Offshore tax dodging costs United States $150 billion annually — groups illustrate impact with 16 dramatic ways lost revenue could be used. Boston, MA–(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2012. With Congress scrambling to agree on ways to reduce the deficit, MASSPIRG joined with business, legislative, and community leaders today to point out a[Read More…]
Opinion
Statement From the Center For Reproductive Rights Regarding Fourth Circuit Court Hearing on Baltimore’s Regulation of Deceptive Crisis Pregnancy Centers
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–December 6, 2012. Today the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit heard oral argument in the case concerning Baltimore’s truth-in-advertising ordinance—the first of its kind in the nation—which requires crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) to post signs in their waiting rooms indicating that they do not provide[Read More…]
Planned Parenthood: Emergency Contraception Is Safe and Effective and Should Be Available Without Prescription or Age Restrictions
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2012. Planned Parenthood Federation of America said yesterday that emergency contraception should be available over the counter without age restrictions, citing solid scientific and medical research showing that it is safe and effective in preventing unintended pregnancy. Planned Parenthood issued the following statement from Dr. Vanessa Cullins,[Read More…]
New Poll Shows U.S. Public Supports Continued Investment in Federal Nutrition Assistance Program
Respondents Support Incentivizing Purchase of Healthy Foods, Restricting Purchase of Sugary Drinks Boston, MA–(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2012. A new poll from researchers at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) shows that the U.S. public broadly supports increasing or maintaining spending on the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as[Read More…]
Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on November Jobs Report
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2012. We welcome the news in this morning’s jobs report that the economy added 146,000 new jobs in November, bringing the unemployment rate down to 7.7 percent. But we remain a long way from full employment: almost 5 million Americans have been out of work for more[Read More…]
Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on Right to Work in Michigan
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 6, 2012. Political partisanship reigns supreme in Michigan today, thanks to a radical group of Republicans ramming through so-called right to work legislation in the lame duck session, despite massive protests in the state’s capitol building. The people in the capitol and around the state are demanding that[Read More…]
Report: Tough Times for U.S. Winter Tourism Industry if Climate Change Goes Unaddressed
$1 Billion Loss Experienced By Winter Sports Industry, Future Impacts Could be Larger WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2012 – A new economic analysis details how the $12.2 billion winter tourism industry spread out across 38 states has experienced an estimated $1 billion loss and up to 27,000 fewer jobs over the[Read More…]
RNs Condemn Proposed Michigan Anti-Worker Legislation
Michigan Nurses Protest at State Capitol. MICHIGAN–(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2012. The nation’s largest organization of registered nurses, National Nurses United, today condemned the decision by Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and far right state legislators to push a so-called “right-to-work” bill in the lame duck session of the state legislature. “In a[Read More…]
Cannabis Is Now Legal In Washington State
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 6, 2012. by Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director History was made in Washington on Election night when 55 percent of voters decided in favor of Initiative 502. And at 12am this morning, history was made once again. Today, for the first time in 89 years (Washington lawmakers initially[Read More…]
7 Ways Looming Cuts to Public Lands and Oceans Will Affect All Americans
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 6, 2012. As fiscal cliff deliberations intensify, the Center for American Progress today released “7 Ways that Looming Budget Cuts to Public Lands and Oceans Will Affect All Americans,” which examines seven key areas where proposed cuts to federal lands and ocean management agencies would undermine critical investments[Read More…]
