NEW YORK, June 30 -- The 350.org issued the following statement by Natalie Mebane, associate director of U.S. policy: The House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Chair Kathy Castor (D-FL) unveiled a plan titled "Solving the Climate Crisis: The Congressional Action Plan for a Clean Energy Economy and a Healthy, Resilient, and Just America." The 500 page plan focuses on eliminating emissions from electricity, transit, and buildings, with a goal of reac  more

NEW YORK, June 30 -- The 350.org issued the following news release: Leaders of climate, development, labour, youth, health, and racial justice movements to join global webinars on Tuesday, June 30th, 2020 - ahead of the G20 finance ministers meeting. On July 18th Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors from the world's 20 richest countries are meeting to build a consensus of how governments and banks will react to economic stimulus measures post COVID-19. "There are trillions of dollars   more

NEW YORK, July 1 -- A Better Balance, a legal advocacy organization, issued the following news release on June 30: A Better Balance released a new report, "Misled & Misinformed," detailing how the strict, "points-based" or "no fault" attendance policies favored by some of the country's biggest employers--including Walmart and Tyson Foods--routinely violate workers' rights. As businesses reopen and the public health threat posed by COVID-19 remains, these abusive attendance policies mean that de  more

BRIARCLIFF MANOR, New York, June 30 -- The Academy of Management Journal, from the Academy of Management, that says it publishes research that tests, extends or builds management theory and contributes to management practice, published research articles on the following topics in its June 2020 edition: Articles: * Rivals' Negative Earnings Surprises, Language Signals, and Firms' Competitive Actions * Being Different, Being Absent? A Dynamic Perspective on Demographic Dissimilarity and Absent  more

NEW YORK, July 3 -- Access Now issued the following joint statement with 29 organizations: The co-signers are Advocacy Initiative for Development (AID), African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX), Africa Open Data and Internet Research Foundation, AfroLeadership, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB), Centre for Media Studies and Peacebuilding (CEMESP), Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA), Collectif Sassoufit, Committee to Prot  more

NEW YORK, July 2 -- Access Now issued the following news release: After pressing Zoom to issue regular transparency reports revealing government requests for user data, Access Now calls on other video conferencing platforms to release or update similar reports clarifying exactly how they protect personal user data and enforce policies related to freedom of expression. "The past few months have made it clear that respect for human rights cannot be an afterthought of video conferencing platform  more

NEW YORK, July 1 -- Access Now issued the following news release: This week, the U.S. House of Representatives will vote on the Moving Forward Act, legislation proposed by House Democrats that would, among other infrastructure improvements, invest significantly in our nation's broadband access. Broadband access and adoption has long been a problem for people in the U.S. The COVID-19 pandemic has made that problem worse as more people, and particularly communities of color, lack entirely or can   more

NEW YORK, July 2 -- Access Now issued the following news release: Since COVID-19 disrupted the lives of almost everyone across the globe, people have flocked to video conferencing and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) platforms such as Zoom, for both work and play. How these platform providers operate, and what they do with our data, affects our rights online. Presently, when it comes to information regarding users' data and privacy, many companies operate behind closed doors. We call on thes  more

NEW YORK, June 30 -- The American Civil Liberties Union, a 501(c)3 non-profit that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., issued the following news release on June 29: A federal court ordered the release of Adham Hassoun, a long-time U.S. resident unlawfully detained by the Trump administration under a never-before-used provision of the USA Patriot Act. In the decision ordering release, U.S. District Judge Elizabeth  more

NEW YORK, July 1 -- The Association for Computing Machinery issued the following news release: The Association for Computing Machinery's US Technology Policy Committee (USTPC) called for "an immediate suspension of the current and future private and governmental use of facial recognition (FR) technologies in all circumstances known or reasonably foreseeable to be prejudicial to established human and legal rights" in its "Statement on Principles and Prerequisites for the Development, Evaluation   more

NEW YORK, July 2 -- The Aesthetic Surgery Journal, a peer-reviewed international journal from the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery that says it focuses on scientific developments and clinical techniques in aesthetic surgery, published research articles on the following topics in its July 2020 edition: Breast Surgery: * Is Banning Texturized Implants to Prevent Breast Implant-Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma a Rational Decision? A Meta-Analysis and Cost-Effectiveness Stu  more

NEW YORK, July 3 -- The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies issued the following news release: The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) has documented two incidents of attack against civilians by armed militia in Central Darfur state. The attacks left two civilians killed, two officers of Sudanese armed force injured and a young woman raped. One incident occurred on 14 June 2020 whilst the other occurred on 28 June 2020 following a raid by armed militias in Khor Ramla   more

NEW ROCHELLE, New York, July 3 -- AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses, a journal that says it covers molecular basis of the virus to clinical studies on vaccines and potential cures, published research articles, including the following topics, in its July 2020 edition: Review Articles: * Clinical/Laboratory Interface Interventions to Improve Impact of Viral Load and Early Infant Diagnosis Testing Scale-Up * Review on the Alteration of Gut Microbiota: The Role of HIV Infection and Old Age C  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, July 1 -- The American Bankruptcy Institute issued the following news release: While traditional face-to-face mediations and in-court proceedings have been curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, more courts and lawyers are using remote mediation to move many cases forward in an efficient, cost-effective manner, according to an article in the June ABI Journal. "Learning to adapt and utilize remote mediation is necessary if bankruptcy lawyers and mediators are to serve thos  more

NEW YORK, July 2 -- The American Geriatrics Society issued the following news release: As its more than 6,000 members continue to care for older Americans impacted by COVID-19, the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) thanked Senators Bob Casey (D-Pa.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and House Representatives Anna G. Eshoo (D-Calif.) and Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) for contributing to those efforts with nursing home COVID-19 protection and prevention acts introduced in the U.S. Senate (S.3768) and Hou  more

NEW YORK, July 2 -- The American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, a journal from the American Thoracic Society that says it focuses on human biology and disease, as well as animal and in vitro studies, published research articles on the following topics in its July 1, 2020 edition: Pulmonary, Sleep, and Critical Care Update: * Update in Pulmonary Vascular Diseases and Right Ventricular Dysfunction 2019 Original Articles: * A Network of Sputum MicroRNAs Is Associated with   more

NEW YORK, July 1 -- The American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology, a journal from the American Thoracic Society that says it focuses on pulmonary biology, published research articles, including the following topics, in its July 2020 edition: Translational Review: * Extracellular Vesicles: A New Frontier for Research in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Original Research: * Role of Isocitrate Dehydrogenase 2 on DNA Hydroxymethylation in Human Airway Smooth Muscle Cells *  more

NEW YORK, July 1 -- The American National Standards Institute issued the following news release: The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) announced the publication of the Standardization Roadmap for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (Version 2.0)./*The roadmap was developed by the Institute's Unmanned Aircraft Systems Standardization Collaborative (UASSC), a group established to coordinate and accelerate the development of the standards and conformity assessment programs needed to facilitate th  more

NEW YORK, June 30 -- The American National Standards Institute issued the following news release: The ANSI National Accreditation Board (ANAB), a wholly owned subsidiary of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), has open-registration training related to accreditation available online through the summer. As the need for social distancing remains, ANAB sessions allow for interaction with instructors and other participants, and instructors are available offline to answer questions. Gro  more

NEW YORK, July 3 -- The American National Standards Institute issued the following news release: The American National Standards Institute (ANSI), the U.S. member body to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), encourages experts to participate on the U.S. Technical Advisory Group (U.S. TAG) for ISO Technical Committee (TC) 258 on Project, Program, and Portfolio Management. Representatives from industry, government, consumer groups, labor groups, academic and research bodies,   more

NEW YORK, July 2 -- The American National Standards Institute issued the following news release: In an effort to communicate the vital role that standards play in daily life, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) publishes snapshots of the diverse standards initiatives undertaken in the global and national standards arena, many of which are performed by ANSI members and ANSI-accredited standards developers. Two of the latest selections follow: Protective Eyewear Protecting your eye  more

NEW YORK, July 2 -- The Americas Society/Council of the Americas issued the following news release: As part of the 2020 Washington Conference on the Americas virtual series the Council of the Americas (COA) held a plenary session featuring David Malpass, president of the World Bank Group, to discuss regional economic prospects and COVID-19 recovery. In his initial remarks, Malpass said that the World Bank is eager to work with countries across the region to respond to the crisis and build a st  more

LONDON, England, July 2 -- Amnesty International issued the following statement: Reacting to the news that, after months of negotiations, the UN Security Council unanimously passed a resolution demanding a 90-day "humanitarian pause" in conflicts worldwide to allow states to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, Sherine Tadros, Head of Amnesty International's UN Office in New York, said. * * * "Now, more than ever, the world must unite in its efforts to defeat COVID-19 and the global ceasefire demand  more

NEW YORK, July 2 -- The Annals of the American Thoracic Society, a peer-reviewed international online journal of the American Thoracic Society, published research articles on the following topics in its July 2020 edition: Innovations and Provocations: * In Defense of Evidence-based Medicine for the Treatment of COVID-19 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Perspectives: * COVID-19 and Lessons to Be Learned from Prior Coronavirus Outbreaks * Impact and Implications following the November 20  more

NEW YORK, July 2 -- The National Black Justice Coalition issued the following statement on July 1 by Executive Director David J. Johns: Yesterday, Merci Mack, a 22-year-old Black transgender woman in Dallas, Texas, was found murdered from an apparent gunshot wound to the head. She is the 4th Black transgender woman killed during Pride month, and the 19th trans person violently killed, thus far in 2020, that we know of. * * * "What do you do when you don't have the capacity to wrap your head a  more

NEW YORK, June 30 -- The Asia Society issued the following news release on June 29: Asia Society's Center on U.S.-China Relations released a report that examines extensively the changing U.S. and European views of, and relations with, China and subsequently recommends a series of actions towards formulating joint policies in dealing with China amid an unprecedented geopolitical crisis between the world's major powers. The report -- titled Dealing with the Dragon: China as a Transatlantic Chall  more

NEW YORK, July 1 -- The Association for Computing Machinery issued the following news release: ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, named Barbara Simons the recipient of the 2019 ACM Policy Award for long-standing, high-impact leadership as ACM President and founding Chair of ACM's US Public Policy Committee (USACM), while making influential contributions to improve the reliability of and public confidence in election technology. Over several decades, Simons has advanced technology pol  more

NEW YORK, June 30 -- The Association of University Presses issued the following news: Niko Pfund, president of Oxford University Press USA, has assumed the presidency of the Association of University Presses. He was elected during the Association's virtual Business Meeting in May 2020 and spoke at the conclusion of the Association's virtual Annual Meeting last week. "At a time when the necessity of the work that university presses do can scarcely be overstated, and when AUPresses membership is  more

ITHACA, New York, June 29 -- Boyce Thompson Institute issued the following news: While the past few months have disrupted all sense of normalcy, BTI researchers and staff have remained productive while working from home, or as parts of skeleton crews within the building. As the Institute uses a phased approach to slowly reopen our facilities, a tremendous bright spot has developed during a dreary pandemic, as many BTI researchers have been awarded grants recently. Congratulations to all involv  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network issued the following statement by Julie Hart, senior New York government relations director: On Wednesday, July 1, tobacco control measures, passed by the New York State Legislature and signed by Governor Cuomo, that prohibit the use of tobacco coupons and multi pack discounts and that stop the online sale and shipment of e-cigarette products to personal residences will become law. * * * "Big Tobacco spends billions of   more

NEW YORK, July 3 -- CARE issued the following news release on July 2: In celebration of the continued reopening of its stores around the world, Tiffany & Co. launches the Tiffany Infinite Strength campaign, whereby 100% of the profits from sales globally of the Tiffany Infinity collection from July 1 through August 31 will be donated to CARE. Funds raised will support CARE's mission, and in particular address financial resilience for the most vulnerable communities affected by COVID-19, particu  more

NEW YORK, July 2 -- The Carnegie Corporation of New York issued the following news release: Carnegie Corporation of New York released its annual list of Great Immigrants, honoring 38 naturalized citizens who have enriched and strengthened our nation and our democracy through their contributions and actions. Each Fourth of July since 2006, the philanthropic foundation has invited Americans to celebrate these exemplary individuals by participating in its online tribute "Great Immigrants, Great Am  more

NEW YORK, June 30 -- The Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement by Bertha Just Fellow Lupe Aguirre in response to reporting on the impending New York City budget vote: In the last weeks, true to form, the NYPD responded with abuse and violence to the COVID-19 pandemic and anti-brutality protests fighting for the rights of Black, brown, and LGBTQIA New Yorkers. We deserve better than a misleading budget that only hides the ball and does little to reduce the footprint of  more

NEW YORK, July 3 -- The Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement in response to the New York City budget that was passed by the City Council July 1: It is unconscionable that in a city with a $9 billion dollar deficit, the burden of the mismanagement of public resources should continue to fall on the shoulders of its Black, Brown, immigrant, and low-income communities. Year after year, city officials have caved to pressure from a bloated and overreaching police department  more

AMHERST, New York, July 1 -- The Center for Inquiry issued the following news release: The Center for Inquiry condemned Supreme Court's ruling in the case of Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue for forcing American taxpayers to pay for religious indoctrination, gutting the protections in both the United States Constitution and in No Aid Provisions of three-quarters of state constitutions that forbid the use of taxpayer dollars for religious purposes. "This Court has been opening a hole u  more

NEW YORK, June 30 -- The Center for Reproductive Rights issued the following news release on June 29: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Center for Reproductive Rights, striking down a Louisiana law that would have closed all but one abortion clinic in the state. The medically unneccessary law would have banned doctors from providing abortion care unless they had admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles. The ruling in June Medical Services v. Russo--the first abortion rights  more

NEW YORK, June 30 -- The Center for Reproductive Rights issued the following statement by President and CEO Nancy Northup on the ruling in favor of abortion providers: This is a big win that vindicates what we've said all along, which is that the Louisiana admitting privileges law is unconstitutional. This is a victory for the people of Louisiana and the rule of law, but this case never should have gotten this far. We won an identical case four years ago in Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt,   more

COLD SPRING HARBOR, New York, July 2 -- The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory issued the following news: The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) Center for Humanities & History of Modern Biology a CARES Act Grant. The grant will fund an extensive oral history initiative documenting biomedical history and pandemic response since 1890. The project, entitled "Oral Histories of Biology, Medicine, and Pandemic Response" will be headed by Ludm  more

COLD SPRING HARBOR, New York, June 30 -- The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory issued the following news: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) is joining seven other prominent science institutions from five continents in the "Life Science Across the Globe" (PDF) seminar series. Each institution will give both a science talk and a science culture talk. It is the goal of the series to increase knowledge and advance solutions to global problems through open communication of science across borders. T  more

COLD SPRING HARBOR, New York, July 4 -- The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory issued the following news: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) was established as a biological teaching laboratory in 1890. With a long history as a scientific meeting center and research institute, it began a graduate program in the biological sciences in 1999. Soon thereafter, the School was named after James D. Watson in view of his considerable contributions to CSHL, science, and the nation over a lifetime of achieve  more

COLD SPRING HARBOR, New York, July 1 -- The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory issued the following news: For the first time, researchers in the lab of CSHL Professor Hiro Furukawa have been able to track each atom in the NMDA receptor, an important brain protein, as it transmits or inhibits neural signals. Critical for brain development and function, the receptor converts chemical messages between cells into electrical signals within a neuron. The key to transmitting that information is opening the  more

COLD SPRING HARBOR, New York, June 30 -- The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory issued the following news: Scientists have new evidence that overactive neutrophils--a common type of circulating immune cell--may drive the life-threatening blood clots and inflammation that occur in some patients with COVID-19. High levels of the sticky, pathogen-trapping webs produced by the cells were associated with the most severe cases of COVID-19 in a study reported online in the journal Blood. Neutrophil extrac  more

NEW YORK, July 3 -- The Committee to Protect Journalists issued the following news: Cuban authorities should immediately release journalist Jorge Enrique Rodriguez and stop harassing the independent media, the Committee to Protect Journalists said. On June 28, security forces arrested Rodriguez, of the independent news site Diario de Cuba, and took him to the criminal processing center known as 'Vivac in Havana, according to Mirta Fernandez Laffitte, editor-in-chief of Diario de Cuba, who spok  more

NEW YORK, July 3 -- The Committee to Protect Journalists issued the following news: Authorities in Ghana should investigate the recent threats to and harassment of journalists Emmanuel Ohene-Gyan, Rebecca Asheley Amarh, and Philip Akutey Azu and ensure their safety, the Committee to Protect Journalists said. On June 12, Ohene-Gyan, an editor with the privately-owned radio broadcaster Empire FM, reported that Kobina Kurentsir Sam, the mayor of Ghana's western Sekondi-Takoradi city, had died of   more

NEW YORK, July 1 -- The Committee to Protect Journalists issued the following news: Authorities in Botswana should drop all charges against journalists David Baaitse and Kenneth Mosekiemang, and allow them to work freely, the Committee to Protect Journalists said. At about 2:30 p.m. on June 18, intelligence agents arrested Baaitse, a reporter for the privately owned Weekend Post weekly, and Mosekiemang, a photographer for the outlet, after they photographed a building linked to the Directorate  more

NEW YORK, July 3 -- The Committee to Protect Journalists issued the following news: Mozambican authorities should not contest journalist Omardine Omar's appeal and should allow him and all members of the press to work freely, the Committee to Protect Journalists said. On June 30, the Ka Mpfumo court in Maputo, the capital, convicted Omar, a reporter for the privately owned news website Carta de Mocambique, on charges of civil disobedience, the journalist told CPJ via messaging app. A fixer and  more

NEW YORK, July 1 -- The Committee to Protect Journalists issued the following news: Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon should not ratify proposed legal amendments that would threaten free expression in the country, the Committee to Protect Journalists said. On June 26, the country's National Assembly, its upper house of parliament, unanimously approved amendments to the country's administrative code making it illegal to "[disseminate] false information about the pandemic in media, internet an  more

NEW YORK, June 29 -- The Committee to Protect Journalists issued the following news: Bulgarian authorities should immediately drop the charges against publisher Ivo Prokopiev, which are retaliatory in nature and intended to stifle critical reporting, the Committee to Protect Journalists said. Tomorrow, Prokopiev, who owns the independent news website Dnevnik and business weekly Capital, is set to appear before a criminal court in Sofia, the capital, to receive the verdict in a fraud case stemm  more

SYRACUSE, New York, July 3 -- The Community Foundation of Central New York issued the following news: On June 17, 2020, the Central New York Community Foundation board of directors elected three new members and appointed a new officer. The following new members were appointed to serve their first three-year term: William H. Brower, Vice President, Communications & Advancement, Le Moyne College Bill has 32 years of experience working in higher education advancement. He is skilled in board dev  more

YONKERS, New York, June 30 -- Consumer Reports issued the following news release: Consumer Reports announced its support for the Emergency Broadband Connections Act introduced by U.S. Senator Ron Wyden. Because of the ongoing crisis created by COVID-19 virus, families across the country are struggling financially and are more dependent than ever on the internet for essential online services for education, work, and healthcare. This piece of legislation will help households gain access to afford  more

YONKERS, New York, July 2 -- Consumer Reports issued the following news release: Consumer Reports commended the U.S. House of Representatives for passing major auto safety legislation as a part of a broader infrastructure package, H.R. 2, the Moving Forward Act. CR said that the bill would help greatly reduce the toll of road crashes, which account for the deaths of at least 36,000 people and millions of injuries every year. "It's unacceptable that 100 people lose their lives on our roads ever  more

NEW YORK, July 2 -- The One Free Press Coalition issued the following news: Journalist Maria Ressa, editor of the privately owned Rappler news site and who was recently convicted in a court in the Philippines for cyber libel, tops the June ranking of the One Free Press Coalition's "10 Most Urgent" list of press freedom cases. The "10 Most Urgent" list, issued today by a united group of pre-eminent editors and publishers, spotlights journalists whose press freedoms are being suppressed or whose   more

NEW YORK, July 3 -- The Counter Extremism Project issued the following news release: Recent attacks by Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen (JNIM) and the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara--local affiliates of al-Qaeda and ISIS--against one another is punctuating a security breakdown in West Africa, a region already challenged by ongoing violence. Extremists had held a loose alliance to fight Western-backed governments across the Sahel, but that has broken in recent months under the weight of  more

NEW YORK, July 1 -- The American Civil Liberties Union, a 501(c)3 non-profit that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., issued the following news release: A federal court determined the Small Business Administration's April and June 18 rule denying small business owners with criminal records eligibility for its Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) -- loans intended help keep businesses and workers financially afloat in  more

SYRACUSE, New York, July 1 -- The Community Foundation of Central New York issued the following news: As local businesses and nonprofit organizations start to reopen during the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the health and safety of our partners, staff, and neighbors remain our top priorities. We are taking precautions in a way that allows us to continue our work, help those in need of resources and contribute to efforts that will limit the spread of the virus. Below you will find up  more

NEW YORK, July 3 -- The Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres issued the following news: As world leaders attempt to tackle an unprecedented number of humanitarian crises, many of them deepened beyond imagination by the coronavirus pandemic, the United States is throwing its weight around on the global stage to obstruct lifesaving aid efforts. The Trump Administration appears intent on blocking international efforts and resolutions containing these critically important words: sexual  more

NEW YORK, July 3 -- The Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres issued the following news: The COVID-19 pandemic is having potentially catastrophic secondary impacts on the health of women and girls around the world. Decisions made at every level of the response to the pandemic are resulting in women being further cut off from sexual and reproductive health services, threatening sharp rises in maternal and neonatal mortality. Women and girls are often denied care outright or face dange  more

NEW YORK, July 1 -- Educators for Excellence issued the following news release: Amid weeks of city-wide protests for the reallocation of City funding, E4E-New York, a teacher-led organization, expressed their disappointment in budget cuts to education and student supports. "My students need more mental-health and academic support to address the most traumatic year of their lives," said E4E-New York member Yasmin Bailey-Stewart, a high school teacher in Brooklyn. "But the mayor is choosing to p  more

NEW YORK, July 2 -- The Environmental Defense Fund issued the following statement by President Fred Krupp : "At a time when Americans are fighting through a public health pandemic and its economic fallout, the Select Committee on the Climate Crisis has provided an important report on how we can reinvigorate our COVID-battered economy and build the 100% clean future we need. "We have the opportunity to rebuild a better, healthier and more just America. By investing in American clean energy, we   more

NEW YORK, July 1 -- The Environmental Defense Fund issued the following statement by International Counsel Annie Petsonk: The 36-member Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) unilaterally changed the rules for the first three years of the agency's flagship climate program, the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA). The Council decided to change the baseline to 2019 levels, in effect suspending airlines' obligations to offset a portio  more

NEW YORK, July 2 -- The Environmental Defense Fund issued the following statement on July 1 by Elizabeth Gore, senior vice president of political affairs: The House of Representatives voted to pass a major job-creating, national infrastructure bill that includes significant investments in clean energy and clean transportation, as well as programs to protect communities from climate impacts, replace lead service lines, put workers in our nation's oil and gas fields back on the job cutting pollut  more

NEW YORK, July 2 -- Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a campaign of Everytown for Gun Safety, issued the following news: Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action, a part of Everytown, responded to new data from the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), which found that 3.9 million background checks were conducted in June 2020--71 percent more than in June 2019. That translates to an estimated 2.3 million guns sold, an increase of 149 percent over last  more

NEW YORK, July 2 -- NYU Langone Health, an academic medical center affiliated with New York University, issued the following news release: Janice M. Mehnert, MD, a nationally recognized expert in early phase therapeutics and the treatment of skin malignancies, has been appointed associate director for clinical research at NYU Langone Health's Perlmutter Cancer Center. She assumes her post July 1, 2020. Dr. Mehnert was previously an associate professor of medicine at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson  more

NEW YORK, June 30 -- The Counter Extremism Project issued the following news release: The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. Last week, 10 or more neo-Nazi and white supremacist accelerationist Telegram channels were either deleted or removed from the platform. In addition, ISIS released a new video, "The Epic Battles of Attrition 3," from the group's self-p  more

NEW YORK, June 29 -- The Ford Foundation issued the following news on June 29: A new fund to advance fair global economic responses to COVID-19 launched. The Response and Vision Fund, an initiative of a newly formed donor collaborative - Funders Organized for Rights in the Global Economy (FORGE) - seeks to build the power of workers and communities, strengthen accountability, and advance progress towards a vision of a global economy that works for people and the planet. The COVID-19 pandemic h  more

BRONX, New York, June 29 -- The Fordham Political Review issued the following information: Joe Biden, the human gaffe machine, is the Democratic Party's presidential nominee for the 2020 election, and this has been incredibly entertaining for anyone interested in politics, as well as incredibly sad for many fans of the Democratic Party. Joe Biden simply does not create enthusiasm, and this could be a huge hindrance for him. Speaking from personal experience, I do not know, nor have I met, anyon  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- The Free Press issued the following statement by Matt Wood, Vice President of Policy and General Counsel: On Monday, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) introduced the Emergency Broadband Connections Act of 2020, along with 25 co-sponsors including Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-New York), Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut), Cory Booker (D-New Jersey), Dick Durbin (D-Illinois), Kamala Harris (D-California), Ed Markey (D-Massachusetts), Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mas  more

NEW YORK, June 30 -- The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network issued the following statement by Executive Director Eliza Byard: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states must allow public funding to support religious education, forcing taxpayers to support private schools, including many religious schools that often discriminate against LGBTQ students and educators. * * * "This devastating ruling requires states to allow taxpayer dollars to fund religious schools, many of which actively  more

KINGSTON, Canada, July 1 -- Geisinger Health issued the following news release: Jovan Adams, D.O., a family medicine physician, recently joined the Geisinger 65 Forward Health Center team at the Kingston location. Dr. Adams earned her medical degree from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine after completing graduate studies in biomedical sciences at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and undergraduate studies at the Pennsylvania State University. She completed an inte  more

NEW YORK, July 2 -- The Global Justice Ecology Project issued the following news release: St. Louis videographer Chris Phillips and Global Justice Ecology Project photographer Orin Langelle issued statements regarding the reported display of an assault rifle and handgun by St. Louis based attorneys Mark and Patricia McCloskey during a Black Lives Matter protest. On the evening of Sunday, June 28, protesters were marching to St. Louis mayor Lyda Krewson's home to protest her release of names an  more

NEW YORK, June 30 -- The Association of National Advertisers issued the following news release: Hiscox and Edelman Business Marketing were the big winners in the ANA's 2020 B2 Awards competition, taking home top honors as B2B Corporate Marketer of the Year and B2B Large Agency of the Year, respectively. In addition, the B2B Large In-House Agency of the Year--a new award--went to Deloitte's Green Dot Agency while the Small In-House Agency award went to Cisco's The Hatch. The B2B Small Agency o  more

NEW YORK, June 30 -- The Hispanic Federation issued the following statement by President Frankie Miranda: In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, the fourth year since the massacre at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, FL, where nearly all victims were LGBTQ Latinx, and in the context of the Black Lives Matter Movement. * * * "Even though this Pride Month lacked many of the traditional in-person celebrations due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it saw advancements for L  more

NEW YORK, July 1 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release: The Taliban in Afghanistan have imposed severe restrictions on rights in areas under their control despite claims of reform, Human Rights Watch said in a report released. Residents reported an inability to criticize or question Taliban actions, violations of the rights of women and girls, and severe limits on freedom of expression and the media. Rights abuses by both Taliban and government forces mean that the United Stat  more

NEW YORK, July 1 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release: Bangladesh authorities are using the abusive Digital Security Act to harass and indefinitely detain activists, journalists, and others critical of the government and its political leadership, Human Rights Watch said. The administration of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed should immediately take steps to amend or repeal the law to protect freedom of speech. "Bangladesh authorities are flouting the rule of law, arbitrari  more

NEW YORK, July 3 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release: Cambodian authorities should immediately divulge the whereabouts of Wanchalearm Satsaksit, a prominent Thai activist who was forcibly disappeared in Phnom Penh on June 4, 2020, Human Rights Watch said. The United Nations Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances, the United States, and the European Parliament have called on the Cambodian government to urgently investigate Wanchalearm's disappearance. "The   more

NEW YORK, June 29 -- IEEE Transactions on Robotics, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features approaches from computer science, control systems, electrical engineering, mathematics and mechanical engineering from the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, published research articles on the following topics in its June 2020 edition: * C-CROC: Continuous and Convex Resolution of Centroidal Dynamic Trajectories for Legged Robots in Multicontact Scenarios * Efficient and Trustworthy Social Navi  more

ITHACA, New York, July 3 -- ILR Review, a journal that says it features globalization, capital and labor mobility, inequality, wage setting, unemployment, labor market dynamics, international migration, work organization and technology, human resource management and personnel economics, demographic and ethnic differences in labor markets, workplace conflicts, alternative forms of representation and labor regulation from the Cornell University, published research articles on the following topics   more

ITHACA, New York, June 29 -- Indonesia, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features study of Indonesia's culture, history, government, economy and society, published research articles on the following topics in its April 2020 edition: * After All: In Place of an Afterword * Audience * Censorship in Colonial Indonesia, 1901-1942 by Nobuto Yamamoto * Culture * Eating an Elephant: Culinary Nationalism and the Memory of the Senses * Gender * Haunting * Illiberal Democracy in Indonesia: Th  more

ITHACA, New York, July 3 -- Industrial and Labor Relations Review, a journal that says it features capital and labor mobility, inequality, wage setting, unemployment, labor market dynamics, international migration, work organization and technology, human resource management and personnel economics, workplace conflicts and labor regulation from the Cornell University's Industrial and Labor Relations School, published research articles on the following topics in its August 2020 edition: Special I  more

NEW YORK, July 4 -- The International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution issued the following news release: The International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR), a global non-profit organization that manages conflict to enable purpose, announced an updated version of its Diversity Commitment. The Commitment grew out of a challenge from CPR's Diversity in ADR Task Force to do more, and is just the latest example of CPR's demonstrated leadership in and commitment  more

NEW YORK, June 29 -- International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees issued the following statement: We in the IATSE know that you see us. Please know we are listening to you as you rightly demand equality, inclusion, diversity, fairness, opportunity and respect. The Preamble to the IATSE Constitution and Bylaws clearly states our purpose as a union: "To achieve, by organization and mutual endeavor, the improvement of the social and economic conditions of employees identified with the the  more

NEW YORK, July 2 -- The Open Society Justice Initiative issued the following news release on July 1: Yesterday, the search committee charged with narrowing down the candidates for the next International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor announced its shortlist of four candidates: Morris A. Anyah (Nigeria), Fergal Gaynor (Ireland), Susan Okalany (Uganda) and Richard Roy (Canada). The Open Society Justice Initiative welcomes this step, and congratulates the Committee on the Election of the Prosecut  more

NEW YORK, June 30 -- The International Rescue Committee issued the following statement: We are deeply shaken by reports of a release of a video showing an IRC Nigeria colleague in captivity. The colleague in the video is a humanitarian aid worker, dedicated to assisting children affected by conflict in Nigeria. We appeal to his captors to release him immediately and without condition. Aid workers must never be a target. The IRC is working to secure the safe return of our colleague to their fa  more

NEW YORK, June 29 -- The International Rescue Committee issued the following news release: Syrians who have already endured almost a decade of war and displacement are now facing unprecedented levels of hunger leaving millions of people acutely vulnerable to COVID-19, international agencies warned today ahead of a key annual conference on the crisis. COVID-19 restrictions, the collapse of the Syrian pound, and the displacement of millions of people have led to an unprecedented number of famili  more

NEW YORK, July 1 -- The International Swaps and Derivatives Association issued the following news release: ISDA has issued a request for quotations (RFQ) from qualified parties to provide a front-end user platform to support ISDA's new suite of digital documentation. The new online platform will be used to publish ISDA's first natively digital definitional booklet, the forthcoming 2020 Interest Rate Derivatives Definitions, as well as to digitally represent existing documents, such as the 2002  more

NEW YORK, June 30 -- The International Swaps and Derivatives Association issued the following news release on June 29: The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA), the Asia Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (ASIFMA), the Futures Industry Association (FIA) and the Global Foreign Exchange Division (GFXD) of the Global Financial Markets Association (GFMA) have published a set of recommendations to reform the European Union Benchmarks Regulation (BMR). The p  more

NEW YORK, July 2 -- The International Women's Health Coalition issued the following news release on July 1: The International Women's Health Coalition (IWHC) is honored to be selected as a leader of the Bodily Autonomy and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Action Coalition. Together with our fellow government, UN agency, and civil society partners, IWHC will use this platform to secure bodily autonomy for people worldwide and achieve reproductive justice. "We are humbled to be selected  more

NEW YORK, June 30 -- The International Women's Health Coalition issued the following news release on June 29: The International Women's Health Coalition (IWHC) is extremely disappointed by US Supreme Court ruling in the Agency for International Development v. Alliance for Open Society International case, a decision that upholds the application of the Anti-Prostitution Loyalty Oath (APLO). Passed in 2003 as part of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), this dangerous and cou  more

NEW YORK, July 3 -- Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America issued the following news release: Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) called on the Department of Defense to exercise improved transparency in the case of Army Spc. Vanessa Guillen, a soldier missing from Fort Hood in Texas for more than two months. The organization also calls on its allies in Congress to exercise aggressive oversight of the investigation as to what happened to Spc. Guillen and how the military failed to   more

NEW YORK, July 2 -- Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America issued the following news release: Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America published a response to the President's plan to end veteran suicides, the PREVENTS Task Force Roadmap. IAVA applauds the plan as necessary and ambitious, but calls for adjustments and active oversight to reach its ultimate goal of saving lives. "In my five years at IAVA I have seen time and time again well-intentioned legislators fall short in fully addressin  more

NEW YORK, July 3 -- The International Rescue Committee issued the following news release: With a 600 per cent rise in COVID-19 cases in Iraq through June, efforts must be re-doubled to slow the spread of the disease, warns the International Rescue Committee. With the number of confirmed cases standing at 53,708 on July 1 - up from 6,868 on June 1 - the Ministry of Health has announced that hospitals are almost at full capacity, and that schools and universities will be converted into isolation  more

NEW YORK, July 3 -- Vital Strategies issued the following news release: As countries around the world begin to lift COVID-19 public health and social measures (PHSMs) such as stay-at-home orders, many are experiencing a concerning rise in case counts and death. Leaving those measures in place, however, has serious social and economic consequences. A new online tool, Public Health and Social Measures Simulator, demonstrates how the timing of different combinations of PHSMs could affect disease s  more

NEW YORK, July 2 -- JDRF, a charitable 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to funding type 1 diabetes research, issued the following news release: One year ago, Lokai and JDRF joined together with the launch of the Diabetes Lokai bracelet. Infused with water from Mt Everest in the white bead and mud from the Dead Sea in the black bead, the periwinkle bracelet serves as a daily reminder for those living with and affected by diabetes to find their balance through life's highs and lows. Lokai and JDR  more

NEW YORK, July 2 -- JDRF, a charitable 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to funding type 1 diabetes research, issued the following news release on July 1: JDRF, the leading global organization funding type 1 diabetes (T1D) research, announced a victory for its Coverage2Control campaign. Thanks to a concerted effort that included mobilizing JDRF's grassroots network of T1D champions all across the nation, UnitedHealthcare (UHC), the nation's largest insurer, will now cover Tandem Diabetes' insuli  more

NEW ROCHELLE, New York, July 2 -- Journal of Palliative Medicine, a journal that says it reports clinical, educational, legal and ethical aspects of palliative care for patients in end of life or with intractable pain, focusing on improving quality of life, published research articles on the following topics in its July 2020 edition: Special Report: * Looking Back, and Ahead: A Call to Action for Increasing the Hospice and Palliative Medicine Specialty Pipeline Original Articles: * Health   more

GAINESVILLE, Florida, July 1 -- The Journal of the American Society of Nephrology published research articles, including the following topics, in its June 2020 edition: COVID-19: * Twice-Weekly Hemodialysis Is an Option for Many Patients in Times of Dialysis Unit Stress * Counterpoint: Twice-Weekly Hemodialysis Should Be an Approach of Last Resort Even in Times of Dialysis Unit Stress * COVID-19 and Calcineurin Inhibitors: Should They Get Left Out in the Storm? * The Immunocompromised Tran  more

NEW YORK, July 1 -- Lambda Legal issued the following news release on June 30: In a 5-4 judgment, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Louisiana law which required abortion service providers to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals. The Court affirmed its precedent in Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt, finding that the Louisiana law served only to make it harder for patients to access abortion services and was therefore unconstitutional. Lambda Legal joined LGBTQ advocacy organization  more

NEW YORK, July 2 -- LatinoJustice PRLDEF issued the following news: LatinoJustice joined by its pro bono law firm partner, Winston & Strawn, LLP, have sued the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD") to obtain documents and information regarding HUD's proposed rule, which will force undocumented parents of U.S. citizen children, who are mostly Latinx, to either separate from their families in order for the children to continue receiving rental assistance or move out the entire   more

RYE BROOK, New York, July 2 -- The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society issued the following news release: Seeking to ignite the next major breakthroughs to treat blood cancers, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS), The Mark Foundation, and The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group announced more than $6.75 million awarded to nine of the most exceptional scientists in the field. The innovative Blood Cancer Discoveries Grant Program is designed to encourage researchers with deep experience in the blood cance  more

BROOKLYN, New York, June 30 -- Downstate Medical Center issued the following statement: As we celebrate PRIDE Month, and as thousands across the nation continue the fight for a more equitable society, we remember the struggles to get here. Though many PRIDE Month celebratory activities have been postponed due to COVID-19 preventive measures, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University stands proudly with the LGBTQ+ community. We remain committed to diversity and inclusive excellence in the recrui  more

NEW YORK, June 30 -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund issued the following statement: Yesterday, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a trial court's decision on a case challenging how judges are elected in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, ruling against Black residents who sought an opportunity to elect a judge of their choice to the trial court bench. Advocates who represented the residents in Terrebonne Parish Branch NAACP, Et Al. V. Jindal, Et Al. released the following stat  more

NEW YORK, July 2 -- The National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners issued the following news release: The National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners strongly urges state policymakers, key education stakeholders and other pediatric advocates and decision-makers to prioritize policy planning to allow children to safely return to school in-person for the upcoming school year. Impacts of School Closures Beginning in March of 2020, children across the United States were abrup  more

NEW YORK, July 3 -- The National Audubon Society issued the following news: The National Audubon Society, represented by Democracy Forward, filed suit against the Trump administration to defend the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (CBRA) against Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt's unlawful 'Excavation Rule,' which allows taxpayer money to be used for dredging sand from protected coastal areas. The Excavation Rule violates the Administrative Procedure Act and the National Environmental Poli  more

NEW YORK, July 1 -- The National Audubon Society issued the following news: Audubon endorses the bipartisan Shovel-Ready Restoration Grants for Coastlines and Fisheries Act of 2020, introduced by Reps. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D-FL) and Don Young (R-AK), which will provide $3 billion in funding to support vital projects to protect and restore coastal ecosystems. "This legislation is a win-win-win for our coasts," said Karen Hyun, vice president for coastal conservation at the National Audubon S  more

NEW YORK, July 1 -- The National Audubon Society issued the following news on June 30: After months of delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis issued a sweeping report outlining how Congress can address threats caused by the climate crisis. "While responding quickly to climate change has always been critical, the urgency caused by the pandemic has only highlighted the need to rebuild better and cleaner," said Michael Obeiter, senior director for  more

NEW YORK, July 2 -- The National Audubon Society issued the following news: "Americans want economic growth with environmental and social benefits and this legislation checks all those boxes," said David Yarnold, president and CEO of the National Audubon Society. "This bill is a sign of our changing times: strengthening infrastructure is a no-brainer, but now so is the need for clean energy and understanding the impact on communities that are suffering the most from climate change. It's refresh  more

NEW YORK, June 30 -- The National Black Justice Coalition issued the following statement by Executive Director David J. Johns: Brayla Stone, a 17-year-old Black trans girl, was murdered in Sherwood, Arkansas near Little Rock on June 25. According to friends she enjoyed experimenting with music, some of which she uploaded to her personal YouTube channel. Her killer has yet to be identified and members of the media continue to deadname her--using the wrong pronouns and refusing to honor that Bray  more

NEW YORK, July 1 -- The National Center for Law and Economic Justice issued the following news: NCLEJ represents seven Black residents of Montgomery, AL who filed a class action lawsuit against the City and Judicial Correction Services, Inc. (JCS) to challenge an unlawful peonage and debtor's prison scheme. Under this system, the City forced people who couldn't afford to pay traffic tickets onto "probation" with JCS, a for-profit corporation. JCS provided no services but charged predatory month  more

NEW YORK, June 30 -- The National Institute for Reproductive Health issued the following news release on June 29: The U.S. Supreme Court announced its decision in June Medical Services v. Russo, declaring a Louisiana state law requiring physicians who provide abortion care to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of their clinic to be unconstitutional. Four years ago, in Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt, the Court ruled that an almost identical Texas admitting privilege law  more

NEW YORK, July 3 -- The National Kidney Foundation issued the following news release: Of the more than 37 million people affected by kidney diseases in the United States, a disproportionate number are of African American, Hispanic, Asian, and Native American descent. African Americans are three times more likely than Non-Hispanic Whites to experience kidney failure. Such disparities go beyond the high prevalence of kidney diseases and extend into differences in treatment modality, including acc  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 3 -- The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws issued the following news release: A pair of studies published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine report a small but significant uptick in motor vehicle crashes in certain jurisdictions following the enactment of adult-use retail marijuana sales. In one of the studies (https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2767643), investigators affiliated with Harvard University   more

NEW YORK, July 3 -- Nature Methods, a journal that says it features novel methods and improvements to tried-and-tested basic research techniques in life sciences, published research articles on the following topics in its July 2020 edition: Perspectives: * Macromolecular modeling and design in Rosetta: recent methods and frameworks Brief Communications: * Illumination guidelines for ultrafast pump-probe experiments by serial femtosecond crystallography * CRISPR-assisted detection of RNA-p  more

YONKERS, New York, June 30 -- Consumer Reports issued the following news release on June 29: Existing safety technologies could cut U.S. road deaths in half if they came standard on all new vehicles, according to a new Consumer Reports analysis (http://advocacy.consumerreports.org/research/cr-safety-first-car-crashes-innovation-federal-policy-study) and related fact sheets (https://advocacy.consumerreports.org/research/cr-fact-sheets-lives-saved-auto-safety-tech-all-new-cars). CR's study finds   more

NEW YORK, July 2 -- Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a campaign of Everytown for Gun Safety, issued the following news: Data from the Great Depression and the Great Recession suggest the economic fallout from the COVID-19 crisis could bring a 20 to 30 percent increase in firearm suicides in the U.S. this year, resulting in 20 additional gun suicides per day in 2020, according to a new analysis from Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund, an arm of Everytown for Gun Safety. Everytown  more

NEW YORK, July 3 -- The New York City Anti-Violence Project issued the following news release on July 2: On Monday, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the City's plan to end solitary confinement for those with serious medical conditions effective immediately, and an end to solitary confinement for all in New York City by October. During his announcement he acknowledged that Layleen Polanco should not have been in solitary confinement. This step is necessary but does not go nearly far   more

NEW YORK, July 1 -- The New York City Anti-Violence Project issued the following news release: This Sunday, June 28, 2020, protesters marching in the Queer Liberation March for Black Lives were attacked by police, who pushed them, beat them, and used pepper spray against them toward the end of the march in Washington Square Park. The New York City Anti-Violence Project strongly condemns this violence. Especially in light of all the actions taken over the past month, led by Black and brown New Y  more

NEW YORK, July 2 -- The New York City Anti-Violence Project issued the following news release: Defunding the Hate Violence Prevention Initiative and Cutting Social Services by 20% Without Cutting the NYPD Budget is a Disgrace. At the close of Pride month, amid protests against anti-Black police violence, an ongoing global pandemic, and a financial crisis; the New York City Council passed an austerity budget that cut essential funding from many progams serving LGBTQ Black and other people of co  more

LONG ISLAND CITY, New York, July 3 -- The New York City Leadership Academy issued the following news on July 2: Last month, NYC Leadership Academy participated in a two-part discussion as part of the Education Leadership for a Digital World webinar series hosted by Digital Promise and sponsored by the Wallace Foundation. The first session, "Principal Supervision and Distance Learning: What's the Right Approach?" featured Leadership Academy President and CEO Dr. Nancy B. Gutierrez with Meredith  more

NEW YORK, July 3 -- New York Civil Liberties Union issued the following statement on July 2 Executive Director Donna Lieberman: Revisions to New York's historic 2019 bail reform law will go into effect. As a result, over a dozen new charges will result in jail time for people who are unable to pay bail while continuing to allow release for those who are able to pay for it. * * * "Today New York officially expands the list of charges that allow a person to be incarcerated before trial, which w  more

NEW YORK, June 30 -- New York Civil Liberties Union issued the following statement by Executive Director Donna Lieberman: Mayor de Blasio and City Council Speaker Johnson reached a budget deal that purports to cut $1 billion from the NYPD's budget, but in reality only shuffles police officers into other agencies without reinvesting police dollars into impacted communities and vital services. The cosmetic changes in the proposed budget make no significant reductions in NYPD's headcount and betra  more

NEW YORK, July 2 -- The New York Immigration Coalition issued the following statement by Executive Director Steve Choi after the announcement of the budget deal: Mayor de Blasio and the New York City Council touted an FY 2021 New York City budget they claimed delivered the $1 billion cut to funding for the New York Police Department (NYPD) demanded by advocates. Nearly half of the cut relies on a budgetary sleight of hand. School safety officers, who are currently under the NYPD's auspices, wil  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Afterschool Alliance issued the following news release: The New York Life Foundation in partnership with the Afterschool Alliance announced $1.35 million in new grants to support middle school youth during the out-of-school time (OST) hours to 26 youth development organizations in Alabama, Arizona, California (6), Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Florida (3), Georgia (2), Idaho, Maryland, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York (2), Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Rhode Island, and  more

NEW YORK, July 3 -- NYU Langone Health, an academic medical center affiliated with New York University, issued the following news release: Some of America's favorite Independence Day fireworks emit lead, copper, and other toxins, a new study suggests. These metals, which are used to give fireworks their vibrant color, also damage human cells and animal lungs. Led by researchers at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, the study showed harmful levels of lead in 2 of 12 types of commercially availabl  more

NEW YORK, July 1 -- NYU Langone Health, an academic medical center affiliated with New York University, issued the following news release: Experiments in mice have shown early success in vaccinating them against potentially deadly bacterial infections, such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcal aureus, or MRSA, the strain resistant to most drug treatments. The new vaccination strategy, developed by researchers at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, targets toxic molecules released by all staphy  more

NEW YORK, July 2 -- PEN America issued the following news release: In a court filing overnight, PEN America--alongside the Reporters Committee for the Freedom of the Press and the Association of American Publishers--argues that a book to be published by President's Trump niece is of urgent public interest and should proceed without interference. The president's brother, Robert Trump, filed a lawsuit seeking to stop the book's author, Mary Trump, and its publisher, Simon & Schuster, from releas  more

NEW YORK, July 3 -- PEN America issued the following news release: Chilean authorities have brought a lawsuit against the feminist collective Las Tesis for allegedly inciting violence and hate against the country's national police force, arguing that a recent performance amounted to a direct attack against the police. In a statement, PEN America said the act was a blatant instance of state-sponsored censorship. "The accusations against Las Tesis constitute a clear attempt to restrict freedom o  more

NEW YORK, July 1 -- The Peter G. Peterson Foundation issued the following news release: As the coronavirus crisis continues to inflict significant damage to the health and economic well-being of the nation, and while lawmakers consider additional response measures, Americans' fiscal confidence fell to the lowest level since September 2014, according to the Peter G. Peterson Foundation's monthly Fiscal Confidence Index. The June Fiscal Confidence Index, modeled after the Consumer Confidence Inde  more

NEW YORK, July 1 -- Physicians for Reproductive Health issued the following statement on June 29 by Board Chair Kristyn Brandi: The Supreme Court of the United States ruled in June Medical Services v. Russo that a Louisiana law imposing medically unnecessary restrictions on providers of abortion care must be struck down. * * * "Today the Supreme Court of the United States did what it was obligated to do: uphold its past decisions affirming that we all deserve access to comprehensive reproduct  more

NEW YORK, June 30 -- The Education Trust-New York issued the following news release: With a new poll finding that New York parents are increasingly dissatisfied with distance learning and that families from low-income backgrounds and families of color report that they were not receiving the necessary support during school closures, The Education Trust-New York's analysis of school districts' instructional continuity plans reveals significant disparities and gaps in instructional access and supp  more

STONY BROOK, New York, July 3 -- Quarterly Review of Biology, a peer-reviewed journal in biology from Stony Brook University, published research articles, including the following topics, in its June 2020 edition: Article: * Validating the New Paradigm for Extinction: Overcoming 200 Years of Historical Neglect, Philosophical Misconception, and Inadequate Language New Biological Books: * W. F. Edwards on Phylogenetic Inference, Fisher's Theorem, and Race Reviews and Brief Notices: * An Al  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press issued the following news: On July 1, a New York appellate court vacated the restraining order against Simon & Schuster. The Reporters Committee is urging a New York state court to reject an unconstitutional attempt by President Trump's brother to block the publication and distribution of a book written by the president's niece. President Trump's brother, Robert S. Trump, is trying to stop the president's and Robert Trump  more

BUFFALO, New York, July 3 -- The Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center issued the following news release: A molecule on the surface of long-lived plasma cells (LLPCs) might not only provide longevity for these important blood cells, but it might be the key to fighting cancer and many viruses, a new study from Roswell Park Comprehensive Center suggests. A team led by Kelvin Lee, MD, Jacobs Family Chair in Immunology and Senior Vice President for Basic Science at the Buffalo-based cancer cent  more

BUFFALO, New York, July 1 -- The Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center issued the following news release: Patients who were unexpectedly hospitalized for dehydration, fever or other ailments while undergoing radiation treatment for head and neck cancers were at a higher risk for less favorable outcomes, a new study (https://sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Search/home/HomeWithPreLoad?PageType=JobDetails&partnerid=16018&siteid=5544&jobId=1518846#jobDetails=1518846_5544) from Roswell Park Comprehen  more

BUFFALO, New York, July 2 -- The Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center issued the following news release: Lung specialists at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center now have a tool for visualizing and reaching lung nodules through a minimally invasive approach, enabling earlier diagnosis of cancer, smaller biopsies and broader treatment options for patients. The Buffalo-based cancer center has become the first facility in New York State to implement Auris Health Inc.'s Monarch(TM) platform  more

NEW YORK, June 30 -- The Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S. issued the following statement on June 29: The Supreme Court of the United States struck down a restrictive Louisiana law, reaffirming the right to access abortion in June Medical Services v. Russo. Jennifer Driver, Vice President of Policy & Strategic Partnerships at SIECUS: Sex Ed for Social Change, released the following statement in response: * * * "Today's 5-4 decision is a critical win in affirming the rig  more

TAMPA, Florida, July 3 -- The Shriners Hospitals for Children issued the following news: The 4th of July Independence Day holiday is upon us, but this year celebrations will look very different. Many communities across the nation have canceled fireworks displays over restrictions on large gatherings due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Unfortunately, there is an alarming trend this year of amateurs setting off fireworks themselves from backyards and parks, at great risk to the public. Just this morni  more

NEW YORK, July 2 -- The National Institute for Reproductive Health issued the following news release on July 1: Last year, New York City became the first city in the country to fund abortion care, dedicating $250,000 to the New York Abortion Access Fund (NYAAF) to help people cover the cost of abortion care. In the budget passed late Tuesday night, New York City renewed that critical funding, but failed to honor community calls to defund the NYPD and preserve funding for safety net services so   more

BROOKLYN, New York, July 2 -- Downstate Medical Center issued the following news release: Hispanic adults vary widely in their reported trust of health information sources, suggesting that information tailored to specific ethnic subgroups and targeted by age group may be beneficial, according to results of a study by SUNY Downstate Assistant Professor Marlene Camacho-Rivera, MS, MPH, ScD. The study is highlighted in the July 2020 issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal   more

NEW YORK, July 1 -- The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project issued the following news release: The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.), a New York-based privacy group, and a national coalition of 18 civil rights and community-based organizations sent a letter calling on Microsoft to end its surveillance partnership with the NYPD on the Domain Awareness System (DAS). The DAS is the NYPD's intelligence command center, integrating data from tens of thousands of cameras, dron  more

NEW YORK, June 30 -- The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project issued the following news release: The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.), a New York-based privacy group, condemned reports that the data company Mobilewalla used cellphone information to track almost 17,000 attendees at Black Lives Matter protests, renewing its calls for passage of a New York State ban on location tracking. Reporting from Buzzfeed News found Mobilewalla used cellphone location data to track p  more

NEW YORK, July 2 -- The Counter Extremism Project issued the following news release: Iconic consumer brands have begun pledging to temporarily or indefinitely halt advertisements on Facebook due to its consistent mishandling of extremist content, hateful rhetoric, and divisive information on its site. The boycott by more than 100 leading advertisers reflects ongoing frustration over Facebook's ineffective content moderation processes, allowing advertisements to run adjacent to questionable cont  more

NEW YORK, June 30 -- The New York Public Library issued the following news release: The New York Public Library's beloved marble lions Patience and Fortitude are wearing their own lion-sized masks to set an example and remind New Yorkers to stay safe and follow expert guidelines to combat the spread of COVID-19. The two lion sculptures--who have stood strong in the face of countless historic moments while guarding the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building on Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street--received the  more

NEW YORK, July 3 -- TIAA, a provider of financial services in the academic, research, medical, cultural and governmental fields, issued the following news release on June 30: TIAA announced new virtual programs designed to raise awareness of racial injustice and support communities in need as a part of the company's recently launched "Be the Change" initiative. One is TIAA's "Race Against Racism," an effort in support of The Innocence Project which included more than 1,000 associates' particip  more

NEW YORK, July 1 -- Physician for Human Rights issued the following statement by Michele Heisler, medical director and professor of internal medicine and public health at the University of Michigan: The first case of COVID-19 was confirmed at the Matamoros migrant encampment along the Mexico-U.S. border, where more than 2,000 asylum seekers wait for U.S. immigration court hearings while stuck in squalid conditions. * * * "The tragic confirmation of the first positive COVID-19 case at the Mata  more

NEW YORK, July 2 -- The Environmental Defense Fund issued the following news release on July 1: EDF joined other health and environmental organization, conservation advocates, and scientists at a virtual hearing to oppose the Trump EPA's efforts to distort cost-benefit assessments for vital public health and environmental rules. EPA proposed the change just last month. It "could skew analyses of everything from health-based air quality standards, to emission standards for vehicles and large i  more

NEW YORK, July 3 -- The U.S. Council for International Business issued the following statement on July 1 on U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement entry into force: The U.S. Council for International Business (USCIB), which represents many of America's leading global companies, welcomes today's entry into force of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) trade agreement, preserving and deepening the economic ties in North America and bolstering the global competitiveness of our companies and wor  more

NEW YORK, July 2 -- The International Rescue Committee issued the following news release: The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to a federal judge's ruling that children of asylum-seekers in detention centers must be released by July 17, 2020 due to the outbreak of coronavirus in these facilities, but leaves the door open for the Administration to effectively separate families by releasing children to sponsors or transfer them to state custody while parents remain detained or are de  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- The Young Invincibles, a non-profit, issued the following news release on July 1: New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and the City Council reached an agreement on the city's $88-billion budget for Fiscal Year 2021. Marissa Munoz, Northeast Regional Director for Young Invincibles, released the following statement on the FY21 budget and its impact on young New Yorkers: "Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, Black and Brown New Yorkers -- including our city's young people -- ex  more