Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–Marcy 7, 2014. Today, Center for American Progress Economist Adam Hersh issued the following reaction to the announcement of February’s employment figures: Employment growth rebounded in February proving economists wrong that people can work despite the cold and snow. Job growth is trending in the right direction, although still short of what is[Read More…]
Opinion
Record-High Poll Numbers Confirm America is Ready for the Freedom to Marry
Supermajority (59%) includes 40% of GOP New York–(ENEWSPF)–March 6, 2014. A new Washington Post/ABC News poll shows a record-high 59% of Americans support marriage for same-sex couples, with only 34% opposed. The deep support reaches into every region of the country, including the South, Midwest, and West, and extends across party lines:[Read More…]
Two More Texas Health Centers Forced to Close in Wake of Unconstitutional Abortion Restrictions Passed Last Summer
Women in East Texas and the Rio Grande Valley face dire health care crisis NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–March 6, 2014. Whole Woman’s Health announced the closure of its McAllen and Beaumont health centers today, leaving East Texas and the Rio Grande Valley without a single reproductive health care clinic providing abortion care. [Read More…]
NRDC: House Votes to Block Historic Safeguards Against Carbon Pollution
NRDC: “A Major Weakening of the Clean Air Act” WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 6, 2014 – The House today passed a destructive bill to block the first-ever national safeguards against carbon pollution, which would represent a major weakening of the Clean Air Act, the Natural Resources Defense Council said. “At a time when[Read More…]
Sierra Club: U.S. House Passes Polluter Protection Act
Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—March 6, 2014. Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the “Polluter Protection Act,” H.R. 3826, which seeks to block commonsense public health standards for industrial carbon pollution from dirty power plants. Power plants are major sources of industrial carbon pollution, responsible for approximately 40 percent of all carbon[Read More…]
The Effects of Minimum Wages on SNAP Enrollments and Expenditures
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 5, 2014. How do minimum wage policy increases affect enrollments and expenditures on means-tested public assistance programs? In this report we address this question for the case of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program. By definition, government spending on a[Read More…]
President Obama’s Budget Resets the Fiscal Debate
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 5, 2014. Following the release of President Barack Obama’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2015, the Center for American Progress released a report detailing how the president’s budget moves away from the misguided focus on austerity and debt and instead sets an agenda that will promote economic growth and opportunity. “President[Read More…]
Robert Reich Slams Paul Ryan’s House Budget Committee Report
Analysis Professor Robert Reich slammed Repl Paul Ryan’s House Budget Committee just-released report on poverty. Reich made the comments on his Facebook page: Rep. Paul Ryan’s House Budget Committee just released a report entitled "The War On Poverty: 50 Years Later" that notes the scandalous reality of American poverty today[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Statement on Rep. Ryan’s Poverty Report
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 3, 2014. Melissa Boteach, Vice President of the Poverty and Prosperity Program at the Center for American Progress, issued the following reaction to the U.S. House Budget Committee report on poverty released today by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI): Rep. Ryan wrongly labeled the War on Poverty a[Read More…]
44 Percent of Adolescents Who Start Smoking Do So Because Of Smoking Images They Have Seen In The Movies
One Familiar Letter – R – Could Dramatically Reduce Youth Smoking Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 2, 2014. As viewers around the world prepare to tune in for Sunday’s 86th annual Academy Awards honoring achievements in the film industry, the public health community is drawing attention to new data concluding that by eliminating[Read More…]
