Analysis Despite mounting evidence that low minimum wages put pressure on government finances through the need for expanded safety net programs, over the past year, evening news programs on four major broadcast networks — ABC, CBS, NBC, and PBS — have been largely silent about the public cost of low[Read More…]
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Alignment, Fit and Similarities Matter in Corporate-charity Sponsorships
EUGENE, Ore.–(ENEWSPF)–March 11, 2014 — Ever scratch your head over a pairing of a corporate sponsorship with a charity? Newly published research suggests that the brands of both can be damaged when perceived fit and similarities between sponsor and charity don’t align well. “There is a public discussion,” said study[Read More…]
Setting Women on the Fruitful Path to Leadership
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–March 11, 2014. Women with dependents who want to lead American corporations need mentors more than ever to get there, according to research from the University of Michigan. Cindy Schipani, professor of business law at Michigan’s Ross School of Business, and colleagues explored how mentoring helps to boost career[Read More…]
New Report Reveals Environmental Costs of North American Free Trade Agreement
Environmental Damages Underscore Risks of Unfair Trade WASHINGTON, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—March 11, 2014. A massive free trade deal went into effect 20 years ago and has had very harmful effects on communities and the environment in the U.S., Mexico, and Canada, according to a report released today. January 1, 1994 marked the[Read More…]
SEIU Documentary Calls on Lawmakers to Fight Retirement Inequality for Women
“I Am Not Margaret Mead: Protecting Women’s Access to Financially Secure Retirement” highlights plight of working women WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 11, 2014. A new web documentary from SEIU’s retirement security campaign is calling for solutions to the retirement security crisis that threatens working women across the country. “I am not Margaret[Read More…]
Principles to Make Progress on Trade and Competitiveness
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 11, 2014. As our nation’s lawmakers begin debating major regional trade deals with both the Asia Pacific and Europe, the Center for American Progress today unveiled a set of principles to guide Congress and the Obama administration in their efforts to forge a new consensus on how trade[Read More…]
Upcoming Afghan Election is Critical to Future of Country, Success of U.S. Mission
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 10, 2014. Today, as Afghans prepare to go to the polls in less than one month, the Center for American Progress released a report at an event featuring Sen. Robert P. Casey, Jr. (D-PA) on the political, economic, and security transitions under way in Afghanistan as Afghans adapt[Read More…]
Women’s Leadership: What’s True, What’s False, and Why It Matters
Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill. SOURCE: AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 7, 2014. At an event today featuring remarks by Val Demings, the first woman to have served as police chief in Orlando, Florida, the Center for American Progress released the report, “Women’s Leadership:[Read More…]
House Budget Committee Chair Ryan Misrepresents Economists in Poverty Report
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 7, 2014. The House Budget Committee released a report, The War on Poverty: Fifty Years Later, on Monday, and the findings left several economists and social scientists bemused and angry, according to The Fiscal Times. Several experts who read it said that Committee Chair Paul Ryan (R-WI) either[Read More…]
NRDC Report: U.S. Nuclear Safety Regulators Ignore Severe Accident Hydrogen Explosion Risks Despite Fukushima Tragedy
WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 7, 2014—Three years after hydrogen explosions wreaked havoc in the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is still not adequately protecting American nuclear reactors from the risk of similar hydrogen blasts in a severe accident, according to a new report by the Natural Resources Defense[Read More…]
