Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 17, 2013. By Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director Our friends at High Times scored a really provocative and informative interview with Vicente Fox, the former president of Mexico, where Mr. Fox demonstrates both a wide range of knowledge about the need for countries like America and Mexico to[Read More…]
Opinion
USA Today: Cory Monteith may have been at high risk for overdose (Video)
From USA Today People such as Cory Monteith who have used heavy drugs can have an increased risk of a fatal overdose in the period after leaving rehab, doctors say. The British Columbia coroner confirmed Tuesday that Monteith, from the TV show Glee, died of an overdose of heroin and alcohol.
Video: Tea Partier: Women Aborting Rapist’s Baby Should Serve Same Time As Rapist
Here’s a disturbing moment of Tea Party insanity thanks to the horribly uninformed and hyperbolic news director of the Tea Party News Network, Scottie Hughes. Hughes commits one logical fallacy after another, while lying through her tea-stained teeth about abortions in America, and the women who have them. She thinks[Read More…]
Reality Check For Anti-Marijuana Group: Legalization’s Coming
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 16, 2013. By Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director The so-called Partnership for a Drug-Free [sic] America (PDFA) has been a prolific, yet impotent, anti-marijuana propaganda machine since its inception in the mid 1980′s under President Ronald ‘Just Say No’ Reagan. No other quasi governmental or private entity[Read More…]
Center for American Progress’ President Neera Tanden on the Senate’s Deal to Avert the ‘Nuclear Option’
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 16, 2013. Center for American Progress President Neera Tanden issued the following statement in response to the deal that senators reached today to avert the so-called “nuclear option” and confirm seven presidential nominees to executive positions: The pending compromise on Senate rules reform is good news for workers,[Read More…]
Recommendations to Bridge the Disconnect Between Teacher Professional Learning and Student Achievement
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 15, 2013. Professional development in education has gotten a bad reputation from both education policymakers and practitioners alike, largely due to its ineffective outcomes and disconnect from student achievement. Despite these shortcomings, a new report released today by the Center for American Progress finds that the time is ripe for[Read More…]
New Energy Technologies and the Utility Death Spiral Shouldn’t Lead to an ‘Electrical Divide’
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 15, 2013. Today the Center for American Progress released a report highlighting what could result from the coming “utility death spiral” and higher levels of distributed energy technologies: the “electrical divide.” If these deeply transformative changes in the U.S. power sector are not managed properly, 21st century America[Read More…]
Parents’ TV Viewing Habits Influence Kids’ Screen Time
Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—July 15, 2013. The amount of time that children and teens spend watching television may have more to do with their parents’ TV habits than with family media rules or the location of TVs within the home, according to a study in the August 2013 issue of[Read More…]
Survey: North Carolinians Overwhelmingly Oppose Fracking, Want More Clean Energy
NRDC poll shows vast majority approve of state safeguards and standards to protect water, air and unique quality of life RALEIGH–(ENEWSPF–July 15, 2013 – North Carolinians overwhelmingly oppose fracking, want more clean energy and think state environmental standards should be strengthened or left alone, according to a poll by the[Read More…]
NOW Calls for Justice for Trayvon Martin
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 15, 2013. Statement of NOW President Terry O’Neill The acquittal on Saturday, July 13, of George Zimmerman has left Trayvon Martin and his family without justice. NOW stands as an unwavering ally in the struggle to end racial profiling and other forms of oppression that continue to plague[Read More…]
