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 Groups
04/25/07 Post Office to Favor Big Mags, Spike Rates for Small Pubs
04/23/07 Privacy Concerns Surround Proposed Google, DoubleClick Merger
04/13/07 Climate Change Gas Emissions Way Up Nationwide
04/11/07 Activists Target Big Banks for Financing Climate Change
04/06/07 Bush Skips Congress, Appoints ‘Extremist’ as Regulatory Head
04/05/07 Environmental Racism Still Major Problem, Report Confirms
03/30/07 Congress Challenges Labor Board Anti-Union Definitions
03/29/07 Govt. Pushes Nuke-Waste Proposal through Public Gauntlet
03/23/07 Some Grizzlies Emerge from Endangered List; Enviros Upset
03/21/07 Energy Bill Offers Weak Emissions Caps, Off-Shore Drilling
03/20/07 NYCLU Slams New York City for ‘Over-Policing’ of Schools
03/16/07 Diverse, Dispersed Protests to Mark Iraq War’s Fourth Year
03/14/07 Unprotected by Laws, Domestic Workers Face Exploitation
03/09/07 U.S. May Offer Immigrants Under-Funded Health Coverage
03/08/07 Anti-Junk-Mail Laws Trashed by Businesses, Labor
03/06/07 Case Against TVA’s Coal-Plant Emissions Heats Up
03/02/07 Firm with Suspect Ties Monitors Chemical Industry for Govt.
03/01/07 Climate-Change Victims Chip Away U.S. Procrastination
02/22/07 AT&T Can Continue Hiding Surveillance Secrets
02/16/07 Measure to Partly Curb Cluster Bombs Reaches Senate
02/15/07 Lawmakers Move Against Over-use of Antibiotics on Farms
02/13/07 Extension of Refugees’ Supplemental Security Benefits Debated
02/09/07 Big Enviro Groups ‘Holding Back’ Anti-Warming Movement
01/31/07 Public Pushes Back Against Planned Test on Old Nuke Site*
01/26/07 Mass. 'Universal' Health Plan Already Falling Short
01/22/07 Activists Fight Expansion of Death Valley Wilderness Roads
01/18/07 Environmentalists Want Nukes Out of Climate Change Bill
01/17/07 Turkey Industry Uses ‘Ethically Repugnant’ Breeding Practices
01/15/07 Transgender People Face Violence, Obstacles
01/08/07 Tribes Turn to Court over Trust-Fund ‘Mismanagement’
01/05/07 Unions Push OSHA to Make Bosses Pay for Safety Gear
01/04/07 Nevada Wild Horse Condemnation Upheld by Court *
12/20/06 USDA Stocks Organics Board with Business Reps
12/15/06 New Jersey Activists Want Farm Practices Declared ‘Inhumane’
12/14/06 Thousands More Scientists Slam Bush Science Policies
12/08/06 New EPA Rule Inhibits Wetland Protections, Watchdog Says
12/07/06 Meat Contributes to Climate Change, UN Study Confirms
12/01/06 Govt. Commission Questions School Desegregation Programs
11/28/06 Pentagon Using Anti-Terror Resources to Spy on Peace Activists
11/28/06 Contamination Leads to Legalization of Gene-Spliced Rice
11/27/06 Marketers Still Free to Stalk Consumers Online
11/15/06 House Passes ‘Terrorism’ Act Against Animal Activists
11/13/06 New ‘Terrorism’ Laws to Protect Animal Abusers’ Profits
11/08/06 Voters Smoke Big Tobacco at Polls
11/01/06 Fresh EPA Library Cuts May Limit Safety Scientists’ Knowledge
10/27/06 Blackwell's New Ohio Voting Regs Called Too Strict
10/26/06 Sex-segregated Classes Get Gold Star from Education Dept.
10/25/06 Med Boards Fail to Make Doctor Accountability Public, Study Finds
10/24/06 Supreme Court Lifts Injunction on Arizona Voter ID Law
