New Report Finds Major Fiscal Benefits, Decrease in Violent Crime, No Increase in Youth Marijuana Use or Traffic Fatalities – And Massive Drop in Marijuana Arrests; Popular Support for Marijuana Legalization Remains Strong in Washington Older woman ingesting a marijuana tincture Source: Darrin Harris Frisby/Drug Policy Alliance Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 6,[Read More…]
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Ethan Nadelmann Q & A with The Marshall Project: Why Smoking Bans in Prison Are Not The Answer
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—July 2, 2015. Hundreds of inmates rioted in an Australian prison on June 30 in response to a cigarette smoking ban that was set to take hold at all 13 prisons in the state of Victoria. Tensions at the prison had reportedly been running high since earlier this month,[Read More…]
Beyond Marriage: How More than Half of States Allow for Discrimination Against LGBT Americans
Corbin Aoyagi, a supporter of gay marriage, waves his flag during a rally at the Utah State Capitol, Tuesday, January 28, 2014. SOURCE: AP/Rick Bowmer Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–June 30, 2015. Despite the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges last week extending marriage equality throughout the nation, more[Read More…]
New Center for American Progress Analysis Contrasts Student Loan Debt with College Completion in all 50 States and the District of Columbia
Students participate in commencement exercises. SOURCE: AP/Brad Doherty Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–June 26, 2015. A new analysis from the Center for American Progress that contrasts student loan debt with college completion rates in all 50 states and the District of Columbia found that the average debt of student borrowers can often be[Read More…]
Study: 1.3 Million Will Travel by Bus Over 2015 July Fourth Holiday
Chaddick Institute at DePaul University tracks U.S. intercity bus trends The National Trailways bus station’s neon marquee illuminates Randolph Street in 1986. Bus travel is on the rise again decades later, and an estimated 1.3 million are expected to travel via bus for the July Fourth holiday. Joseph Schwieterman, director[Read More…]
New Center for American Progress Column and Infographic Reveal Religious Americans’ Views on Climate Change and Call Policymakers to Action
Pope Francis delivers a blessing at the end of his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square on June 24, 2015. SOURCE: AP/Riccardo DeLuca Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–June 25, 2015. Following last week’s release of Pope Francis’s second encyclical “Laudato Si,” the Center for American Progress released a column today demonstrating[Read More…]
New Report Shows How State Future Funds Will Help States Fund Low-Carbon and Resilient Infrastructure Projects
People wait to board a train to New York City at the Trenton train station in Trenton, New Jersey, July 2014. SOURCE: AP/Mel Evans Washington, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2015. Expanding on a proposal first put forward in a column earlier this year, the Center for American Progress has released an[Read More…]
CEOs Made 303 Times More than Typical Workers in 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 22, 2015. CEOs in the 350 largest U.S. firms were paid an average of $16.3 million in 2014, or 303 times more than the typical worker, according to Top CEOs Make 300 Times More than Typical Workers: Pay Growth Surpasses Stock Gains and Wage Growth of Top 0.1[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Review Finds Oil Royalty Rate on Federal Lands is 50 Percent Lower Than on Private Lands
This April 2014 photo shows oil rigs in the Loco Hills field in Eddy County, New Mexico, one of the most active regions of the Permian Basin. SOURCE: AP/Jeri Clausing Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–June 19, 2015. A Center for American Progress review of oil and gas leasing terms on federal, state,[Read More…]
Watch: Top 10 Things You Need to Know about Pope Francis’ ‘Laudato Si’
Pope Francis’ highly-anticipated environmental encyclical has arrived and Fr. James Martin, S.J., presents the ten things you need to know about it. James Martin, SJ, is a Jesuit priest, editor at large at America and author of Jesus: A Pilgrimage. This is an abridged version of an essay appearing today[Read More…]
