prisons

  • 5:14 PM
    Food and Water Watch: Take Back the Tap Organizing Fellowships

  • 4:58 PM
    National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA): Congress Commemorates Japanese Americans of Minidoka

  • 4:23 PM
    Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC): EPA's Proposed Lead Standard Still Would Expose Public to Unsafe Lead Levels

  • 4:10 PM
    Union of Concerned Scientists: New Massachusetts Green Power Program a Model for the Country

  • 3:58 PM
    Government Accountability Project: Asian Development Bank Audit Reveals Fraud in Afghanistan Projects

  • 3:38 PM
    Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey: Five Years Later, “The President Still Doesn’t Get It”

  • 3:27 PM
    National Lawyers Guild President to Testify on Torture Liability at Hearing Before Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties

  • 2:54 PM
    Riverkeeper: Spill Investigated by Riverkeeper Leads to Charges & Arrest

  • 2:24 PM
    People for the American Way (PFAW): The Specter of More Right-Wing Judges

  • 1:34 PM
    Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC): New Report Lays Out Potential Implications of Global Warming Carbon Allowance Proposals on Consumers and Power Companies

  • 1:20 PM
    Media Matters for America: Special Report: Dissection of a Preacher Double Standard

  • 12:58 PM
    Pacific Institute: Oakland Research Matters in Historic South African Water Rights Decision

  • 12:22 PM
    Amnesty International/Family Violence Prevention Fund/Women Thrive Worldwide: Legislation to Address Violence Against Women & Girls Worldwide Introduced in House of Representatives

  • 11:33 AM
    Military Families Speak Out (MFSO): Congress Must Accomplish the Mission of Ending the War In Iraq

  • 11:32 AM
    US Senators Feingold, Klobuchar, Ellison Work to Make Voting Easier For All Americans

  • 10:53 AM
    Corporate Accountability International: On The Smuggled Tobacco Prevention (STOP) Act

  • 10:38 AM
    ACLU: New Report Confirms Unprecedented Expansion Of Government Spying


    April 2008



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