MASSACHUSETTS–(ENEWSPF)–January 17, 2014. When a massive chemical spill happens that contaminates the water supply and leaves over 300,00 people in West Virginia without water to drink, bathe or even brush their teeth – when a dangerous event that throws a whole area of the country into an existential crisis happens, one[Read More…]
Opinion
New Sanctions Would Foreclose Nonmilitary Options for Iran
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 17, 2014. Today, as some in Congress press forward with efforts to pass new sanctions measures, the Center for American Progress released an analysis warning such action would very likely break up the talks and seriously diminish any possibility of a negotiated solution to the Iranian nuclear issue.[Read More…]
Bulk Collection of Americans’ Telephone Records Should Be Suspended Immediately
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 16, 2014. Today, as President Barack Obama prepares to deliver a major speech regarding the National Security Agency’s intelligence collection activities on Americans and around the world, the Center for American Progress released a recommendation that President Obama should immediately suspend bulk collection of Americans’ telephone records. “President[Read More…]
The Obama Administration Should Protect the Bristol Bay, Alaska Watershed
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 16, 2014. Today, an updated analysis of the Pebble Mine project in Bristol Bay, Alaska, was released by the Center for American Progress in response to the EPA’s final Watershed Assessment. Based upon the peer-reviewed, multiyear science findings in the assessment, CAP determines that the open-pit Pebble Mine[Read More…]
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid: Marijuana Has Medical Value and Marijuana Possession Arrests are Waste of Law Enforcement Time and Resources
Statement from Drug Policy Alliance: More Senators Should Follow Reid’s Lead NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–January 16, 2014. In an interview today with the Las Vegas Sun, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NY) said Nevada cities should move in the director of making medical marijuana legal. “If you’d asked me this question a[Read More…]
Voting Rights Act Bill: Critical First Step to Improve Elections
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–January 16, 2014. Today, members of Congress introduced a bill to strengthen the Voting Rights Act after the Supreme Court eliminated key protections last year. The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law released the following statement from President Michael Waldman: “The Supreme Court gutted the core[Read More…]
Bailed-out Banks Issued Riskier Loans
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–January 16, 2014. Banks that received federal bailout money approved riskier loans and shifted capital toward risky investments, according to a University of Michigan researcher. In a study on risk-taking by banks that received funds from the Troubled Asset Relief Program, Denis Sosyura, assistant professor of finance at the[Read More…]
New Poll on the Challenges Facing American Women
The Shriver Report: A Woman’s Nation Pushes Back from the Brink finds that one in three American women lives on or over the brink of poverty Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 16, 2014. Maria Shriver, the Center for American Progress, and AARP released the results of a comprehensive new poll that tests attitudes[Read More…]
4 Reasons To Hold George W. Bush Accountable For War Crimes
MASSACHUSETTS–(ENEWSPF)–January 16, 2014. I am not sure what it says about our culture when six figure speaker fees are awarded to War Criminals, but that is what happened in New York City on Monday, January 13 when George W. Bush took a break from his retirement and rigorous painting schedule and took[Read More…]
Study: Student Drug Testing Programs Don’t Work
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 14, 2014. By Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director The imposition of student drug testing programs is not effective in limiting students’ consumption of controlled substances, according to survey data published in the January edition of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. Investigators from Israel and the[Read More…]
