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04/26/07 Bottled Water Boycott Highlights Waste, Resource Depletion
04/25/07 Anti-poverty Activists Fight to Eradicate Predatory Lending
04/20/07 FDA Complicit in Pushing Prescription Drugs, Ad Critics Say04/17/07 Salmon Advocates Say Kill Dams, Not Sea Lions*04/10/07 FedEx Charged with More Anti-Union Actions in Massachusetts04/05/07 FDA Looks to Renew Industry-Funded Review Process04/02/07 Maryland May Join Pact to Bypass Electoral College*03/29/07 Govt. Looks to Continue Handouts for Factory Farm Pollution03/21/07 Hate-Crime Laws ‘Won’t Protect Homeless Like Doors’03/01/07 Grad Students Appeal to U.N. for Union Rights03/01/07 Group Demands Information on ‘Disappeared’ Detainees02/27/07 ‘Independent’ Cabbies Fight for Union Rights02/21/07 Labor ‘Free Choice’ Bill Stares Down Bush Veto*02/12/07 Bush Opponents Differ over Impeachment02/05/07 Activists ‘Step Up’ Challenge to Climate Change01/26/07 Drug-Policy Activists Fight to Preserve Calif. Treatment Program01/19/07 Pentagon, Banks ‘Collaborating’ in Records-Sharing Program01/15/07 Bill Would Expose Funding Behind Phony Grassroots Groups01/10/07 Wiki Writer Goes to Court Over Freedom to Link01/09/07 Companies Insure Less, Profit More, Report Says01/08/07 Environmentalists Sue Govt. Over Arizona Bald Eagle Recovery01/03/07 Families of Prisoners Sue New York, MCI for Phone Call Scheme12/22/06 Big Pharma’s Profit Pursuit Means Fewer New Drugs, Report Says12/18/06 New Orleans Public Defender System Rotten, Neglected12/18/06 Regulators Give Nod to Hazardous Chemical Import, Production12/15/06 Immigration Sweeps Raise Questions About ‘Identity Theft’12/13/06 EPA Shirks Court Order on Mercury Emissions12/05/06 Lawmakers Still Control FBI Budget while Under Investigation12/04/06 KBR’s Violations Run Deeper, Wider11/30/06 Arizona County Appeals Inmates’ Abortion Rights11/29/06 Activists Redouble Efforts Against Past Lead-Paint Makers11/15/06 Barriers Inhibit Legal Road to U.S. Citizenship11/10/06 Republicans Accused of Illegal Campaign Calls11/09/06 Arizonans Take More Swipes at Undocumented Immigrants11/08/06 Cali. Voters Deny Oil Tax to Fund Alternative Energy11/08/06 Oregon Committee Invites Contested ‘Biopharming’ of GE Plants*11/07/06 Kentucky Voters Could Reclaim Local Water Supply11/01/06 NYC Considers Ban on Trans Fat in Restaurant Food10/31/06 Judge Forces LA County to End Jail Overcrowding10/30/06 ‘Systemic’ Flaws Found in Florida Juvenile Court System10/20/06 Cali. Voters May Tax Oil Co’s to Fund Green Fuels10/19/06 Education Reformers Demand More Action on Spiking Tuition10/16/06 Prisons Sic Attack Dogs on Inmates, Report Finds10/13/06 Report downplays voter fraud, highlights systemic problems10/12/06 Enviros Say Chemical-Plant Fire May Leave Residents Vulnerable10/10/06 Cali. Gov. Vetoes Farm-Worker Protection Bill10/06/06 Congress Considers Bill Requiring Strict Voter ID Regs10/03/06 Educators Slam Federal Standardization Plans for Higher Ed10/02/06 Critics Worry Border Security Bill Skirts Crucial ‘Reforms’09/22/06 California Tries Suing Big Automakers Over Global Warming