Two Streams of Voters-in-the-Making Could Influence the 2012 Elections and Beyond Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 12, 2012.  The Center for American Progress today released an infographic and interactive map on the immense electoral power of unregistered Latinos and citizens-in-waiting (legal immigrants eligible to naturalize and become citizens) in 10 highly influential states[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 12, 2012.  As the U.N. Security Council reassesses the mandate for the world’s second largest peacekeeping operation, the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, or MONUSCO, it must address the serious gap in the implementation of its civilian protection strategy. MONUSCO’s next[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 11, 2012.  Today a new report released by the Center for American Progress outlines a set of specific recommendations to significantly cut wasteful health care administrative costs, reducing overall spending on health care by as much as $40 billion a year. The recommendations were unveiled at an event[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 11, 2012.  Tomorrow the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will hold a hearing on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2011—the first since November 2009— and the Center for American Progress today released “The Freedom to Work, The Freedom to Worship,” with an accompanying video, on[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 7, 2012.  In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, which allows corporations to spend unlimited amounts from their treasuries to influence elections, states have passed a variety of innovative measures to regulate corporate cash in elections, a new report by[Read More…]

From Republic Report : Fox News has taken flak for airing a four-minute political attack ad against President Obama during its regular programming this week. The ad wasn’t purchased by any outside group; it was simply produced by the network and aired as part of regular Fox News content. Though the network[Read More…]

ANN ARBOR, Mich.–(ENEWSPF)–June 1, 2012.  The U.S. had the second-lowest proportion of students who used tobacco and alcohol compared to their counterparts in 36 European countries, a new report indicates. The results originate from coordinated school surveys about substance use from more than 100,000 students in some of the largest[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 1, 2012.  At today’s event with White House Domestic Policy Director Cecilia Muñoz, Doing What Works, a project of the Center for American Progress will release a report detailing how the United States can increase the effectiveness and efficiency of existing federal and state investments in early childhood[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 1, 2012.  Nonfarm payroll employment changed little in May (+69,000), and the unemployment rate was essentially unchanged at 8.2 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment increased in health care, transportation and warehousing, and wholesale trade but declined in construction. Employment was little changed in[Read More…]

ANN ARBOR, Mich–(ENEWSPF)–May 31, 2012.  If you are a white girl, a black girl or a black boy, exposure to today’s electronic media in the long run tends to make you feel worse about yourself. If you’re a white boy, you’ll feel better, according to a new study. Lead author[Read More…]