Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 14, 2015. Decades of infrequent and inadequate adjustment to the federal minimum wage have left today’s low-wage workers earning significantly less than their counterparts 50 years ago. Raising the federal minimum wage to $12 per hour by 2020 would lift wages for one-quarter of American workers and help[Read More…]
Analysis
Study: More Chicago Metra Riders Glued to Electronics
DePaul University research finds dependence on devices may be boosting ridership Commuters along Metra’s Union Pacific northwest train line spend the majority of their journey glued to their smartphones and tablets. A new study from the Chaddick Institute of Metropolitan Development at DePaul finds technology use is on the rise[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Report Says a Strategic Recalibration, not American Troops, Are Needed in Fight Against ISIS
Fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham are seen on a main road in the northern city of Mosul, Iraq, on June 23, 2014. SOURCE: AP Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–July 14, 2015. In the one year since the international campaign to defeat and degrade the Islamic State of[Read More…]
Analysis of Historic Deal Preventing Iran from Acquiring a Nuclear Weapon
How the U.S. and International Community will block all of Iran’s pathways to a nuclear weapon Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 14, 2015. After many months of principled diplomacy, the P5+1 — the United States, the United Kingdom, France, China, Russia and Germany — along with the European Union, have achieved a long-term[Read More…]
Marijuana Use is Down and Disapproval is Up Among Young Teens
Photo: Flickr user Centophobia, via the Creative Commons license. AUSTIN, Texas —(ENEWSPF)–July 13, 2015. Since 2002, the proportion of adolescents reporting marijuana use has decreased, and more younger adolescents report strong disapproval of marijuana use initiation, according to new research from The University of Texas at Austin School of Social[Read More…]
Joint Report with U.S. and Chinese Policy Experts Explores Avenues for U.S.-China Cooperation on the Middle East
A boat carrying tourists and locals sails in the Nile River at sunset in Aswan, Egypt, April 2015. SOURCE: AP/Mosa’ab Elshamy Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–July 13, 2015. The political environment in the Middle East continues to be increasingly turbulent and shifting rapidly, with ramifications throughout the globe. The United States and[Read More…]
New Survey of DACA Recipients Finds that Average Hourly Wages Increased by 45 Percent, Among Other Benefits
A nationwide survey conducted by Tom K. Wong of the University of California, San Diego; the National Immigration Law Center, or NILC; and the Center for American Progress, illustrates the impact of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, on employment, wages, education, and more. DREAMers and parents take an[Read More…]
New Report Finds More Than 70 Percent of Chicago Small Businesses Increase Revenue After Completion of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Program
Entrepreneurial Learning Program at Harold Washington College Demonstrates Importance of Investing in Small Business Owners to Drive Growth and Create Jobs CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 9, 2015. In a new report from Babson College released yesterday, more small business owners who have completed the educational component of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses[Read More…]
With Dodd-Frank Anniversary Approaching, New Center for American Progress Brief Decries Attempts to Gut Financial Reform Under Guise of Helping Small Banks
Beth Waters, left, a teller at a bank in North Royalton, Ohio, helps a customer in March 2006. SOURCE: AP/Jamie-Andrea Yanak Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–July 7, 2015. With the fifth anniversary of the enactment of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law approaching, a new issue brief from the Center for American Progress[Read More…]
Worldwide Popularity of Dalai Lama Demonstrated in Poll Before 80th Birthday
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 6, 2015. The Dalai Lama is the Nobel Peace Laureate who best embodies qualities of humility, peace and non-violence, according to a poll of five countries in Europe and the U.S. commissioned by the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT.) The poll also found that individuals in the countries[Read More…]
