Raising the minimum wage to $10.10 will make a positive impact on nearly 6.8 million Latino workers who are consistently underpaid and underemployed Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 21, 2014 – A new report from the AFL-CIO shows that nearly 6.8 million Latino workers would benefit if Congress raises the minimum wage to[Read More…]
Analysis
Report Examines U.K.’s New Welfare System, Cautions Against U.S. Implementation
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) recently cited this reform as an example that the United States should consider here at home. Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 20, 2014. As policymakers debate solutions to reform the federal safety net, a report released today examines the Universal Credit, a major safety net overhaul[Read More…]
DR Congo: US, UN Must Address Sexual Violence in Peace Process
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 20, 2014. Addressing sexual and gender-based violence—a defining feature of the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo—is critical to the success of Congo’s peace process, argues a new Enough Project report released today. The report, “Interrupting the Silence: Addressing Congo’s Sexual Violence Crisis within the Great Lakes[Read More…]
Report Provides New Data on Congress’ Dismal Land Conservation Record
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 20, 2014. Today, following the designation of the first new federally protected wilderness in five years and President Barack Obama’s call for Congress to “do even more,” Equal Ground, a campaign supported by the Center for American Progress along with other organizations, released a report today that sheds[Read More…]
Utility Companies Wrong Again About the Cost of Pollution Safeguards
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 19, 2014. Today, as coal and utility companies once again predict that carbon pollution limits would result in skyrocketing electricity rates, the Center for American Progress released an analysis proving that their record as prognosticators is quite poor. The power industry’s past predictions of doom were wrong—16 percent[Read More…]
Why a Melting Arctic Could Sink the Global Economy
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 19, 2014. Today, after Secretary of State John Kerry called climate change in the Arctic “one of the most obvious shared challenges facing the planet today,” the Center for American Progress released an analysis detailing why the United States needs to take the lead on reining in climate[Read More…]
RAND Study: Marijuana Use Rises While Consumption Of Cocaine, Methamphetamine Falls
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 18, 2014. By Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director A rise in the self-reported consumption of cannabis during the years 2006 to 2010 corresponds with a significant decline in Americans’ use of cocaine and methamphetamine during this same time period, according to a new RAND study commissioned by the[Read More…]
Teens More Likely to Drive Under the Influence After Riding with an Impaired Driver
Discover the findings on teens impaired by alcohol and drugs, and their correlation with teens witnessing adults driving impaired.
The First Time Putin Tried to Invade a Foreign Country
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 13, 2014. Today, as the world community tries to interpret the actions of Russian President Vladimir Putin in regards to the political crisis in Ukraine, the Center for American Progress released an analysis looking at the roots of Putin’s regional adventurism, tracing back to his involvement in a[Read More…]
Cook County House Prices Up More than 15 Percent, Pace of Recovery Varies by Neighborhood
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—March 13, 2014. Home prices in the fourth quarter of 2013 in Cook County were up 15.1 percent year over year, their largest increase in 16 years, according to the March 12 release of the Cook County House Price Index from the Institute for Housing Studies at DePaul University. The[Read More…]
