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The NewStandard (TNS) was an independent, nonprofit, ad-free news service. After nearly 3.5 years on line, The NewStandard discontinued publication on April 27, 2007. It should not be confused with the Central Ohio newspaper publication that shares almost the same name, The New Standard, or it's publisher, New Standard Publications. More » (Source: Wikipedia)
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Ezra Fox
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Sep 18, 2007 - 3:08 PM PDT
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'Racism' Seen in Liberals' Opposition to Mexican Truckers
Labor and public-interest groups are arguing that permitting Mexican truckers to drive US roads under NAFTA raises safety concerns. But the facts suggest otherwise, and some ...Posted by Jake Johansen -
Group Demands Information on 'Disappeared' Detainees
A human rights group is calling for the Bush administration to reveal the whereabouts of all suspects once detained by the CIA in secret prisons scattered across the globe.Posted by Harrie Baken -
Medicare Drug 'Reform' Bill a 'Hollow Victory' for Democrats
Interested parties on two sides of the Medicare prescription-drug debate say last week's effort to give the government power to negotiate prices was a big deal, but experts ...Posted by Jake Johansen -
Critics Say Democratic Lawmakers Cater to White Agenda
Progressives say the new Democratic legislature is already disproving the common perception that their party is particularly friendly to people of color.Posted by Jake Johansen -
Groups Clash over Ariz. Minimum-Wage Disability Exemption
Some Arizonians want their state's hard-won minimum-wage hike to apply only to "able-bodied" employees, leaving a loophole for paying disabled workers less.Posted by Jake Johansen -
Critics, Officials Tell Tenn. Valley Authority to Clean Up
Activists and North Carolina's attorney general say the massive New Deal energy project is a major source of pollution and health problems in the region its creators intended ...Posted by Jake Johansen -
USDA Stocks Organics Board with Business Reps
Food-safety activists are protesting the government's attempt to stack an organic-food advisory board with representatives of corporate agribusiness and food commerce. Earlier ...Posted by Jake Johansen -
DuPont Still Hiding Teflon Hazard Study
Nearly two months after DuPont claimed to have evidence that a chemical it uses in the Teflon-manufacturing process is safe for workers, the chemical giant still refuses to ...Posted by Jake Johansen -
Offshore Drilling Back on Washington Agenda
Lawmakers and the Bush administration are renewing controversial efforts to blast open new channels for offshore oil and gas drilling in Florida and Alaska. The US House of ...Posted by Jake Johansen -
Biotech Firm, Govt. Hid Rice Contamination from Public
Last week, the US Department of Agriculture announced that US commercial long-grain rice supplies are contaminated with "trace amounts" of genetically engineered rice ...Posted by Benjamin Melançon
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Activists Target Big Banks for Financing Climate Change
Dubbing them the Wall Street Seven, some environmentalists are putting pressure on major financial institutions for financing power plants that emit the most greenhouse gases.Posted by Linda Raiteri -
Activists Seek Alternative Model to 'Neo-Liberal' Trade Pacts
With two controversial trade deals awaiting ratification, Congress is taking stock of the White House's free-trade agenda, and activists are seizing the moment to call for ...Posted by Harrie Baken -
Monsanto Merger Sows Fears over Skewed Seed Market
A pending merger in the cotton-seed industry is prompting sharp legal and environmental criticisms of biotechnology in US agriculture.Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Big Enviro Groups 'Holding Back' Anti-Warming Movement
While the US government and some corporations are finally acknowledging global climate change, some critics say partnering with such forces may "tame" the movement's goals and ...Posted by Harrie Baken -
Public Pushes Back Against Planned Test on Old Nuke Site
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), an arm of the Pentagon, wants to detonate a "single large-scale, open-air" explosion of 700 tons of ammonium nitrate and fuel-oil ...Posted by Autumn Carlson -
Malpractice 'Crisis' Distorted for Profit, New Analysis Suggests
A new report suggests the Bush administration, the medical industry and business lobbyists have distorted and exploited the medical-malpractice "crisis" in the name of profit.Posted by Autumn Carlson -
Eating Meat Contributes to Climate Change, UN Study Confirms
The typical American diet adds significantly to pollution, water scarcity, land degradation and climate change, according to a United Nations report released last week. ...Posted by Jake Johansen -
Companies Leave Coal Miners Gasping for Health Payments
In the ultimate game of buck-passing, coal firms and the government have spent decades withholding benefits from black-lung-inflicted miners and their survivors.Posted by Jake Johansen -
Halliburton Employees, Subcontractors Allege More Abuses
One of the most notorious government contractors in Iraq, Halliburton subsidiary Kellogg Brown & Root, was under scrutiny again this week for allegedly overcharging US ...Posted by Lisa Flay -
Court Restores Roadless Rules Trampled by Bush
Environmentalists have declared victory after flattening the Bush administration's effort to revoke protections for nearly 50 million acres of wild "roadless areas."Posted by Benjamin Melançon
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