Download New Year’s Day U.S. Population [JPG – <1.0 MB] Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 29, 2014. As our nation prepares to ring in the new year, the U.S. Census Bureau today projected the United States population will be 320,090,857 on Jan. 1, 2015. This represents an increase of 2,334,187, or 0.73 percent,[Read More…]
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Countries Affected by Ebola Lose $1.4 Billion Annually to Debt, Corruption and Tax Evasion
Outflows Dwarf Money in Health Care and Prevention Budgets Washington DC –(ENEWSPF)—December 29, 2014. New reports show that the Ebola-affected countries of Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone lose an average of $1.4 billion each year to corruption, debt payments and tax evasion. Global Financial Integrity (GFI) calculates the three countries lost about $1.3[Read More…]
Florida Passes New York to Become the Nation’s Third Most Populous State, Census Bureau Reports
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 23, 2014. By adding an average of 803 new residents each day between July 1, 2013 and July 1, 2014, Florida passed New York to become the nation’s third most populous state, according to U.S. Census Bureau state population estimates released today. Florida’s population grew by 293,000 over[Read More…]
Fossil-Fuel Companies Spent More Than Three-Quarters of a Billion Dollars to Set the Anti-Environment Agenda of the Next Congress
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–December 23, 2014. A new analysis released by the Center for American Progress examines the hundreds of millions of dollars in political spending by the oil, gas, and coal industries in the 2014 midterm election cycle in an attempt to set the pro-fossil-fuel agenda of the next Congress. According to the analysis of[Read More…]
U.S. PIRG Looking Back at 2014: Year of Stocking Stuffers for Criminal Corporations
Boston, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–December 22, 2014. 2014 was the year that nine-figure government settlement deals with corporations passed from shocking anomaly to normal event, and many of these mega deals came with significant tax deductions for wrongdoing. Many of the largest settlements this year, addressing allegations of some of the most egregious[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Issues Recommendations to Begin to Reform Criminal Justice System, Police-Community Relations
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–December 18, 2014. The recent events following the deaths of Michael Brown, Eric Garner, and Tamir Rice, and others at the hands of law-enforcement officials have brought into national focus a debate over the persistent inequalities of America’s criminal justice system—including police practices, the use of force and aggressive policing, arrest and prosecution policies, the severity[Read More…]
New Center for American Progress Brief Outlines How Single-Family Rental Companies Can Be Responsible Landlords, Win Public’s Trust
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–December 18, 2014. As large companies purchase and make available for rent hundreds of thousands of homes that were vacated during the foreclosure crisis, a new issue brief from the Center for American Progress highlights how these single-family rental companies can build trust with communities and the public.[Read More…]
President Obama Charts a New Course on Cuba: 5 Things to Know
President Barack Obama delivers a statement on Cuba and the release of American Alan Gross, in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Dec. 17, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy) “Change is hard — in our own lives, and in the lives of nations. And change is[Read More…]
White House Fact Sheet: The President’s Immigration Accountability Executive Actions & Their Impact on Asian American Immigrant Communities
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 16, 2014. From DREAMers to high-skilled workers to those seeking to reunite with their family members, Asian Americans are one of the most rapidly growing populations in the United States. According to the U.S. Census, the Asian American population in the United States grew 46% from 2000 to[Read More…]
Teen Marijuana Use Declines As Country Moves Toward Marijuana Legalization
National Institute on Drug Abuse’s 2014 ‘Monitoring the Future’ Survey Also Finds E-Cigarette Use Now Greater than Cigarette Use Among Teens Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 16, 2014. The federal government’s National Institute on Drug Abuse released its annual Monitoring the Future survey today. Monitoring the Future is now in its 40th year[Read More…]
