Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 10, 2013. In response to the news that President Barack Obama’s budget proposal includes ending special tax breaks for oil and gas companies, Daniel J. Weiss, Senior Fellow and Director of Climate Strategy at the Center for American Progress, released the following statement: By eliminating nearly $40 billion[Read More…]
Opinion
No Grand Bargain; Elderly Women Hit Hardest
Nurses Warn: Cuts Would Do Serious Harm in Communities Already Hurting Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 9, 2013. The largest U.S. organization of registered nurses, National Nurses United (NNU), issued its strongest warning yesterday: Cuts in Social Security and Medicare would do harm to America’s elderly and disabled, vulnerable populations whose resources[Read More…]
Why Women Continue to Make 77 Cents to a Man’s Dollar and the Real Impacts of the Gender Wage Gap
Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–April 9, 2013. To mark this year’s Equal Pay Day and push for progress toward pay equity, the Center for American Progress released new resources that unpack the complicated story behind why the gender wage gap persists. Reports reveal the top 10 occupations with the largest and smallest[Read More…]
NOW Calls on Congress to Reject President Obama’s Betrayal of Women, as Chained CPI Compounds Harm Caused by Gender Pay Gap
Statement of NOW President Terry O’Neill Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 9, 2013. On Equal Pay Day, the National Organization for Women has a message for Congress: Do not follow President Obama in cheating the women of this country. After facing years of wage discrimination, women cannot afford to be swindled yet again[Read More…]
In Wake of Arkansas Pipeline Spill, Environmental Groups Request Extension to Keystone Comment Deadline
WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 9, 2013. Environmental organizations yesterday requested for the second time that the State Department extend the 45 day public comment period on the Keystone XL environmental assessment to answer specific questions about tar sands pipeline safety raised by the failure and spill of the Exxon Pegasus pipeline in Mayflower,[Read More…]
New Issue Brief Explores How Immigration Is Changing the Political Landscape in Key States
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 9, 2013. A new issue brief released today by the Center for American Progress explores how immigration relates to changing demographics, especially the rapid growth of the Latino population and their power as voters. In the wake of the overwhelming Latino and Asian American support for President Barack Obama in[Read More…]
First-of-its-Kind New Report Finds New Jersey Jails Packed With Pretrial Inmates Unable to Pay Often Nominal Bail Amounts
First-of-its-Kind Finds New Jersey Jails Packed With Pretrial Inmates Unable to Pay Often Nominal Bail Amounts Trenton—(ENEWSPF)—April 8, 2013. County jails in New Jersey are packed with individuals who are incarcerated solely because they cannot afford their often nominal bail amounts, according to a new report released today by Luminosity[Read More…]
Video: Robert Reich On Why You Shouldn’t Accept President Obama’s Cuts To Social Security
Social Security is not driving the deficit, therefore it should not be part of reforms aimed at cutting the deficit. The chained CPI, deceptively portrayed as a reasonable cost of living adjustment, is a cut to Social Security benefits that would hurt seniors. Watch this brief video, then sign on[Read More…]
Shnay: Park Forest works to keep elections nonpartisan
From Jerry Shnay at the Southtown Star: When the late Henry Dietch was mayor of Park Forest during the first decade of the village’s existence, he understood that good government ends when politics begins. Dietch was fond of saying neither Democrats nor Republicans have a “right” way to sweep the[Read More…]
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Survey Finds 660,000 Drivers Using Cell Phones or Manipulating Electronic Devices While Driving At Any Given Daylight Moment
Motorists are urged to put down their electronic devices and focus on driving during National Distracted Driving Awareness Month WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 5, 2013. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) today released new survey results that show that Americans continue to use electronic devices while driving, despite[Read More…]
