SAN FRANCISCO - The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender civil rights organization, today announced that it will hold its annual Bay Area Gala Dinner on Saturday, July 26, 2008, at the Westin St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco. With the theme of “Race for Equality,” guests have the […]
LOS ANGELES - Members of the United Steelworkers (USW), labor and community activists demonstrated in front of Occidental Petroleum headquarters today in support of a people’s tribunal in Bogota, Colombia that is hearing evidence of murders and death threats against union activists involving the company’s alleged approval.
“Corporations that operate in areas of conflict should not […]
WASHINGTON - Henrietta H. Fore, Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), welcomed President George W. Bush to USAID’s headquarters today. In his address to leading democracy and governance stakeholders, the President discussed progress on the Freedom Agenda to end tyranny and he honored activists in “captive nations” for their work fighting for […]
NEW YORK - For the second consecutive year, Woodbridge by Robert Mondavi is proud to join forces with America’s Second Harvest - The Nation’s Food Bank Network, during the holiday season to help raise funds for and awareness of hunger in America through the Give Hope Campaign. The campaign will run from October 1 to […]
VIENNA, Va., - On July 14, Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts, Americans for the Arts, and The Aspen Institute gathered experts from around the county in the disciplines of the arts, environmental advocacy, engineering, media, and business, to participate in Wolf Trap’s National Summit on the Arts and Environment held at Booz Allen […]
WASHINGTON - A chart prepared by AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) (www.aidshealth.org), which provides AIDS care and treatment services to more than 79,000 individuals in 20 countries worldwide, shows how the Senate version of legislation to re-authorize PEPFAR (the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief), the successful US global AIDS program, will be able to save […]
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Weather Underground, the nation’s first online provider of weather related content, today announced the availability of a new hurricane-tracking product on its web site www.wunderground.com.
WunderMap(TM) displays the current position, strength and movement of every tropical storm across the world that threatens to become a hurricane, typhoon or cyclone. Users can currently […]
