NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–March 27, 2013. A new report by Professors Benjamin Page, Larry Bartels, and Jason Seawright presents the findings from one of the first studies of its kind—a study of the political clout and policy preferences of the wealth. Based on a pilot study of Chicagoans with a mean wealth[Read More…]
Opinion
Fix the Broken Approach to Peace Between the Sudans: Enough Project
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2013. The international community should not be lulled into a false sense of security because of the incremental steps Khartoum has recently taken in its bilateral relationship with South Sudan, argues a new Enough Project paper. These types of small steps forward after months of delay have been Khartoum’s standard[Read More…]
Study Examines How Communities Effectively Punish Antisocial Behaviour
UK–(ENEWSPF)–28 March 2013. Neighbours playing loud music is an example of where a social dilemma can arise about who should tackle the wrong-doer if a whole group of people is affected. If everyone expects someone else to punish the wrongdoer, the loud music will persist. However, research by the University[Read More…]
Federal Reserve Survey Provides Information on Mobile Financial Services
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 27, 2013. The use of mobile phones to access a bank account, credit card, or other financial account became more prevalent in the Unites States last year, according to the Federal Reserve Board’s latest report on the use of mobile financial services. As of November 2012, 28 percent[Read More…]
Medical Marijuana Bill Introduced in New York State Senate and Assembly
Legislation Would End the Needless Suffering of Thousands of Seriously Ill New Yorkers Statement from Drug Policy Alliance’s Julie Netherland NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–March 27, 2013. Today, New York State Assemblyman Richard Gottfried and Senator Diane Savino introduced a bill that would create one of the nation’s most tightly regulated medical marijuana[Read More…]
Center for American Progress’ Stachelberg on Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act Supreme Court Oral Arguments
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 27, 2013. In response to this week’s oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court on the constitutionality of California’s Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act, Winnie Stachelberg, Executive Vice President for External Affairs at the Center for American Progress, released the following statement: The writing is[Read More…]
Bipartisan Team of Pollsters Conclude Pre-Newtown Polling Missed Emerging Trends of American’s Views on Guns
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 27, 2013. The Newtown shooting changed Americans’ views on guns, but support for action was likely stronger before the tragedy at Sandy Hook than major polling outlets and the resulting media coverage suggested, according to a new analysis released today by the Center for American Progress. Co-authored by[Read More…]
Center for Reproductive Rights: North Dakota Governor Signs the Nation’s Most Extreme Attack on Women’s Constitutional Rights into Law
Governor also approves law designed to shut down state’s only abortion clinic and unconstitutional bill outlawing abortions based on sex or genetic fetal anomaly NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–March 26, 2013. North Dakota Governor Jack Dalrymple has signed into law today the earliest and most extreme abortion ban in the country—making virtually all[Read More…]
NARAL Pro-Choice America’s Reaction to North Dakota for Attempts to Return Women to a Pre-Roe Era
Anti-choice Gov. Jack Dalrymple signs six-week abortion ban Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 26, 2013. Ilyse Hogue, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, sharply criticized Gov. Jack Dalrymple (R-ND) for signing a bill into law that could effectively ban abortion in the state. This bill outlaws abortion as early as six weeks—before many women[Read More…]
Sierra Club and NAACP Welcome Creation of Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Monument
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 26, 2013. Yesterday, President Obama designated the new Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Monument in Maryland. The monument honors the life and actions of Harriet Tubman, who worked to free herself, her family and countless other enslaved peoples at great personal risk. The monument encompasses places and lands[Read More…]
