Vermont
Daily Briefing
An interpretation of the news that affects Vermonters; edited
by Philip Baruth. The Vermont Daily Briefing has been in
operation since September, 2005. It was voted “Best Vermont
Blog” in 2006 by the readers of Seven Days, the state’s
largest alternative weekly, and “Best Vermont Blog
(Political)” again in 2007.
Today's
Front Pages
See the front pages of newspapers from around the world. Links to the
entire paper are also available.
Clinton
Global Initiative
The mission of the William J. Clinton Foundation, and the goal of
this Initiative, is to increase the benefits and reduce the burdens
of global interdependence; to make a world of more partners and fewer
enemies; and to give more people the tools they need to build a
better future.
Vermont
Ethics Network
The mission of the network is to increase understanding of ethical
issues, values and choices in health and healthcare. See this site
for advance directive forms and related information.
World
Scientists' Warning to Humanity
Some 1,700 of the world's leading scientists, including the majority
of Nobel laureates in the sciences, issued an appeal in November
1992. The World Scientists' Warning to Humanity was written and
spearheaded by the late Henry Kendall, former chair of UCS's board of
directors. Read about the critical issues we face.
National
Environmental Scorecard
The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) has published a National
Environmental Scorecard every Congress since 1970, the year it was
founded by leaders of the environmental movement following the first
Earth Day. LCV is the political voice for more than nine million
members of environmental and conservation organizations and the only
organization working full-time to educate citizens about the
environmental voting records of Members of Congress.
The
Washington Post
High on the Bush administration's list of justifications for war
against Iraq are President Saddam Hussein's use of chemical weapons,
nuclear and biological programs, and his contacts with international
terrorists. What U.S. officials rarely acknowledge is that these
offenses date back to a period when Hussein was seen in Washington as
a valued ally.
Google News
Service
Google News presents information
culled from approximately 4,500 news sources worldwide and
automatically arranged to present the most relevant news first.
Topics are updated continuously throughout the day, so you will see
new stories each time you check the page.
Slate.com
An online newspaper.
The
Hill
The newspaper for and about the U.S. Congress.
Roll
Call
The newspaper of Capitol Hill since 1955.
The
National Journal
National Journal Group Inc. is a leading publisher of magazines,
newsletters, books and directories for people who have a professional
interest in politics, policy and government. Based in Washington,
D.C., National Journal Group Inc. is committed to providing
publications and services that are nonpartisan, reliable and of the
highest quality.
The
Progressive
A journalistic voice for peace and social justice at home and abroad.
The magazine, its affiliates, and its staff steadfastly oppose
militarism, the concentration of power in corporate hands, and the
disenfranchisement of the citizenry, poverty, and prejudice in all
its guises. We champion peace, social and economic justice, civil
rights, civil liberties, human rights, a preserved environment, and a
reinvigorated democracy.
Tikkun
Tikkun's editors are not afraid to confront controversy. So, while we
firmly support the state of Israel, we also support Palestinian
rights; while we support progressive politics in the United States,
we are not afraid to criticize the Democratic party; while we have
been in the forefront of Jewish/Black dialogue and the inclusion of
women and gays/lesbians in Jewish life, we do not blindly support an
identity politics.
Think tanks and public awareness groups
Thomas
Legislative Information on the Internet
Acting under the directive of the leadership of the 104th
Congress to make Federal legislative information freely available to
the Internet public, a Library of Congress team brought the THOMAS
World Wide Web system online in January 1995, at the inception of the
104th Congress. Searching capabilities in THOMAS were
built on the InQuery information retrieval system, developed by the
Center for Intelligent Information Retrieval based at the University
of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Project Vote
Smart
A citizen's organization dedicated to serving all Americans with
accurate and unbiased information for electoral decision-making. View
the voting record of all representatives in office.
Union
of Concerned Scientists
UCS is an independent nonprofit alliance of 60,000 concerned citizens
and scientists across the country. We augment rigorous scientific
analysis with innovative thinking and committed citizen advocacy to
build a cleaner, healthier environment and a safer world. See their
Action
Center to make it easy for you to
communicate directly with the people currently making critical
decisions that affect our planet.
True
Majority
TrueMajority sifts through all the stuff going on in Congress. When
your voice counts to create a just and sustainable world, you get an
email alert. Then just by clicking one button a fax is sent to your
congressperson in your name. It takes about two minutes a month and
it's free.
Environmental
Health News
Environmental Health News is published daily by Environmental Health
Sciences, a not-for-profit organization founded in 2002 to help
increase public understanding of emerging scientific links between
environmental exposures and human health.
Environmental
Working Group
Our team of scientists, engineers, policy experts, lawyers and
computer programmers pores over government data, legal documents,
scientific studies and our own laboratory tests to expose threats to
your health and the environment, and to find solutions. Our research
brings to light unsettling facts that you have a right to know. It
shames and shakes up polluters and their lobbyists. It rattles
politicians and shapes policy. It persuades bureaucracies to rethink
science and strengthen regulation. It provides practical information
you can use to protect your family and community.
Living
On Earth
Living on Earth with Steve Curwood is the weekly environmental news
and information program distributed by National Public Radio. This
year marks Living on Earth's eighth anniversary. Every week over
230
National Public Radio stations
broadcast Living on Earth's news, features, interviews and commentary
on a broad range of ecological issues.
The
Sierra Club
Inspired by nature, the Sierra Club works to protect our communities
and the planet. The Club is America's oldest, largest and most
influential grassroots environmental organization.
US Public
Interest Research Group
U.S. PIRG is a public interest watchdog organization, we uncover
dangers to public health and well-being and fight to end them, using
the time-tested tools of investigative research, media exposes,
grassroots organizing, advocacy, and litigation.
The Action
Network
The Action Network is a gateway to online activism centers for over
170 leading environment, health and population advocacy
organizations.
American Civil
Liberties Union
The American Civil Liberties Union is our nation's guardian of
liberty, working daily in courts, legislatures and communities to
defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to
all people in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United
States.
Center
for Public Integrity
The mission of the Center for Public Integrity is to provide the
American people with the findings of our investigations and analyses
of public service, government accountability and ethics related
issues.
US
Chamber of Commerce
The Chamber of Commerce shapes the business community's agenda
on a wide range of issues.
The Competitive
Enterprise Institute
The Competitive Enterprise Institute is a non-profit public policy
organization dedicated to the principles of free enterprise and
limited government.
The
Heritage Foundation
The Heritage Foundation is a research and educational institute whose
mission is to formulate and promote conservative public policies
based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government,
individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong
national defense.
The
Project for the New American Century
The Project for the New American Century is a non-profit educational
organization dedicated to a few fundamental propositions: that
American leadership is good both for America and for the world; that
such leadership requires military strength, diplomatic energy and
commitment to moral principle; and that too few political leaders
today are making the case for global leadership.
Streaming
Democracy, Vermont
Streaming Democracy, a pilot internet-based application that aims to
increase Vermont citizen access to civic information and centers of
political decision-making.
Vermont
legislative directory
A list of contact information for current legislators in
Vermont.
Federal
agencies and legislative bodies
An organizational directory of the three separate but equal branches
of government: executive, legislative, and judicial.
US Senate
Contact information for members of the US Senate.
US House
Contact information for members of the US House of
Representatives.
Vermont
newspapers, radio, and television
Links to Vermont's media (Internet sites).
Guidelines
for addressing officials
Provides the correct forms of address for U.S. Public officials,
diplomats, religious leaders, royalty, the British peerage, and
military personnel.
FreeTranslation
of web pages
Most programs that claim to provide "Machine Translation" are really
just performing a word-by-word dictionary lookup and replacement.
FreeTranslation is different. These sophisticated systems don't
simply translate text word-by-word, they actually analyze sentences
based on the grammar rules of the language and translate the words
and phrases in the context of the original document.
Bable
Fish Translation
Translate blocks of text or web pages.
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