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On June 23rd, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), issued the following statement on the U.S. Supreme Court decision on affirmative action: Kweisi Mfume, President and CEO, said: "Today's 5-4 decision by the court in favor of the University of Michigan's law school affirmative action program is a major victory Read More… NAACP Calls Supreme Court Michigan Decision A Major Victory Despite a landslide of public comments opposing the idea, the USDA has decided to begin bombarding school lunches with massive doses of radiation. Food safety groups slammed the decision, saying the action turns schools into the world's foremost purveyors of inadequately tested irradiated food, forcing millions of children to serve as guinea pigs. Countless Read More… Human Children Are Actually Guinea Pigs! Writers, musicians, artists.even restaurateurs have to learn to accept both good and bad reviews, as it's all just part of the business. But when one of Italy's top food critics recently wrote that McDonald's hamburgers tasted like rubber and the French fries like cardboard, the fast food chain decided they shouldn't have to put Read More… Critics Shouldn't Be So Critical On June 19th, Environmental Defense commended McDonald's, one of the largest meat purchasers in the U.S. quick service restaurant industry, for adopting a global policy to help reduce the use of antibiotics in food animal production. "By working together, McDonald's and Environmental Defense have leveraged the company's purchasing power to help reverse the Read More… Environmental Defense Commends McDonald's New Policy On Antibiotics On June 12th, Environmental Defense criticized a 54-44 vote in the U.S Senate that narrowly rejected a proposed amendment to the Senate energy bill that would have removed a controversial provision calling for the use of seismic survey ships and other invasive technologies to look for oil and gas potential even within sensitive coastal During the week of June 10th, the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change released the results of a modeling analysis on S.139, the Climate Stewardship Act, sponsored by U.S. Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Joseph Lieberman (D-CT). The study notes that the McCain-Lieberman bill is Read More… Environmental Defense praises new study on McCain-Lieberman Climate Stewardship Act The New York State Legislature has just passed one of the nation's strongest laws to ban "canned hunts" of tame animals for trophies. The legislation, A4609a and S2735a, prohibits the shooting of any exotic mammal held captive in a fenced enclosure of any acreage. Canned hunts are cruel, unsporting, and can spread dangerous diseases The Fund for Animals and dozens of other organizations, organized under the banner of Protect Pets and Wildlife (ProPAW), applauded a Washington Supreme Court ruling upholding I-713, an initiative backed by The Fund and approved by Washington voters in 2000. I-713 restricts the use of steel-jawed leghold traps, snares, and Conibear traps, which are By: Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League The Supreme Court's decision this week supporting the right of universities to consider race as one of many factors in admitting students was a historic victory for America and a reaffirmation of the nation's commitment to equality and diversity. Although the Court, in Read More… A Wise Decision for Affirmative Action By: Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League May was the 30th anniversary of the New York state legislature's enactment of the so-called Rockefeller Drug Laws. Proposed by Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller, the "get-tough" laws were supposed to solve the burgeoning drug and crime problem by locking up significant participants in Read More… Reform The Rockefeller Drug Laws |
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