Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 6, 2014. Today, the White House released the Third National Climate Assessment, the most comprehensive peer-reviewed analysis of how climate change impacts regions and sectors across the United States. Carol M. Browner, Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, released the following statement: Once again the[Read More…]
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Florida Voters Oppose Union For College Athletes, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Support For Medical And Recreational Marijuana
CONNECTICUT—(ENEWSPF)—May 5, 2014. With wide racial and age gaps, Florida voters oppose 51 – 41 percent allowing college athletes to form a union and oppose 63 – 31 percent paying salaries beyond scholarships to these athletes, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today. Support for a college athlete union[Read More…]
ACLU: Key House Committee to Consider NSA Overhaul Bill
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 5, 2014. The House Judiciary Committee will vote on Wednesday on a revised version of the USA Freedom Act, a bipartisan bill designed to rein in the NSA’s surveillance programs. The ACLU voiced strong support for the original version of the bill when it was introduced in October. Laura[Read More…]
U.S. Teacher Workforce Lacks Diversity, Puts Student Achievement at Risk
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 5, 2014. While America’s public schools are becoming increasingly more diverse, a new report released by the Center for American Progress finds that nearly every state is experiencing a large and growing teacher diversity gap, or a significant difference between the number of students of color and teachers[Read More…]
U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Town Government Prayers
ACLU Opposed Sectarian Prayers in Support Brief WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 5, 2014. The Supreme Court of the United States upheld today a New York town’s practice of starting town meetings with official sectarian prayer. The practice was challenged by residents of Greece, N.Y. who objected to hearing government prayers, the vast majority[Read More…]
Broke and Broken? The Psychological Effects of Poverty
Source: BestPsychologyDegrees.org The Psychological Effects of Poverty For the more than 40 million Americans in poverty, everyday life is a struggle — buying food, going to school, getting a job. And for a great many of them, what most people think of as simple tasks are also difficult. Let’s explore[Read More…]
New Report Documents Black and Latino Communities at Higher Risk for Chemical Catastrophe
Yesterday’s Lynchburg, Virginia explosion is one of potentially thousands of chemical disasters that may occur in residential communities, contaminating the water we drink and the air that we breathe WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2014—The Environmental Justice and Health Alliance (EJHA), a national coalition of grassroots groups working on toxic chemical exposures that[Read More…]
Mayor From Okinawa to Bring Surprising Message to Washington
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 1, 2014. By David Swanson http://warisacrime.org/content/mayor-okinawa-bring-surprising-message-washington Imagine if China were stationing large numbers of troops in the United States. Imagine that most of them were based in a small rural county in Mississippi. Imagine — this shouldn’t be hard — that their presence was problematic, that nations they[Read More…]
SEIU’s Henry: $15/Hour Victory in Seattle Is a Bold Step Forward in Fight to Rebuild an Economy That Works for All of Us
WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2014. After Mayor Ed Murray announced an agreement to lift the minimum wage in Seattle to $15 per hour, Mary Kay Henry, President of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), issued the following statement: “The members of SEIU are thrilled that working people in Seattle have[Read More…]
Center for American Progress on the City of Seattle’s Decision to Raise the Minimum Wage to $15 per Hour
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2014. Center for American Progress President Neera Tanden released the following statement regarding the City of Seattle’s Income Inequality Advisory Committee’s announcement of a deal to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour: This is a historic day for Seattle and for American workers. Seattle business,[Read More…]
