NEW YORK, Dec. 14 -- The International Trademark Association issued the following news release: Brussels, Belgium--December 13, 2024--The International Trademark Association (INTA), as part of a coalition of fourteen intellectual property (IP) and anticounterfeiting member associations representing more than 2,500 IP rights owners globally, including SMEs and startups across various industry sectors, has issued a joint statement urging the inclusion of IP crime as a priority in the EU Commissio more PR

NEW YORK, Dec. 12 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary to Bloomberg Opinion: * * * Some things need to change. But increasing trade was not the problem, and restricting it is not the solution. * * * Economists Are Wrong a Lot but Not About Tariffs By Allison Schrager Many Americans are fed up with experts, and I am right there with them. I get the desire to burn it all down, I really do -- except when it comes to the subject I am expert in: economics. S more PR

NEW YORK, Dec. 12 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary to FoxNews.com: * * * New Trump administration has plenty of tools at its disposal to combat antisemitism * * * 6 Ways President Trump Can Fight Antisemitism from Day 1 By Ilya Shapiro The Oct. 7 massacre revealed big problems with our institutions of higher education, particularly the so-called elite ones. It's amazing that the heart of antisemitism in America lies on campus, among the most educated more PR

NEW YORK, Dec. 10 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary to the National Review Online: * * * The 'Handicapper General' interpretation of the equal protection clause must not stand. * * * The Affirmative Action Fight Comes to High Schools By Robert VerBruggen Yesterday, the Supreme Court declined to hear a case against Boston's School Committee. But the underlying issue will not be going away. Like many major cities, Boston runs special high schools for h more PR

NEW YORK, Dec. 11 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary to the National Review Online: * * * Groupthink distracts the institution from its proper role of focusing on monetary concerns and representing the American economy. * * * The Federal Reserve Banks Are Turning Left By Judge Glock America's Federal Reserve system has always been an awkward hybrid of public and private. It is divided between a central Federal Reserve board (appointed by the U.S. presi more PR

NEW YORK, Dec. 11 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary to the New York Post: * * * How a Trump Knockout Punch Can Take Out the Federal DEI Behemoth on Day 1 By Christopher F. Rufo There is a great clanging and clamoring around the offices in Washington, DC, and Mar-a-Lago in Florida. Political operatives, policy wonks and opposition figures are all planning for the arrival of the second Donald Trump administration. I've spoken with many of the people in t more PR

NEW YORK, Dec. 10 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary to the Wall Street Journal: * * * He almost certainly lacks the power to end it, and doing so would swell the illegal population. * * * Trump's Misguided Attack on Birthright Citizenship By Jason L. Riley In an interview with NBC News that aired Sunday, Donald Trump said he wanted to work with Democrats in Congress to "do something" about the legal limbo of so-called Dreamers, the name given to undoc more PR

NEW YORK, Dec. 15 (TNSrep) -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following issue brief on December 12, 2024 by Brian Riedl entitled "Correcting the Top 10 Tax Myths." Here is the introduction: * * * As Washington prepares for a 2025 dominated by tax policy--led by the issue of whether to extend the expiring 2017 tax cuts--the debate is likely to bring a fresh recirculation of the most common myths about the federal tax system from both the left and the right. On the one hand, the false conse more PR

NEW YORK, Dec. 15 [Category: International] -- The International Rescue Committee issued the following news release: More than 100,000 displaced individuals have recently arrived in Raqqa and Al-Hasakah governorates from Aleppo requiring urgent support.A recent IRC assessment in Raqqa, Al-Tabqah and Al-Hasakah in the northeast of Syria reveals displaced populations face unsafe childbirth, cold-related illnesses, contaminated water, and medical shortages.Harassment, sexual violence, and unsafe s more PR