NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–Septemer 30, 2013. Attorney General Eric Holder today announced the Justice Department is suing to block implementation of the North Carolina voter suppression law that would remove seven days of early voting, eliminate same-day voter registration during the early voting period, and require photo ID to cast a ballot,[Read More…]
Opinion
Policy Uncertainty Dims Consumer Confidence in September 2013
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2013. Confidence fell in September as consumers were more likely to anticipate a slower pace of economic growth, fewer job opportunities and less favorable personal financial prospects, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers. Conducted by the U-M Institute for Social Research since 1946,[Read More…]
IPCC Climate Findings Require Immediate Action – Earthjustice Statement
Stockholm, Sweden–(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2013. Today, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its latest major review of physical science on climate change. The report confirms that human emissions of carbon pollution are causing climate change, warming and acidifying the oceans, and melting the glaciers of Greenland and across the[Read More…]
Justice Department Inspector General Releases Report on Domestic Drones
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 26, 2013. The Justice Department’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released an interim report today on the department’s use of surveillance drones. The report said that FBI has been using drones with the same privacy rules it uses for manned aircraft. The OIG recommended that the department consider[Read More…]
New Study: State Department Ignores Keystone XL’s Ugly Toll on America’s Endangered Wildlife
Overlooked Impacts to Whooping Cranes, Northern Swift Fox, Sturgeon and Other Endangered Species Fails Requirements of Endangered Species Act WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 26, 2013. A new analysis by the Center for Biological Diversity finds that the State Department’s review of the Keystone XL pipeline woefully underestimates the impacts it would have on[Read More…]
Planned Parenthood Statement on World Contraception Day
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 26, 2013. Planned Parenthood Federation of America released the following statement today in recognition of September 26, World Contraception Day. Statement of Latanya Mapp Frett, Vice President – Global, Planned Parenthood Federation of America: “Today is World Contraception Day, a day to raise our voices to advocate for[Read More…]
NRDC: US Must Cut Carbon from Power Plants to Hit Greenhouse Gas Target
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 26, 2013 – The United States can meet President Obama’s commitment to cut its greenhouse emissions 17 percent below 2005 levels by 2020, but only if we set common-sense limits on carbon pollution from our power plants. That’s the inescapable conclusion from the draft 2014 Climate Action Report released[Read More…]
50-State Analysis Measures How Women Are Faring Across the Nation and Ranks the Best and Worst States for Women
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 26, 2013. Yesterday, the Center for American Progress released a 50-state analysis that assesses how women are faring across the country. The report, “The State of Women in America,” uses 36 different health, economic, and leadership factors to measure disparities between states and rank the best and worst states[Read More…]
National Organization for Women Stands with Activist Calling for Removal of Montana Judge
Statement of NOW President Terry O’Neill Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)–September 25, 2013. The National Organization for Women is proud of the work Montana NOW has undertaken to remove Judge G. Todd Baugh from the bench by filing an official complaint with the Montana Judicial Standards Commission. Baugh has come under intense scrutiny[Read More…]
Letter to the Editor Regarding Jane Lorin Article
To The Editor: The Janet Lorin article on Caribbean medical schools (Senator Durbin to Secretary Duncan: Time to Crack Down on For-Profit Medical Schools That Use Offshore Loophole) contains many mischaracterizations about our institutions, but perhaps the most egregious is an outright omission of a critical academic outcome: the 96%[Read More…]
