"We must have a foreign policy that is both strong and smart. Yes, the Republicans have been strong, but they haven't been smart. And the policy is one big mess, everyone knows it."
- Senator Chuck Schumer
View Article  Tell Wells Fargo to stop funding dirty energy
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Wells Fargo, one of America’s largest banks, is a top financier of destructive oil, coal, logging, and mining operations that contribute to global warming, ecosystem destruction, and human rights abuses.

The corrupt power of their finances funds organizations that have worked to rollback forest, endangered species and clean water protections devastating eco-systems and communities from Alaska to Appalachia.

Other US banks, like Citigroup, JP Morgan Chase and Goldman Sachs, have taken a more responsible approach. Yet, Wells Fargo still does not have a comprehensive environmental and social policy.

It's time Wells Fargo took responsibility for ...   more »
View Article  It's Always Christmas Time...For Visa!
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Unexpected credit card "gotchas" can cost you thousands! An exhaustive GAO study has just been released, giving the new Congress clear guidance on serious problems faced by Americans in an out-of-control credit card marketplace.

As it stands now, your bank can change your interest rate and terms at any time--for no reason at all. And its retroactive! This means you pay more, even for purchases you've already made.

And while credit cards may lure you in with attractive offers like low interest rates, there are many devils in the details that you'll only find ...   more »
View Article  A Victory for Women! Congratulate Our New Pro-Choice Members of the Congress
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Claire McCaskill
Sherrod Brown
Gabrielle Giffords
Joe Sestak


It's a new morning in America, and our country has the chance to once again protect freedom, privacy, and a woman's right to choose. After a hard fought battle, we're asking you to welcome the new leaders of Congress and urge them to prioritize our pro-choice agenda.

Despite the hardened anti-choice agenda set by some of our nation's radical leaders, voters hit the polls and changed the tide, electing 20 new pro-choice members of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Sign the petition to show your support for ...   more »
View Article  Save America's Treasured Wild Places from Oil and Gas Rigs
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Some of America's western wildlands are just too special to touch. But even as we feel the winds of change in Washington, the Bush administration is still planning to litter these pristine places with 118,000 new oil and gas wells – an accelerated drilling plan that threatens one million acres of public lands.

We cannot stand by watching as some of our last treasured wild lands are being plundered for questionable amounts of energy – places like Utah’s Redrock Wilderness, the Rocky Mountain Front, and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. This is not smart energy ...   more »
View Article  Support Pro- Choice Candidates: Download the
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Are you a woman, doctor, mother, daughter, parent or grandparent who supports a woman's right to choose? Then say it with a stickie!

This election season, support a woman's right to choose by signing the "Vote for Choice" pledge and displaying the badge or "stickie" in your personal profile (Care2Connect or MySpace), email or website.

Sign the pledge, check the box to receive more information on how to protect a woman's right to choose from NARAL Pro-Choice America, and we'll give you one of the special stickies shown below.

Once you've got your stickie, pass ...   more »
View Article  Ask Mainstream Media to Stop
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The "pro-life" lobby has successfully manipulated Congress and the Courts. Now, legislation and court cases around the country are threatening to overturn the right to choose, a very private health decision for women.

What's more disturbing is the fact that the mainstream media, who supposedly provide us with "fair and balanced" perspectives, have actually adopted the very language that far right strategists invented for talking about women's medical procedures.

The term "partial-birth abortion" is "not medical terminology" according to the American Medical Association, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and many other leading legal ...   more »