ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–August 15, 2014. Saying “I do” at a young age isn’t always the best career option for women. After the wedding vows are said, gender inequality with wages begin as marriage is associated with fast wage growth for men but slow growth for women, a new University of Michigan[Read More…]
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Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on Walmart’s U.S. Manufacturing Summit
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 14, 2014. In response to Walmart’s U.S. Manufacturing Summit, which convenes today in Denver, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka issued the following statement: “It’s about time Walmart figured out that America’s workers are the most qualified and the best skilled at getting the job done. For decades, Walmart has[Read More…]
New Charts Provide Visualization of How Violence Is Causing Children to Flee Central America
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 12, 2014. The uptick in the number of children fleeing to the United States has focused attention on the conditions in the Central American countries of Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador. In total, these nations have seen 62,998 kids flee to the United States and other neighboring countries.[Read More…]
Three Reasons Arkansas’s Photo ID Law is Unconstitutional
Brennan Center Files Amicus Brief With Arkansas Historians, Political Scientists, and Law Professors Little Rock, Ark.–(ENEWSFP)–August 11, 2014. Arkansas’s restrictive photo ID law violates the state constitution and must be struck down by the state Supreme Court, argued the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law in an[Read More…]
Governor Hickenlooper’s Marijuana Prevention Campaign Reminiscent of Failed ‘This is Your Brain’ Effort
Approach Emphasizes Scare Tactics over More Effective Reality-Based Education Denver, CO—(ENEWSPF)—August 11, 2014. Governor John Hickenlooper has introduced his administration’s marijuana prevention campaign to deter underage consumption. The theme of the campaign is marijuana’s potential impact on the developing adolescent brain, using the slogan “don’t be a lab rat.” The[Read More…]
Brookings Institution on Colorado’s Legalization of Marijuana: ‘Resounding Success’
Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—August 8, 2014. The Brookings Institution has issued a report entitled ‘Colorado’s Rollout of Legal Marijuana is Succeeding’, analyzing the first six months of Colorado’s legalized cannabis commerce and taxation policies, which voters approved by ballot initiative in November 2012. Author John Hudak calls the implementation of the new[Read More…]
Marijuana Arrests in America: New State-by-State Analysis
Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—August 8, 2014. Despite an overwhelming majority of Americans recently indicating a preference for ceasing arrests for minor marijuana offenses and nearly sixty percent support in favor of outright legalization, a new report from former NORML executive director and Shenandoah University professor Jon Gettman, Ph.D indicates that American law[Read More…]
AFL-CIO Condemns Threats Made by Swazi Prime Minister to Union Leaders
WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 7, 2014 — Today, the AFL-CIO condemned remarks by Swaziland Prime Minister Sibusiso Barnabas Dlamini, calling for the strangulation of union representatives participating in a White House summit on Africa. “The AFL-CIO deplores the threat made by Swaziland’s Prime Minister Sibusiso Barnabas Dlamini calling for the strangulation of[Read More…]
Clean Power Lake County Coalition Statement on NRG Decision to Continue Burning Coal at Waukegan Coal Plant
Local coalition urges responsible transition away from coal to local clean energy development WAUKEGAN, Ill. –(ENEWSPF)—August 7, 2014. Today, New Jersey-based NRG Energy announced it would continue to burn coal with interim pollution controls at the 60-year-old Waukegan coal plant on the shore of Lake Michigan. “”Every family has the right[Read More…]
Sierra Club Statement on NRG Energy Illinois Pollution Plan
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 7, 2014. Today, New Jersey-based power producer NRG Energy announced its plan to reduce pollution from its fleet of aging Illinois coal-fired power plants. NRG will cease burning coal at one generating unit at the Will County plant in Romeoville and at its Joliet 29 and 9 coal plants,[Read More…]
