Polls of Eight Congressional Districts Show Benefit of Voting for Reform WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–October 29, 2013. New Public Policy Polling (PPP) polls of eight congressional districts, commissioned by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), show that Republican House members can begin to rebuild the damage to their popularity caused by[Read More…]
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New Report Finds Explosive Campaign Spending and ‘Soft-on-Crime’ Attack Ads Impact State Supreme Court Rulings in Criminal Cases
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 28, 2013. The recent explosion in judicial campaign cash and the growing use of “soft-on-crime” attack ads in state supreme court elections is impacting states’ criminal justice systems, according to a new report out today from the Center for American Progress. “Criminals and Campaign Cash” explores how, as[Read More…]
Planned Parenthood: American Academy of Pediatrics Announcement Supporting Increased Teen Access to Sex Education, Condoms Is an Important Breakthrough
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–October 28, 2013. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) today released a policy statement supporting increased access to sex education and condoms in schools and health care settings. The policy statement, based on a careful review of the facts, strongly embraces sex education and family communication. It is available[Read More…]
NRDC Statement: A Year After Sandy, We Must Strengthen Our Communities
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–October 28, 2013 – As our nation marks the one-year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy tomorrow, we must better prepare our communities for future storms, and reduce the climate change pollution that is turbocharging our weather. A September report released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration found that the[Read More…]
New Research from Common Sense Media Reveals Mobile Media Use Among Young Children Has Tripled in Two Years
Ownership of tablets jumped from 8% to 40% among families with young kids; infants and toddlers spend more than twice as much time with screen media as with books. SAN FRANCISCO–(ENEWSPF)–October 28, 2013. Common Sense Media today announced the release of “Zero to Eight: Children’s Media Use in America 2013,”[Read More…]
LIUNA Calls for Swift Action on Water Resources Bill
“Congress should get a final version for the President to sign into law as quickly as possible.” Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 24, 2013 – Responding to the House of Representatives’ long-awaited passage of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act, yesterday, Terry O’Sullivan, General President of LIUNA – the Laborers’ International Union[Read More…]
U.S. Attorney Arrests Palestinian in Chicago
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—October 22, 2013. A Palestinian woman, Rasmieh Odeh, was arrested at her home this morning by agents of the Dept. of Homeland Security. She is charged with immigration fraud. Allegedly, in her application for citizenship, she didn’t mention that she was arrested in Palestine 45 years ago by an Israeli[Read More…]
Gallup Poll: Support for Legalizing Marijuana Reaches Historic Threshold
58% of Americans Favor Ending Marijuana Prohibition NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–October 22, 2013. The latest Gallup poll found a record breaking 58% of Americans support making marijuana legal, with only 39 % opposed. Support for legalization has jumped an extraordinary 10 percentage points since last November when Colorado and Washington State legalized[Read More…]
Ensuring Cities Are Prepared 1 Year After Superstorm Sandy
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 22, 2013. Today, a week before the one-year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy—a catastrophic event that caused more than 150 deaths and $65 billion in damages and economic losses along the East Coast— making landfall in New Jersey, the Center for American Progress released two reports that promote actions[Read More…]
Poll Shows Americans Embracing Diversity and Strongly Supporting Steps to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Inequality
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 22, 2013. New public opinion research conducted by the Center for American Progress and PolicyLink and funded by the Rockefeller Foundation found that Americans are much more open to diversity and supportive of steps to reduce inequalities between racial and ethnic groups than is commonly portrayed in politics and[Read More…]
