Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2014. In advance of tomorrow’s monthly employment report from BLS, the Center for American Progress today released an analysis of the current state of the U.S. labor market. The analysis takes an in-depth look at data beyond the unemployment rate, and finds that the rest of the[Read More…]
Opinion
White House ‘Big Data’ Report Recommends Updating Email Privacy Law
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSWPF)–May 1, 2014. The White House today released its report on how the use of “big data” by the government and private companies can affect American’s lives. The report covers privacy rights and the potential for uses that could discriminate against groups like racial minorities. Among its recommendations is that[Read More…]
Groundbreaking National Academy of Sciences Report: U.S. Needs to Significantly Reduce Prison Population
U.S. Has Less Than Five percent of World’s Population but Nearly 25 percent of People Behind Bars; Drug War Fueled Prison Explosion NEW YORK—(ENEWPSF)—May 1, 2014. A groundbreaking report released yesterday by the National Research Council, the principal operating arm of the National Academy of Sciences, documents the unprecedented and[Read More…]
Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on the Continued Fight to Raise Wages
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2014. The Senate failed yesterday to increase the minimum wage. The rest of America marches forward, raising wages every way possible, utterly confident that we have history, economics, morality, and plain common sense on our side. Any political oligarch in America who thinks they won yesterday is[Read More…]
Chicago’s Petcoke Problem: City Council Ordinance Moves in the Right Direction
More Work to Be Done to Live Up to Mayor Emanuel’s Strong Words CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 30, 2014 – Chicago’s City Council today prohibited more oil refining waste storage sites from blighting the city’s neighborhoods, air and waterways with the passage of an ordinance aimed at banning new coal and petroleum coke[Read More…]
New Report on Central African Republic: Enough Project Finds Diamonds, Oil, Ivory, and Regional Interests are Behind Violence
Extensive Field Research Argues that the U.S., U.N. Must Help Cut Off Illicit Revenues of Violent Groups, Support a Comprehensive Peace Process Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2014. As violence grows in the Central African Republic, with fears of intensifying divisions and northern secession, the Enough Project released its first report on[Read More…]
ACLU of Oklahoma’s Statement in Response to Tuesday Night’s Botched Execution in Oklahoma
Oklahoma City–(ENEWSPF)–April 30, 2014. In response to the botched execution of Clayton Lockett, the American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma has issued the below statements and is immediately calling for a full and open investigation into the execution. The ACLU of Oklahoma is also calling for an immediate moratorium on[Read More…]
Op-Ed by First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden in MilitaryTimes.com, April 30, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 30, 2014. Today as part of the third anniversary of Joining Forces, First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden will announce commitments and a pledge made by philanthropies nationwide to support veterans and military families. At the event, taking place at the American Red Cross and hosted[Read More…]
Colorado Senate Rejects Regressive Bills That Would Have Removed Kids From Parents Suspected of Drug Use
Vote Signals Emerging Trend Toward Addressing Drug Use as a Public Health Issue DENVER, CO—(ENEWSPF)—April 30, 2014. Yesterday, bills aimed to amend the state criminal and civil code with an expansive definition of drug endangered children were killed on the Senate floor by a vote of 15-20. The proposals attempted to[Read More…]
New Analysis: Tea Party Outraised in High-Dollar Primaries
New York, NY–(ENEWSPF)–April 29, 2014. In the 2014 election season’s high-dollar competitive primaries, Tea Party candidates have been largely out-fundraised, according to a new analysis from the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law. High-Dollar 2014 Primary Elections uses quarterly Federal Election Commission (FEC) campaign finance filings data in 16 competitive[Read More…]
