NEW YORK, Jan. 16 (TNSres) -- Action Against Hunger issued the following news release: * * * According to New Analysis from Action Against Hunger, Countries Dealing With "Crisis" Hunger Levels Received Only 35% of Hunger-Related Funding Requested In 2023 * * * The global hunger funding gap has hit 65% for countries with the most urgent needs, according to the Action Against Hunger 2024 Hunger Funding Gap report, which was released today to coincide with the World Economic Forum's Annual Meet  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 25 (TNSres) -- The Anti-Defamation League issued the following news release on Jan. 24, 2024: In an effort to protect the safety, wellbeing and civil rights of Jewish students, ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) announced today the launch of the Not On My Campus campaign to demand that U.S. colleges and universities commit to No Tolerance for Antisemitism. Existing campus systems have failed to protect Jewish students facing discrimination and harassment on their campuses. The Not  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 26 (TNSres) -- The Advocates for Children of New York issued the following news release: Today, Advocates for Children of New York (AFC) is releasing recommendations for New York City Public Schools (NYCPS) on how to partner with families as the city enters the next stages of its efforts to improve reading instruction across the school system. This report, Hearing from Parents: Recognizing Families as Crucial Partners in Reading Instruction, is based on a series of virtual listen  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 24 (TNSres) -- The American Jewish Committee issued the following news release on Jan. 23, 2024: American Jewish Committee (AJC) welcomed today's decision upholding Meta's prohibition of and policy for removing Holocaust denial content by the Oversight Board, an independent entity established by Meta. The board affirmed that such policies are appropriate responses to the danger posed by global antisemitism and align with Meta's commitment to ensuring respect for free expression  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 23 -- The Alliance Defending Freedom issued the following news release: Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys filed a notice of appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit Monday after the district court denied a Vermont high school snowboarding coach's request for reinstatement after his school district fired him for respectfully expressing his view that males are biologically different than females and that those differences generally give males an advantage in sport  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 24 -- Access Now, an organization that says it defends and extends the rights of people and communities at risk, issued the following joint statement with 110 organizations on Jan. 23, 2024: * * * We, the undersigned organizations and individual experts call on the state delegations participating in the concluding session of the United Nations (UN) Ad Hoc Committee to ensure that the proposed Cybercrime Convention (the Convention) is narrowly focused on tackling cybercrime, and   more

NEW YORK, Jan. 25 (TNScapv) -- Access Now, an organization that says it defends and extends the rights of people and communities at risk, issued the following joint statement on Jan. 24, 2024: * * * We, the undersigned organizations and individual experts call on the state delegations participating in the concluding session of the United Nations (UN) Ad Hoc Committee to ensure that the proposed Cybercrime Convention (the Convention) is narrowly focused on tackling cybercrime, and not used as a  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- The American Farmland Trust issued the following news release: American Farmland Trust (AFT) is grateful for Gov. Kathy Hochul's leadership in the proposed FY25 executive budget to fund programs that support New York farmers and keep land in agriculture, providing benefits to all New Yorkers. AFT was encouraged by Gov. Hochul's continued support for farm to school initiatives, including funding the 30 percent Farm to School Reimbursement Incentive Program at $10 million  more

ALBANY, New York, Jan. 25 -- The American Farmland Trust issued the following news release: Farmland for a New Generation New York, coordinated by American Farmland Trust in partnership with the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets, announces a cohort of 38 new and returning organizations to the statewide network of Regional Navigators. These organizations provide tailored support to farmers and landowners to connect them with each other and to resources to find or keep land in   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- The American Federation of School Administrators issued the following news: AFSA President Emeritus Ernie Logan will receive an honorary degree from the State University of New York during SUNY Cortland's 2024 Commencement. Logan is being recognized for an influential career of public service, educational excellence and goal-directed dedication that exemplifies the values of SUNY Cortland. "One of the many reasons SUNY Cortland stands out as a national leader in teacher  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 26 (TNSres) -- The American Jewish Committee issued the following news release on Jan. 25, 2024: As International Holocaust Remembrance Day approaches on January 27, American Jewish Committee (AJC) today released new data showing that an overwhelming consensus of Americans - both Jews and the general public - support Holocaust education in public schools and measures to invest in resources to teach about the Holocaust and to assess the effectiveness of these lessons. As part of  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 26 -- The American Jewish Committee issued the following agency statement on Jan. 24, 2024: * * * The White House released the National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism last May in response to a dramatic increase in antisemitic incidents. No one could have foreseen that the strategy would be tested so soon by the response to the horrors of October 7. In the wake of Hamas' brutal attack, the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust, already surging rates of antisemitic inciden  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 25 -- The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation issued the following news release on Jan. 24, 2024: The Mellon Foundation--the nation's largest funder of the arts, culture, and humanities--today announced that grants totaling more than $14 million have been awarded to ten liberal arts colleges as part of Humanities for All Times, a humanities-based education initiative supporting newly developed curricula that both instruct future visionaries and the next generation of social justice leade  more

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Jan. 24 (TNSres) -- The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation issued the following news release on Jan. 23, 2024: San Juan, Puerto Rico and New York, New York -- Today, the Mellon Foundation and the Flamboyan Foundation's Arts Fund announced a three-year continuation of the Letras Boricuas Fellowship. With three new cohorts added, the Fellowship is projected to support 100 writers over five years, awarding over $2.5 million in total. Established in 2021, the fellowship aims to ide  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 25 -- The Asia Society issued the following news release on Jan. 24, 2024: The Board of Trustees of Asia Society today announced the appointment of Dr. Kyung-wha Kang as the organization's 9th President and Chief Executive Officer. Her appointment is effective in April. Dr. Kang is an accomplished diplomat who served as South Korea's 38th Minister of Foreign Affairs (2017 to 2021)--the first woman to serve in this role in the nation's history. She previously held key leadership   more

NEW YORK, Jan. 24 -- The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals issued the following news release: The ASPCA(R) (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals(R)) has announced up to $150,000 in new grant funding that will be available to U.S. or select Canadian organizations and institutions this year through the ASPCA Fund to End Factory Farming. These grants will generally range from $10,000 to $30,000 and build on the nearly $400,000 already distributed fo  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 27 -- The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture issued the following news on Jan. 25, 2024: Columbia University's Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) announce the winners of the 2024 Course Development Prize in Architecture, Climate Change, and Society. These courses will be taught at ACSA member schools across the world in the coming years. The jury selected one course to r  more

ITHACA, New York, Jan. 23 (TNSres) -- Boyce Thompson Institute issued the following news: By Aaron Callahan In a world where the intricacies of molecular biology often seem as vast and mysterious as the cosmos, a new groundbreaking study delves into the microscopic universe of proteins, unveiling a fascinating aspect of their existence. This revelation could hold profound implications for the understanding and treatment of a myriad of human diseases. Imagine proteins as tiny engines driving t  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 24 -- The Broadway League issued the following news release on Jan. 23, 2024: The Broadway League is pleased to announce that tickets are now on sale for Kids' Night on Broadway(R) taking place in New York City on /*Tuesday, February 13, 2024. Kids' Night on Broadway welcomes kids and teens ages 18 and under to attend participating Broadway shows for free when accompanied by a full-paying adult. This winter's event includes 14 Broadway shows. In addition, 16 Theatre District area  more

BROOKLYN, New York, Jan. 25 -- The Aspen Institute issued the following news release on Jan. 24, 2024: * * * Twenty Brooklyn North Public High Schools set to tackle critical community issues at February 6 kickoff event at the Brooklyn Army Terminal * * * The Aspen Challenge, a program of the Aspen Institute, founded with the Bezos Family Foundation, is returning to Brooklyn for its second year of programming and events for 20 high schools from across the borough. The initiative, designed to   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following statement on Jan. 22, 2024: * * * The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today applauded the appointment of Councilwoman Shahana Hanif as co-chair of NYC Task Force to combat hate. Shahana Hanif, the first Bangladeshi and Muslim woman elected to the City Council, will oversee the six-member panel with fe  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release on Jan. 20, 2024: The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) today condemned the reported use of a foul-smelling chemical agent suspected to be the product "Skunk" during a pro-Palestine protest held at Columbia University yesterday. CAIR-NY also demanded law enforcement investigate the incident as a possible hate crime. On Jan. 19, Columbia University students he  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release on Jan. 22, 2024: The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) today welcomed the New York City Department of Education (DOE)'s efforts to combat Islamophobia in public schools and said it awaits details on implementation. The NYC DOE announced a plan in response to a recent rise in incidents of Islamophobia, and other safety concerns. While NYC DOE has been engaged  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 24 (TNSres) -- Cancer Research Institute issued the following news release: * * * Survey examined oncologists' perspective on treatment options and priorities, comorbidities and other clinical characteristics of patients with advanced NSCLC * * * Results from a new survey of U.S. medical oncologists on the current state of advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) indicate that more research is needed in several areas to help improve potential outcomes for patients. The surv  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 23 -- The Conference Board issued the following news release: The Committee for Economic Development, the public policy center of The Conference Board (CED), has issued a new Solutions Brief, 2024 Policy Priorities: Inflection Point, Charting a Sustainable Path Forward, that outlines the most important policy challenges before the nation in 2024. And to meet the challenges, it includes recommendations for building a stronger, more resilient, sustainable economy that provides equa  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 23 (TNSres) -- The Insurance Information Institute issued the following news release: Cellphone use by individuals operating a motor vehicle continues to be the largest contributor to distracted driving in the U.S., according to the latest Issues Brief from the Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I). "As drivers returned to the roads following the pandemic, distracted driving surged, causing higher rates of accidents, injuries, and deaths. This high-risk behavior has worsene  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 24 -- The Center for Human Rights in Iran issued the following news release on Jan. 23, 2024: The execution today of 23-year-old street protester Mohammad Ghobadlou is a stark reminder of the Islamic Republic of Iran's broken and twisted judicial process, where defendants are sent to the gallows without due process as the state uses state-sanctioned killings to stamp out dissent, said the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI). "The killing of Mohammad Ghobadlou in Iran, who str  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 24 -- The Center for Reproductive Rights issued the following news release on Jan. 23, 2024: Today, a North Dakota state court denied a request to block the state's extreme abortion ban in situations where an abortion is necessary to preserve the life or health of a pregnant person. The Center for Reproductive Rights filed the challenge in 2023, arguing that the strict exceptions in the ban are too narrow and violate the state constitution. The Court's denial of the injunction is  more

SYRACUSE, New York, Jan. 22 -- The Central New York Community Foundation issued the following news release: More than $3.1 million is now advancing housing, business development and lending through our local impact investing program. The Central New York Community Foundation's local impact investing program has closed on two recoverable grants, totaling $1,860,000, to Home HeadQuarters. The two grants will help the organization continue its housing programs until funding from city and state gr  more

ALBANY, New York, Jan. 25 -- Citizen Action of New York issued the following news release on Jan. 23, 2024: Today, members of the 13th Forward Coalition were joined by Assemblymember Harvey Epstein, SEIU 1199, advocates, legislative champions, and middle schoolers from the We Are Revolutionary "Legal Eagle" Middle School Program to urge lawmakers to expediently pass the No Slavery in New York Act (S225B/A3412B) and support the Fairness & Opportunity for Incarcerated Workers Act (S6747/A7452).   more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Jan. 23 [Category: Construction] -- Associated General Contractors of America issued the following news release: South Dakota and Texas Leads Top Rankings of Year-over-Year Increases, While New York Lags; South Dakota and New Jersey Lead in Monthly Gains, While D.C. and Ohio Experience Largest Declines Construction employment increased in 35 states in December from a year earlier, while 32 states added construction jobs between November and December, according to a new ana  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 23 (TNSres) -- The Counter Extremism Project issued the following news release: The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) produces a weekly report on the methods used by extremist and terrorist groups on the Internet to spread their ideologies and incite violence. Last week, CEP researchers located the racist manifesto written by the man who murdered three people in a Jacksonville Dollar General on August 26 after the document was publicly released. CEP also located a previously releas  more

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 25 (TNSres) -- The David Suzuki Foundation issued the following news release on Jan. 24, 2024: As reported today in the New York Times, the Biden administration is pausing approval of "what would be the largest natural gas export terminal in the United States." The White House has directed the Energy Department to "expand its evaluation of the project to consider its impact on climate change, as well as the economy and national security." Commenting on the dec  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 24 [Category: Business] -- The National Marine Manufacturers Association issued the following news release: The Discover Boating New York Boat Show, in partnership with Progressive Insurance, opens at Noon today at the Javits Center and runs through Sunday. The 2024 NY boat show returns with the 2nd annual Opening Night Party benefiting Billion Oyster Project. The kickoff celebration includes oyster tastings, notable chef and mixologist demos and samplings, and live ente  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 25 -- Physicians for Reproductive Health issued the following news release: We are honored to announce that Dr. Ghazaleh Moayedi, ob/gyn in Texas, abortion provider, and founder of Pegasus Health Justice Center, now holds the position of Board Chair for Physicians for Reproductive Health. Dr. Moayedi's term as Board Chair will last for three years, ending in November of 2026. Dr. Moayedi has been dedicated to PRH's community for many years as a member of the Leadership Training   more

NEW YORK, Jan. 25 -- The Drug Policy Alliance issued the following statement on Jan. 24, 2024: * * * Today, the Oregon Joint Interim Committee on Addiction and Community Safety announced that they plan to reverse the state's public health approach to addiction and impose a criminal penalty for people not able to access treatment. The Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) has issued the below statement in response. Statement from Kellen Russoniello, Senior Policy Counsel, Drug Policy Alliance: "As commu  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 25 (TNSres) -- The Environmental Defense Fund issued the following news release: A new report from Environmental Defense Fund shows that proactive infrastructure investments will be key to accelerating the long-term transition to zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty electric vehicles. The report identifies key actions regulators and state legislators can take to allow both public and investor-owned utilities to get ahead of electricity demand growth, making it easier, faster and   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 -- The Food and Water Watch issued the following statement: * * * The New York Times is reporting that the Biden administration is considering a pause in the process of considering a massive new gas export terminal on the Gulf Coast, one of at least 17 pending LNG facilities. For months, activists have been pressuring the White House to reject the CP2 (Calcasieu Pass 2) project, which would create a massive increase in climate pollution. The administration is reportedly co  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Jan. 25 -- The Food Chain Workers Alliance issued the following news: Grassroots farmworker organizations from the United States and Canada will convene a People's Tribunal on the Struggles of Farmworkers in North America from March 29-31, 2024. The Tribunal is being hosted by the Food Chain Workers Alliance at The People's Forum in New York City. In this participatory process, workers, organizers and members of the public will hear direct testimony from U.S. and Canad  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 26 -- The Ford Foundation issued the following news on Jan. 25, 2024: Today the Ford Foundation announced its latest round of grants for independent documentary film. With a storied history of funding social impact films for nearly 75 years, the foundation houses JustFilms, one of the largest documentary funds in the world and a part of the Creativity and Free Expression (CFE) program. Now in its thirteenth year, JustFilms is one of the few philanthropies making direct grants for  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 (TNSres) -- Friends of the Earth issued the following news release on Jan. 24, 2024: Expanding liquefied methane (LNG) export infrastructure would primarily benefit Big Oil and speculators while harming US utility customers and causing a massive surge in climate pollution, according to a new report released today from Friends of the Earth, Public Citizen, and BailoutWatch. The report comes as the New York Times reports the White House is likely to impose a pause on a massiv  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 24 -- The Global Justice Center issued the following news release on Jan. 23, 2024: The Global Justice Center announced today that Elise Keppler has been named Executive Director of the organization following a months-long search process. Keppler is an internationally recognized international justice expert and advocate who joins the Global Justice Center after two decades with Human Rights Watch. She takes over as executive director following the departure of the Global Justice   more

NEW YORK, Jan. 24 -- Helen Keller International issued the following commentary: * * * 3 Things I'm Optimistic About in 2024 By Sarah Bouchie, President and CEO On January 1st, I stepped into some very big shoes as Helen Keller Intl's new President and Chief Executive Officer. Together, we are 20 countries strong, helping more than 70 million children and family members create lasting change - and changing our shared future as a result. I am humbled by the opportunity to lead this extraordi  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- The Human Rights Campaign issued the following news release: The Human Rights Campaign announced its honorees for the 2024 HRC Greater New York Dinner. Award-winning actor, playwright and producer Colman Domingo will be receiving the HRC Equality Award for his transformative work showcasing stories of being both Black and queer. Macy's Inc. Chairman & CEO Jeff Gennette will be receiving the HRC Corporate Visibility Award for his unwavering dedication to bolstering LGBTQ+   more

NEW YORK, Jan. 26 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following remarks on Jan. 25, 2024, by Executive Director Tirana Hassan at a UN Security Council meeting on Haiti: * * * Thank you, Mr. President, for the opportunity to brief the Council today on the dire human rights and humanitarian crises in Haiti. This Council took an important step to address the crisis in Haiti last October, by authorizing the multinational security support force and highlighting many dimensions of the crisis that need  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 24 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following commentary: * * * A Crucial Hearing as Journalists Under Siege in Greece By Eva Cosse, Senior Researcher for Europe The first court hearing in a defamation lawsuit against two media outlets and three journalists who played a pivotal role in exposing Greece's major surveillance scandal is set to begin on January 25. In a series of articles in 2022, journalists documented the use of spyware to hack the devices of political figures,   more

NEW YORK, Jan. 23 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following commentary on Jan. 22, 2024: * * * A Step for Freedom of Religion and Belief in Indonesia By Andreas Harsono, Indonesia Researcher In a step forward for freedom of religion and belief in Indonesia, citizens from smaller religious groups are now permitted to change the religious identity on their identity cards, with the introduction of a new category, kepercayaan (belief), alongside the six recognized religions. Kepercayaan has be  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 24 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following commentary on Jan. 23, 2024: * * * Alabama Intends to Carry Out First Known US Execution Using Nitrogen Gas By Olivia Ensign, Senior Advocate and Researcher, US Program On January 25th, the United States state of Alabama plans to belt Kenneth Eugene Smith to a gurney, strap a respirator mask to his face, and force him to inhale pure nitrogen gas until he suffocates. This wholly untested method of execution raises the specter of tor  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 26 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following commentary on Jan. 25, 2024: * * * Another Canadian Province to End Immigration Detention in its Jails By Hanna Gros, Consultant, Disability Rights Division and Samer Muscati, Associate Director, Disability Rights Division The Canadian province of Prince Edward Island has joined eight other provinces to block the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) from using provincial jails to incarcerate migrants and asylum seekers on administr  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 23 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following commentary on Jan. 22, 2024: * * * India Hindu Temple Opening Stokes Religious Minority Fears By Meenakshi Ganguly, Deputy Asia Director Saffron flags and posters of religious deities and Prime Minister Narendra Modi are dotting streets across India to mark the January 22 consecration of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh state. However, public euphoria around the ceremony has also raised fears of violence and discrimination   more

NEW YORK, Jan. 24 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following commentary on Jan. 23, 2024: * * * Macron Should Call Out Modi's Rights Crackdown During India Visit By Elvire Fondacci, Coordinator, Advocacy French President Emmanuel Macron will be guest of honor during India's Republic Day celebrations on January 26. The two countries share defense ties, and French-built Rafale fighter aircraft will feature at the parade. Those same planes, now part of the Indian air force, also featured in a f  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 24 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following commentary on Jan. 23, 2024: * * * Panama Moves Closer Towards First Climate-Related Relocation By Erica Bower, Researcher, Environment and Human Rights Next month, the Guna people living on the tiny Panamanian island of Gardi Sugdub will - if the government keeps its word - be given keys to their long-awaited new homes on the mainland, as the compounding challenges of rising seas and overcrowding make moving essential. That we are  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 24 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following commentary Jan. 23, 2024: * * * Sri Lanka's Proposed Internet Law Threatens Upcoming Elections By Meenakshi Ganguly, Deputy Asia Director A repressive new internet law that Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe is trying to rush through parliament this week would create broad and vague new speech-related offenses punishable by lengthy prison terms. The law would seriously threaten the right to freedom of expression as Sri Lanka  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 24 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following commentary: * * * US and UK Continue to Skirt Accountability in Yemen By Niku Jafarnia, Bahrain and Yemen Researcher, Middle East and North Africa Division On January 11, the United States and United Kingdom began carrying out airstrikes in Yemen in response to unlawful Houthi attacks on commercial shipping vessels in the Red Sea. As they enter this new chapter of armed conflict in Yemen, the US and UK still have not ensured accoun  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 25 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release: Earlier this month, a Rohingya woman in a refugee camp in Bangladesh reported that a police officer had been stalking her for a year. She said that on the night of January 7, he entered her home under the pretext of a search operation and attempted to rape her. The Bangladesh Armed Police Battalion (APBn), deployed to provide security in refugee camps, have yet to investigate the case. A neighbor said that when the 22-y  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 23 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following letter on Jan. 22, 2024: * * * To: Joseph Cuffari, Inspector General, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 254 Murray Lane SW, Washington, D.C. 20528 Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia, Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Building 410, Mail Stop #0190, Washington, D.C. 20528 Re: The de facto digital metering system created by the Department of Homeland Security's implementation of the Circumven  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 26 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release on Jan. 25, 2024: Haitians urgently need a rights-based international response amid a surge in killings and kidnappings, rampant sexual violence, and a severe food crisis, Tirana Hassan, executive director at Human Rights Watch, said today in remarks delivered at a United Nations Security Council meeting on Haiti. Council members met to assess recent developments in Haiti, where criminal groups prevent the delivery of hu  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 24 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release on Jan. 23, 2024: Trinidad and Tobago should heed the renewed call by the United Nations' top counterterrorism expert to bring home all its nationals detained in northeast Syria for alleged association with the Islamic State, Human Rights Watch said today. The UN made the expert's findings public on December 18, 2023. In July 2023, the UN expert, Fionnuala Ni Aolain, visited locked camps and other detention centers in no  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 24 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release on Jan. 23, 2023: The draft global cybercrime treaty risks facilitating the domestic and international crackdown on human rights with the blessing of the United Nations, Human Rights Watch said today in supporting a joint statement issued by over 100 groups from around the world to negotiators at the UN. The concluding session of negotiations will be held from January 29 to February 9, 2024, at the UN headquarters in New   more

ALBANY, New York, Jan. 26 -- The Interstate Renewable Energy Council issued the following news release: IREC and a diverse network of partners today announced Green Workforce Connect--a new home weatherization career platform that will connect job seekers, students, and contractors to local training providers and employers. Explore GreenWorkforceConnect.org! The new initiative will support career growth in the U.S. Department of Energy's Weatherization Assistance Program to help low-income ho  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 25 -- The International Rescue Committee issued the following statement on Jan. 24, 2024: * * * In acknowledgment of the 2024 International Day for Education Emma Gremley, the IRC's Senior Director for Education, issued the following statement: "This year's International Day for Education comes at a time of growing peril for the millions of children and youth worldwide whose educations have been disrupted by crisis. The challenge of honoring the right of every child to a qualit  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 23 -- JDRF, a non-profit dedicated to funding type 1 diabetes research, issued the following news release: New York and Montreal - JDRF, the leading global type 1 diabetes (T1D) research and advocacy organization, has awarded $9 million to researchers Dr. Alessandro Doria with Joslin Diabetes Center, Dr. Michael Mauer with the University of Minnesota Medical School, and Dr. David Cherney at the University Health Network, University of Toronto, to conduct a pivotal clinical trial   more

NEW YORK, Jan. 25 -- The Volcker Alliance issued the following news release: The Volcker Alliance is thrilled to announce that Jennifer Pahlka, founder and former CEO of Code for America, has joined our Board of Directors. Pahlka is the author of Recoding America: Why Government is Failing in the Digital Age and How We Can Do Better and a senior fellow at the Niskanen Center and the Federation of American Scientists. While serving as US Deputy Chief Technology Officer under President Obama, Pa  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 26 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following statement on Jan. 25, 2024, with eight organizations: * * * Kyrgyzstan's parliament, Zhogorku Kenesh, should reject a Russia-style "foreign agents bill" that poses a grave threat to nongovernmental organizations' activities across the country, 9 international human rights groups said on January 25, 2024, in a joint statement. The repressive legislation, known as the 'foreign representatives law' is expected to come up for a second an  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 23 -- The American Federation for Aging Research issued the following news release: The American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR), a national, nonprofit whose mission is to advance and support healthy aging through biomedical research, is pleased to announce the election of Laura M. Barzilai, JD, LLM, as Chair of the Board of Directors. Stephanie Lederman, EdM, AFAR Executive Director, shares: "The Board of Directors of AFAR unanimously elected Laura Barzilai as Chair in Dec  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 24 -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund issued the following news: The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) filed an amicus brief (https://www.naacpldf.org/wp-content/uploads/FINAL-1.19.24-Andre-v.-Clayton-County-Amicus-Brief.pdf) in Andre et al. v. Clayton County, Georgia on behalf of internationally recognized Black comedians Eric Andre and Clayton English, who, on their way to board their flights out of the Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, were racially profi  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 (TNSres) -- The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights issued the following statement on Jan. 25, 2024: * * * Maya Wiley, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the following statement on the attack on protestors at Columbia University: "Attacks based on hate and bias have risen sharply across the country -- setting a disturbing pattern where people feel unsafe in their communities and increasingly on college campuses be  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 26 -- The Conference Board issued the following news release: About the Leading Economic Index and the Coincident Economic Index: The Leading Economic Index provides an early indication of significant turning points in the business cycle and where the economy is heading in the near term. The Coincident Economic Index provides an indication of the current state of the economy. Additional details are below. This month's release of the composite economic indexes incorporates annua  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 24 -- The Conference Board issued the following news release: About the Leading Economic Index and the Coincident Economic Index: The Leading Economic Index provides an early indication of significant turning points in the business cycle and where the economy is heading in the near term. The Coincident Economic Index provides an indication of the current state of the economy. Additional details are below. This month's release of the composite economic indexes incorporates annua  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 25 -- The Conference Board issued the following news release: About the Leading Economic Index and the Coincident Economic Index: The Leading Economic Index provides an early indication of significant turning points in the business cycle and where the economy is heading in the near term. The Coincident Economic Index provides an indication of the current state of the economy. Additional details are below. This month's release of the composite economic indexes incorporates annua  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 23 -- The Conference Board issued the following news release: About the Leading Economic Index and the Coincident Economic Index: The Leading Economic Index provides an early indication of significant turning points in the business cycle and where the economy is heading in the near term. The Coincident Economic Index provides an indication of the current state of the economy. Additional details are below. Note: The January 2024 release updates the calculation of contribution to  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 22 -- The Conference Board issued the following news release: About the Leading Economic Index and the Coincident Economic Index: The Leading Economic Index (LEI) provides an early indication of significant turning points in the business cycle and where the economy is heading in the near term. The Coincident Economic Index (CEI) provides an indication of the current state of the economy. Additional details are below. This month's release of the composite economic indexes incorp  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 27 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on Jan. 26, 2024, to Bloomberg Opinion: * * * With each step Bitcoin takes toward more widespread acceptance, it loses some of what made it appealing in the first place. * * * Crypto Is Going Mainstream, Which Means It's Over By Allison Schrager * * * Two big things have happened in the crypto world this month: a public validation and a semi-private snub. Both of them bode poorly for its future. Th  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 23 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on Jan. 22, 2024, to the Bloomberg Opinion: * * * The Introverts Have Taken Over the U.S. Economy By Allison Schrager During the pandemic, a lot of Americans had to stay home -- and many discovered that they preferred staying in to going out. A hip and sophisticated friend, a longtime New Yorker, complained to me recently about a potential date. "He wanted to meet at 6 o'clock for dinner," she said.   more

NEW YORK, Jan. 20 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary to the Dallas Morning News: * * * If We Want Safer Streets, We Need Stronger Families By Rafael A. Mangual and Brad Wilcox Research shows stable families deter criminality. Here's what society can do. Homicides were up in Dallas last year, and despite mixed results for other crime statistics, a record-high 63% of U.S. adults are unsettled about the crime situation, according to Gallup. Those statisti  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 24 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on Jan. 23, 2024, to the New Criterion: * * * On voters tuning out the claim that Trump will be a dictator. * * * The Boy Who Cried Dictator By James Piereson Critics across the spectrum have been saying for years that Donald Trump will destroy American democracy and overturn the Constitution if he is elected to another term as president. The Atlantic devoted its most recent issue to a series of essa  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 23 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary to the New York Post: * * * Gov. Hochul Has Struck Out on Housing Reform -- But Here's What Could Actually Help NYC's Crisis By Eric Kober With the new year comes an event that New York housing advocates should face with dread: the annual session of the state legislature. Dread, of course, because the legislature's Democratic supermajorities are dominated by socialists who dream of government and --   more

NEW YORK, Jan. 23 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on Jan. 21, 2023 to the New York Post: * * * With Chronic Absenteeism Soaring, Educrats Still Tell Students School Isn't That Important By Nicole Gelinas The Biden administration Wednesday announced its plan to attack the latest education scourge: chronic absenteeism. "We cannot and will not accept that as a new normal," the White House said, referring to double-digit truancy rates. Two days later,   more

NEW YORK, Jan. 27 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on Jan. 25, 2024, to the New York Post: * * * Zeddy Will Is a Terrible Example: Kids Do Best in a Stable, Two-Parent Home By Rafael A. Mangual Many Americans did double takes when they saw the latest on New York City rapper Zeddy Will. The story? Will hosted a joint baby shower for the five women carrying his children. The news broke last week after one of the women posted videos and photos from the   more

NEW YORK, Jan. 24 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on Jan. 23, 2024, to The Hill: * * * U.S. Hospitals Receive Billions in Funding -- but Where Does It Actually Go? By Chris Pope Most American hospitals were established as either municipal or charitable organizations, with a commitment to providing free and discounted medical care to the poor. This responsibility is now recognized in federal law, aided by substantial public subsidies. However, the ma  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 27 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on Jan. 25, 2024, to The Telegraph: * * * Quality of life, per capita income and social cohesion are being sacrificed to a third world 'population trap' * * * Trudeau's Mass Migration Cult Is Destroying Canada By Eric Kaufmann When wokeness, the making sacred of historically-disadvantaged minorities, takes control of a society like Canada, the effects go far beyond plans to stock tampons in men's bat  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 24 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on Jan. 23, 2024, to UnHerd: * * * Claudine Gay's dismissal as president has proven to be a false dawn * * * The Harvard DEI Complex Is Stronger than Ever By Eric Kaufmann After Claudine Gay's dismissal as Harvard president, the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) complex is already regrouping after suffering one of its rare setbacks. Exhibit A is Harvard's latest move: the appointment of Derek Pen  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 24 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on Jan. 23, 2024, to the Wall Street Journal: * * * How to hold anti-Israel protesters accountable for breaking the law by disrupting traffic. * * * If Police Won't Back Up 'Mr. Brooklyn,' Maybe a Lawyer Will By Jason L. Riley Did you know you have a right to snarl traffic? Me neither. But the communications team at Washington's Reagan National Airport seems to think it's embedded in the U.S. Constit  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 23 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on Jan. 22, 2024, to the Wall Street Journal: * * * The Rich Aren't Rich Enough to Balance the Federal Budget By Brian Riedl America already has the most progressive tax system in the developed world. As budget deficits surge toward the stratosphere, Congress will soon have to get serious about savings proposals. Yet reforming Social Security and Medicare--the leading drivers of long-term deficits--re  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 26 (TNSres) -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following news brief on Jan. 25, 2024: Earlier this week, Exxon Mobil filed a lawsuit against two sustainable investment firms that had sponsored a shareholder proposal pushing the company to focus more on sustainability goals. This lawsuit is the latest in a broad pushback against environmental and social activism in financial markets, a movement analyzed in a new Manhattan Institute issue brief by senior fellow and director of l  more

PURCHASE, New York, Jan. 25 -- The Clearing House issued the following news release: Mastercard and The Clearing House (TCH) have announced an extended multi-year partnership, bringing the companies together to collaborate on innovative capabilities for consumers, businesses and governments to evolve and embrace the digital economy through real-time payments (RTP) adoption on the RTP(R) network. The partnership continues Mastercard's role as the exclusive instant payments software provider for   more

NEW YORK, Jan. 24 (TNSres) -- The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research issued the following news release on Jan. 23, 2024: * * * * New paper in The Lancet Neurology proposes the first iteration of a research framework for defining and staging Parkinson's disease (PD) based on biology, rather than clinical symptoms * The framework defines PD based on the neuronal alpha-synuclein pathology that is a hallmark for the disease, building on the 2023 discovery of a biomarker that dete  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Jan. 23 -- The Middle States Commission on Higher Education issued the following agency statement on Jan. 22, 2024: * * * The Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) is aware of media reports regarding The State University of New York (SUNY) system and Commission actions requesting a supplemental information report on key data indicators from the Annual Institutional Update (AIU) process. It has become necessary to provide public clarification regarding  more

HARLEM, New York, Jan. 23 -- The National Action Network issued the following news release: As we stand at a critical moment in the fight for civil rights, particularly in the realm of reproductive justice, the National Action Network reflects on the profound impact of overturning Roe v. Wade on the 51st anniversary of the landmark decision. The threat to reproductive rights, especially for Black Women, demands our collective attention more now than at any point in the last half century. Fifty-  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 (TNSres) -- The National Association of Teachers of Singing issued the following news release: * * * The fellowship is a joint award from The Voice Foundation and the National Association of Teachers of Singing. * * * The National Association of Teachers of Singing and The Voice Foundation together have named Ana Flavia Zuim as the 2024 Van L. Lawrence Fellowship Award recipient. This prestigious honor includes the opportunity for Zuim to attend the annual Symposium on Ca  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 24 (TNSres) -- The National Minority Supplier Development Council issued the following news release: In this episode of NMSDC's Equity in Business podcast, Donald Cravins, Jr. Esq, former under secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce shared the powerful evolution of the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) through a lens of "real history" and American "Government 101" fundamentals. More importantly, Cravins shared his love of America, family, service, entrepreneurshi  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 26 (TNSres) -- The National Multiple Sclerosis Society issued the following news: Researchers examined medical records of women with MS in the U.S. and their pregnancy outcomes, comparing those of Black, Hispanic/Latinx, and white people. They reported that those identifying as Black or Hispanic/Latinx tended to enter pregnancy with higher levels of MS disability and often with fewer health care resources. There were also differences in types of delivery, birthweights, and socioe  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 25 (TNSres) -- The National Audubon Society issued the following news: A new tool will better support habitat in the Colorado River Delta through identifying key areas for restoration, according to a new study published in the Journal of Environmental Management. This significant scientific contribution will allow for optimizing limited water and financial resources in the Colorado River Delta, which, because of significant restoration efforts, is coming back to life with birds a  more

ROSELAND, New Jersey, Jan. 23 -- The New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants issued the following news release: The New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants (NJCPA) is pleased to announce that Greg Tondi, CPA, CGMA, has been hired as Director of Finance & Administration, effective Jan. 22. Tondi was previously the controller at the United States Council for International Business in New York. At the NJCPA, Tondi will oversee the accounting department and will be responsibl  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 26 -- The New York Immigration Coalition issued the following statement on Jan. 25, 2024: * * * Today, NYC Mayor Eric Adams gave his third annual State of the City address. This follows his FY25 preliminary budget announced last week, which did not take into account the investments that were announced in NYS Governor Hochul's executive budget on the same day. Murad Awawdeh, Executive Director, New York Immigration Coalition: "This afternoon, Mayor Adams touted his success of u  more

ALBANY, New York, Jan. 26 -- The New York State Bar Association issued the following statement on Jan. 25, 2024: * * * Richard Lewis, president of the New York State Bar Association, issued the following statement about Gov. Kathy Hochul's executive budget, which moves $100 million from a fund that pays for low-income New Yorkers to get civil legal services, to the general fund: "The New York State Bar Association strenuously objects to Gov. Kathy Hochul's misguided maneuver to take possessio  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 25 -- The Open Space Institute issued the following news: The Open Space Institute (OSI) today announced that New York State Parks Commissioner Erik Kulleseid will serve as its next President and CEO. "The Open Space Institute enthusiastically welcomes Erik Kulleseid back to the OSI family," said OSI Board co-chairs John Adams and Amelia Salzman in a joint statement. "After a rigorous national search, we are thrilled that Commissioner Kulleseid has accepted this leadership posit  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 23 -- The National Minority Supplier Development Council issued the following news release: Earlier this month, the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) announced the formation of the Minority Business Enterprise Advisory Council. In recognition of NMSDC's leading role in advancing minority businesses, the MBDA appointed NMSDC CEO and president, Ying McGuire to the council. The council will advise and assist MBDA in its continued mission to promote the growth of minority-  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 24 -- LatinoJustice PRLDEF issued the following joint news release with seven organization on Jan. 23, 2024: Today Common Cause/NY joined the New York Civic Engagement Table, the New York Immigration Coalition, APA VOICE Redistricting Task Force, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, the Center for Law & Social Justice at Medgar Evers College, Citizens Union, LatinoJustice PRLDEF and the League of Women Voters New York State to demand the New York State Independent  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 24 -- The New York City Economic Development Corp. issued the following news release on Jan. 23, 2024: Today, New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) and the New York City Industrial Development Agency (NYCIDA) announced the first round of awardees for the Manhattan Commercial Revitalization Program (M-CORE). WSA Waterfront LLC at 175 Water Street and HPS Investment Partners at 850 Third Avenue, were selected as the first awardees of this innovative initiative tha  more

ALBANY, New York, Jan. 25 -- New York Civil Liberties Union issued the following statement on Jan. 24, 2024: * * * Today, the state legislature passed the Hospital Transparency Act (S.1003A-Hinchey / A.733A-Rozic) which would give patients the ability to find out whether the hospital in their area provides the care they need before they are admitted. The legislation also helps the state identify care deserts where particular types of health care are unavailable. * * * In response, the New Yo  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 26 -- New York Civil Liberties Union issued the following news release on Jan. 25, 2024: Today, on behalf of Scrutinize, the New York Civil Liberties Union and the Harvard Law School Cyberlaw Clinic submitted Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) requests to the New York State Office of Court Administration (OCA), the Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) and the New York City Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice (MOCJ) to obtain judicial pretrial detention and sentencing data t  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- Oil Change International issued the following news release: By Valentina Stackl In response to New York Times reporting announcing President Biden's intent to pause the approval of the largest gas export terminal in the United States, Calcasieu Pass 2 (CP2), Oil Change International's U.S. Program Manager Allie Rosenbluth said: "President Biden's intent to pause the approval of CP2 and 16 other proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminals is the first step in s  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 27 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following letter on Jan. 25, 2024, by UK Director Yasmine Ahmed: * * * To: The Rt. Hon. Lord David Cameron, Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, King Charles Street, London SW1A 2AH Dear Foreign Secretary, Re: Ongoing Negotiations between the UK and Mauritian Governments on the exercise of sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago We write regarding the continuing negotiations between the Government of the Uni  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 26 -- The Open Space Institute issued the following news: The Open Space Institute (OSI), together with the South Carolina Office of Resilience (SCOR) and the South Carolina Conservation Bank (SCCB), secured 219 acres of land that builds on the public-private collaborative effort to protect Waties Island and its neighboring landscape. Five properties were acquired by OSI at a significant discount from siblings Olivia Boyce-Abel and Merrill Boyce, whose family has owned portions   more

NEW YORK, Jan. 23 -- The American Jewish Congress issued the following agency statement on Jan. 22, 2024: * * * Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or IRGC, the foreign terrorism arm of the Islamic Republic, launched airstrikes into Iraq, Syria and Pakistan claiming to hit Israeli spy service Mossad's outposts. But there were no Israeli outposts in this concocted bid to score a propaganda point in the backdrop of the war in Gaza, and Tehran has been humiliated when Pakistan swiftly respo  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 26 -- PEN America issued the following news release: PEN America's Artists at Risk Connection (ARC) proudly announces its collaboration with the Ukrainian Pavilion at the 60th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. The exhibition opens to the public on April 20 and runs until November 24. "ARC and PEN America are pleased to support the vital work of the six Ukrainian artists featured in the Ukrainian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. The Biennale offers a unique   more

NEW YORK, Jan. 25 -- PEN America issued the following news release: PEN America applauds passage in the U.S. House of a bill that will protect a fundamental press freedom and would be the first of its kind at the federal level. House bill, H.R.4250, known as the PRESS Act (for Protect Reporters from Excessive Suppression Act) is "integral to protect journalists in reporting freely without fear of retaliation or court-ordered disclosure of information," said Laura Schroeder, Congressional Affai  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 25 (TNSres) -- The Peter G. Peterson Foundation issued the following news release: As Congress navigates funding deadlines, and following last week's action on Fiscal Commission legislation by the House Budget Committee, new polling shows overwhelming bipartisan support for a dedicated process to recommend solutions for America's fiscal challenges. In addition, January's U.S. Fiscal Confidence Index, modeled after the Consumer Confidence Index, held at 41 (100 is neutral), indica  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 26 -- ProPublica, an independent nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative journalism, issued the following news release on Jan. 24, 2024: ProPublica announced on Wednesday that it has hired Ben Werdmuller as senior director for technology. In this new leadership role, Werdmuller will oversee ProPublica's technology teams and initiatives, including the product engineering and enterprise technology groups. Werdmuller brings more than two decades of experience as a mission-dr  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 16 -- ProPublica, an independent nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative journalism, issued the following news release: ProPublica announced on Tuesday that it has hired two social video producers. Working with the audience team, Jose Sepulveda and Carissa Quiambao will focus on translating ProPublica's long-form journalism into short-form, video-first content for TikTok, Instagram and YouTube. Sepulveda brings seven years of experience with developing, growing and execut  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 24 (TNSres) -- Roosevelt Institute, an organization that focuses on corporate and public power, labor and wages and the economics of race and gender inequality, issued the following news release on Jan. 23, 2024: * * * New Roosevelt Institute tax series analyzes the intersection of corporate taxation and child and family well-being policy * * * In the last few years, the US corporate income tax has become one of the most hot-button issues in US politics, but corporate tax deba  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 24 -- The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project issued the following news release on Jan. 23, 2024: Today, the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.), a privacy and civil rights group, condemns Macy's for using facial recognition that misidentified Harvey Murphy Jr., an innocent 61-year-old man, who was falsely arrested and allegedly assaulted in jail. Murphy claims in a lawsuit filed last week that after he was falsely accused of armed robbery at a Houston Sung  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 26 -- The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project issued the following news release on Jan. 25, 2024: Today, the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.), a New York-based privacy and civil rights group, welcomes Amazon Ring's moratorium on access to Ring videos, blocking law enforcement from requesting doorbell footage through its Neighbors app. Police are now only able to access Ring video footage through a warrant or subpoena. The civil rights group applauded the  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 23 -- The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project issued the following news release on Jan. 22, 2024: Today, the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.), a New York-based privacy and civil rights group, welcomes a letter sent by a group of Democratic senators, led by Senator Raphael Warnock and Senate Judiciary Chair Dick Durbin, demanding the Department of Justice review and share information on police use of facial recognition and the software's potential civil r  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- The Sierra Club issued the following statement on Jan. 24, 2024: * * * The New York Times is reporting that the Department of Energy (DOE) will halt approvals of liquified gas exports, known as LNG, including the controversial CP2, while the agency reviews its criteria for determining if an application is in the public interest. If true, this decision by the Biden administration would represent a significant, positive change in policy in response to calls from a broad co  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 25 -- The Sikh Coalition issued the following news release on Jan. 24, 2024: Today, the Sikh Coalition is pleased to formally announce the appointment of two Co-Interim Executive Directors, Harman Singh and Graham F. West, following the tenure of former Executive Director Anisha Singh. Singh and West will collaborate to manage the day-to-day core programmatic work of the largest Sikh civil rights organization in the country as the Board of Directors conducts their search for the   more

BROOKLYN, New York, Jan. 24 -- Brooklyn Museum issued the following news release: As The Beatles captured the hearts of millions, Paul McCartney captured it all on his Pentax film camera. Paul McCartney Photographs 1963-64: Eyes of the Storm takes visitors inside the 1963-64 frenzy of Beatlemania, as the band's first U.S. tour skyrocketed them to global fame. More than 250 of McCartney's photographs, recently rediscovered in his archives, reveal his singular vantage point at the center of this   more

BROOKLYN, New York, Jan. 27 -- Brooklyn Museum issued the following news release on Jan. 26, 2024: The Brooklyn Museum announces its lineup of February programming, including the kickoff to 2024's First Saturdays, a Teen Night inspired by Spike Lee: Creative Sources, and the return of the beloved Brooklyn Poetry Slam. Additional programs include classes, tours, and special events that amplify the Museum's exhibitions and collections, serve the surrounding community, and support learning through  more

BROOKLYN, New York, Jan. 20 -- Brooklyn Museum issued the following news release on Jan. 19, 2024: On January 27, 2024, the Brooklyn Museum will welcome visitors to its newly renovated Education Center, named in honor of philanthropist, collector, and curator Toby Devan Lewis and her tremendous contributions to the art world. The revamped 9,500-square- foot space will allow the Museum to better serve the more than 50,000 visitors who participate in our education programs each year, including ea  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 22 (TNSres) -- The Jed Foundation issued the following news release on Jan. 21, 2024: An expert panel analyzed data on youth mental health and suicide to identify factors influencing this generation and specific groups of youth, and provided recommendations on how to protect them and save lives. The Jed Foundation (JED), the leading nonprofit that protects emotional health and prevents suicide for our nation's teens and young adults, today issued Youth Suicide: Current Trends an  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 25 -- The National Independent Venue Association issued the following news: The National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) presents the second annual The Live List in partnership with Paste Magazine and The Black List. The Live List is a definitive list of independent entertainment industry insiders' favorite live performers. NIVA aggregated votes from more than 1,000 NIVA members - consisting of independent performance venues, festivals, and promoters - to uncover the most ex  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 23 -- The New York Public Library issued the following news release on Jan. 22, 2024: The New York Public Library announced today the appointment of Bridget Smith as General Counsel and Secretary. Serving as chief legal officer reporting to President Anthony W. Marx, Smith will be responsible for all NYPL legal affairs, playing an integral role in supporting the organization and maintaining its continued growth and reputation. Smith will start at the Library on January 29. For o  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 23 -- The American Federation for Aging Research issued the following news release: The American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR), a national, nonprofit whose mission is to advance and support healthy aging through biomedical research, is pleased to announce the election of Thomas A. Rando, MD, PhD, as President of the Board of Directors in December 2023. Dr. Rando is currently the Director of the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Biology at   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 -- The U.S. Green Building Council issued the following news on Jan. 23, 2024: Today, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), the leading authority on green building and the global developer of the LEED green building program, released its annual list of Top 10 States for LEED. For the first time ever, New York ranked number one, based on LEED-certified gross square footage per capita over the past year, leading the country in green building. New York totaled 201 newly LEE  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 23 -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following news release: After hearing from PETA about the cruel ways snakes, crocodiles, and other reptiles used by the fashion industry are killed for their skin, upscale brand Tory Burch confirmed that it will no longer use reptile skins. In thanks, PETA is sending the company a box of delicious alligator-shaped vegan chocolates. "Every handbag or pair of shoes made with snakes' or alligators' skin is stitched with t  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 23 (TNSres) -- The International Rescue Committee issued the following news release: Following recent reports of increasing numbers of asylum seekers transiting through Mexican territory and the rescue of over 700 from a warehouse, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) warned that the humanitarian crisis related to mixed migration and internal displacement is exposing an ever-growing population to multiple threats. Rafael Velasquez, Country Director for Mexico at the IRC said  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 -- The Washington Legal Foundation issued the following news release on Jan. 23, 2024: Washington Legal Foundation (WLF) today urged the U.S. Supreme Court to affirm the dismissal of a case filed under New York state law. WLF argues that the Supreme Court's decision on the scope of National Bank Act preemption will have broad implications for preemption provisions in other federal statutes. The case arises from mortgages that Bank of America issued in New York State. Under   more

NEW YORK, Jan. 24 -- The World Jewish Congress issued the following news release: After a decision by Meta's Oversight Board to address Holocaust denial content more seriously on its platforms, Yfat Barak-Cheney, director of Technology and Human Rights at the World Jewish Congress, released the following statement: "The World Jewish Congress welcomes the decision of Meta's Oversight Board to overturn the company's original stance on an Instagram post containing false and misleading claims abou  more