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The Cost Of War
Here, you will find a running total of the amount of money spent by the US Government to finance the war in Iraq. This total is based on estimates from Congressional appropriations. Also, you will find the total are a number of different ways that we could have chosen to use the money. Try clicking on them; you might be surprised to learn what a difference we could have made.

truthout, News Politics
Lets get the Truth Out, changing things for the better through information. t r u t h o u t offering info on political issues, editorial voting rights, environment, budget, children, politics, indigenous survival, energy, defense, health, economy, human rights, labor, trade, women, reform and global issues.

Bastard Nation: Dignity and Equal Rights for Adult Adoptees (Adoption Reform)
Bastard Nation advocates for the civil and human rights of adult citizens who were adopted as children. Millions of North Americans are prohibited by law from accessing personal records that pertain to their historical, genetic and legal identities. Such records are held by their governments in secret and without accountability, due solely to the fact that they were adopted. "Bastard Nation's "agenda" is simple: the full human and civil rights of adult adoptees. In terms of records access, Bastard Nation does not believe that the government should hold what amounts to secret and sealed dossiers on its law-abiding, adopted citizens. Bastard Nation does not believe that social workers, bureaucrats or third-party agents should act as gatekeepers for our vital records. As agendas go, ours speaks to our fundamental right to self-determination as individuals and citizens.

Praxis Peace Institute
Praxis Peace Institute is a non-profit, peace-education organization dedicated to radical inquiry, deep dialogue, creative problem solving, and informed action. Praxis Peace Institute is dedicated to building coalitions with like-minded organizations, sharing research information, and cooperatively forging sustainable and respectful civil societies.

Verified Voting - Campaign To Demand Verifiable Election Results
Will your vote count in the next election? Maybe not! How will we even know? The Verified Voting Foundation and VerifiedVoting.org champion transparent, reliable, and publicly verifiable elections in the United States. The purpose of the website is threefold: To inform the public of the problems with relying on electronic voting machines to record and count our votes, without the backup of a voter-verifiable audit trail. To point to reasonable solutions that are within reach. To provide a list of actions voters can take, and to encourage them to act on their own behalf to ensure that all their votes count accurately in future elections. "The core of our American democracy is the right to vote. Implicit in that right is the notion that that vote be private, that vote be secure, and that vote be counted as it was intended when it was cast by the voter. And I think what we're encountering is a pivotal moment in our democracy where all of that is being called into question." Kevin Shelley-California Sec. of State

Campaign for America's Future - Institute for America's Future
Over 100 Prominent Americans — citizen activists and policy experts concerned about our country and our planet — joined together to launch and build the Campaign for America's Future. We are challenging the big money corporate agenda by encouraging Americans to speak up — to discuss and debate a new vision of an economy and a future that works for all of us. America's Future insists that the question of falling wages and rising insecurity be placed at the center of our national debate. We challenge those who suggest that nothing can be done and expose the conservative agenda that has made things worse. America's Future works to revitalize a progressive agenda, and fights to make this economy work for working people once again. We engage citizens, activists and political leaders in a renewed debate about the kind of country — and the kind of world — we want to build for the generations yet to come.

E-The People
America's Interactive Town Hall, a nonpartisan Web service that makes it easy for people to reach over 170,000 officials in the local, state, and federal government. e.thePeople is a public forum for a new democracy conversation. Our technology promotes intelligent, diverse and deliberative discussions, both here and among a network of sites around the Internet.

Earth Island Institute
Life on earth is imperiled by human degradation of the biosphere. Earth Island Institute develops and supports projects that counteract threats to the biological and cultural diversity that sustain the environment. Through education and activism, these projects promote the conservation, preservation, and restoration of the Earth. Develops and supports projects that counteract threats to the biological and cultural diversity that sustain the environment. Through education and activism, these projects promote the preservation, conservation restoration of the Earth.

Greenpeace International
Greenpeace is the world's most effective environmental activist group dedicated to the issues of climate change, saving our ancient forests, stopping pollution, ending the nuclear threat, abolishing nuclear weapons, stopping genetic engineering, saving our oceans, and advocating sustainable trade.

Holding Power Accountable - Common Cause
Common Cause is a nonpartisan nonprofit advocacy organization founded in 1970 by John Gardner as a vehicle for citizens to make their voices heard in the political process and to hold their elected leaders accountable to the public interest. Now with nearly 300,000 members and supporters and 38 state organizations, Common Cause remains committed to honest, open and accountable government, as well as encouraging citizen participation in democracy.

The League of Conservation Voters
The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) is the political voice of the national environmental movement and the only organization devoted full-time to shaping a pro-environment Congress and White House. LCV’s National Environmental Scorecard and Presidential Report Card are the authoritative record of how members of Congress and the Administration handle the most important environmental issues before them. The Scorecard and Report Card hold our federal elected officials accountable, preventing anti-environment candidates from masking their records with pro-environment rhetoric.

MILY's List
EMILY's List, the nation's largest grassroots political network, is dedicated to taking back our country from the radical right wing by electing pro-choice Democratic women to federal, state, and local office. We are a network of more than 100,000 Americans -- from all across the country -- committed to recruiting and funding viable women candidates; helping them build and run effective campaign organizations; training the next generation of activists; and mobilizing women voters to help elect progressive candidates across the nation. EMILY'S List has helped to change the face of power in America. Until EMILY's List was founded in 1985, no Democratic woman had ever been elected to the U.S. Senate in her own right, no woman had ever been elected governor of a large state, and the number of Democratic women in the U.S. House had declined to 12 -- less than three percent of the chamber's 435 members. Since then, our grassroots network has helped elect 61 Democratic pro-choice members of Congress, 11 senators, and eight governors. EMILY's List has also become the largest financial resource for minority women seeking federal office. We know how to win. EMILY's List does more than just recruit and fund pro-choice Democratic women candidates. We also help them build and run effective campaigns. Additionally, we mobilize women voters to help elect progressive candidates across the nation.

MoveOn
MoveOn is working to bring ordinary people back into politics. With a system that today revolves around big money and big media, most citizens are left out. When it becomes clear that our "representatives" don't represent the public, the foundations of democracy are in peril. MoveOn is a catalyst for a new kind of grassroots involvement, supporting busy but concerned citizens in finding their political voice. Our nationwide network of more than 1,700,000 online activists is one of the most effective and responsive outlets for democratic participation available today.

NoNukesNorth.net
No Nukes North is a young organization, but the global movement is growing and the word needs to get out.Our home, Alaska, is the site for the main components of the new Star Wars weapons system, known as missile defense.Currently, missile silos are being built at Fort Greely, in the middle of the state and missile defense is being tested from Kodiak Island. These actions are part of what the U.S. military refers to as "full spectrum dominance" of the battlefield.

Not Milk .com
Everything you ever wanted to know about milk but didn't know to ask! Your Complete milk information site. MILK is a deadly poison. Each sip contains growth hormones, fat, cholesterol, allergenic proteins, blood, pus, antibiotic, bacteria and virus.

Organic Consumers Association
We are a consumer advocate for labeling of genetically engineered food. We promote organic food and sustainable agriculture. Watchdog group to monitor biotech, irradiated food, mad cow disease, gmo and rBGH. We want pesticide reduction, permaculture, biodynamic and sustainable farming.

Religious Tolerance - An Agency Promoting Religious Tolerance, Freedom, and Understanding
This is a large religious web site which promotes religious freedom, tolerance and diversity as positive cultural values. The site contains over 2,500 essays and menus. But it is very different from almost all other religious sites: We do not promote our own religious beliefs. We can't because we are a multi-faith group. We try to explain the full range of religious belief in North America, from Asatru to Christianity to Zoroastrianism. We report on controversial religious topics, from abortion access to equal rights and protections for homosexuals and bisexuals including same-sex marriage (our most popular topic). We try to explain all sides to each topic fairly and objectively. You will find much in this site that you will agree with, and much to disagree with. Enjoy!

Wake Up Laughing
Cosmic comedy and healing humor offering higher perspective of levity featuring Swami Beyondananda. New focus on healing the body politic and curing "electile dysfunction" by turning devotees into "votees." Swami is author of Duck Soup for the Soul, Driving Your Own Karma, and Swami for Precedent.

World Peace Sanctuary - May Peace Prevail On Earth
People all over the world are joining together to bring peace to our hearts and our planet through the prayer May Peace Prevail on Earth. This prayer for world peace carries a message of great hope and healing. It transcends barriers of nationality, race and religion to unite humanity in a call for the common good of all life on Earth.

AAVS - American Anti-Vivisection Society
The American Anti-Vivisection Society (AAVS) is a non-profit, animal advocacy and educational organization dedicated to ending experimentation on animals in research, testing, and education. AAVS also opposes and works to end other forms of cruelty to animals. An international organization that works to end vivisection (the use of animals in biomedical research, dissection, testing and education).

Act For Love Personals
At Act For Love, we make the world a better place by: 1) Promoting "feature campaigns" from our partners(ACLU, NARAL, and many others) 2) Donating a portion of our proceeds to good causes and activist efforts, including through our "SHAGG Awards" ("Spectacularly Helpful ActForLove.org Grassroots Grant") 3) Starting our own activist campaigns for good causes that no one else is yet championing 4) Building an ever growing network of activist singles -- and trying to turn them into activist doubles. It's free to search, and free to post profiles. If you see folks you like, there's a small charge for initiating conversations (less than $1) and instant-message exchanges (or you can make a "collect call" for free). So yes, your "one in a million" match is out there. And if you want to search just for fellow activists, you can do that too! When you use Act For Love, you have access to a network of over 1,000,000 personals.

Deep Dish TV
Deep Dish TV (as in parabolic and apple or pizza pie) is the first national satellite network, linking local access producers and programmers, independent video makers, activists, and other individuals who support the idea and reality of a progressive television network. While commercial networks present a homogenous and one-dimensional view of society, Deep Dish thrives on diversity. Instead of television that encourages passivity, Deep Dish distributes creative programming that educates and activates.