Analysis

US Forign Policy

Trump Charting a Course That Could Destroy Foundations of U.S. Foreign Policy, Center for American Progress Analysis Says

Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—June 28, 2018 By: Kelly Magsamen and Michael Fuchs President Donald Trump is disrespecting America’s closest allies and embracing the world’s most brutal dictators, charting a dangerous course that is destroying the foundations of U.S. foreign policy, according to a new analysis from the Center for American Progress.[Read More…]

Center for Economic and Policy Research

Troubled Housing Market Demands a Different Way to Measure Inflation

Washington, DC —(ENEWSPF)—June 26, 2018 Contact: Karen Conner  Using the wrong measure of inflation could result in the Federal Reserve Board (Fed) raising interest rates prematurely, needlessly keeping people out of work and undermining the intention of its 2.0 percent average inflation target. That warning, as well as a solution, is[Read More…]

StopTheDrugWar.org

More Than 140 Organizations Condemn President Trump’s Call to Execute People for Nonviolent Drug Offenses

UN to Release Annual “World Drug Report” While Reformers Rally Worldwide; Groups Accuse Singapore of Using False Drug Use Data to Justify Death Penalty Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 26, 2018 Contact: David Borden A growing coalition with over 140 organizations as of this writing has condemned President Trump’s call to institute the[Read More…]

Immigrant detention

Report Links Poor Medical Care to Deaths in ICE Detention

WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)—June 21, 2018 Contact: ACLU Media Poor medical treatment contributed to more than half the deaths reported by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for a 16-month period, Human Rights Watch, the American Civil Liberties Union, Detention Watch Network, and National Immigrant Justice Center said in a report released today.[Read More…]

Prescription drugs

What’s in the Administration’s 5-Part Plan for Medicare Part D and its Impact for Beneficiaries and Program Savings?

CALIFORNIA—(ENEWSPF)—June 21, 2018 By: Juliette Cubanski Introduction Today more than 43 million older adults and people with disabilities have prescription drug coverage under Medicare Part D. Part D helps people with Medicare afford their medications by subsidizing the purchase of drug coverage from private stand-alone prescription drug plans (PDPs) and[Read More…]

Immigrant families

House Republicans’ Immigration Bills Hurt Women and Children, Says Center for American Progress Column

Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—June 19, 2018 By: Philip E. Wolgin and Nicole Prchal Svajlenka The U.S. House of Representatives will vote on two immigration bills this week under the premise of helping Dreamers, but a new CAP column finds that the Rep. Bob Goodlatte’s (R-VA) Securing America’s Future Act and Speaker[Read More…]

Amnesty International

Amnesty International: Policy of Separating Children from Parents is Nothing Short of Torture

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 19, 2018 By: Amnesty International Communications The sickening images of children cruelly separated from their parents and held in cages as a result of Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ policy of ‘zero-tolerance’ will leave an indelible stain on the reputation of the USA, said Amnesty International today. “This is[Read More…]

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