NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–August 9, 2012. Following is a statement from Cecile Richards, President of Planned Parenthood Federation of America: “Nancy Brinker, Elizabeth Thompson, and the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation have made profound contributions to women’s health. They have helped elevate the importance of breast cancer detection and prevention nationwide. [Read More…]
Opinion
The State of Latinos in the United States
The Center for American Progress takes a look into Latinos’ successes and challenges as one of the fastest-growing populations in the country Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 8, 2012. After yesterday’s event hosted by the Center for American Progress with Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis and Director of the White House Domestic Policy[Read More…]
Chicago Teachers Solidarity Campaign Demands That Penny Pritzker Stop Stealing Schools’ Money to Build a New Hotel
HYDE PARK–(ENEWSPF)–August 7, 2012. As the city of Chicago struggles to pay its teachers and provide quality education to its students, Hyatt Hotels Corporation should not be benefiting from $5.2 million in Tax Incremental Financing (TIF) funds used to build a new hotel. TIF districts divert local property taxes away[Read More…]
The Economic Cost of Increased Temperatures
Study: Warming episodes hurt poor countries and limit long-term growth. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–August 7, 2012. Even temporary rises in local temperatures significantly damage long-term economic growth in the world’s developing nations, according to a new study co-authored by an MIT economist. Looking at weather data over the last half-century, the study[Read More…]
Congo Rebels Earn Less from Conflict Minerals, Threaten Smuggling: Report
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo and WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–August 7, 2012. Dodd-Frank financial reform legislation and more stringent tech industry sourcing policies have led to an estimated 65 percent decrease in profit over the past two years for armed groups in eastern Congo from their trade in the conflict minerals[Read More…]
Veterans, Military Families, Peace Groups Protest New NBC Show
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 7, 2012. RootsAction.org, Just Foreign Policy, Veterans For Peace, and Military Families Speak Out have launched a campaign at http://StarsEarnStripes.org targeting NBC’s new program, “Stars Earn Stripes,” which the network is advertising during its Olympics telecast. The show will debut on August 13th. Veterans For Peace is holding[Read More…]
Flawed Peace Process Fails in Darfur, Again: Enough Project Report
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–August 6, 2012. The African Union and U.N. Security Council renewed Darfur’s hybrid peacekeeping mission, UNAMID, this week without acknowledging the glaring failures of the Doha peace process. The Doha Document for Peace in Darfur, or DDPD, signed in July 2011, is yet another attempt by the Khartoum regime to[Read More…]
Study: Many Americans Die With ‘Virtually No Financial Assets’
Innovative research shows large divergence in retirement saving outcomes, with the single elderly faring worse than married couples. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–August 3, 2012. It is a central worry of many Americans: not having enough money to live comfortably in old age. Now an innovative paper co-authored by an MIT economist shows[Read More…]
Senate Blocks Improved Cybersecurity Bill
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–August 2, 2012. The Senate today voted against moving forward on cybersecurity legislation ending the bill’s chances at final passage. S. 3414, the Cybersecurity Act, was recently significantly improved with several new privacy- oriented changes, including a mandate that information shared with the government under the program go to civilian[Read More…]
Automatic Spending Cuts Will Close More than 100 Airports
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2012. Today, according to a new analysis released by the Center for American Progress, as many as 106 U.S. airports could lose air traffic control service—and effectively be shut down—under automatic spending cuts scheduled to take effect January 2, 2013. An interactive map, also released today, illustrates[Read More…]
