U.S. Senate Blocks Womens Rights for 30 Years
July 15, 2010 – The United States’ long delay in ratifying the global women’s rights treaty undermines fulfillment of the US[…]
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Many Gulf Spill Cleanup Efforts Ineffective and Harming, not Helping Birds
New Report and Recommendations Issued Today by American Bird Conservancy July 19, 2010 – A report released today by American[…]
Read moreBank Reform Victory
July 16, 2010 – National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial today praised the Senate for passing much-needed[…]
Read moreHelp Animals Weather A Wicked Hurricane Season
By Lindsay Pollard-Post The arrival of Hurricane Alex and Tropical Storm Bonnie is just the beginning of what experts have[…]
Read moreThe NAACP Commends the National Federation of Tea Parties for Expelling the Tea Party Express
NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous issued the following statement today after learning that the National Federation of Tea[…]
Read moreHuman Rights First, Rights Groups Call for Justice on Anniversary of Russian Activist’s Murder
On the one-year anniversary of the brutal murder of Russian human rights activist Natalia Estemirova, Human Rights First—together with Freedom[…]
Read moreTell Obama’s FDA to Fix What Dan Quayle Got Wrong
In 1992, Monsanto successfully lobbied President George H.W. Bush’s administration to deregulate its controversial and untested technology of genetic engineering[…]
Read moreHuman Rights Campaign Applauds D.C. Court of Appeals Decision Rejecting Marriage Initiative
7/15/2010 – The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization, applauded a D.C. Court[…]
Read moreGreenpeace Halts Rainforest Destruction in Kampar Again by Pulp and Paper Giant APRIL
July 15th, 2010 – Greenpeace activists blocked a barge carrying thousands of cubic metres of timber from the rainforests of the[…]
Read moreHRC Calls for Passage of Uniting American Families Act
7/15/2010 – Today the Human Rights Campaign – the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization –[…]
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