The NewStandard ceased publishing on April 27, 2007.
Megan Tady is a staff journalist for The NewStandard and member of The PeoplesNetworks collective. Her past work has been published by Reuters, AlterNet, CommonDreams, WireTap, Yes! Magazine, and Clamor.
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04/27/07 Plan to Plant Gene-Modified Rice Alarms Interest Groups04/25/07 Post Office to Favor Big Mags, Spike Rates for Small Pubs
04/23/07 Privacy Concerns Surround Proposed Google, DoubleClick Merger04/13/07 Climate Change Gas Emissions Way Up Nationwide04/11/07 Activists Target Big Banks for Financing Climate Change04/06/07 Bush Skips Congress, Appoints ‘Extremist’ as Regulatory Head04/05/07 Environmental Racism Still Major Problem, Report Confirms03/30/07 Congress Challenges Labor Board Anti-Union Definitions03/29/07 Govt. Pushes Nuke-Waste Proposal through Public Gauntlet03/23/07 Some Grizzlies Emerge from Endangered List; Enviros Upset03/21/07 Energy Bill Offers Weak Emissions Caps, Off-Shore Drilling03/20/07 NYCLU Slams New York City for ‘Over-Policing’ of Schools03/16/07 Diverse, Dispersed Protests to Mark Iraq War’s Fourth Year
03/14/07 Unprotected by Laws, Domestic Workers Face Exploitation03/09/07 U.S. May Offer Immigrants Under-Funded Health Coverage
03/08/07 Anti-Junk-Mail Laws Trashed by Businesses, Labor03/06/07 Case Against TVA’s Coal-Plant Emissions Heats Up03/02/07 Firm with Suspect Ties Monitors Chemical Industry for Govt.03/01/07 Climate-Change Victims Chip Away U.S. Procrastination02/22/07 AT&T Can Continue Hiding Surveillance Secrets02/16/07 Measure to Partly Curb Cluster Bombs Reaches Senate02/15/07 Lawmakers Move Against Over-use of Antibiotics on Farms02/13/07 Extension of Refugees’ Supplemental Security Benefits Debated02/09/07 Big Enviro Groups ‘Holding Back’ Anti-Warming Movement01/31/07 Public Pushes Back Against Planned Test on Old Nuke Site*01/26/07 Mass. 'Universal' Health Plan Already Falling Short01/22/07 Activists Fight Expansion of Death Valley Wilderness Roads01/18/07 Environmentalists Want Nukes Out of Climate Change Bill01/17/07 Turkey Industry Uses ‘Ethically Repugnant’ Breeding Practices01/15/07 Transgender People Face Violence, Obstacles01/08/07 Tribes Turn to Court over Trust-Fund ‘Mismanagement’01/05/07 Unions Push OSHA to Make Bosses Pay for Safety Gear01/04/07 Nevada Wild Horse Condemnation Upheld by Court *12/20/06 USDA Stocks Organics Board with Business Reps12/15/06 New Jersey Activists Want Farm Practices Declared ‘Inhumane’12/14/06 Thousands More Scientists Slam Bush Science Policies12/08/06 New EPA Rule Inhibits Wetland Protections, Watchdog Says12/07/06 Meat Contributes to Climate Change, UN Study Confirms12/01/06 Govt. Commission Questions School Desegregation Programs11/28/06 Pentagon Using Anti-Terror Resources to Spy on Peace Activists11/28/06 Contamination Leads to Legalization of Gene-Spliced Rice11/27/06 Marketers Still Free to Stalk Consumers Online11/15/06 House Passes ‘Terrorism’ Act Against Animal Activists11/13/06 New ‘Terrorism’ Laws to Protect Animal Abusers’ Profits11/08/06 Voters Smoke Big Tobacco at Polls11/01/06 Fresh EPA Library Cuts May Limit Safety Scientists’ Knowledge10/27/06 Blackwell's New Ohio Voting Regs Called Too Strict10/26/06 Sex-segregated Classes Get Gold Star from Education Dept.10/25/06 Med Boards Fail to Make Doctor Accountability Public, Study Finds10/24/06 Supreme Court Lifts Injunction on Arizona Voter ID Law