(Photo: MediaMatters.org) Despite the success of many female athletes representing the United States in the 2014 Winter Olympics, the legislative reform largely responsible for the growth and success of women’s sports in the United States — Title IX — has been conspicuously absent from media coverage of the games. The passage[Read More…]
Opinion
District Court Vacancies Increase After Filibuster Reform
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–February 21, 2014. Despite a change to the Senate filibuster rule three months ago, the number of district court vacancies increased from 75 to 80 — reaching the highest vacancy level since March 2011, according to an updated analysis released by the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School[Read More…]
Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka On the Gap Increasing Wages and the Question of Walmart
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 21, 2014. Gap’s announcement that it will raise its own minimum wage to $9.00 an hour in 2014 and $10 an hour next year represents a major victory by working people in their growing campaign to raise wages and working standards. While Gap has more work to do[Read More…]
Oregon AG Refuses to Defend State Anti-Marriage Amendment
New York–(ENEWSPF)–February 20, 2014. Today Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum said she will no longer defend Oregon’s state ban on marriage for same-sex couples. Thomas Wheatley, director of organizing at Freedom to Marry and a key adviser to Oregon United for Marriage, released the following statement: “Attorney General Rosenblum is[Read More…]
New Poll: Strong Support for Raising Wages in 2014 Battleground States
“Politicians who ignore the surging interest in raising wages do so at their own peril” Houston, TX–(ENEWSPF)–February 20, 2014 – Voters in five diverse, politically crucial states have made their priorities emphatically clear: they want political leaders, especially at the gubernatorial level, to focus squarely on wages, living standards and[Read More…]
Moving U.S.-China Relations Toward a New Model of Major Power Relationship
Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–February 20, 2014. Today, at a co-sponsored public event, the Center for American Progress and the China-United States Exchange Foundation released a jointly produced report, “U.S.-China Relations: Toward a New Model of Major Power Relationship.” The report, which includes individual contributions from CAP and the Shanghai Institute for[Read More…]
Construction Job Loss and Cuts to State Infrastructure Funding Expected to Result from Highway Trust Fund Inaction
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 20, 2014. Just as this year’s summer construction season is expected to heat up, state governments will be at risk of losing millions of dollars in federal funds that support infrastructure projects, resulting in significant construction-sector job losses across the nation, according to a report released today by[Read More…]
How the Obama Administration Can Create a System of National Parks and Monuments that Better Reflects America’s Increasing Diversity
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 19, 2014. A new analysis released today by the Center for American Progress’ Public Lands Project and Progress 2050 shows that more can be done to ensure that the nation’s system of national parks and monuments reflects America’s diversity. Only 112 of America’s 460 national parks and monuments recognize[Read More…]
Sierra Club Statement on President Obama’s New Fuel Efficiency Standards for Heavy Trucks
Upper Marlboro, MD—(ENEWSPF)—February 18, 2014. In a speech today, President Obama directed his administration to move forward with standards to make our tractor trailers and commercial vehicles more efficient. Heavy-duty vehicles are the second largest transportation oil users behind cars, guzzling 25 percent of all transportation fuel. Remarkably, most tractor[Read More…]
New Snowden Revelation Show U.S. Targeting of WikiLeaks, Assange
Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) Says Evidence Makes Clear Need for Asylum New York—(ENEWSPF)—February 18, 2014. In response to recent revelations by Edward Snowden of the NSA’s global effort to surveil, intimidate and target WikiLeaks, its publisher Julian Assange, and their associates, supporters and counsel, the Center for Constitutional Rights,[Read More…]
