Groundbreaking Analysis Finds Marijuana Arrests Comprise Nearly Half of All Drug Arrests NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–June 4, 2013. Black people are 3.7 times more likely to be arrested for marijuana possession than white people despite comparable usage rates, according to a report released today by the American Civil Liberties Union. The[Read More…]
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Report Documents How Elephant Poaching Supports Lord’s Resistance Army
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—June 3, 2013. Human rights groups released a multimedia report and video documenting new evidence that the Lord’s Resistance Army, or LRA, has turned to elephant poaching as a means to fuel its atrocities. “Kony’s Ivory,” co-authored by the Enough Project and the Satellite Sentinel Project, or SSP, and co-produced[Read More…]
New Report Confirms Solitary Confinement in Federal Prisons Largely Unchecked
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 31, 2013. The Federal Bureau of Prisons does not adequately monitor its use of solitary confinement and other segregated housing and should evaluate the effect of long-term segregation on prisoners, according to a report released by the Government Accountability Office today. The Bureau currently holds about seven percent of[Read More…]
Consumer Confidence Surges in May 2013
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–May 31, 2013. A rising stock market and higher home prices prompted consumers to report their most improved financial situation in more than five years, according to University of Michigan economist Richard Curtin, director of the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers. The Surveys, conducted by the U-M[Read More…]
Older Drivers More Likely to Buy New Vehicles
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–May 30, 2013. Adults under 50 have long been the ideal target group for advertisers, but when it comes to buying new vehicles, older consumers may be a marketer’s best bet, says a University of Michigan researcher. Michael Sivak, research professor at the U-M Transportation Research Institute, examined the[Read More…]
Fail: Drug Czar Tries To Link Marijuana and Crime
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 30, 2013. by Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director The nation’s so-called ‘drug czar’, Gil Kerlikowske, convened a press conference last week to release new government data on drug use in America. The major talking points for the presentation were two fold: *Insist that cannabis is linked to crime[Read More…]
U-M Survey: Most Local Leaders Want Residents Engaged, But See Limits
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–May 28, 2013. Most local government leaders in Michigan believe residents should provide input into policymaking, but relatively few think they should be deeply involved, according to a University of Michigan survey. Nearly two thirds (64 percent) of Michigan’s local leaders said residents should provide some input, while 17[Read More…]
A Woman’s Agenda for the 21st Century
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2013. Today, at an event with Gail Collins and Anna Quindlen on the unfinished business of the women’s movement, the Center for American Progress released “A Woman’s Agenda for the 21st Century.” The analysis highlights the dramatic shift to how women—and men—navigate their workplace responsibilities, caregiving needs,[Read More…]
The New Retirement: No Retirement?
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2013. For growing numbers of Americans, the new retirement may really mean no retirement. That’s the conclusion of an article in the current issue of the ISR Sampler, the annual magazine of the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research. “For most of the 20th century we[Read More…]
Memorial Day 2013 Driving by the Numbers
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2013. As AAA estimates that nearly 35 million Americans are preparing to travel 50 miles or more this weekend, with nearly 90 percent of travelers filling up their tanks with expensive gasoline or diesel fuel to drive to their destination, the Center for American Progress released an analysis of[Read More…]
