The NewStandard ceased publishing on April 27, 2007.
Lisa Ashkenaz Croke. a Chicago-based writer and editor, is a Core Contributor to The NewStandard.
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03/29/05
GAO Unhappy With Passenger Screening Program 03/29/05
Air Force Will Not Discipline Officers Accused in Assault Scandal 03/29/05
Proposed CA Drug Plan Meets Preemptive Resistance from Big Pharma 03/29/05
Science, Religion Square Off in Massachusetts 03/23/05
US Military Frees Iraqi Criminals to Use as Moles Against Rebels
02/07/05
Three Bills Renew Senate Clash Over Abortion
12/31/04
Iraq Torture Investigators Reveal Scores of New Cases
12/13/04
Controversial U.S. Groups Operate Behind Scenes on Iraq Vote 12/08/04
Shi?ite leaders put together diverse slate for upcoming elections 12/02/04
Jan. Elections Remain Misunderstood in U.S., Tenuous in Iraq 11/12/04
Fallujah?s Political Fallout Threatens Security Throughout Iraq 11/07/04
?Pacified? Samarra flies out of control on eve of Fallujah assault 11/01/04
Missing Explosives Problem Goes Far Beyond Al-Qaqaa 10/28/04
FBI Glossed Over Abu Ghraib Abuses in Recently Obtained Report 10/18/04
Fate Uncertain for First GIs to Collectively Refuse Iraq Combat Orders 09/23/04
Abuse, Torture and Rape Reported at Unlisted U.S.-run Prisons in Iraq 08/30/04
American Lawyer Finds New Evidence of Recent Torture in Iraq 08/22/04
Pro-U.S. Former Exiles Dominate Appointed Iraqi Assembly 08/17/04
Najaf Prompts Outrage, Talk of Secession Among Iraqi Politicians 08/14/04
Allawi ends Najaf truce talks; U.S.-led assaults appear inevitable 08/10/04
UN nuke watchdogs ?OK? Iraq site, hope to resume broader search 08/10/04
U.S. Government, Media Silent on Torture of Detained Iraqi Kids 07/29/04
Three Days of Extraordinary Bloodshed Shake Iraq 07/26/04
U.S. Sneaks Uranium Out of Iraq; UN Team Returns with Limited Mandate 07/20/04
Blair misled world on Iraq mass grave body count 07/11/04
Kurdish village gassed by Saddam ignored throughout U.S. occupation 07/05/04
Washington Refuses to Relinquish Legal Authority to ?Sovereign? Iraq 06/28/04
Partial sovereignty transferred to Iraq 06/24/04
Another prominent Iraqi murdered in Mosul 06/24/04
Washington seeks to extend immunity for troops from Iraqi prosecution 06/23/04
Al-Sadr declines invitation to join Iraqi political conference 06/21/04
Extreme Sentences Given to Men Connected to Paintball Training Club 06/19/04
US Senate ready to move on gay marriage ban 06/19/04
Lawsuits challenge racist law invoked to prevent same-sex marriage 06/10/04
Militants assault police, raid headquarters in Najaf