A woman walks with her 2-year-old daughter in Sullivan City, Texas, on September 16, 2015. Source: AP/Eric Gay Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–June 7, 2016. New analysis by the Center for American Progress finds that if not for the dramatic rise in economic insecurity since 2000, nearly 13 million fewer Americans[Read More…]
Opinion
Jeff Bezos and Amazon’s Book Review Policy Is Destroying Indie Authors’ Ability to Sell Books
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2016 By: Anthony Papa Manager of Media & Artist Relations, Drug Policy Alliance Imagine breaking your back writing your memoir with the dream of getting it published. Then your book agent receives 50 rejections from hot shot editors that give you amazing excuses why they have to[Read More…]
Sierra Club Reaction to Paul Ryan’s Endorsement of Trump
Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2016. House Speaker Paul Ryan has said he will vote for Donald Trump for President of the United States. In response Sierra Club Political Director Khalid Pitts released the following statement: “Ryan’s GOP House has already been incessantly attacking clean air and water safeguards and refusing to take action on[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Economist Michael Madowitz on the May 2016 Jobs Report
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2016. The economy added 38,000 jobs in May 2016, and the unemployment rate fell to 4.7 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Center for American Progress Economist Michael Madowitz released the following statement on the May 2016 employment situation figures: Even with just 38,000 jobs added last month, today’s[Read More…]
Donald Trump’s Week in the States: Hypocrisy & Fraud Dominate Coverage
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2016. Donald Trump continued his campaign to finally put to rest the notion that all press is good press with a flurry of bad headlines in battleground states. The week began with Donald Trump hypocritically touting his donations to veterans groups that he was forced to make[Read More…]
Feds: Marijuana Trafficking Falls Following Statewide Legalization
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2016. Federal marijuana trafficking prosecutions have declined significantly since the passage of statewide laws regulating the plant’s production and retail sale to adults, according to data provided by the United States Sentencing Commission. According to their latest factsheet, the number of marijuana trafficking offenders prosecuted at the[Read More…]
Study: Rates Of Problematic Cannabis Use Fall Among Teens
St. Louis, MO–(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2016. Fewer adolescents are consuming cannabis; among those who do, fewer are engaging in problematic use of the plant, according to newly published data in the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. Investigators at Washington University’s School of Medicine in St. Louis[Read More…]
NARAL Applauds Colorado Gov. Hickenlooper for Signing Law Protecting Pregnant Workers
COLORADO–(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2016. NARAL Pro-Choice America applauded Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper for signing HB 1438, a law guaranteeing pregnant Coloradans reasonable accommodations in the workplace such as bathroom breaks, access to bottled water, and the option to sit instead of stand. The bill also protects pregnant job applicants, who are[Read More…]
Conservatives Rejecting Trump: California Editorial Board Advises Readers to Write In ‘Ronald Reagan’ for Tuesday Primary
CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2016. There may not be 3,500 just yet, but day after day, more and more prominent Republican elected officials and conservative commentators are continuing to reject the notion of a President Trump. Donald Trump has for years proven himself to be a loose cannon whose hateful language and[Read More…]
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for Week Ending May 28, 2016
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2016 SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending May 28, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 267,000, a decrease of 1,000 from the previous week’s unrevised level of 268,000. The 4-week moving average was 276,750, a decrease of 1,750 from the previous week’s unrevised[Read More…]
