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"Claims by two former IBM employees that the company knowingly exposed then to cancer-causing materials have been dismissed." [ZDnet] (February 27, 2004)

SF Chronicle (August 17, 1999)

NY Times (December 7, 1999)

NY Times (August 1, 2000)

NY Times (August 8, 2000)

An interview by Alicia Montgomery with University of California Regent Ward Connerly in which he defends his initiatives to end affirmative action programs in public universities. From Salon Magazine.

Information on a Tibetan monk, arrested in 1989 for peacefully demonstrating in support of Tibetan independence. Amnesty International Group 22 is working for Ngawang Pekar's release.

Listings of companies and their subsidiaries that still do testing on animals.

PETA's effort to get consumers to live an animal-kind lifestyle. Directory of consumer products companies and health charities that test and don't test; animal ingredients and alternatives; factsheet

Story about the animal experiments performed by Proctor and Gamble. Last updated December 1998. New Zealand.

Inc. Magazine's article about how a small Maine town reacted to Wal-Mart's opening three stores in the area. (July 1, 1993)

Examines the issue of company's cultural censorship of rock and rap CDs by artists like Marilyn Manson, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Sheryl Crow. [MetroActive] (January 9, 1997)

A three-part series from the Los Angeles Times profiling the retail giant and its business practices. [Free registration required to view this content] (November, 2003)

Fast Company looks at Wal-Mart's pricing practices and their sometimes devastating pressures it exerts on the companies it does business with. (December, 2003)

Wal-Mart's low prices place severe demands on the discount chain's suppliers, according to a magazine report. A demand to cut prices 5 percent every year has forced some suppliers into bankruptcy and

Slate founding editor Michael Kinsley shares his thoughts with NPR's Alex Chadwick about the retailing behemoth Wal-Mart, and how a company that generates so much antagonism can be so successful. [5:1

NPR's Tavis Smiley talks with Wal-Mart president and CEO Lee Scott about the benefits of being a top Fortune 500 company and the problems that come with the prestige. [13-minute Realaudio streaming br

Maryland approves a bill that would require all businesses there with more than 10,000 employees to spend at least 8% of their payroll on worker health benefits, directly affecting Walmart's low spend

Lampoons the company's own advertising to portray it as cruel and harmful to working people.

Complaint site.

Wal-Mart's impact on local ways of living: Small businesses, people who know what they are selling, community relationships that all vanish when Wal-Mart moves in.

Part of the National Organization for Women's "Women-Friendly Workplace Campaign" that alleges unfair labor practices by Wal-mart.

Tracks information about litigation involving Wal-mart, and provides support services to attorneys who have already sued Wal-Mart.

An educator and activist worries about the effect of Wal-Mart on the economy, workers, taxpayers, the environment, and National Public Radio.

Wal-Mart's official facts and news website, with current news and information about the company.

'Official' site of class action sex discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart, the largest civil rights class action ever certified.

Professor Anthony J. Sebok examines the issue of whether the discrimination suit against the retailer should proceed as a class action.

Complaints by the Goldfish Sanctuary of alleged abuse of fish sold by Wal-mart. Local reports and suggestions for a letter-writing campaign.

A weblog designed to spread the anti Wal-Mart message through the internet.

Collection of news articles focused mainly on Wal-Mart labor practices.

Information about issues related to paternity, including definitions and examples of parentage uncertainty.

Educates the public about inequities in the Texas Family Code, especially related to preventing future cases of false representation of paternity.

Includes whale rescue and research in Australia.

Aims to educate the public about whales and dolphins, includes information on research, education, and conservation.

Report identifies activities that could have a negative impact on two gray whale habitats, Laguna San Ignacio and Bahia Magdalena.

A photo-audio-essay, with excerpts from the Harper's magazine article: "After the Fall, Letters from Afghanistan" (April 2002).

Short profile and interview with Sierra Leone's newly re-elected President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah by Time magazine. (August 26, 2002)

Offers information on the mandate of UNAMSIL, UN documents, news and press releases, and map.

Archived reports from Sierra Leone Web.

Annotated links including government, NGO, media and international organizations.

Continuing coverage includes latest news and archives, commentary and analysis, and links to related subjects.

Global issues, over 3000 links to external articles, web sites reports and analysis are used to provide credence to the arguments made. The section on conflicts in Africa provides background informati

Award-winning film portraying the events of January 1999 in Freetown, capital of Sierra Leone.

News, campaign and advocacy documents on Civil War in Sierra Leone with a special focus on Human Rights concerns during conflict situation.

Archived news and features from 2000.

Archived news and features from 1999.

A weblog about homeless women in the U.S.

Information and opinions, based on personal experience, about homelessness, attempting to work while homeless, and what it takes to make the transition out of homelessness.

Outlines things one should watch out for when signing up with a web host.

Extensive resource for identifying and debunking computer virus hoaxes and myths.

Information on dating fraud plus an archive of emails, documents and pictures. Membership required for some features.

Information on scams and support from other victims.

An archive of fraudulent and suspect emails, concentrating on bogus job offers and related topics.

A introduction explaining many aspects of fraud on the internet.

An archive of various scams and fraudulent activities, plus a multilingual support forum.

A guide to various scams and fraudulent operations.

Covering advanced fee fraud scams and fake banks.

Provides a detailed case study of the architecture of the Clickbot.A botnet that attempted a low-noise click fraud attack against syndicated search engines. The botnet of over 100,000 machines was con

PBS transcript of a report on the abuse scandals and reported cover-ups within the Catholic Church. (March 13, 2002)

1993 essay published in the New Yorker about how an incident of sexual misconduct by a priest affected a small Catholic church in Massachusetts. By Paul Wilkes.

Group protesting Catholic church's mismanagement of sexual abuse crisis. Offers activism resources.

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