NAACP Applauds National Labor Relations Board Ruling
The NAACP applauds the National Labor Relations Board for issuing a new rule to protect the rights of workers to[…]
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Organic Spies Find Ties: Organic Trade Association “Modified” By GMO Interests
A short documentary by Organic Spies details the corrupting influence of large multinational food companies at the Organic Trade Association[…]
Read moreProposed Mortgage Qualification Rule May End Homeownership As We Know It
Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League “A house is made of walls and beams; a home is[…]
Read moreHRC’s Call It Out Campaign Calls on Candidates to Disavow Dangerous “Ex-Gay” Therapies
The Human Rights Campaign – the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization – is calling[…]
Read moreThe HSUS Responds to Fremont, Ohio Monkey Attack
Wayne Pacelle, president and CEO of The Humane Society of the United States, released the following statement in response to[…]
Read moreShut Down Big Ag’s Food Safety Rule Before It Shuts Down Small Farms
Take Action Today! From the National Organic Coalition: The USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service, an agency with no food safety expertise[…]
Read moreCalifornia! Stop Agribusiness Exploitation in the Fields
Most Americans know little or nothing about the two million hardworking farm workers, often Latino immigrants, who toil in the[…]
Read moreHRC Statement on Historic DOJ Brief in Golinski Case
In a legal brief filed in Karen Golinski’s challenge to the discriminatory federal Defense of Marriage Act(DOMA), the Department of Justice[…]
Read moreNAACP Applauds EPA’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule
In July the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized rules that will cap toxic emissions from power plants. The Cross-State Air Pollution[…]
Read moreSierra Club Statement on Proposed AEP Phase-Out of Coal Plants
Responding to a court order, one of the country’s largest utilities – American Electric Power (AEP) – has proposed a[…]
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