New York –(ENEWSPF)–October 7, 2014. Today the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed same-sex couples’ freedom to marry in cases out of Idaho and Nevada. The ruling paves also the way for the freedom to marry in Alaska, Montana, and Arizona. Evan Wolfson, president of Freedom to Marry, released the[Read More…]
Opinion
ACLU Comment on Twitter Lawsuit Challenging Government Restrictions on Surveillance Disclosures
NEW YORK –(ENEWSPF)–October 7, 2014. Twitter sued the government today seeking to make public more information about how much user data it is being forced to hand over on national security grounds. The government says that Twitter’s transparency reports can address surveillance orders like National Security Letters only in very[Read More…]
Sierra Club Calls on eBay to Leave ALEC
San Francisco, CA –(ENEWSPF)—October 7, 2014. Today, the Sierra Club joined a broad coalition of organizations in urging eBay to join other high tech companies that have pulled their support from the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a fossil-fuel funded clearinghouse for dangerous legislation to attack worker’s rights, civil rights,[Read More…]
Proposed Steps to Strengthen and Leverage the Earned Income Tax Credit to Lift More Americans, Including Young and Childless Workers, Out of Poverty
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 7, 2014. New reports released today by the Center for American Progress and Generation Progress propose bold new ideas for strengthening and leveraging anti-poverty tax credits such as the Earned Income Tax Credit, or EITC, to promote financial stability and economic mobility for more Americans, including young and[Read More…]
Market Forces and Geology, Not an Alleged War on Coal, Are Driving Reductions in Appalachian Coal Jobs
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2014. For years, the coal industry and its political allies have claimed that the Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, is orchestrating a war on coal. Last month, two West Virginia coal-mining companies announced the layoff of hundreds of workers, prompting additional finger pointing at the EPA’s air-quality[Read More…]
Methane Pollution from Venting and Flaring of Gas on America’s Public Lands and Waters More than Doubled Since 2008
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2014. Methane pollution from venting and flaring of gas during fossil-fuel extraction activities on U.S. public lands and waters has risen approximately 135 percent since 2008, according to a new analysis of greenhouse gas, or GHG, emissions from federal lands. The analysis, presented in two papers released[Read More…]
Teachers Have Lower Expectations for Students of Color and Students from Low-Income Backgrounds
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2014. A new report published today by the Center for American Progress found that teachers have lower expectations for students of color and those from high-poverty backgrounds. The report also found that high school students who have teachers with higher expectations were more than three times more[Read More…]
Supreme Court Denies Review of 10th Circuit Decision Striking UT Marriage Ban, Permits Victory to Stand
Joint Statement of National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) and Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2014 —The United States Supreme Court today declined to review the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals decision striking down Utah’s marriage ban for same-sex couples, thereby permitting that decision to[Read More…]
Legalization Ends Discrimination in Marijuana Enforcement
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 3, 2014. By: Malik Burnett, M.D., M.B.A. Reports that African Americans in the nation’s capital are eight times more likely to be arrested as whites, despite relatively equal marijuana use, were the catalyst for the city’s Council to act earlier this year by passing the most progressive marijuana[Read More…]
Study Shows GE Food Labeling Will Not Significantly Raise Food Prices
False Industry Claims Challenged in Run Up to November Ballot Initiatives in Oregon and Colorado Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 2, 2014–Yesterday, ECONorthwest released a report on behalf of Consumers Union, the public policy and advocacy arm of Consumer Reports, which assessed the potential for increased food prices if mandatory GE labeling requirements[Read More…]
