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Michelle Chen is a staff reporter with The NewStandard. She writes, works and plays in New York City. Involved with independent media for the past decade, she has written for Extra!, Legal Affairs, INTHEFRAY.COM and her own zine, cain.
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04/27/07 White House ID Theft Plan Soft on Industry, Critics Say04/24/07 Greenwashing Fears Raised by Berkeley-BP Initiative
04/18/07 Loophole Let Wal-Mart Evade $2.3B in Taxes*04/16/07 Nanotech Critics Warn Against Industry Self-Regulation
04/12/07 EPA Helping to Hide Tons of Toxic Waste, Researchers Show04/11/07 Prison Litigation ‘Reform’ Meets New Challenges04/10/07 New Florida Felon Voting Rules Fall Short, Critics Say04/06/07 Opponents Hope to Derail Enrichment Plant in Legal Fight03/30/07 Critics Question Economics of Logging in Largest National Forest03/28/07 ‘Racism’ Seen in Liberals’ Opposition to Mexican Truckers03/22/07 FDA ‘Cherry Picked’ Evidence to Push Cloned-Animal Foods03/19/07 Activists Seek Alternative Model to ‘Neo-Liberal’ Trade Pacts03/07/07 Bill to Study Slavery Reparations Still Facing Resistance02/28/07 Audit Exposes Corporate Bias in Bush’s Reading Program02/28/07 ‘Hypocrisy’ Seen In New ‘Religious Freedom’ Initiative02/26/07 Monsanto Merger Sows Fears over Skewed Seed Market
02/23/07 White House Gives Frozen Childcare Funds Cold Shoulder Again02/21/07 White House Leaves Consumer Safety Agency Hobbled02/16/07 Progressives See Bad Policy in Growing Trade Gap02/07/07 Drugmakers Hurry Sales, Delay Safety Studies*02/06/07 Wolves’ Removal from Endangered List a Disputed ‘Success’02/01/07 Immigrants’ Stories Expose Murkiness of Deportation Laws01/24/07 Executive Order Expands Presidential Power Over Agencies01/23/07 Medicare Drug ‘Reform’ Bill a ‘Hollow Victory’ for Democrats01/18/07 Ground Zero ‘Clean-up’ Plan ‘Designed to Find Nothing’01/16/07 Dems Sitting on Power to Curb Bush's Iraq War Expansion01/09/07 Critics Say Democratic Lawmakers Cater to White Agenda01/04/07 ‘Domestic Production’ Tax Break Props Up Corporations, Hurts States01/03/07 Consumer Advocates Say Gas Companies Driving Up Prices in Calif.12/22/06 FDA Lab Closure Plan Endangers Public, Watchdogs Say12/22/06 Navajo Dissidents Take Action to Stop Tribe-Backed Power Plant12/20/06 Nearly One in Five U.S. Latinos ‘Food Insecure’12/19/06 Lawsuits Call Air Pollution Standards Deadly, Arbitrary12/18/06 Feds Make Forest Planning, Protection Less Deliberative12/15/06 More Families to Face 'Heat or Eat' Choice this Winter12/08/06 Closures Loom for Community-Focused Hospitals in New York12/05/06 Offshore Drilling Back on Washington Agenda*11/30/06 Judge: No 'Guilt by Association' for Aiding 'Terrorists'11/27/06 Ohio Court Curtails Stricter Predatory Lending Law11/17/06 Employers May Get Access to Applicants’ Minor ‘Offenses’11/15/06 ‘Last Resort’ Attempted to Charge Rumsfeld, Others for War Crimes11/10/06 Rights Groups Monitor Shake-up in Pentagon Leadership11/09/06 Business Group Stealthily Funded Political Ads, Watchdogs Allege11/07/06 Rising Violence Against Native Women Has ‘Colonial Roots’11/02/06 Lawsuit seeks to expose federal ties to anti-abortion centers11/01/06 Voters Could Raise Min. Wage in Six States10/30/06 Wildlife Refuge Workforce to be Downsized10/26/06 Amid Harsh New Border Plans, Death Toll Mounts*10/25/06 Number of Uninsured Still Climbing Despite ‘Healthy’ Economy10/23/06 Kansas Atty. Gen. Accused of Bending Campaign Laws