DOVER, New Hampshire, Aug. 3 -- The 350.org issued the following news release: In the past few weeks, several pipelines across the country have been denied or ordered to shut down, from the Dakota Access pipeline to the proposed Williams pipeline in New York. Yesterday, 350 New Hampshire staff and volunteers are excited to hear that the Granite Bridge fracked gas pipeline and tank will not be built through our Southern New Hampshire community. "I am thankful that there won't be fracked methane  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 8 -- Access Now issued the following news release: Unilateral decrees by the Trump Administration banning transactions between U.S. persons and businesses and the firms running WeChat and TikTok would deprive millions of people of information and communication tools during a global pandemic, restrict human rights groups from reaching at-risk communities, and suppress free expression just before the U.S. general election. On Thursday, August 6th, U.S. President Donald Trump issue  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 7 -- 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 Aug. 6: The American Civil Liberties Union filed a public records request today under the Freedom of Information Act to obtain documents related to the executions of Daniel Lee, Wesley Purkey, and Dustin Honken that took place at the Federal Correctional Complex  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 6 -- 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 Aug. 5: The American Civil Liberties Union today launched The Redemption Campaign - Embracing Clemency, a first of its kind nationwide effort to release 50,000 people from state prisons over the next five years by executing state-level campaigns that push govern  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 4 -- ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features design, development, assessment and management of information technology and systems within organizations, businesses and societies from the Association for Computing Machinery, published research articles on the following topics in its August 2020 edition: Regular Articles: * Utility-Driven Mining of Trend Information for Intelligent System * Cashless Payment Policy and Its E  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 7 -- Action Against Hunger issued the following news release on Aug. 6: Action Against Hunger, the world's nonprofit hunger specialist, today warned of a growing hunger crisis in Ethiopia. Newly released data reveals that nearly one in four South Sudanese refugee children who recently arrived in Gambella suffer from life-threatening malnutrition. COVID-19 cases in the country have more than tripled in the past month, complicating hunger relief efforts. Action Against Hunger cond  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 8 -- Action Against Hunger issued the following news release: After the devastating explosion in the port of Beirut, Lebanon, on August 4, Action Against Hunger warns of that the severe impacts of this disaster will only add to those caused by COVID-19 and the country's ongoing economic crisis. Poverty in Lebanon is growing and prices for basic goods have increased, exacerbating the needs of the population, including large numbers of refugees. Increased transmission of COVID-19   more

THOUSAND OAKS, California, Aug. 6 -- Administration and Society, a journal that says it seeks to further the understanding of public and human service organizations, their administrative processes and effect on society, published research articles on the following topics in its October 2020 edition: Articles: * The "Trilemma" of Public Bodies: Bureaucratic Structures Versus Agencies Under Policy Conditionality * Dealing With Questions of Responsiveness in a Low-Discretion Context: Offers of   more

NEW YORK, Aug. 7 -- The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies issued the following news release: African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) expresses deep concern over the deterioration of security in Sudan, specifically in the Dafur region where several militia attacks and tribal clashes have left hundreds dead and several injured. ACJPS has documented another incident of tribal clash in West Darfur that has left sixty one people dead and fifty two injured, including five mino  more

NEW ROCHELLE, New York, Aug. 7 -- AIDS Patient Care and STDs, a peer-reviewed journal that says it covers diagnostics and therapeutics care for HIV/AIDS patients, published research articles on the following topics in its August 2020 edition: Clinical and Epidemiologic Research: * A Case Series of Five People Living with HIV Hospitalized with COVID-19 in Chicago, Illinois Behavioral and Psychosocial Research: * High Awareness, Yet Low Uptake, of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Among Adolescent Gi  more

NEW ROCHELLE, New York, Aug. 8 -- 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 on the following topics in its August 2020 edition: Clinical Trials/Clinical Studies: * Effects of Depot Medroxyprogesterone Acetate, Copper Intrauterine Devices, and Levonorgestrel Implants on Early HIV Disease Progression * Endogenous Hormones and Antiretroviral Exposure in Plasma,  more

ALBANY, New York, Aug. 6 -- Albany Medical College issued the following news: Albany Medical College welcomes its Class of 2024 this week. Drawn from more than 11,000 applicants, the Class of 2024 comes from 23 states, including 54 students from New York. This year's class ranges in age from 21-36. Thirty-seven of the new students graduated from one of Albany Medical College's joint degree programs at Siena College, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Union College. Four students comprise the  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 6 -- The Alliance Defending Freedom issued the following news release: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit issued an order Wednesday that halts Vermont's discrimination against children based on the religious status of the high schools they attend. Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys represent two students, their parents, and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington in the case, A.M. v. French, which challenged the discrimination in the state's Dual Enrollment Program.  more

ALBANY, New York, Aug. 8 -- The Alliance for Quality Education issued the following statement: * * * In response to Governor Cuomo's announcement allowing New York State school districts to reopen in the fall if the COVID-19 infection rate remains low, the public education advocacy organization Alliance for Quality Education released the following statement: "The lack of leadership from state leaders and failure to provide adequate resources to schools at this time has forced an impossible de  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 8 -- 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), is accepting nominations from interested persons to serve on its Personnel Certification Accreditation Committee (PCAC). Nominations must be received by Monday, August 31st, and are for three-year terms beginning January 1, 2021. The PCAC Nominations Committee seeks national   more

NEW YORK, Aug. 8 -- The American National Standards Institute issued the following news release: People on the Move highlights the career advancements of high-level trailblazers working professionally in diverse areas of standardization, contributing every day to the strength and success of the U.S. standards and conformance community. The Electronic Components Industry Association (ECIA), a member and accredited standards developer of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), has anno  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 4 -- The American National Standards Institute issued the following news release: The global COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed the way we live, from how people check in at work remotely, to the way we interact and celebrate with family and friends--all with the support of the information and communications technology. The ICT systems that allow us to connect with communities, companies, and even crucial first responders starts with the foundation of standardization. The  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 4 -- Nature Genetics, a journal that encompasses genetic and functional genomic studies on human and plant traits and on other model organisms, published research articles, including the following topics, in its August 2020 edition: Perspectives: * Characterizing the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of cancer Articles: * Genomic analyses implicate noncoding de novo variants in congenital heart disease * The DNA methylation landscape of advanced prostate cancer * Prostate  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- The National Audubon Society issued the following news on Aug. 6: A broad coalition of justice and environmental groups sued the Trump administration today over its regulations that would gut environmental reviews and silence community input. The rules from the Council on Environmental Quality would eliminate environmental reviews for many projects, curtail the harmful impacts that are considered when reviews do take place, and hinder public participation. The parties fil  more

BASEL, Switzerland, July 27 -- Biology, a peer-reviewed open access journal of biological sciences, published research articles, including the following topics, in its June 2020 edition: Reviews: * Mass Spectrometry to Study Chromatin Compaction * The Role of Mitochondria in Cardiovascular Diseases Articles: * Spectral Distribution of Ultra-Weak Photon Emission as a Response to Wounding in Plants: An In Vivo Study * Kinematic Sub-Populations in Bull Spermatozoa: A Comparison of Classical a  more

ITHACA, New York, Aug. 4 -- Boyce Thompson Institute issued the following news: By Emily Humphreys administrator RNA perform a variety of functions in cells, helping with everything from regulating genes to building proteins. In recent years, it has become clear that chemical modifications to RNA help guide these functions, but only a handful of these modifications have been identified in plants. On July 24, Andrew Nelson, a faculty member at the Boyce Thompson Institute, and collaborators re  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence issued the following news release on Aug. 6: Today, Brady applauds New York Attorney General Letitia James' announcement that she has filed a complaint in the Supreme Court of New York that includes 18 causes of action against the National Rifle Association (NRA) and four of its senior officers, current and former, for fraud, malfeasance, false filings and abuse of the NRA's tax-exempt status, among other charges. AG James' action  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 4 -- Brain and Behavior Research Foundation issued the following news release on Aug. 3: The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation today announced the six winners of its 2020 Klerman and Freedman Prizes, recognizing exceptional clinical and basic research in mental illness. The prizes are awarded annually to honor outstanding scientists working to advance the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric illness. This year's awardees are conducting research impacting schizoph  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 8 -- BritishAmerican Business issued the following statement by CEO Duncan Edwards: Approaching five months since the majority of BAB's members shifted to remote working for most of their office-based people it has been remarkable how the business world has adapted to such a dramatic shift in working behavior. The internet connectivity and the software tools that are used generally and specifically by different industries have been extraordinarily resilient in the face of the kin  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 6 -- Cancer Research Institute issued the following news: The Cancer Research Institute (CRI), a U.S. nonprofit organization dedicated to the discovery and development of powerful immunotherapies for all cancers, awarded more than $30.2 million in research grants and fellowships in the 2020 fiscal year ending June 30, 2020. In total, CRI gave 94 awards that will advance cancer immunology research at 56 institutions in 8 countries. This also includes an unprecedented six-month ext  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 5 -- The Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following news release on Aug. 4: Today,the Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court's October 2019 decision granting a preliminary injunction against the Trump administration's domestic "public charge" immigration rule. That rule, which permits the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to label immigrants as future "public charges" on the basis of expected future use of cash or non-cash benefits such as food  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 7 -- The Center for Economic and Social Rights issued the following news release on Aug. 6: COVID-19 continues to spread around the world, making particularly worrying inroads into Global South countries such as India, Brazil and South Africa. As the longevity of the pandemic is becoming clearer, lockdowns in many places are being relaxed and debates are quickly moving on to how we "reopen" our economies. It's becoming apparent that we'll have to continue to live with the virus u  more

AMHERST, New York, Aug. 7 -- The Center for Inquiry issued the following news release: American public schools are facing unprecedented challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, but opponents of public education, led by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, seek to use the crisis to funnel taxpayer dollars to unaccountable private religious schools. A coalition of the country's largest freethought organizations is urging Congress not to sacrifice public education for the benefit of sectarian schools,  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 8 -- The Center for Reproductive Rights issued the following news release on Aug. 7: The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today in a challenge to various Arkansas laws designed to push abortion care out of reach, reversing the lower court's decision to block the laws, and sending the case back to the lower court for further proceedings in light of the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in June Medical Services v. Russo. Today's decision lifts the lower court's preliminary  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 4 -- The Partnership for Drug-Free Kids issued the following news release: Partnership to End Addiction is proud to partner with the Mobilize Recovery initiative this year. We will present a track of content designed specifically for families and family service organizations with the Voices Project & Recovery Advocacy Project at the upcoming Mobilize Recovery Conference taking place digitally from August 18-20. This marks the first time family voices will be incorporated into th  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 6 -- The Clearing House issued the following news release on Aug. 5: Bankers' Bank, a correspondent bank that specializes in providing banking products to community banks, is now live with its Funding Agent solution and is providing funding and liquidity management services for IncredibleBank on the RTP(R) network developed by The Clearing House. Understanding the funding and liquidity management needs of community banks, Bankers' Bank partnered with CGI, a global end-to-end IT   more

NEW YORK, Aug. 8 -- The William J. Clinton Foundation issued the following news release on Aug. 7: Today, the Clinton Foundation announced the recipients of the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) COVID-19 Student Action Fund, providing $100,000 to student projects to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The Student Action Fund is funded by Founding Partner, Kevin Xu, and the colleges and universities that comprise the CGI University Network. Working within the CGI U Commitment to Action mode  more

COLD SPRING HARBOR, New York, Aug. 8 -- The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory issued the following news: Students who complete their degrees at the School of Biological Sciences pursue diverse careers. The hallmark of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory's (CSHL) graduate program is its innovative approach to advanced education in the biological sciences. This May, seven students were awarded Ph.D. degrees. Here, they reflect on how their time at the Lab prepared them for the future. Emilis Bruzas I acc  more

COLD SPRING HARBOR, New York, Aug. 7 -- The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory issued the following news: Neuroscientist Lucas Cheadle joins the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) faculty as an assistant professor. His research focus is on how sensory experience and the environment shape the developing brain. The brain has always fascinated Cheadle, even as a child. "My mom really loves to tell the story that my first word was 'eye'. I was just sitting on her lap, looking at her face and I couldn  more

COLD SPRING HARBOR, New York, Aug. 4 -- The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory issued the following news: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) Professor and HHMI Investigator Rob Martienssen has been named the 2020 Royal Society Darwin Medal winner. Martienssen was chosen because of his groundbreaking work in the field of genetics, specifically for his contributions in defining the role of RNA interference (RNAi) in silencing genes and stabilizing the genome across generations. Though modifications   more

NEW YORK, Aug. 5 -- The Committee to Protect Journalists issued the following news on Aug. 4: Benin's media regulator should lift its ban on unauthorized online media and refrain from censoring news websites, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. On July 7, Remi Prosper Moretti, the president of Benin's High Authority for Broadcasting and Communication (HAAC), the country's media regulator, issued an order demanding that all online media outlets "without authorization" cease publica  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 4 -- The Committee to Protect Journalists issued the following news on Aug. 3: Authorities in Guinea Bissau should investigate the vandalism of broadcaster Radio Capital FM and hold those responsible to account, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. In the early morning of July 26, unidentified armed men in uniforms of Guinea Bissau's national guard smashed equipment and other property at the office of the privately owned Radio Capital FM station in Bissau, the capita  more

YONKERS, New York, Aug. 6 -- Consumer Reports issued the following news release on Aug. 5: Eight years after Consumer Reports first called attention to the dangerous presence of inorganic arsenic in infant rice cereals, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued guidance today to limit the amount of arsenic allowed in such products. CR applauded the FDA for taking action and reiterated its concern that limits are still needed on arsenic in other rice-based products and on heavy metals in baby  more

YONKERS, New York, Aug. 7 -- Consumer Reports issued the following news release on Aug. 6: Consumer Reports called on state lawmakers today to support Governor Gavin Newsom's proposal to create a more effective financial watchdog for consumers at a joint hearing of the Assembly Budget and Banking Committees today. Suzanne Martindale, senior policy counsel and western states legislative manager for Consumer Reports, testified that stronger state oversight is urgently needed as millions of Califo  more

YONKERS, New York, Aug. 5 -- Consumer Reports issued the following news release on Aug. 4: A proposal by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau requiring debt collectors to use a model disclosure notice for time-barred debt fails to protect consumers from unfair, deceptive and abusive collection practices, according to Consumer Reports. Instead, CR is calling on the CFPB in a letter today to prohibit debt collectors from going after debt once the statute of limitation has expired. "Time-barr  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 5 -- 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, ISIS released a new video through the group's Al Hayat Media Center on multiple websites and platforms calling for attacks using vehicles, knives, and by committing arson. Additionally, former members of the Atomwaffen Divisi  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 4 -- The International Rescue Committee issued the following news release: As Coronavirus cases continue to surge across the United States, the International Rescue Committee raises the alarm on the public health risk posed by ongoing ICE detention of tens of thousands of people in the United States being held in unsanitary conditions - amidst suspect and potentially "superspreading" levels of COVID infection in ICE detention centers. ICE currently reports 3,917 cases of COVID-1  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 6 -- Democrats for Education Reform issued the following statement on Aug. 5 by National President Shavar Jeffries: * * * Democrats for Education Reform (DFER) National President Shavar Jeffries released the below statement in response to today's vote by the Democratic National Committee (DNC) to adopt the 2020 Platform recommendations. "At DFER, we are committed to the election of Vice President Joe Biden as the 46th President of the United States. We also share in the Democra  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Earthworks issued the following statement on Aug. 3 by Policy Analyst Melissa Troutman: Today, Governor Cuomo signed S.3392 (May)/A.2655 (Englebright) into law, closing a hazardous waste loophole that has allowed over 640,000 tons of waste from fracking sites in Pennsylvania to be poorly disposed of in the state. New York has become first in the US to ensure that oil and gas waste that meets the definition of "hazardous" is regulated as such. Efforts are underway in Pennsy  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Aug. 6 -- Environment Georgia Research and Policy Center issued the following news release: Atlanta has doubled its solar capacity in the last five years and is climbing in the rankings while Athens trails New York City for solar per capita. Results come from the seventh edition of Shining Cities:The Top U.S. Cities for Solar, a new report released today by Environment Georgia Research & Policy Center. It is the most comprehensive survey available of installed solar capacity i  more

ALBANY, New York, Aug. 4 -- Environmental Advocates of New York issued the following statement on Aug. 3 by Maureen Cunningham, senior director for clean water: Today, Governor Cuomo signed A.2655/S.3392, which closes the hazardous waste loophole, a loophole that allows hydrofracking waste to escape the definition of hazardous, leading to it being disposed of improperly. * * * "New York has led the nation in banning fracking, and we are grateful to Governor Andrew Cuomo for ensuring that frac  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 7 -- The Environmental Defense Fund issued the following statement by Elizabeth Gore, senior vice president for political affairs: * * * "Systemic racism and environmental injustice in this country has meant that power plants, incinerators, factories and other toxic facilities are often built next to Black and brown communities, leaving these communities to bear the brunt of air pollution and toxic exposure. EDF is proud to support the Climate Equity Act, a powerful piece of leg  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 5 -- The Environmental Defense Fund issued the following news release: A new poll from Morning Consult, commissioned by Environmental Defense Fund, reveals that in the midst of hurricane season, more than 65% of Americans think addressing climate change is an important priority for the nation. It found support for action is strong regardless of party or education level. The survey also showed increased concern about the impact of hurricanes amidst the COVID pandemic, which has c  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 7 -- The Episcopal Relief and Development issued the following news release: On July 16, 2020, Episcopal Relief & Development received notification of a security incident that took place at Blackbaud, a provider of customer relationship management systems for nonprofit organizations. We use Blackbaud's Raiser's Edge software to manage our donor database and data files. Blackbaud informed us that it had identified and interrupted a ransomware attack; however, prior to the attempt  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 5 -- The Episcopal Relief and Development issued the following news release: Episcopal Relief & Development is supporting Episcopal dioceses and partners on the eastern coast of the United States as they prepare to respond to Tropical Storm Isaias. The organization's US Disaster Program is conducting coordination calls with bishops and church leaders from dioceses in Florida, Southeast Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, East Carolina, Virginia, Easton, Delaware, N  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 7 -- The Episcopal Relief and Development issued the following news release: Episcopal Relief & Development, in collaboration with the Anglican Alliance, is in discussion to accompany the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem & the Middle East to provide humanitarian assistance in response to the explosion in Beirut, Lebanon. On Tuesday, August 4, 2020, an explosion rocked Beirut, injuring over 5,000 people and killing at least 137. More than 300,000 people have been displaced from the  more

MANHATTAN, New York, Aug. 6 -- Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a campaign of Everytown for Gun Safety, issued the following news: As you plan future coverage of gun violence in cities and how to prevent it, I wanted to flag a new piece that highlights systemic causes of gun violence and lays out a three-pronged approach to making cities safer. Rather that a law enforcement "surge" like the Trump administration has deployed, what cities need is a strategy that addresses root causes  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 4 -- Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a campaign of Everytown for Gun Safety, issued the following news on Aug. 1: Today, 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 3.6 million background checks were conducted in July 2020 -- 79 percent more than in July 2019. That translates to an estimated 1.9 million guns sold, an increase of 13  more

MANHASSET, New York, Aug. 7 -- Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research issued the following news on Aug. 6: The first sizeable, systematic testing of American health care workers' serology shows that Northwell Health, the largest health system in New York, kept its staff safe during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. This data, published today in The Journal of Medical Association (JAMA), demonstrates that health care providers knew when they were infected, and that should info  more

MANHASSET, New York, Aug. 4 -- Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research issued the following news on Aug. 3: Approximately 2.7 million grandparents in the United States are raising their grandchildren, and yet little is known about the characteristics and challenges many of these households face. New research from the Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics at Northwell Health's Cohen Children's Medical Center and the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research sheds new insight into  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Aug. 5 -- The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy issued the following news: Ford School professor Sue Dynarski writes in a column for The New York Times that with coronavirus cases spiking in dozens of states, the prospect of anything resembling a normal school year is fading fast. Schools can't safely reopen if infections are exploding in the communities they serve. She says the broad consensus among experts on back-to-school priorities is that in regions where the pa  more

ALBANY, New York, Aug. 3 -- Northwell Health issued the following news on July 30: Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that New York State and Northwell Health will deploy at least 30 health care personnel to Utah to support Intermountain Healthcare - the state's largest health care provider. Intermountain Healthcare previously sent dozens of health care workers to New York to support Northwell and other hospitals. New York State will provide PPE and equipment as needed, and the first gro  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 6 -- The Animal Welfare Institute issued the following news release: The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has suspended its certification of the Gulf of Maine lobster fishery after determining that the fishery was potentially jeopardizing the survival of the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale. Last week's decision comes following an increase in North Atlantic right whale deaths and serious injuries caused by entanglement in fishing gear. In April, a federal judge f  more

GARRISON, New York, Aug. 8 -- Hastings Center Report, a journal that says it explores ethical, legal, social issues in medicine, health care, public health and life sciences from the Hastings Center, published research articles on the following topics in its May/June 2020 edition: Brief reflections on lessons and questions posed by Covid-19 for health, medicine, and bioethics: * The Future of Bioethics: It Shouldn't Take a Pandemic * Interdependent Citizens: The Ethics of Care in Pandemic Re  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 6 -- The Hispanic Federation issued the following statement on Aug. 5 by President Frankie Miranda: * * * Hispanic Federation, which is conducting a robust Census participation campaign, reaching more than one million people in Latino and immigrant communities across the nation, strongly opposes the U.S. Census Bureau's plans to end data collection for the 2020 Decennial Census on September 30, a month earlier than previously announced. The following is a statement by Hispanic   more

NEW YORK, Aug. 6 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release on Aug. 5: The Supreme Court's August 3, 2020 decision to order the pretrial house arrest of former president and senator Alvaro Uribe is a critical test for the rule of law in Colombia, Human Rights Watch said today. The administration of President Ivan Duque and other members of the Uribe-led governing party, the Democratic Center, should respect the decision and the court's independence. The Investigation Chamber of th  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 4 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release: Indian authorities continue to impose harsh and discriminatory restrictions on Muslim-majority areas in Jammu and Kashmir, one year after the revocation of the state's constitutional status on August 5, 2019, Human Rights Watch said today. The government's unwarranted restraints on the rights to free speech, access to information, health care, and education have been intensified by the Covid-19 pandemic. On August 3, 2020  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 6 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release on Aug. 5: Pakistani authorities should follow up a recent Supreme Court decision and cease using the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to detain critics of the government, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities should investigate and prosecute NAB officials responsible for unlawful arrests and other abuses. On July 20, 2020, Pakistan's Supreme Court, in an 87-page decision, ruled that the National Accountabili  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 8 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release: The Sri Lankan government of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is waging a campaign of fear and intimidation against human rights activists, journalists, lawyers, and others challenging government policy, Human Rights Watch said today. The crackdown on dissent under the Rajapaksa administration has intensified in recent months, facilitated by the government's highly militarized response to the Covid-19 pandemic, and has includ  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 8 -- IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, a peer-reviewed journal from the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, published research articles, including the following topics, in its October 2020 edition: * Boosting Deep Open World Recognition by Clustering * Disturbance-Aware Trajectory Planning Scheme Based on Model Predictive Control * Evaluation of the Response Characteristics of On-Chip Gel Actuators for Various Single Cell Manipulations * Gaussian Process Online Learning   more

NEW YORK, Aug. 3 -- The International Trademark Association issued the following news release on July 30: In the era of social distancing caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Trademark Association (INTA) has adapted its Unreal Campaign education program for students. The campaign has gone virtual--to teach young consumers about the dangers of purchasing counterfeit products while also providing schools with valuable content for their students during this time of remote learning.   more

NEW YORK, Aug. 7 -- Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America issued the following news release: Last night Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) celebrated passage by the Senate, the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act, which makes critical reforms in how America confronts the veteran suicide crisis. It is estimated that more than 20 veterans die by suicide every day in the United States. Of those, 14 are not under the care of the Department of Vet  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 6 -- Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America issued the following news release: Today Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) celebrated passage by the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee (SVAC) the Deborah Sampson Act (S. 514), the centerpiece of IAVA's ground-breaking #SheWhoBorneTheBattle campaign launched in 2017 to fill gaps in care for women veterans. "IAVA commends the Committee for its bipartisan action today in support of this important legislation, sponsored by   more

NEW YORK, Aug. 4 -- Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a campaign of Everytown for Gun Safety, issued the following news on Aug. 3: Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund ("Everytown for Gun Safety") today announced that Jill Biden will deliver a keynote address to thousands of survivors, students and volunteer leaders with Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action during the organization's annual Gun Sense University from August 7-9, 2020. A livestream of Dr. Biden's address at Gun  more

NEW ROCHELLE, New York, Aug. 8 -- The Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology, a peer-reviewed journal that says it focuses on clinical care and strategies for long-term management of cancer in patients aged 15-39, published research articles on the following topics in its August 2020 edition: Original Articles: * Exploration of Decisional Control Preferences in Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer and Other Complex Medical Conditions * Educational Intervention to Address Infertil  more

NEW ROCHELLE, New York, Aug. 7 -- The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, a peer-reviewed journal that provides scientific research for the evaluation and integration of complementary and alternative medicine into mainstream medical practice, published research articles on the following topics in its August 2020 edition: Reviews: * Effects of Mindfulness-Based Intervention on the Treatment of Problematic Eating Behaviors: A Systematic Review * The Effects of Lavender Essential  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 3 -- The Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, a journal that says it features application of mechanical engineering principles on the improvement of human health from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, published research articles on the following topics in its August 2020 edition: Research Papers: * Anisotropic Diffusivity Tensor in Articular Cartilage: Effective Medium Approach * Stress-Swelling Finite Element Modeling of Cervical Response With Homeostatic Collagen  more

NEW ROCHELLE, New York, Aug. 7 -- The Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features clinical and biological aspects of treating this patient population with psychotropic medications, published research articles on the following topics in its July 2020 edition: Original Articles: * The Association with Quantitative Response to Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Medication of the Previously Identified Neurodevelopmental Network Genes * A  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 5 -- The Journal of Law and Business, a journal from the New York University School of Law, published research articles, including the following topics, in its Summer 2020 edition: ARTICLES: * The Proxy War Against Proxy Advisors * Waiving Good Faith: A Natural Language Processing Approach The Summer 2020 edition of the Journal of Law & Business can be viewed at https://www.nyujlb.org/latest-issue-16-3. [Category: Law/Legal]  more

SYDNEY, Australia, Aug. 5 -- The Journal of Smoking Cessation, a journal that says it features treatment of smoking cessation from the Australian Association of Smoking Cessation Professionals and Association for the the Treatment of Tobacco Use and Defendence, published research articles, including the following topics, in its September 2020 edition: Original Articles: * An integrated behavioural intervention combined with varenicline for heavy-drinking smokers: a randomized pilot study * A   more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Aug. 4 -- The Latin American Studies Association issued the following news: LASA is pleased to announce Carmen Martinez Novo as new editor of its academic journal Latin American Research Review (LARR) from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2025. The first edition to appear under her leadership as editor-in-charge will be volume 56, no. 1 (2021). Martinez Novo has studied history and geography in the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid and holds a PhD in anthropology from The  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 4 -- The Lymphoma Research Foundation issued the following statement by CEO Meghan Gutierrez: * * * On July 31, 2020 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it has approved tafasitamab-cxix (MONJUVI, MorphoSys US Inc.), a CD19-directed cytolytic antibody, in combination with lenalidomide (REVLIMID) for adult patients with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), not otherwise specified, including DLBCL arising from low grade lymphoma, and who a  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 6 -- The Manhattan Institute for Policy Research issued the following news release: With the increase in layoffs sparked by the Covid-19 economic crisis, jobless Americans are scrambling to replace the health insurance that their previous employers once provided--a dynamic which draws further attention to problems that persist even ten years into the Affordable Care Act: employer-sponsored health insurance is not crisis-proof, and the individual market remains inflexible and unaf  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 6 -- The Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres issued the following news: Immediately after a massive explosion rocked Beirut, Lebanon, yesterday, some Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) staff who were already working in the city went to health facilities to see how they could assist medics responding to the emergency. MSF is organizing a donation of wound kits to one of the facilities treating people injured by the blast. We are also evaluating w  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Aug. 4 -- The Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation issued the following news release: Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation (MAAF) has announced 39 grants through its 2020-2021 ArtsCONNECT touring program. The grants, awarded directly to the presenting organizations, will provide $240,000 in support of tours by nine performing artists and ensembles at 31 different performing arts presenters in the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. Supported pr  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 4 -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund issued the following news release on Aug. 30: Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and law firm Covington & Burling, LLP filed a federal lawsuit challenging Louisiana's failure to ensure all eligible voters can vote safely in the upcoming elections amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The lawsuit challenges both Louisiana's restrictions on the use of absentee mail-in ballots and its reduction of the ear  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 8 -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund issued the following news release: On July 29, members of Congress introduced the Counseling Not Criminalization in Schools Act, which prohibits the use of federal funds to hire, train, or retain law enforcement officers at the nation's preK-12 schools. The bill also creates a $2.5 billion grant program to school districts that want to replace school police with school staff such as counselors, nurses, psychologists, and personne  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 7 -- The National Association of City Transportation Officials issued the following news release on Aug. 6: The Global Designing Cities Initiative (GDCI), a program of the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO), today launched Designing Streets for Kids--a supplement to NACTO-GDCI's Global Street Design Guide (GSDG), which set a new global baseline for designing urban streets. Designing Streets for Kids builds upon the approach of putting people first, with  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 5 -- The National Audubon Society issued the following news on Aug. 4: This weekend, nearly 100 students came together at the inaugural Youth Environmental Summit (YES 2020) hosted by the National Audubon Society and the American Conservation Coalition Campus, with select sessions publicly livestreamed on social media reaching hundreds of thousands more. Students registered from 36 states, ranging from Florida and Pennsylvania to Nebraska and California, joined the two-day, 10-ho  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The National Governors Association issued the following news release on Aug. 5: The National Governors Association (NGA) today announced its new Executive Committee leadership for 2020-21 as New York Governor Andrew Cuomo became chair of the association representing all 55 leaders of states and territories. During the NGA Summer Meeting, which was held in a virtual format this year, Gov. Cuomo - who will become the longest-serving current governor next year - became chair  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- The National Iranian American Council issued the following statement by Senior Research Analyst Sina Toossi: * * * Sina Toossi, senior research analyst at the National Iranian American Council (NIAC), issued the following statement regarding the New York Times' report that the State Department's Special Envoy for Iran Brian Hook is resigning and will be replaced by Elliott Abrams, another Iran hardliner who is currently the State Department's special representative for Ve  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 6 -- The National Multiple Sclerosis Society issued the following news: In two Phase 3 trials that included 1,882 people with relapsing MS, ofatumumab (Novartis) injected under the skin monthly reduced relapses significantly more than daily oral Aubagio(R) (teriflunomide, Sanofi Genzyme). Top-line results were announced in August 2019, and details have now been published in the peer-reviewed New England Journal of Medicine. Novartis has applied for approval from the U.S. Food and  more

ALBANY, New York, Aug. 7 -- The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws issued the following news release: Those cited by police for violating marijuana laws in the city of Albany are almost exclusively Black people, according to an analysis of citywide arrest data by the Albany Times Union. Black people comprised 97 percent of those arrested or ticketed for marijuana violations over the past year (July 9, 2019 to July 9, 2020). Nearly sixty percent of all of the violations repo  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- The Natural Resources Defense Council issued the following news release on August 6: A broad coalition of justice and environmental groups sued the Trump administration today over its regulations that would gut environmental reviews and silence community input. The rules from the Council on Environmental Quality would eliminate environmental reviews for many projects, curtail the harmful impacts that are considered when reviews do take place, and hinder public participati  more

BOLIVIA, North Carolina, Aug. 4 -- Novant Health issued the following news release: Novant Health is pleased to welcome Dr. Timothy Murphy to Novant Health Family & Internal Medicine South Brunswick. Murphy joined the clinic in July and is accepting new patients. Murphy attended medical school at University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine in Kansas City, Missouri. He completed his medical residency at State University of New York at Buffalo and family practice residency at N  more

BATH, New York, Aug. 6 -- New York Civil Liberties Union issued the following news release on Aug. 5: Today the New York Civil Liberties Union, Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund, and the law firm BakerHostetler announced a settlement agreement with Steuben County, New York that establishes one of the strongest jail or prison policies in the country protecting the rights of transgender, gender nonconforming, nonbinary, and intersex people in custody. The policy addresses housing placeme  more

ALBANY, New York, Aug. 4 -- The New York State Bar Association issued the following news release: NYSBA President Scott M. Karson commended the House of Representatives for approving $465 million for the Legal Services Corporation, $25 million above last year's allotment. He called upon the Senate to follow suit. "I applaud this important action taken by the House of Representatives, which will benefit so many New Yorkers who are suffering from both legal and economic hardships during this pan  more

LATHAM, New York, Aug. 8 -- The New York State United Teachers issued the following statement on Aug. 7 by President Andy Pallotta: * * * New York State United Teachers President Andy Pallotta released the following statement today regarding the governor's decision on reopening schools: "We have been clear all along: Health and safety is the most important consideration in reopening school buildings. Viral infection rates tell only one part of the story. Many educators and parents have anxie  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 5 -- New York-Presbyterian Hospital issued the following news release: Two studies from Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian investigators suggest that maternal-to-child transmission of SARS-CoV-2 is rare; however, one study found that complications after birth occurred for some mothers infected with the virus. Small Study Suggests it May Be Safe for Mothers to Breastfeed and Have Babies in Room After Giving Birth With Simple Precautions Such as the Wearing of Face Ma  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 4 -- New York-Presbyterian Hospital issued the following news release on Aug. 3: NewYork-Presbyterian today celebrated the opening of the NewYork-Presbyterian Alexandra Cohen Hospital for Women and Newborns, a state-of-the-art facility dedicated to providing exceptional, individualized care to pregnant women and their newborn babies before, during, and after childbirth--including advanced care for high-risk pregnancies and newborns who require extra support. Located on the top s  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- The National Iranian American Council issued the following statement by Senior Research Analyst Sina Toossi: * * * Sina Toossi, senior research analyst at the National Iranian American Council (NIAC), issued the following statement regarding the New York Times' report that the State Department's Special Envoy for Iran Brian Hook is resigning and will be replaced by Elliott Abrams, another Iran hardliner who is currently the State Department's special representative for Ve  more

NEW HYDE PARK, New York, Aug. 5 -- Northwell Health issued the following news: While gyms remain off limits as New Yorkers scramble for normalcy in the wake of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, NYC-based fitness and wellness authority Jennifer Jacobs wants to ensure that frontline medical staff are getting enough exercise. As part of JMethod Fitness, Ms. Jacobs organized a month-long wellness challenge encouraging everyone to do five-minute workouts nine times a week. That chal  more

ALBANY, New York, Aug. 6 -- The New York State United Teachers issued the following news release on Aug. 5: As the state prepares to make decisions regarding reopening school buildings this week, New York State United Teachers and the United Federation of Teachers today demanded that state health officials issue clear protocols for how and when school districts must close their buildings, and how health officials will perform contact tracing and initiate quarantines in the event of a positive C  more

LATHAM, New York, Aug. 7 -- The New York State United Teachers issued the following news release on Aug. 6: Eighty-one percent of New York school staff members say the health and safety of students and staff should be the deciding factor in reopening schools, according to a poll of New York State United Teachers members released today. In fact, 50 percent of NYSUT members say they are reluctant or unwilling to go back to in-person instruction this fall amid ongoing concerns over the health and  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 5 -- NYU Langone Health, an academic medical center affiliated with New York University, issued the following news release: For Ann Apasewicz, the worsening pain in her chest at the height of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic nearly cost her life--until she sought help from NYU Langone Hospital--Brooklyn. "I didn't really want to go out because I had an underlying heart condition," says Apasewicz, 60, a resident of Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. "I was having chest pains, a  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 6 -- NYU Langone Health, an academic medical center affiliated with New York University, issued the following news release: Small and midsize cities are home to twice as many Americans as large cities and face many of the same health disparities. However, they often do not receive the same attention or resources. A new report by researchers in the Department of Population Health at NYU Langone and NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service examining 719 small and midsize cities  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 6 -- NYU Langone Health, an academic medical center affiliated with New York University, issued the following news release: NYU Langone Health announced it has signed on as the newest member of the U.S. Health Care Climate Council, a leadership body of health systems committed to protecting their patients and employees from the health impacts of climate change and becoming anchors for resilient communities. "As a leading healthcare system, it is important to create a healthy env  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 3 -- The Open Space Institute issued the following news release: The Open Space Institute (OSI) announced today the addition of key properties to community forests located in New Hampshire's North Country. The properties, a 2,020-acre addition to the Gorham Town Forest and a 679-acre addition to the Milan Community Forest, build on efforts the towns have undertaken to ensure citizens benefit directly from their forests. Conserved by The Conservation Fund, the additions to the co  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 5 -- The Open Space Institute issued the following news release on Aug. 4: The Open Space Institute (OSI) today heralded the permanent and full funding of the Land & Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), the nation's most important and effective tool in advancing the long-term health of our nation's forests, water sources, and parkland. Long sought-after funding for the LWCF was secured as President Donald Trump signed the bipartisan Great American Outdoors Act into law. The new law f  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 4 -- The Opportunity Finance Network issued the following news release on Aug. 3: Today, Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) and Opportunity Finance Network (OFN) announced Morgan Stanley has awarded $5 million in funding to OFN for pass-through grants of approximately $50,000 - $150,000 to eligible community development financial institutions (CDFIs) with less than $20 million in assets. This funding will help CDFIs support communities disproportionately affected by COVID-19 and will stre  more

BUFFALO, New York, Aug. 4 -- The Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center issued the following news release: Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, one of the first centers in the world to routinely offer blood and marrow transplants (BMT) and other forms of cellular therapy, has been recognized once more as an Optum(R) Center of Excellence in BMT for pediatric and adult patients. Each year, Optum and its Clinical Sciences Institute take a rigorous look at medical centers throughout the cou  more

OAKLAND, California, Aug. 4 -- Partnership for Working Families has announced the following statement by Executive Director Lauren Jacobs: As the Trump Administration accelerates its oppressive campaign resembling martial law, Partnership affiliates are holding strong. We stand against this flagrant attempt to consolidate power, usurp local civil authority, bypass due process, and perpetrate militarized violence on our streets. We stand with our affiliates in Oakland, Chicago, Detroit, Seattle  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 8 -- PEN America issued the following statement by Digital Freedom Program Director Matt Bailey: * * * President Trump signed a pair of executive orders released late Thursday that would bar transactions with Chinese social media networks TikTok and WeChat. PEN America digital freedom program director Matt Bailey said the following: "The president's twin orders to effectively ban TikTok and WeChat in the U.S. respond to real problems with overly blunt tools. These orders shine   more

NEW YORK, Aug. 6 -- PEN America issued the following news release on Aug. 5: In a report out today, the literary and human rights group PEN America said Chinese government censorship is exerting influence on Hollywood and the global filmmaking industry, posing a clear threat to free speech and artistic expression. The report, Made in Hollywood, Censored by Beijing: The U.S. Film Industry and Chinese Government Influence, reveals how one of the most censorious governments in the world has made i  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 7 -- PEN America issued the following news release: On Wednesday, Turkish police raided a cultural center and arrested six members of a musical collective based there. The members of Grup Yorum, frequently targeted by authorities for speaking out against the Turkish government, were released later that day. PEN America issued the following statement in response: "Grup Yorum members were peacefully rehearsing for a concert when their cultural center was raided for at least the te  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 5 -- PEN America issued the following news release on Aug. 4: Over 200 of the world's most prominent artists, along with nearly two dozen leading human rights groups and film organizations, are calling for the immediate release of Sanaa Seif, a film editor arrested in Cairo last month. Among the signatories to a public statement published on Tuesday, August 4 are Juliette Binoche, Laurent Cantet, Noam Chomsky, JM Coetzee, Judi Dench, Claire Denis, Dave Eggers, Danny Glover, Paul  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 8 -- Population and Development Review, a journal that says it features population studies, the relationships between population and social, economic and environmental change from the Population Council, published research articles on the following topics in its June 2020 edition: ARTICLES: * Latest-Late Fertility? Decline and Resurgence of Late Parenthood Across the Low-Fertility Countries * Time Use and Household Division of Labor in India--Within-Gender Dynamics * Forced D  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 8 -- Race Forward issued the following news release on Aug. 7: As America's political parties release their policy platforms against the backdrop of racial justice uprisings, a global pandemic, and a deepening economic recession, nine major racial justice groups, together with Professor Darrick Hamilton, call for the parties to focus on racial equity as a core principle that should shape every policy for our country. Glenn Harris, President of Race Forward, said, "Racial equity   more

NEW YORK, Aug. 6 -- The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project issued the following news release on Aug. 5: Today, the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.), a New York-based privacy group, condemns New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's announcement that the city would create COVID-19 checkpoints to track visitors from 35 states. Mayor de Blasio announced that the checkpoints at bridges, tunnels, and train stations would monitor for out-of-state visitors. "This is a ludicrous,  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 4 -- The Association for Computing Machinery issued the following news release: Collective Intelligence will be co-owned by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and SAGE Publishing with support from and in collaboration with the innovation foundation Nesta. The online-only, gold open access journal will bring together and shape an emerging field devoted to understanding group performance in diverse systems from adaptive matter, cellular and neural systems and animal soci  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 4 -- Science Translational Medicine, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Association for the Advancement of Science that focuses on research in the translational medicine community, published research articles, including the following topics, in its July 29, 2020 edition: Research Articles: * Clinical trial in a dish using iPSCs shows lovastatin improves endothelial dysfunction and cellular cross-talk in LMNA cardiomyopathy * Cellular senescence impairs the reversibility   more

LATHAM, New York, Aug. 8 -- The New York State School Boards Association issued the following statement by Executive Director Robert Schneider: * * * It is encouraging to hear that New York's Covid-19 rates remain well within the threshold set for schools to be able to reopen with in-person instruction this fall. Districts will continue to strive toward that possibility. But school boards also understand that it may be necessary to turn quickly to other options for remote or hybrid instructio  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 5 -- The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research issued the following news release on Aug. 4: The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research (MJFF), in collaboration with longtime partner the Edmond J. Safra Foundation, is building a global base of movement disorder specialists to care for people with Parkinson's today and for generations to come, while leading research into patients' most urgent unmet needs. Launched in 2014, The Edmond J. Safra Fellowship in   more

NEW YORK, Aug. 6 -- Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a campaign of Everytown for Gun Safety, issued the following news on Aug. 5: Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund ("Everytown for Gun Safety") today announced that Speaker Nancy Pelosi, U.S. House of Representatives, is participating in Gun Sense University, the organization's annual training conference. Speaker Pelosi will appear in a conversation with Everytown President John Feinblatt and accept the Gun Sense Lawmaker of the Ye  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 6 -- The Insurance Information Institute issued the following news release on Aug. 5: An updated 2020 hurricane season forecast released today by the Tropical Meteorology Project in the Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University (CSU) calls for this year's "extremely active" season to continue. Led by Phil Klotzbach, PhD, also a non-resident scholar at the Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I), the CSU forecast team released its 2020 outlook in April, wi  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 7 -- The Vera Institute of Justice issued the following statement on Aug. 6 by President Nicholas Turner: * * * Today, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), along with Senators Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Representatives Sylvia Garcia (D-Texas), Yvette Clarke (D-N.Y.), and Robin Kelly (D-Ill.) introduced the COVID in Corrections Data Transparency Act, bicameral legislation to further COVID-19 data collection in c  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 4 -- Vital Strategies issued the following news release: The COVID-19 pandemic has stretched many public health systems to the breaking point. With the global toll approaching 1 million deaths, urban populations are bearing the brunt of the impact. Supporting cities--home to more than 50% of the global population--in responding to COVID-19 is critical to blunting the impact of the virus. In a third virtual session, more than 30 mayors and city leaders representing 49 cities joine  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 5 -- Vital Strategies issued the following news release on Aug. 3: As the United States surpasses four million confirmed COVID-19 cases, data show that Black and Latinx communities are much harder hit, with higher rates of infection and Black and Latinx people are more than twice as likely to die from the virus as white people. This inequity and the ongoing racial justice crisis may leave these same communities with significant trust gaps that lead to lower participation in gover  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 7 -- Waterkeeper Alliance issued the following news release on Aug. 6: Today, 140 organizations representing 24 million people sent a letter to the current insurers of Trans Mountain, urging them to stop insuring the tar sands pipeline due to its contribution to climate change, Indigenous rights violations, and environmental justice concerns. Indigenous leaders and Nations, climate justice groups, community organizations, and a physicians' association call on these companies, wh  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 4 -- Waterkeeper Alliance issued the following news release on Aug. 3: A coalition of conservation groups filed a motion to intervene today to oppose a preliminary permit for a hydropower project near the Little Colorado River by the same company that proposed two similar projects last year. Earthjustice is representing Save the Colorado, Grand Canyon Trust, Living Rivers & Colorado Riverkeeper, National Parks Conservation Association, Sierra Club, Waterkeeper Alliance, and WildE  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 4 -- The Waterkeeper Alliance issued the following news release on Aug. 3: A coalition of conservation groups filed a motion to intervene today to oppose a preliminary permit for a hydropower project near the Little Colorado River by the same company that proposed two similar projects last year. Earthjustice is representing Save the Colorado, Grand Canyon Trust, Living Rivers & Colorado Riverkeeper, National Parks Conservation Association, Sierra Club, Waterkeeper Alliance, and W  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 4 -- The Waterkeeper Alliance issued the following news release on Aug. 3: North Carolina's industrial meat operations pose a greater environmental threat today than they did when Hurricane Florence hit the state in 2018. And the threat is worsening as global warming increases the intensity and severity of tropical storms and hurricanes. The state's poultry industry has grown unchecked, with no permitting requirement, and no prohibition on building in the state's floodplain. The  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 4 -- Waterkeeper Alliance issued the following news release on Aug. 3: North Carolina's industrial meat operations pose a greater environmental threat today than they did when Hurricane Florence hit the state in 2018. And the threat is worsening as global warming increases the intensity and severity of tropical storms and hurricanes. The state's poultry industry has grown unchecked, with no permitting requirement, and no prohibition on building in the state's floodplain. The 538  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 5 -- Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a campaign of Everytown for Gun Safety, issued the following news: Everytown for Gun Safety and its grassroots networks, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, released a new report on the impressive gun safety credentials of Joe Biden's potential vice presidential candidates. The report comes in the week before Biden is reportedly choosing his running mate, and marks the conclusion of "Demanding Women: Quarantine Convers  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 4 -- The William J. Clinton Foundation issued the following statement by President Bill Clinton on the death of John Hume: "Hillary and I are deeply saddened by the passing of our friend John Hume, who fought his long war for peace in Northern Ireland. His chosen weapons: an unshakeable commitment to nonviolence, persistence, kindness and love. "With his enduring sense of honor, he kept marching on against all odds towards a brighter future for all the children of Northern Irel  more

BROOKLYN, New York, Aug. 6 -- The National Student Nurses Association issued the following news release: National Student Nurses' Association (NSNA) is delighted to announce the appointment of Kenya D. Williams, EdD(c), MSN, RN, HSM, CAE, Director of Governance and Policy, to the position of Deputy Executive Director. As Deputy Executive Director, Williams will assist the Executive Director with strategic planning, governance, policy review and development. Williams will manage the organizati  more