On March 10, conservative Judge Jack B. Weinstein ruled against compensating Vietnamese children and adults who have suffered serious health[…]
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HRC Denounces Introduction Of Discriminatory Amendment
The Human Rights Campaign denounced the introduction in the House of an amendment that would deny marriage and likely civil[…]
Read moreStop The Pentagon's War On Public Health & Environment
The Pentagon is lobbying Congress to pass a new law that would allow the military to freely violate a host[…]
Read moreHRC Expresses Alarm Over Recent Spate Of Apparent Hate Crimes
The Human Rights Campaign expressed concern over recent violent crimes against gay and transgender victims in New Mexico, North Carolina,[…]
Read moreBiopirates Lose Patent On Seeds Of India's Sacred Tree, The Neem
Under the New World Order of the World Trade Organization (WTO), corporations now have the right to "discover" seeds and[…]
Read moreOur False Sense of Complacency about AIDS
By: Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League Two separate news items reported over the last month illustrate[…]
Read moreThe Verdict: Tiger Rescue Operator Guilty of 55 Counts of Animal Cruelty
Tiger Rescue owner John Weinhart was found guilty of 55 counts of animal cruelty, including 14 felony counts. The verdict[…]
Read moreAn Anti-21st Century Thing To Say
By: Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League “Seemed like such, like, an anti-21st century thing to say.”[…]
Read morePrimate Fear Compromises Research Results
By Mary Beth Sweetland Like so many people, public speaking tops my list of loathsome activities. I am a fearful[…]
Read moreIndispensable to the Fight against Crime
By: Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League The terrible murders of innocent people this past weekend in[…]
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