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By Heather Moore The recently defeated proposal in Denver to ban circuses that use "wild or exotic animals," such as lions, tigers and elephants, from performing in that city was an important first step in exposing the cruel training and intense confinement that brings so much misery to animals. Just a few days Read More… Do Circuses Need Animals? The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has filed a complaint against DuPont for withholding evidence revealing negative health and environmental impacts from a chemical used to produce Teflon. The chemical, commonly known as PFOA (perfluorooctanoic acid), has been found to cause cancer in laboratory animals. Due to Teflon's popularity (those nifty non-stick frying pans, etc.), Read More… Poisoning Consumers With Teflon So many Britons are now taking the antidepressant pharmaceutical drug Prozac that it is showing up in the water supply. With 24 million prescriptions for the "happy pills," the drug is finding its way into the water via treated sewage. Experts are debating the possible impacts to the environment and human health given this Read More… Prozac In Uk Drinking Water "President Bush must be feeling the heat," said HRC President Cheryl Jacques. "Millions of Republican families, like the Cheneys, have gay friends and family members and are offended by President Bush's efforts to put discrimination in the Constitution. As Vice President Cheney makes clear, this is a personal issue that affects hard-working, tax-paying Americans. Read More… Bush Administration Can't Have It Both Ways On Marriage Enviroshop is maintained by dedicated NetSys Interactive Inc. owners & employees who generously contribute their time to maintenance & editing, web design, custom programming, & website hosting for Enviroshop.
Human Rights Campaign President Cheryl Jacques made the following statement on August 12th regarding the decision by the California Supreme Court that the City of San Francisco lacked the authority to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. The court also invalidated the licenses of over 4,000 couples married earlier this year in San Francisco. Read More… HRC Disappointed in Delay Of Marriage Equality In California The Human Rights Campaign issued the following statement regarding United States v. Marcum, a case handed down on august 23rd by the military's highest court of appeals. The court did not address the overall constitutionality of the armed forces' ban on private, consensual sodomy, known as Article 125 of the Uniform Code of Military Read More… HRC Statement On Military High Court Ruling Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League America, we have a problem. The July job-creation figures released earlier this month by the federal department of labor have stunned even those the post-9/11 decline in job-holding has made deeply skeptical—which is to say worried—about the short-term prospects for a return to a Read More… America, We Have A Problem Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League Who would have thought even a fortnight ago that amid the great quadrennial spectacle of the Presidential Election, another fascinating political contest for national office would suddenly develop? Who would have thought then, when issues that revolve around race appeared firmly set on the Read More… New Blood for the GOP? By: Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League Editor's note: Because of magazine deadlines, this piece did not make it into the August edition. However, we felt it's content was still timely. It's just the beginning of August. The Democrats have just concluded their convention; the Republicans are less than a month Read More… The November Vote: D |
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