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Washington, DC, March 5, 2019 — In an extraordinary letter published today by the Center for Climate and Security (CCS) and the American Security Project (ASP), a group of 58 senior retired military and national security leaders denounced the National Security Council (NSC) plan to set up an “adversarial” group to undermine the science that […]

Washington, D.C. March 4, 2019 – Today, House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) unveiled an investigation by the House Judiciary Committee into the alleged obstruction of justice, public corruption, and other abuses of power by President Trump, his associates, and members of his Administration.  As a first step, the Committee has served document requests to […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. March 5, 2019 – Americans continue to be defrauded, killed or saddled with massive debts because of corporate power in America. Public Citizen’s new report “Caught in the Crosshairs of Corporate Power,” tells the stories of five victims, whose experiences show how corporate interests have hijacked our democracy. The report highlights the need […]

March 5, 2019 – New York University’s Hemispheric Institute has launched the Ecologies of Migrant Care web site, a digital platform featuring interviews with migrants, activists, faith leaders, journalists, academics, and others supporting migrants and refugees and chronicling their circumstances across the Americas. Along with nearly 100 transcribed and translated interviews recorded in Honduras, Guatemala, […]

March 5, 2019 – For the fourth year in a row, the United States has ranked 15th in the University of Notre Dame’s Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN) Country Index. The annual index ranks 181 countries on vulnerability to extreme climate events such as droughts, superstorms and other natural disasters as well as readiness to successfully […]

March 5, 2019 – In a groundbreaking Cornell-led study illuminating the extensive scope of mass incarceration in the U.S., nearly 1 in 2 Americans have had a brother or sister, parent, spouse or child spend time in jail or prison – a far higher figure than previously estimated. The study is the first to accurately […]

March 5, 2019 – Nothing is more delicate or worthy of comprehensive care than a newborn. Yet, over the past several weeks, detention watchdogs and public health experts have noticed an alarming uptick in the number of infants—some as young as five months old—being held in prison-like detention facilities run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). On-the-ground staff in […]

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, March 5, 2019 – On March 1, a Northern California federal court ordered the U.S. government to resume processing applications of approximately 2,700 children and others in the Central American Minors (CAM) Parole program. The court’s decision granted in substantial part the plaintiffs’ motion for preliminary injunction in S.A. v. Trump. The […]

March 5, 2019 – Below are the most notable incidents regarding threats to press freedom in the US during the week of February 25 – March 3: White House bans four journalists from covering Trump-Kim dinner in Hanoi The White House banned four members of the US press pool from covering a February 27 dinner in Hanoi, […]

Yana Rodgers, Rutgers University March 5, 2019 – Fulfilling Republican efforts to “defund Planned Parenthood,” the Trump administration announced on Feb. 22 it would end federal funding to health providers that perform abortions. This new ruling is the domestic version of the “global gag rule” that Trump imposed in 2017. It cuts U.S. global health […]

PRINCETON, NJ, March 4, 2019 – The United States and China are close to finalizing a trade deal that would roll back tariffs on at least $200 billion of the $250 billion worth of Chinese imports currently taxed by the U.S. This seems like good news for Americans, especially given new figures published by the […]

NEW YORK March 4, 2019 – On the heels of the one-year anniversary of the tragic school shooting in Parkland, Florida, the American Civil Liberties Union released a comprehensive analysis of federal civil rights data from 2015–16, highlighting severe under-resourcing in schools and a failure to follow mental health professionals’ recommendations for adequate support systems […]

March 4, 2019 – In resource-rich countries, five-year survival rates for children with cancer approach 85 percent. However, shortages in the drugs that make up the backbone of many proven and life-saving pediatric oncology regimens have become commonplace in the United States, with far-reaching consequences. In a paper published in the March 4 JAMA Pediatrics, Berman […]

Washington, DC February 28, 2019 – Today, Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) along with Representatives Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Ro Khanna (D-CA), introduced The Marijuana Justice Act of 2019, to remove marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act and incentivize states to end the racially disparate criminalization of marijuana consumers. NORML Political Director Justin Strekal said: “The Marijuana […]

Washington, D.C. Feb. 27, 2019—Today, the Committee on Oversight and Reform held a hearing with Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s personal attorney and one of his most trusted advisors.  Mr. Cohen’s statements—many supported by corroborating documents—revealed new information that raises serious legal and ethical concerns about the conduct of President Trump and the accuracy of […]

Feb. 27, 2019 – Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) concluded the House Oversight Committee’s questioning of President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen by delivering a call to “keep democracy in tact” and a return to normalcy in the political arena.

Feb. 27, 2019 – Michael Cohen, President Trump’s former lawyer, delivers his opening statement before the House Oversight and Reform Committee.

WASHINGTON, D.C. February 27, 2019 – Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP), a nonprofit research and education organization whose 23,000 members support single-payer national health insurance, endorses the Medicare for All Act of 2019, filed today by its lead sponsor Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wa.) along with more than 100 co-sponsors. “Accept no substitutes — […]

Washington, D.C. February 27, 2019 – Yesterday, the Animal Welfare Institute, Big Cat Rescue, Born Free USA, the International Fund for Animal Welfare, The Humane Society of the United States, Humane Society Legislative Fund and the Performing Animal Welfare Society celebrated the reintroduction of the Big Cat Public Safety Act (BCPSA), H.R. 1380, in the U.S. House […]

Washington, DC February 26, 2019 – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation released the following statement after the news that The United Methodist Church (UMC), the second-largest Protestant denomination in the United States, voted in a Special Session of the General Conference to retain language in its official documents that, in effect, prohibits gay, […]