Los Angeles, CA-(ENEWSPF)- The majority of Americans age 18 to 29 oppose the federal prohibition of marijuana, according to national polling datacompiled by the Reason Foundation. Fifty-seven percent of those polled said that the US government should "allow" for adults to use marijuana. Thirty-nine percent of respondents said that marijuana use[Read More…]
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Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Rand Paul (R-KY) to Introduce Criminal Justice Reform Legislation REDEEM Act
Helps Formerly Incarcerated Seal Conviction Records, Eliminates Barriers to Employment, Public Assistance, and Re-Entry Drug Policy Alliance: Criminal Justice Reform is Good Policy and Good Politics Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Rand Paul (R-KY), introduced the REDEEM Act, groundbreaking bipartisan legislation that makes it easier for formerly incarcerated individuals[Read More…]
Rauner Proposes 30 New Regressive Taxes (Video/Analysis)
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Billionaire GOP candidate Bruce Rauner held a press conference to propose 30 new regressive taxes. It comes on the heels of a bevy of news that Rauner and Rauner financed companies avoided taxes and overbilled taxpayers. Rauner used loopholes now under scrutiny by the IRS to slash his tax[Read More…]
Infographic: Where Does Gitmo Fit In? The Long, Winding History Of Prison Camps
Courtesy of: Infographic World From our friends at Infographic World, Where Does Gitmo Fit In? The Long, Winding History Of Prison Camps.
Study: Relaxed FAA Policy Fails to Make Air Travel More ‘Tech Friendly’
Joseph Schwieterman, director of the Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development, has co-authored a new study on the use of electronic devices on intercity buses, planes and trains. (Photo by Jeff Carrion) CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—July 3, 2014. A new study by DePaul University’s Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development raises doubts about whether the[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Proposes Legislative Action To Re-Establish Religious Liberty Post-Hobby Lobby
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 1, 2014. On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. to grant religious liberty protections to for-profit corporations, allowing the religious beliefs of the owners of for-profit, secular corporations to be used as justification to deny their employees the contraceptive health coverage that they are entitled to[Read More…]
Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on The State of Immigration Reform
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 1, 2014. John Boehner has acknowledged that the Republican House of Representatives will not hold a vote on the bipartisan Senate immigration bill. Responsibility for the historic failure to enact comprehensive immigration reform lies squarely, completely and embarrassingly at the feet of the Republican leaders of the U.S.[Read More…]
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka: Harris v. Quinn an Assault on Wages, Middle Class
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 30, 2014. The extreme views of today’s Supreme Court aimed at home care workers aren’t just bad for unions – they’re bad for all workers and the middle class. But the attacks on the freedom of workers to come together are nothing new. They are part of an[Read More…]
Jobs With Justice Statement on Harris v. Quinn
An Attack on Working People Is an Attack on Everyone Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—June 30, 2014. Following today’s Supreme Court ruling in Harris v. Quinn, Jobs With Justice Executive Director Sarita Gupta issued the following statement: “Today, in an overreaching decision, the Supreme Court limited collective bargaining rights of Illinois care workers[Read More…]
Americans United Dismayed By High Court Ruling Restricting Birth Control Access
Decision Elevates Employers’ Religious Views Over Employees’ Rights, Church-State Watchdog Says Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 30, 2014. The Supreme Court’s ruling allowing the owners of some secular, for-profit companies to deny their employees access to birth control is a blow to individual conscience and medical privacy rights, says Americans United for Separation of[Read More…]
