WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Because of Gov. Abbott's Complacency, a Rigged Congressional Map is Likely to Gain the Texas House's Approval Today * AUSTIN, Texas -- Today, the Texas House of Representatives is expected to approve a congressional redistricting map demanded by President Trump, putting the measure on a fast track to approval in the state Senate as soon as Thursday before heading to Gov. Greg Abbott's desk.  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Aug. 20, 2025: * * * Does the U.S.-Cook Islands Seabed Minerals Announcement Signal a New Front in Great Power Competition? By Kathryn Paik and Gracelin Baskaran On August 4, on the 60th anniversary of the Cook Islands' becoming a self-governing state, the United States and Cook Islands announced bilateral cooperation to advance deep-sea mining exploration in Cook Islands waters. This more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Aug. 20, 2025: * * * Why U.S. Junior Professionals in the UN Still Matter By Allison Lombardo and Ella Lipin Over the last several years, there has been bipartisan support for increasing the number of Americans working in the UN, in part via the Junior Professional Officer (JPO) program. In the last Department of State, foreign operations, and related appropriations bill passed in 202 more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- Detention Watch Network, a coalition that says it builds power through advocacy and strategic communications to abolish immigration detention in the U.S., issued the following news release: * * * A Closer Look at Trump's Shocking Immigration Detention Expansion Plans Trump's cruel mass detention and deportation agenda has reached a previously unimaginable scope and scale. Last week, a Washington Post report revealed what advocates have been calling attention to for mont more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * Diverse Coalition Denounces Pro-Israel 'Classroom Censorship' Bill (AB 715) at Capitol Press Conference and Rally * The California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CA), California Faculty Association (CFA), Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC) Action, and Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) Bay Area held a press conference and rally yeste more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 (TNSLrpt) -- The Economic Policy Institute issued the following report on August 14, 2025, Valerie Wilson, Adewale A. Maye, and Stevie Marvin entitled "A tale of 10 cities." Here are excerpts: * * * The concentration of Black Americans in urban areas is one of the legacies of the Great Migration--the period between 1916 and 1970 when 6 million Black Americans fled the violence and economic oppression of the rural South in search of safety and better job opportunities in ci more PR

NEW YORK, Aug. 20 [Category: Environment] -- The Environmental Defense Fund posted the following news release: * * * EDF Experts Join Hundreds of Americans at Virtual Forum, "Vigorously" Oppose Trump EPA Attacks on Endangerment Finding, Clean Car and Truck Standards * (August 20, 2025) Environmental Defense Fund experts joined hundreds of other Americans today to defend two vital climate and public health safeguards that the Trump EPA is trying to overturn. They testified at a virtual forum  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 [Category: Sociological] -- The American Economic Liberties Project posted the following news release: * * * Fmr. Senate Antitrust Subcommittee Chief Counsel Phillip Berenbroick Joins Economic Liberties * Washington, D.C. -- The American Economic Liberties Project today announced that Phillip Berenbroick, former Chief Counsel, Competition & Technology for the Senate Judiciary Committee's Antitrust Subcommittee, will join the anti-monopoly organization as Senior Strategist more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 (TNSLrpt) -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) has issued a briefing titled 'USMCA Review 2026: Pathways, Risks, and Strategic Considerations for North America's Economic Future.' The document, authored by Diego Marroquin Bitar, Christopher Hernandez-Roy, and Earl Anthony Wayne, was published in August 2025. It details the upcoming joint review of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) and its implications for North America's cohesion and gl more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Sierra Club Statement on Consideration of Criminal Charges Against Former Yosemite Employee * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Reports have emerged that a former National Park Service employee could face criminal charges for a free speech demonstration on the park's famous El Capitan cliff. Shannon "SJ" Joslin, who identifies as nonbinary, was fired by NPS last week after participating in the display  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 [Category: Political] -- Democracy Forward, an organization that says it advances democracy and social progress through litigation, policy and public education and regulatory engagement, issued the following news release: * * * Tax Experts and Advocates, Small Businesses, and Unions Ask for Urgent Intervention to Stop Unprecedented Breach of IRS Data * New Details About ICE Access to Sensitive Systems at IRS Emerge in Legal Filing Washington, D.C. - A coalition of small more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Trump Spreads Desperate Lies to Deflect Blame for High Energy Prices * Washington, D.C. \- Today, Donald Trump published on Truth Social that "Any State that has built and relied on WINDMILLS and SOLAR for power are seeing RECORD BREAKING INCREASES IN ELECTRICITY AND ENERGY COSTS." This is false. Energy Innovation reported that "states with the largest increases in wind and solar generat more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 [Category: Business] -- The U.S. Chamber of Commerce posted the following news release: * * * U.S. Chamber, Thornton Chamber Host U.S. Representative Gabe Evans for Roundtable on Tax Reform * THORNTON, CO - The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Thornton Chamber of Commerce recently hosted U.S. Representative Gabe Evans (R-CO-08) for a roundtable discussion in Thornton, Colorado with local business leaders on the pro-growth business tax provisions in President Trump's One B more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- Detention Watch Network, a coalition that says it builds power through advocacy and strategic communications to abolish immigration detention in the U.S., issued the following news release: * * * Unbuild Walls: Why Immigrant Justice Needs Abolition Now Available as an Audiobook Unbuild Walls: Why Immigrant Justice Needs Abolition, by Silky Shah, Executive Director of Detention Watch Network is now available as an Audiobook. Unbuild Walls, released in May 2024, dives int more PR

BOONE, North Carolina, Aug. 19 [Category: Sociological] -- Appalachian Voices posted the following news release: * * * West Virginia groups urge Gov. Morrisey, Attorney General McCuskey to defend WV's Solar for All program award * August 19, 2025 CONTACT Dan Radmacher, dan@appvoices.org CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Today, a dozen West Virginia companies and organizations sent a letter to the offices of Gov. Patrick Morrisey and Attorney General J.B. McCuskey to call on them to push back on th more PR