Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2012. Today, as the effects of climate change are gaining increased attention due to recent natural disasters and the international climate talks taking place in Doha, the Center for American Progress released “Climate Change, Migration, and Conflict in South Asia,” which examines the role of climate[Read More…]
Opinion
State Guaranteed Retirement Accounts a Solution to the United States’ Retirement Crisis
NEW YORK –(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2012. The United States faces a retirement crisis that threatens future retirees and the next generation of workers. The voluntary employer-sponsored retirement system covers fewer and fewer Americans often leaving Social Security, orginally intended as a supplement to other forms of retirement, as the major source[Read More…]
Drug Policy Alliance on Huff Post: World AIDS Day: We Can’t Get to Zero Until We End the Drug War
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–November 30, 2012. The commentary below ‘World AIDS Day: We Can’t Get to Zero Until We End the Drug War” by Jag Davies, of the Drug Policy Alliance was published in today’s Huffington Post. The official theme of this year’s World AIDS Day is “Getting to Zero.” As we acknowledge[Read More…]
SEIU: All Working People Stand to Gain When Fast Food Workers Can Afford to Help Drive the Economy Forward
WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 30, 2012. Following is a statement by Mary Kay Henry, President of SEIU, in support of fast food workers in New York City who went on strike today. “People who work for large, profitable corporations like those in the fast food industry should be paid enough to afford[Read More…]
Angus Reid Poll: Most Canadians, Americans Support Marijuana Legalization — Expect It To Be Legal Within Ten Years
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 30, 2012 by Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director A majority of adults in both Canada and the United States believe that cannabis ought to be legal, according to a two-country Angus Reid Public Opinion poll of 1,005 randomly selected Canadian adults and 1,002 randomly selected American adults. In[Read More…]
Why Eastern Congo Needs a Broadened Peace Process Now: Enough Project Brief
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 30, 2012. Fighting between the M23 rebel movement and the Congolese military escalated last week as the rebel group seized control of Goma, a key city in eastern Congo. To address this growing violence, a broadened peace process including all parties and stakeholders must be initiated that will cease ongoing[Read More…]
Human Rights, Religious, Civil Liberties and Immigration Rights Groups Oppose the Feinstein Amendment of NDAA
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 29, 2012. A coalition of human rights, religious, civil liberties and immigration rights groups voiced their opposition to Amendment 3018 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) in a letter sent today to Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-California). The Feinstein amendment fails to address a central concern raised in the[Read More…]
‘Regionalism’ Must Play A Vital Role In Crucial Local Decision-Making
Commentary By John A. Ostenburg Unless one resides in some truly remote region, where the nearest other human is hundreds of miles away, we all must depend on others in order to fulfill our daily needs. I became acutely aware of this reality a few years ago when I went[Read More…]
New York City: Those Arrested For Minor Pot Offenses Unlikely To Subsequently Commit Violent Crimes
New York, NY–(ENEWSPF)–November 29, 2012. Arresting and prosecuting low level marijuana offenders in New York City has little or no long-term impact on law enforcement efforts to reduce violent crime, according to a study released on Friday by Human Rights Watch, an international advocacy organization that focuses on human rights[Read More…]
ACLU: Senate Committee Passes Electronic Communications Privacy Act
Search Warrant Needed For Police to Access Electronic Communications WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee today passed the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA). The bill (H.R.2471 substitute), introduced by Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), will require law enforcement agencies to obtain search warrants to access private electronic communications and other content,[Read More…]
