With Release of DASP Analysis, CAP Launches Asset Sale Interactive Database Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–September 5, 2014.  Two years after the Federal Housing Administration, or FHA, launched the Distressed Asset Stabilization Program, or DASP, a new Center for American Progress report examines the results of the program so far and provides[Read More…]

Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–September 4, 2014.  Although growth in health care spending has slowed dramatically in recent years, leading health care experts agree in a report released today that additional policies will be needed to sustain the slowdown. The Center for American Progress, in conjunction with several current state officials from Arkansas,[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 4, 2014.  As climate leaders and policymakers meet today in Nevada for the seventh Annual National Clean Energy Summit, the Center for American Progress and the Political Economy Research Institute, or PERI, have announced the release of a groundbreaking report that quantifies the investment and technology deployment needed[Read More…]

25 Years Later Voters and Elected Officials in Both Parties Rolling Back Punitive Drug Policies Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 4, 2014. On September 5th, 1989 President George H.W. Bush gave a speech from the Oval Office that defined a generation (link: http://www.c-span.org/video/?8921-1/presidential-address-national-drug-policy).  Declaring an escalation of the war on drugs he held[Read More…]

Quantifies Payroll Tax Gains as Workers Come Out of Shadows Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 4, 2014.  A new report released today by the Center for American Progress finds that a deferred action program that allows undocumented immigrants who have lived in the United States for at least five years to apply for[Read More…]

Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–September 2, 2014.  Unless Congress acts to reverse sequestration cuts scheduled to continue through 2021, significant underfunding of research agencies could devastate federal science research and cause major economic implications, write Harry Stein and Jennifer Erickson in a new issue brief from the Center for American Progress. Perpetual[Read More…]

Buffalo, NY–(ENEWSPF)–August 28, 2014.  Marijuana use by newly married couples is predictive of less frequent incidences of intimate partner violence perpetration, according to longitudinal data published online ahead of print in the journal Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. Investigators at Yale University, Rutgers, and the University of Buffalo assessed over 600[Read More…]

NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—August 28, 2014. Last week the ongoing crisis in Ferguson, Mo. prompted President Obama to call for a review of federal programs that send military equipment and money to police departments. A new policy proposal released today from the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law suggests he[Read More…]

Movie was commissioned by the Global Commission on Drug Policy, developed by Almap/BBDO agency and produced by Vetor Zero studio in Brazil. International leaders of the Commission prepare to launch report in September with groundbreaking recommendations for major paradigm shift in global drug policy. São Paulo, Brazil—(ENEWSPF)–August 26, 2014 –[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 25, 2014. According to Housing Spotlight: The Affordable Rental Housing Gap Persists, released today by the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) and Housing Action Illinois, there is a deficit of 321,394 rental units affordable and available to extremely low income households in Illinois, those with income at[Read More…]