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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 Say
04/24/07 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 Show
04/11/07 Prison Litigation ‘Reform’ Meets New Challenges
04/10/07 New Florida Felon Voting Rules Fall Short, Critics Say
04/06/07 Opponents Hope to Derail Enrichment Plant in Legal Fight
03/30/07 Critics Question Economics of Logging in Largest National Forest
03/28/07 ‘Racism’ Seen in Liberals’ Opposition to Mexican Truckers
03/22/07 FDA ‘Cherry Picked’ Evidence to Push Cloned-Animal Foods
03/19/07 Activists Seek Alternative Model to ‘Neo-Liberal’ Trade Pacts
03/07/07 Bill to Study Slavery Reparations Still Facing Resistance
02/28/07 Audit Exposes Corporate Bias in Bush’s Reading Program
02/28/07 ‘Hypocrisy’ Seen In New ‘Religious Freedom’ Initiative
02/26/07 Monsanto Merger Sows Fears over Skewed Seed Market
02/23/07 White House Gives Frozen Childcare Funds Cold Shoulder Again
02/21/07 White House Leaves Consumer Safety Agency Hobbled
02/16/07 Progressives See Bad Policy in Growing Trade Gap
02/07/07 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 Laws
01/24/07 Executive Order Expands Presidential Power Over Agencies
01/23/07 Medicare Drug ‘Reform’ Bill a ‘Hollow Victory’ for Democrats
01/18/07 Ground Zero ‘Clean-up’ Plan ‘Designed to Find Nothing’
01/16/07 Dems Sitting on Power to Curb Bush's Iraq War Expansion
01/09/07 Critics Say Democratic Lawmakers Cater to White Agenda
01/04/07 ‘Domestic Production’ Tax Break Props Up Corporations, Hurts States
01/03/07 Consumer Advocates Say Gas Companies Driving Up Prices in Calif.
12/22/06 FDA Lab Closure Plan Endangers Public, Watchdogs Say
12/22/06 Navajo Dissidents Take Action to Stop Tribe-Backed Power Plant
12/20/06 Nearly One in Five U.S. Latinos ‘Food Insecure’
12/19/06 Lawsuits Call Air Pollution Standards Deadly, Arbitrary
12/18/06 Feds Make Forest Planning, Protection Less Deliberative
12/15/06 More Families to Face 'Heat or Eat' Choice this Winter
12/08/06 Closures Loom for Community-Focused Hospitals in New York
12/05/06 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 Law
11/17/06 Employers May Get Access to Applicants’ Minor ‘Offenses’
11/15/06 ‘Last Resort’ Attempted to Charge Rumsfeld, Others for War Crimes
11/10/06 Rights Groups Monitor Shake-up in Pentagon Leadership
11/09/06 Business Group Stealthily Funded Political Ads, Watchdogs Allege
11/07/06 Rising Violence Against Native Women Has ‘Colonial Roots’
11/02/06 Lawsuit seeks to expose federal ties to anti-abortion centers
11/01/06 Voters Could Raise Min. Wage in Six States
10/30/06 Wildlife Refuge Workforce to be Downsized
10/26/06 Amid Harsh New Border Plans, Death Toll Mounts*
10/25/06 Number of Uninsured Still Climbing Despite ‘Healthy’ Economy
10/23/06 Kansas Atty. Gen. Accused of Bending Campaign Laws
