ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–August 12, 2013.  Smart people are just as racist as their less intelligent peers—they’re just better at concealing their prejudice, according to a University of Michigan study. “High-ability whites are less likely to report prejudiced attitudes and more likely to say they support racial integration in principle,” said Geoffrey[Read More…]

The key, MIT study finds, is designing products that make money for the microentrepreneur CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–August 12, 2013.  Designing products for the developing world can be a hit-or-miss endeavor: While there may be a dire need for products addressing problems, such as access to clean water, sanitation and electricity, designing[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–August 12, 2013.  The White House Council of Economic Advisers and the U.S. Department of Energy today released a new report that assesses how to best protect the nation’s electric grid from power outages that occur during natural disasters. This week marks the tenth anniversary of one of the worst[Read More…]

  Darfuri youth line up along a fence in a refugee camp in eastern Chad. Source: ENOUGH Project   WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–August 8, 2013.  Economic imperatives are now a major driving force for escalating violence in Darfur, says a new Enough Project report. Based on research from a recent trip to the[Read More…]

Less Likely to Vote for Republicans Who Refuse to Help Their Constituents Take Advantage of Law’s Benefits Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 7, 2013.  With Republicans in Congress in disarray and disagreement on their anti-Obamacare strategy, leading health law advocates — SEIU International President Mary Kay Henry and Counselor to Center for American[Read More…]

Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–August 8, 2013.  With policymakers increasingly concerned about declining budgets, a new report released today by the Center for American Progress looks at the unnecessary costs associated with small school districts. The report, “Size Matters: A Look at School District Consolidation,” finds that small, nonremote districts might represent $1[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 7, 2013.  The rapid expansion of oil and gas production in the United States is bringing tens of thousands of new wells and well pads to America’s public lands, pushing drill rigs into local communities, prized hunting habitat, national parks, and watersheds that provide drinking water. A report[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 6, 2013. By Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director People who consume cannabis are more likely to be knowledgeable about the substance’s health effects than are those who abstain from it, according to survey data reported online in the International Journal of Public Health Policy. Researchers at the University[Read More…]

Study Finds that Patients Like Medical Practices’ Use of Electronic Communications, But Roadblocks to Widespread Use Remain NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–August 6, 2013 — Patients like it and so do health organizations, but electronic communications in clinical care will likely not be widely adopted by primary care physicians unless patient workloads are[Read More…]

University of Chicago Crime Lab 2012 Data Shows Violent Crime Arrests Among Participants Drop 51%; Program Offers Successful Model for Future Youth Offerings CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 6, 2013.  At-risk youth who participated in the 2012 One Summer Plus program experienced a 51 percent drop in arrests for violent crime, according to new[Read More…]