NEW YORK, April 30 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The American Civil Liberties Union, an organization that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., posted the following news release: * * * ACLU Asks Court to Expand Temporary Relief to All Trans, Intersex, and Nonbinary People Seeking Passports BOSTON - The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Massachusetts, and Covington & Burling LLC filed motions for class certifi  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 1 -- Oxfam America issued the following news release: * * * Global CEO pay increased by 50 percent since 2019, 56 times more than worker wages * Average CEO pay surged by 50 percent in real terms since 2019, while average worker wages increased by just 0.9 percent. * Every hour, billionaires pocket more wealth than the average worker earns in an entire year. * The average gender pay gap in 11,366 corporations worldwide narrowed slightly from 27 percent to 22 perce  more

HARRISBURG, Massachusetts, April 30 (TNSres) -- Teach Plus, an organization that empowers teachers to take leadership over key policy and practice issues that affect their students' success, issued the following news release: * * * In New Report from Teach Plus, Pennsylvania Teacher Leaders Spotlight Districts Putting State Adequacy Investments to Good Use Pennsylvania students and schools have benefitted from the state's first installment of adequacy funding and other recent public education  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 29 [Category: Environment] -- The Union of Concerned Scientists posted the following news release: * * * Reclassifying Career Scientists and Experts as Political Appointees Will Remove Science and Facts from Government Information and Decisions "Under this new employment classification, if President Trump doesn't like the findings of federal research, a new science-based rule, or even the scientific information a federal agency shares with the public, he can si  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 1 -- Teach Plus, an organization that empowers teachers to take leadership over key policy and practice issues that affect their students' success, issued the following news release: * * * Teach Plus Launches Leading Edge Fellowship to Elevate Teacher Voice in AI and Innovation Ten Educators from Across the Country Selected for Inaugural 2025-26 Cohort Teach Plus, a national nonprofit that empowers teachers to lead student-centered improvements in educational polic  more

WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, May 1 -- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution issued the following news release: * * * New global efforts to map and monitor kelp forests extend to South Africa and Namibia A new expansion of kelpwatch.org brings over 40 years of satellite-derived kelp canopy data to South Africa and Namibia, offering new insights into these vital underwater forest ecosystems. One-third of the world's coastlines are home to vast underwater forests of kelp. These submerged forests s  more