A child takes a sucker break while his mother finishes filling orders during her job as a material handler, April 1997. Source: AP/Erwin Gebhard Washington, D.C. — (ENEWSPF)–December 18, 2015.  Although the United States is moving in the direction of offering more work-life balance to workers through the adoption of policies that[Read More…]

Over 47,000 deaths last year, mostly due to opioid pain relievers and heroin Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–December 18, 2015.  From 2000 to 2014 nearly half a million Americans died from drug overdoses. Opioid overdose deaths, including both opioid pain relievers and heroin, hit record levels in 2014, with an alarming 14 percent[Read More…]

Denver, CO–(ENEWSPF)–December 17, 2015.  Nearly one out of two tourists visiting to Colorado say that their decision was motivated by the state’s permissive attitude toward marijuana, according to the findings of a just-released study commissioned by the Colorado Tourism Office. Among Colorado vacationers surveyed, 49 percent said that cannabis’ legal[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 17, 2015.  The percentage of young people who report having driven under the influence of alcohol and marijuana combined has fallen significantly, according to data published by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Between the years 2002 through 2014, the reported prevalence of marijuana and alcohol[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 17, 2015.  More mosque incidents were recorded in 2015 than in any year since we started keeping this tally. 2015 accounted for the most ever cases in both the Damage, Destruction, Vandalism category and the Intimidation category, adding weight to assertions that the most recent cycle of Islamophobia[Read More…]

A bus turns into Union Station in Chicago to unload passengers. Winter holiday bus travel is projected to increase 1-2 percent from last year, reaching 2.6 million passengers over a 12-day period for Christmas and New Year’s travel, according to data released by the Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development at[Read More…]

NIH’s 2015 Monitoring the Future survey shows long term decline in illicit drug use, prescription opioid abuse, cigarette and alcohol use among the nation’s youth. Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 17, 2015.  The 2015 Monitoring the Future survey (MTF) shows decreasing use of a number of substances, including cigarettes, alcohol, prescription opioid pain[Read More…]

  A voting booth in a community center, November 2004. Source: AP/Julia Cumes Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–December 17, 2015.  The Center for American Progress released today a groundbreaking new analysis showing the challenges that lie ahead for both political parties given the rapidly shifting demographics of the U.S. electorate. This new[Read More…]