Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 22, 2015.  Statement of Food & Water Watch Executive Director Wenonah Hauter “Today, Auburn University agricultural economics professor C. Robert Taylor released a groundbreaking study that demonstrated that the U.S. Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) law has not undermined Canada and Mexico’s livestock exports to the United States.[Read More…]

Violent Groups Earning Millions from Theft in War, Getting Away with It Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 22, 2015.  From the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) to the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) to Al-Shabaab, violent armed groups are generating hundreds of millions of dollars and financing their activities through illicit[Read More…]

Majorities in Maine, New Hampshire, Virginia, Florida and Colorado back an agenda of clean water, clean air, health safeguards and action on climate change WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–January 22, 2015 – With President Obama and the new GOP-controlled Congress facing showdowns over climate change, and health and environmental safeguards, new public opinion research[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–January 16, 2015.  At the time of 2010’s Citizens United decision, the U.S. Supreme Court and its detractors focused on the case’s impact on for-profit corporations’ election spending. Five years later, a new report by the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law finds that some of the most troubling changes brought on by[Read More…]

Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–January 15, 2015.  The Inclusive Prosperity Commission, or IPC—a transatlantic group convened by the Center for American Progress and chaired by former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and CAP Distinguished Senior Fellow Lawrence H. Summers and Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer in the British Parliament Ed Balls—today released a[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 12, 2015. By Erik Altieri, NORML Communications Director — From Michigan NORML: The attitude of Michigan voters is evolving toward acceptance of legalizing and taxing marijuana use for adults, per a recent EPIC-MRA survey commissioned by the Michigan chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana[Read More…]

Luxury options, online booking entice travelers according to DePaul University study Bus travel in the U.S. increased again in 2014 with more routes, reserved seats and luxury amenities drawing passengers, reports a new study from DePaul University’s Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development. (Image courtesy of the Chaddick Institute) CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—January 12,[Read More…]

Lower Brule Tribal Government Building.  © 2004 Rolf Blauert, Wikimedia Commons Sioux Falls –-(ENEWSPF)–January 12, 2014.  Millions of dollars in public funds are missing in the impoverished Lower Brule Sioux reservation, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The Lower Brule Tribal Government should account for the missing[Read More…]

Three New Resources Make the Case for Investing in These Services NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–January 9, 2015.  The nation’s public investment in family planning not only helps women and couples avoid unintended pregnancy and abortion, but also helps them avoid such negative health outcomes as cervical cancer, HIV and other STIs, infertility,[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 30, 2014. By Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director NORML reviews the top news stories of 2014. #1 Marijuana Legalization Measures Win Big On Election Day Voters in Oregon and Alaska decided on Election Day in favor of statewide initiatives legalizing the commercial production and sale of marijuana for[Read More…]