WASHINGTON--Rushing to put in place changes it failed to secure in the past eight years, the Bush administration has finalized new Endangered Species Act (ESA) regulations today, cutting huge holes in the safety net that protects animals and plants in dan

The blockade has become tighter than ever since the breakdown of a five-and-a-half-month ceasefire between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants on 5 November. "The Israeli authorities might be allowing through enough for the survival of Gaza pop

In response to calls from Burma's democracy movement, the Burma Campaign UK and other campaign groups around the world have been pressuring companies to sever business ties with Burma. Please contact one or more of the companies on the Dirty

We workers of America, white collar, pink collar, blue collar, and no collar at all, have just gotten a wonderful example of the power of having a union. It's an example that should have every unorganized employee in America looking for a union organizer.

Now that the 2008 Elections are over, we are in an excellent position to enact legislation in 2009 that will provide comprehensive health and mental health coverage for all children. But our new leaders will face many challenges in the weeks and months ah

Executive Summary In August 2007, Wal-Mart Watch began an exhaustive study of all federal discrimination lawsuits, open or closed, filed against Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., and its subsidiaries ("Wal-Mart") from January 2004 until the present. It

Before you send fallen leaves to the dump and cut down dead stalks in your yard, consider the many benefits for wildlife and the environment of leaving plant debris in place ONCE THE AUTUMN foliage spectacle has ended, most homeowners dutiful

The rate of suicides among-active duty soldiers is on pace to surpass both last year's numbers and the rate of suicide in the general U.S. population for the first time since the Vietnam war, according to U.S. Army officials. Officials attribute the

Wall Street has actually convinced a lot of us that what's good for the Dow Jones Average is good for us real people. But for eight years while bankers raked in billions, ordinary Americans have seen their real wages drop, jobs sent overseas, health insur

Now that the contaminated Chinese infant formula scandal has widened to include dairy ingredients that the U.S. may be importing, we need FDA to step up and protect American consumers. The limited inspections that the FDA proposes are not sufficient to pr