Published today, MLK Day 2012: The Military Industrial Complex at 50 is the most comprehensive collection available explaining what the military industrial complex (MIC) is, where it comes from, what damage it does, what further destruction it threatens, and what can be done and is being done to chart a[Read More…]
Analysis
For Durable Solutions to Recent South Sudan Violence, Four Issues Are Key: Enough Project
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–January 12, 2012. As reports continue to emerge concerning the aftermath of a recent resurgence of inter-communal violence between the Lou-Nuer and Murle communities of Jonglei state, the government of the Republic of South Sudan, supported by the international community, must redouble its efforts to address the more systemic causes[Read More…]
State Department Report on Haiti: Two Years Later
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 12, 2012. Two years after a powerful earthquake devastated Haiti, significant progress has been made, particularly over the past year. There is much left to do, and the success of Haiti’s recovery will ultimately be up to the Haitians themselves. The United States Government (USG) and its international partners[Read More…]
Department of Justice Access to Justice Initiative Issues Report to Assist Foreclosure Mediation Programs
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 10, 2012. The Access to Justice Initiative today released Foreclosure Mediation: Emerging Research and Evaluation Practices, a report resulting from a March 7, 2011, workshop with dozens of foreclosure mediation program stakeholders and researchers. Foreclosure mediation programs, in which a neutral third-party facilitates negotiations between a lender and[Read More…]
New Study Shows Dramatic Revenue Potential from a Wall Street Tax
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–January 9, 2012. A robust tax on Wall Street transactions would raise far more revenue – as much as 17 times as much – than more limited proposals, even accounting for the worst case scenarios of reduced trading as a result of a tax. That’s the findings of[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Report Assesses Progress in Teacher Preparation and State Accountability
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 6, 2012. The Center for American Progress released a new report yesterday that details the progress of the 2010 winners of the Obama administration’s signature Race to the Top education program. Titled “Getting Better at Teacher Preparation and State Accountability” by Edward Crowe, the report presents new information[Read More…]
The Case of the Missing Gas Mileage
Automakers have made great strides in fuel efficiency in recent decades — but the mileage numbers of individual vehicles have barely increased. An MIT economist explains the conundrum. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–January 5, 2012. Contrary to common perception, the major automakers have produced large increases in fuel efficiency through better technology in[Read More…]
2011: The Year In Review — NORML’s Top 10 Events That Shaped Marijuana Policy
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 29, 2011. #1 NORML Sues To Halt Government’s Prosecution of Medical Cannabis Providers In October, the United States Deputy Attorney General, along with the four US Attorneys from California, announced their intentions to escalate federal efforts targeting the state’s medical cannabis dispensaries and providers. In response, members of[Read More…]
New Report: 265 Major, Profitable U.S. Corporations’ Tax Avoidance Costs States $42 Billion Over Three Years
Sixty Eight Companies Have At Least One Tax-Free Year The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy and Citizens for Tax Justice Release “Corporate Tax Dodging in the Fifty States, 2008-2010” Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 16, 2011. A comprehensive new study that profiles 265 consistently profitable Fortune 500 companies finds that 68 of them[Read More…]
Social Media in Protests: Study Finds ‘Recruiters’ and ‘Spreaders’
UNITED KINGDOM–(ENEWSPF)–16 December 2011. A study has explored the dynamics behind social network sites in recruiting and spreading calls for action that contribute to mass mobilisations in riots, revolutions and protests. Led by Oxford University and published in the journal Scientific Reports, the study finds that the most influential group[Read More…]
