Get Out on March 19 Get Out on March 19
It's time to start making plans for what are expected to be a nationwide series of antiwar protests from March 18 to March 20 to mark the second anniversary of the invasion of Ira...
Mar 1, 2005 / Peter Rothberg
Visit Your Rep During President’s Week Visit Your Rep During President’s Week
During the week of President's Day, Senators and Representatives go home on recess. 20/20 Vision and the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) are taking advantage of t...
Feb 22, 2005 / Peter Rothberg
Help Defend Lynne Stewart Help Defend Lynne Stewart
On February 10, a jury in New York City convicted longtime activist attorney Lynne Stewart of conspiracy, providing material support to terrorists, defrauding the government and m...
Feb 18, 2005 / Peter Rothberg
V-Day 2005 V-Day 2005
Over the past seven years, V-Day, the global movement started by playwright/performer Eve Ensler, has raised more than $25 million to support organizations working to stop violenc...
Feb 16, 2005 / Peter Rothberg
Hold Chertoff Accountable Hold Chertoff Accountable
Michael Chertoff received adulation at the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing to consider his nomination as Secretary of Homeland Security on F...
Feb 9, 2005 / Peter Rothberg
Defending the Dream Defending the Dream
Join The Nation, Domini Social Investments and Working Assets in supporting this weekend's Responsible Wealth Conference and Lobby Day in Washington, DC, taking place from Februar...
Feb 2, 2005 / Peter Rothberg
Stop the Violence Stop the Violence
As the violence in Iraq escalates ahead of Sunday's national elections, there are disturbing reports of intimidation, death threats and murders specifically targeting members of t...
Jan 27, 2005 / Peter Rothberg
Oppose the Gonzales Nomination Oppose the Gonzales Nomination
A few weeks ago in this space, I wrote about the more than two dozen civil rights and human rights groups who had raised what they called 'serious concerns' over President Bush's ...
Jan 5, 2005 / Peter Rothberg
How to Help Tsunami Victims How to Help Tsunami Victims
The earthquake and tsunami that ravaged thousands of coastline villages from Thailand to Somalia this past weekend has prompted an urgent need for relief from the international co...
Dec 29, 2004 / Peter Rothberg
An Unlawful Dentention An Unlawful Dentention
Way off the world's radar and in continued violation of international human-rights law, on September 22 the Vietnamese Government abruptly transferred political dissident Dr. Nguy...
Dec 17, 2004 / Peter Rothberg