GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo and WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–August 7, 2012.  Dodd-Frank financial reform legislation and more stringent tech industry sourcing policies have led to an estimated 65 percent decrease in profit over the past two years for armed groups in eastern Congo from their trade in the conflict minerals[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–August 6, 2012.  The African Union and U.N. Security Council renewed Darfur’s hybrid peacekeeping mission, UNAMID, this week without acknowledging the glaring failures of the Doha peace process. The Doha Document for Peace in Darfur, or DDPD, signed in July 2011, is yet another attempt by the Khartoum regime to[Read More…]

Innovative research shows large divergence in retirement saving outcomes, with the single elderly faring worse than married couples. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–August 3, 2012.  It is a central worry of many Americans: not having enough money to live comfortably in old age. Now an innovative paper co-authored by an MIT economist shows[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2012.  Today, according to a new analysis released by the Center for American Progress, as many as 106 U.S. airports could lose air traffic control service—and effectively be shut down—under automatic spending cuts scheduled to take effect January 2, 2013.  An interactive map, also released today, illustrates[Read More…]

Mitt Romney’s Tax Plan Would Provide Large Tax Cuts to Rich While Increasing Taxes on Middle/Lower Income Taxpayers Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2012.  This paper examines the tradeoffs among three competing goals that are inherent in a revenue-neutral income tax reform—maintaining tax revenues, ensuring a progressive tax system, and lowering marginal[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 30, 2012.  Today Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, unveiled a report on the for-profit education industry, and the 30 companies that have been the focus of a two-year Committee investigation. The report provides a comprehensive analysis of how the[Read More…]

Public Education and Information Campaigns on Child Heatstroke in Vehicles Essential to Preventing Future Tragedies   WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–July 30, 2012.  The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) today released the results of a new study on aftermarket consumer products intended to[Read More…]

ANN ARBOR, Mich.–(ENEWSPF)–July 27, 2012.  Michigan’s felony HIV disclosure law is a tool to control and punish marginalized and poor individuals in criminal court cases, according to new University of Michigan findings. In many states, a person with HIV can be charged with a crime if he or she engages[Read More…]

ANN ARBOR, Mich.–(ENEWSPF)–July 27, 2012.  Consumer confidence slipped in July, according to University of Michigan economist Richard Curtin, director of the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers. All of the overall decline was in how consumers viewed future prospects for the national economy. The Surveys, conducted by the U-M[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 26, 2012.  Today the Center for American Progress released a series of infographics illustrating a serious challenge facing our nation: containing the skyrocketing costs of health care. While the new health care law, which includes an array of reforms to the way health care is paid for and[Read More…]