ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Illinois, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- ACES-The Society for Editing issued the following news: ACES Education Fund has named its 2024 Richard S. Holden Diversity Fellowships. In this, the fifth year of the program, ACES has awarded five fellowships. The 2024 Fellows are Britt Camacho, Alicia Chantal, Guntaas Kaur Chugh, Briana Gwin, and Shannon Scott. Each of the winners will receive $3,000 to apply to course tuition, conference fees, travel, or other costs related to their contin more PR

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- Goodwill Industries International, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, issued the following news release: * * * Global Sustainability Leaders Join Goodwill Network in Washington DC to Explore Circularity Opportunities * * * WASHINGTON DC -- As part of an ongoing effort to advance circularity, Goodwill Industries International (GII) conducted a two-year pilot project to develop skills, systems and infrastructure to aggregate, sort and prepare textiles for reuse an more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Aug. 16, 2024: * * * Harmonizing Inbound Investment Screening By David Korn, Thibault Denamiel and William Alan Reinsch Introduction The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) commanded extensive attention last month amid a Senate hearing (https://www.banking.senate.gov/hearings/advancing-national-security-through-export-controls-investment-security-and more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 (TNSres) -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following report on August 15, 2024, by Christopher B. Johnstone, Cynthia Cook, Audrey Aldisert, Leah Klaas, Christine Michienzi, Gregg Rubinstein, Gregory Sanders and Nicholas Szechenyi entitled "Building a Mutually Complementary Supply Chain between Japan and the United States." Here are excerpts: * * * Japan has a long history of restrictions on defense spending and arms exports. These factors, co more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 (TNSres) -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following brief on August 8, 2024, by Sanam Rasool, William Alan Reinsch and Thibault Denamiel entitled "Crafting a Robust U.S. Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism." Here are excerpts: * * * The Issue The introduction of a carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) in the United States presents an intricate policy challenge at the intersection of climate action and international trade. With countries  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 (TNSres) -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following report on August 6, 2024, by Gregory C Allen and Isaac Goldston entitled "The Department of Defense's Collaborative Combat Aircraft Program: Good News, Bad News, and Unanswered Questions." Here are excerpts: * * * Introduction: Big Problems with the Air Force Fighter Fleet On September 22, 2021, General Mark D. Kelly, then commander of U.S. Air Combat Command, gave a speech with a grim rec more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 (TNSres) -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following report on August 14, 2024, by Andreyka Natalegawa and Gregory B. Poling entitled "U.S. and Chinese Soft Power and Influence in Southeast Asia." Here are excerpts: * * * Amid the lingering economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and an increasingly complex regional and global security landscape, power dynamics in Southeast Asia remain fluid. Under the Biden administration, the United States more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 (TNSres) -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following report on August 15, 2024, by Sujai Shivakumar, Tisyaketu Sirkar and Jeffrey Depp entitled "Understanding the U.S. Biopharmaceutical Innovation Ecosystem." Here are excerpts: * * * The biopharmaceutical innovation system--which brings novel, life-improving, and life-saving therapies from the researcher's bench to a patient's bedside--is a major engine powering health improvements, economic  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- Democracy Forward, a legal organization that says it advances democracy and social progress through litigation, policy and public education and regulatory engagement, issued the following news release: * * * Report highlights critical work and impact in 38+ states, in courts across the country, and in opposition to Project 2025, as broad and diverse coalitions across the nation join together to advance freedom and democracy * * * Amidst growing public awarene more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- Groundwork Collaborative, a think tank and progressive advocacy group, issued the following statement on Aug. 16, 2024: * * * NEW Fact Sheet: Corporations Are Driving the High Prices * * * Groundwork Collaborative Executive Director Lindsay Owens released the following statement concerning the persistently high costs of everyday essentials like food and groceries, even as inflation has cooled. Groundwork also released a fact sheet today that shows how corporat more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 (TNSres) -- The Institute for Local Self-Reliance issued the following news release: For this episode of the Local Energy Rules Podcast, host John Farrell summarizes ILSR's recent report, Upcharge: Hidden Costs of Electric Utility Monopoly Power. The report (https://ilsr.org/articles/report-upcharge-electric-utility-monopoly/) details the true costs of the current utility model - to communities, the climate, and our democracy - and makes the case for breaking up the private  more PR

DALLAS, Texas, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- Baylor Scott and White Health issued the following news release: * * * "Seminal" JAMA study highlights major step forward in treating infertility with results from world's largest uterus transplant program at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas * * * Today, the team at Baylor University Medical Center's uterus transplant program--the largest of its kind in the world--published the results of an eight-year trial in the Journal of the American Medical  more PR

NEW YORK, Aug. 16 (TNSres) -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following statement on Aug. 14, 2024, by adjunct fellow Dan Katz: * * * "Today's Consumer Price Index (CPI) report for July continues the pattern of a somewhat gradual disinflationary progress, albeit to levels of inflation that are still too high based on the Federal Reserve's stated mandate and consumer preferences. At an overall level, the report was moderately encouraging, with new cycle lows in year-over-year headline CPI of more PR

NEW YORK, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following news release: * * * Redistribution from workers to seniors exceeds all other federal domestic spending put together * * * Former President Donald Trump recently proposed eliminating taxes on Social Security benefits, which are currently borne by the wealthiest seniors. By contrast, his running mate J.D. Vance has developed a brand emphasizing the need to reduce the tax burden on young working families. But the two goa more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 (TNSres) -- The National Association of County and City Health Officials issued the following news release: The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), the voice of the over 3,300 local health departments across the country, has awarded $2,655,000 to 25 communities to increase immunization uptake through strategic community partnerships. The selected sites will strengthen vaccination efforts to align with vaccination coverage recommendations from t more PR

SANTA MONICA, California, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- Rand issued the following excerpts of a commentary on Aug. 16, 2024, to War on the Rocks: * * * Russia's Post-War Military Recruiting Strategy Emerges By Dara Massicot After the war in Ukraine freezes or ends, the Russian military will begin a long-term effort to regenerate equipment and personnel. How will they recruit the next generation of professional enlisted soldiers and officers, having sustained an estimated 350,000 casualties (https://ww more PR

SANTA MONICA, California, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- Rand issued the following commentary on Aug. 16, 2024: * * * Community-Driven Recovery: The Lahaina Wildfires a Year Later By Aaron Clark-Ginsberg, Lance Tan and Elizabeth Bowen Since wildfires devastated Lahaina, Maui, just over a year ago, the town has been consumed by the monumental tasks of rebuilding and recovery. To keep the momentum going in the years ahead, Lahaina should remain focused on existing efforts (https://www.mauicounty.gov/Civi more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- The Ripon Society issued the following news release: * * * "HOW THE WEST WILL BE WON" * * * With energy demand rising and record high temperatures being set around the world, the latest edition of The Ripon Forum examines the bipartisan effort being led by a Western Governor to reduce the amount of carbon in the Earth's atmosphere while at the same time pursuing an all-of-the-above energy approach. The Governor is Mark Gordon of Wyoming. A Republican first e more PR