NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–October 17, 2016. Sensationalist claims have circulated this election season about the extent of voter fraud, with some politicians going so far as to tell voters to fear that this November’s election will be “rigged.” Because electoral integrity is one of the elements necessary to making America the greatest[Read More…]
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Council on American-Islamic Relations Muslim Voter Survey Indicates 86 Percent Turnout, Support for Hillary Clinton
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–October 14, 2016. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today released the results of a nationwide survey of Muslim voters on the upcoming presidential election indicating a likely high turnout of Muslims at the polls on November 8 – more[Read More…]
So Far, So Good: What We Know About Marijuana Legalization in Colorado, Washington, Alaska, Oregon, and Washington D.C.
New Report Finds Massive Drop in Marijuana Arrests, No Increase in Youth Marijuana Use, No Increase in Traffic Fatalities, and Major Fiscal Benefits in States With Legalized Marijuana; Tens of Thousands of People Spared from Harmful Marijuana Arrests and Collateral Consequences; $552 Million in Tax Revenue Raised in Colorado, Washington and[Read More…]
US: Disastrous Toll of Criminalizing Drug Use (Video)
Enforcement Destroys Families, Undermines Health Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 12, 2016 – The massive enforcement of laws criminalizing personal drug use and possession in the United States causes devastating harm, Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said in a joint report released today. Enforcement ruins individual and family[Read More…]
Latest Independent Analysis Shows Trump’s Tax Plan Is a Giveaway for the Wealthy
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 11, 2016. The Tax Policy Center has performed an independent analysis of the proposed Clinton and Trump tax plans and determined the following: Clinton Tax Plan Hillary Clinton’s tax proposals, which would raise taxes on high-income taxpayers, increase the child tax credit, modify taxation of multinational corporations, reform[Read More…]
Misaligned School and Work Schedules Are Costing Working Parents and the U.S. Economy, New Center for American Progress Analysis Finds
Parents drop their children off at Chicago’s Benjamin E. Mays Academy, September 2012. Source: AP/M. Spencer Green Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–October 11, 2016. Misaligned school and work schedules mean that the average school is closed for 29 days during the school year, and the need for parents to scramble constantly for child[Read More…]
Results Are In: Hillary Clinton Won The Debate
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–October 10, 2016. The results from the second presidential debate are crystal clear, Hillary Clinton is the victor. Last night, Donald Trump repeated the same falsehoods he’s spewed since the start of his campaign, admitted to evading federal taxes for years and tried to mask his offensive comments and[Read More…]
Study: Medical Marijuana Laws Associated With Greater Workforce Participation Among Older Americans
Baltimore, MD–(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2016. The enactment of statewide medicinal cannabis programs is associated with greater participation in the workforce by those age 50 and older, according to the findings of a working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research. Researchers at the John Hopkins School of Public Health[Read More…]
Study Finds Fossil Fuel Methane Emissions Greater Than Previously Estimated
But energy development is not responsible for global methane uptick Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 5, 2016. Methane emissions from fossil fuel development around the world are up to 60 percent greater than estimated by previous studies, according to new research led by scientists from NOAA and CIRES. The study found that fossil[Read More…]
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for Week Ending October 1, 2016
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2016. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending October 1, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 249,000, a decrease of 5,000 from the previous week’s unrevised level of 254,000. The 4-week moving average was 253,500, a decrease of 2,500 from the previous week’s unrevised[Read More…]
