Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2014.  After a four-month extension, the latest round of negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program is scheduled to conclude on November 24. The outcome of these negotiations is still an open question, but in anticipation of the deadline, the Center for American Progress has released an issue[Read More…]

Enough Project Proposes 7 Non-Military Tactics to Help End FDLR Threat Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2014 – Facing a deadline from the UN Security Council and regional African governments to fully demobilize or face military operations by January 2, 2015, the rebel group in the Democratic Republic of the Congo known[Read More…]

WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–November 17, 2014.  With the U.S. Senate poised to vote on the Keystone XL pipeline on Tuesday, a new analysis of federal records reveals the dangerous toll of pipelines in the United States. In just the past year and four months, there have been 372 oil and gas pipeline leaks,[Read More…]

DePaul University is member of America’s Urban Campus consortium “The results of the study conducted by America’s Urban Campus illustrate the tremendous impact higher education has on the city of Chicago,” says Patricia O’Donoghue, interim president of DePaul University. “From economic development to internships in the workforce to community service,[Read More…]

Download Super Surfing [JPG – <1.0 MB] Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 13, 2014.  An estimated 78.1 percent of people in U.S. households had a high-speed Internet connection last year, according to a new report released today from the U.S. Census Bureau. However, digital divides exist among the nation’s metropolitan areas and demographic[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 10, 2014. By Erik Altieri, NORML Communications Director  The FBI’s annual Uniform Crime Report was released this morning and provides an updated look at the total number of marijuana arrests law enforcement made across the country in 2013. The good news is that numbers are down slightly from[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–November 10, 2014.  Winning candidates in 2014’s competitive Senate races were overwhelmingly backed by “dark money” groups that conceal their donors, according to a new post-election analysis by the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law. The analysis found that dark money played a record role in[Read More…]

By closing education gaps for black and Hispanic children, U.S. gross domestic product would be 5.8 percent—or nearly $2.3 trillion—larger by 2050 Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–November 10, 2014.  The United States’ changing demographics will have enormous ramifications for both the country’s education system and economy in the decades to come. A new[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 6, 2014.  A new report from the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) shows that most households now have less wealth now than they did in 1989. The report, “The Wealth of Households: An Analysis of the 2013 Survey of Consumer Finances,” presents data on household wealth[Read More…]

SAN FRANCISCO–(ENEWSPF)–November 6, 2014 — Today Freedom to Marry and Out & Equal Workplace Advocates released a new report estimating that the remaining patchwork of marriage laws for same-sex couples across the United States costs businesses in the private sector $1.3 billion every year. Over the next five years, the private sector[Read More…]