The NewStandard ceased publishing on April 27, 2007.
Catherine Komp is a Core Contributor to The NewStandard. She works as a journalist and radio producer in Richmond, Virginia. Contact her at catherine (at) newstandardnews (dot) net.
Previous contributions to The NewStandard (133):
04/02/07
Campaign for ?Fair Elections? Legislation Heats Up 03/27/07
EPA Moves to Deregulate Hazardous Waste
03/22/07
States Rebel in Droves against Real ID Act
03/16/07
Study Finds Bisexual Health Awareness, Resources Lacking 02/14/07
Virginia Tribes Continue Long Fight for Sovereignty 02/02/07
?Enemy Combatant? Case Tests Bounds of Govt. Authority 01/29/07
Homelessness Mounting Among Kids, Families 01/19/07
Juice-Maker Caves to Pressure, Gives Up Animal Testing 01/18/07
Feds ?Biased? Against ?Green? Plan for Nuke Weapons Lab 01/12/07
Malpractice ?Crisis? Distorted for Profit, New Analysis Suggests 01/10/07
Guant?namo Anniversary Sees Renewed Shut-Down Calls* 01/04/07
Groups Clash over Ariz. Minimum-Wage Disability Exemption 12/15/06
New Nuke Arsenal Decried Nationwide 12/14/06
Canadian Appeals U.S. Torture Lawsuit 12/13/06
DuPont Still Hiding Teflon Hazard Study 12/11/06
Orlando?s Homelessness Fight Continues 12/11/06
Traveler Tracking Program May Violate US Law 12/08/06
Judge: S. Dakota City Discriminated Against Indian Voters 12/04/06
Sewage Discharges Threaten Great Lakes 11/30/06
Enviros Want Penguins on Endangered Species List 11/30/06
Report: Sacred Sites Need More Protection 11/29/06
Rendition Survivor Appeals Case Against CIA Officials 11/28/06
Spontaneous Strike Forces Smithfield to Change Policy 11/27/06
DuPont Agrees to Provide Less-toxic Water 11/17/06
Groups Call for Revote in Florida Congressional Race 11/17/06
Groups Sue Bush Administration for Violating Climate Change Act 11/16/06
?Discriminatory? Renting Ordinance Halted in Louisiana 11/16/06
Feds to Probe L.A. Juvenile Detention Conditions 11/15/06
Boycott Called Against Aetna over Slavery Profiteering 11/14/06
GPS Surveillance Creeps into Daily Life 11/06/06
Healthcare Industries Fill Candidates? Coffers 11/06/06
Activists Take Measures to Ensure Fair Elections 11/02/06
Rights Groups: Jumble of State Laws Could Disenfranchise Voters 10/31/06
Hispanic, Asian, Native Citizens Face Voting Barriers 10/27/06
Despite Laws, Disabled Voters Face Barriers at Polls 10/26/06
Studies: Media Consolidation Sidelines Women and People of Color 10/24/06
Report Reveals RFID Credit Cards Ripe for Info Skimming 10/20/06
DuPont Refuses to Release Teflon Chemical Study 10/19/06
Lawsuit Accuses Homeland Security of Racial Profiling 10/18/06
Special Interests Top Spenders on Supreme Court Political Ads 10/18/06
Grocery Giant Agrees to Pay Workers Backpay 10/17/06
Scientists Detail Social, Economic Costs of Unbridled Climate Change 10/16/06
Nuke Watchdog Urges New Look at Whistleblower Case 10/10/06
Internal Audit Suggests EPA Complicit in Environmental Racism 10/09/06
FDA Allows Banned Insecticide in Medicinal Lotions 10/04/06
Unemployment, Poverty Higher for People with Disabilities 10/03/06
Western Leaders Continue to Broker Disputed Data-sharing Program 10/02/06
Senators Move to Rush Yucca Nuke Dump 09/22/06
Ohio?s Blackwell Named in New Voting Rights Suit 09/22/06
Halliburton Employees, Subcontractors Allege More Abuses