A nurse practitioner gives a pregnant patient information about mosquito protection on August 2, 2016, in Miami. Source: AP/Lynne Sladky Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–August 11, 2016. Last month, the U.S. Congress adjourned for summer recess without approving President Barack Obama’s request for $1.9 billion in emergency supplemental funds to address the[Read More…]
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Conservative Paid Family Leave Proposals Fall Short for Working Families
Bryan Niedermeyer and Angelica Juarez visit with their daughter Olivia at Advocate Children’s Hospital in Chicago on March 15, 2016. Source: AP/M. Spencer Green Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–August 11, 2016. Paid family and medical leave is critical for the economic security of working families, yet the United States is the[Read More…]
Big Business and the Financial Industry Avoid Corporate Tax with Pass-Through Loophole, Which Cost the United States Nearly $800 Billion Between 2003 and 2012
Closing the pass-through tax loophole used by big businesses will increase federal revenue to meet critical needs and at the same time address income inequality. Source: Scott Roth/Invision/AP Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–August 11, 2016. Big businesses are avoiding billions of dollars in taxes by using business forms originally designed for[Read More…]
In Case You Missed It – Mother Jones: Why Trump and Pence Aren’t Talking About the Auto Bailout in the Midwest
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 11, 2016. By: Patrick Caldwell They’ve both been critical of the move that may have saved hundreds of thousands of jobs. If the federal government hadn’t bailed out the auto industry in 2009, the state of Michigan—where Donald Trump spoke about his economic plans Monday—could have lost 338,000[Read More…]
Justice Department Announces Findings of Investigation into Baltimore Police Department
Justice Department Finds a Pattern of Civil Rights Violations by the Baltimore Police Department Baltimore, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 10, 2016. The Justice Department announced today that it found reasonable cause to believe that the Baltimore City Police Department (BPD) engages in a pattern or practice of conduct that violates the First and[Read More…]
In Case You Missed It – Washington Post: Another Trump Adviser With Deep Ties to Russia
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 10, 2016. By: Josh Rogin This week Donald Trump released a new roster of economic advisers, including a businessman with extensive investments in Russia who tried to get a Trump Tower built in Moscow. It’s the latest in a long list of relationships that give Trump a financial[Read More…]
Expanding and Strengthening Medicaid Will Improve Health Care Access for Low-Income LGBT Americans
Jennifer Parrott, a certified nurse practitioner, left, talks with a doctor about a patient at the Oklahoma Health Sciences Emergency Department, in Oklahoma City, Friday, May 13, 2016. Source: AP/Sue Ogrocki Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–August 9, 2016. As Medicaid turns 51 this year, many opportunities lie ahead for this vital program[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Analysis Shows Medicare Saving $2 Trillion Over the Next 10 Years Due to Bending Cost Curve
A doctor examines a patient at a clinic in Sacramento, California, on February 18, 2016. Source: AP/Rich Pedroncelli Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–August 9, 2016. A new analysis from the Center for American Progress looks at the dramatic decreases in long-term projections for Medicare spending. Using spending projections from the Congressional Budget Office,[Read More…]
Without Change, African-American and Latino Families Won’t Match Current Average White Wealth for Centuries
Report Calls for Major Federal Policy Shifts To Address Growing Racial Wealth Divide WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–August 9, 2016. If current federal wealth-building policies remain in place, it will take the average African-American family 228 years to amass the same amount of wealth that white families have today and it will[Read More…]
Three Proposals in Trump’s Economic Speech Are Not What They Seem
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–August 9, 2016. Donald Trump tried to frame his speech yesterday as a reset of his economic policies, but in reality, he doubled down on more of the same: an approach to the economy that would cost jobs with massive tax breaks for the wealthy and corporations. Let’s take[Read More…]
