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Amongst all the partisan blather and vindictive verbiage over the Clinton pardons in the mainstream media, one would be hard pressed to find mention of which pardons SHOULD HAVE BEEN MADE, but were not. As each and every presidential pardon is exhumed, poked and prodded, and run thru the congressional filters of self-righteous hypocrisy, Read More… Begging His Pardon On Earth Day 1999, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a ground-breaking program to restore clean air to some of the country’s most revered national parks including the Grand Canyon, Great Smoky Mountains, Glacier, Yellowstone, Yosemite, Acadia, Shenandoah, Mount Rainier, Bryce, Zion, Canyonlands, and Big Bend. The program was the culmination of more Read More… Industry Presses EPA To Derail Historic Clean Air Program For Nat’l Parks In a letter to the US Army Corps of Engineers, 24 environmental groups said the Army Corps’ decision to delay certain Missouri River dam operation reforms until 2003 ignores the needs of the river’s recreational users and brings three species closer to extinction.
The coalition of national and local conservation Read More… Army Corps Delays Missouri River Dam Reforms Until 2003 This short series of reports deals with the greening of a family, as much as my own personal greening. However, I must admit to being the driving force behind this proposed change in our lifestyle back in 1975. My goal, which became the goal of my wife and two kids, was to achieve a Read More… The Greening Of Ezra, Part Two: What Does It Mean To Go Green? It goes without saying that churches and faith-based organizations of all kinds have for decades played a vital role in aiding individuals and families in distress in ways that have contributed to alleviating some of America's most serious social problems. President Bush recognized the constructive role they've played by creating the Read More… Putting Faith To Work With all due respect to the President’s tax initiative, there were two other developments on the economic news front last week that are important, too. Certainly, they were startling, and worrisome. One was that the number of homeless people—largely families or single women—lodging nightly in New York City’s homeless shelter system has risen above Read More… Closing the Opportunity Gap Does it make sense to make it more difficult for America’s working poor families—who can barely make ends meet as it is—to save as much money as they can to take care of their needs? Does it make sense to deter them from using a federal program that helps them stay on the right Read More… Give The Working Poor A Break The Human Rights Campaign recently applauded the Bush administration’s decision to increase spending in its proposed budget for key programs that will help people living with HIV and AIDS.
“We commend the Bush administration for increasing funds for research at the National Institutes of Health at a time when the AIDS epidemic The Human Rights Campaign joined a coalition of organizations at a press conference on February 14th for the introduction of a bill in Congress that would provide same-sex partners of U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents the same immigration rights legal spouses of U.S. residents enjoy.
“This bill will help end the Read More… HRC Praises Congressman Nadler’s Introduction Of Permanent Partners Immigration Act The Human Rights Campaign renewed calls for Congress to pass comprehensive hate crimes legislation following the FBI’s release of their annual Hate Crime Statistics report. The statistics show a rise in hate crimes against lesbian and gay Americans, reiterating the need for including sexual orientation in federal hate crimes law, says HRC.
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