WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 [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: * * * "You Are Not Alone" Project Launches to Support Laid-Off Federal Workers * Partnership Between Democracy Forward, AFGE, and Partnership for Public Service Brings Resources and Support to Workers Subjected to Reductions-In-Force and Other Job Losses more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Action Alert: Tell Congress to 'Choose America Over AIPAC' After Poll Shows Americans Overwhelmingly Oppose U.S. Weapons for Israel's Genocide * The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on Congress to "pick America over AIPAC" in response to a Quinnipiac polls showing t more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Condemns Israeli Government's Call to 'Remove' Muslims from Europe as Part of Its 'War on Islam' * The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned an official Israeli government call to "remove" Muslims from Europe as another part of that terror state's "war on Islam." In more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following commentary on Aug. 28, 2025: * * * Interactive Map: States Should Invest in Their Communities by Enacting and Expanding Child Tax Credits and Earned Income Tax Credits By Joanna LeFebvre, Samantha Waxman and Sonali Master A flourishing and economically just nation is one where states make abundant investments so that everyone has the foundation they need to thrive. One step they can take is enacting and ex more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Aug. 28 [Category: Construction] -- Associated General Contractors of America posted the following news release: * * * Construction Workforce Shortages Are Leading Cause Of Project Delays As Immigration Enforcement Affects Nearly 1/3 Of Firms * Thu, 08/28/2025 - 13:12 92 Percent of Construction Firms Report Having a Hard Time Finding Workers to Hire, As 45 Percent of Firms Say Labor Shortages are Causing Project Delays, New Nationwide Industry Survey Finds Constructi more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Coalition for a Prosperous America posted the following news release: * * * CPA Commends Trade Court for Overturning Biden's Illegal Solar Tariff Moratorium * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today applauded the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) for ruling that the Biden administration's two-year suspension of solar duty collections was unlawful. The decision paves the way for retroactive tariffs on tens o more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The Sunrise Movement issued the following news release: * * * DC Students to Walk Out to Protest Trump's Federal Occupation On Tuesday, September 9, students across four major DC college campuses, including American University, Georgetown University, George Washington University, and Howard University, will walk out to protest the federal occupation of their city. As students are returning to school, they are met with an unprecedented display of federal overreach. The more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- Environmental Protection Network issued the following news release on Aug. 28, 2025: * * * Trump Administration Escalates Its War on Science by Firing CDC Director Yesterday, the White House fired Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Susan Monarez, sparking an exodus of the CDC's top doctors. Monarez, who was appointed by President Trump, was confirmed by the Senate with strong Republican support. According to her lawyers, Monarez "refused to rubber more PR

BELLEVUE, Washington, Aug. 28 [Category: Sociological] -- MomsRising, an online and on-the-ground organization of more than one million mothers and their families, posted the following news release: * * * Fear and Profound Sadness Grip Minnesota - and the Nation - Yet Again Due to the Unspeakable Gun Violence Our Lawmakers Ignore * Statement of Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, Executive Director and CEO of MomsRising, the online and on-the-ground organization of more than one million mothers and the more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * FEMA Employees Who Sounded Alarm on Trump's Disaster Preparedness Failures Placed on Leave on Eve of Katrina Anniversary * Washington, DC -- As the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina making landfall approaches, news reports say that the Trump administration has begun to place on leave dozens of FEMA workers who raised concerns of funding cuts and staffing shortages putting lives at risk more PR

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Aug. 28 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary: * * * Food Stamp fraud in Minnesota could waste more than Feeding our Future fraud * Minnesota continues to pay for health care for people who live in other states or are dead The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) once known as "food stamps" program is a federally f more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Health Secretary RFK Jr. Should Be Fired, Not CDC Director Susan Monarez * WASHINGTON, D.C. - After U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. sought to oust Susan Monarez, the first Senate-confirmed director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), she refused to resign. A lawyer for Monarez argued that the purported firing was "legally deficient," becaus more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- Human Rights First issued the following news on Aug. 28, 2025: * * * Human Rights First Decries U.S. Boycott of UN Universal Periodic Review for Further Damaging U.S. Credibility and International Human Rights Norms Human Rights First today condemned the U.S. government's unprecedented decision to not participate in its own Universal Periodic Review (UPR) before the United Nations Human Rights Council this year. The move is another damaging setback to American credibili more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The National Community Reinvestment Coalition, an organization that works to uphold fair housing, fair lending and consumer protection laws, issued the following news release: * * * NCRC Statement on Illegal Effort to Fire Lisa Cook National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) President and CEO Jesse Van Tol released the following statement on President Donald Trump's attempted firing of Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve Board: On the one hand, it's a shocking dev more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * New Letter Calls on OMB to Block Grok Implementation * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In a letter organized by Public Citizen and Color of Change, over 30 organizations called on the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to block the adoption of Grok, the large language model (LLM) developed by xAI, across federal agencies. The letter cites concerns over Grok's lack of objectivity, documented hate speec more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The National Iranian American Council issued the following statement on Aug. 28, 2025: * * * NIAC Statement on E3 Decision to Impose Snapback Sanctions on Iran Jamal Abdi, President of the National Iranian American Council, issued the following statement following reports that France, Germany and the United Kingdom (the so-called E3) have moved to trigger "snapback" and restore six prior United Nations Security Council Resolutions on Iran after what they deemed insuffic more PR

BELLEVUE, Washington, Aug. 28 [Category: Sociological] -- MomsRising, an online and on-the-ground organization of more than one million mothers and their families, posted the following news release: * * * On Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Equal Pay Day, We Demand Bold Action, Clear Data, and an End to Wage Discrimination * Statement of Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, Executive Director and CEO of MomsRising, the online and on-the-ground organization of more than one million mothers and their  more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 29 (TNSrep) -- Oxfam America issued the following news release: * * * Best states to work 2025: DC, California top the list, while North Carolina, Mississippi lag far behind Oxfam's 2025 index highlights federal and state-level backsliding on labor policy against the backdrop of an increasingly regressive second Trump administration Ahead of Labor Day, Oxfam, the global organization fighting inequality to end poverty and injustice, released the seventh edition of  more PR

NEW YORK, Aug. 28 [Category: Media] -- PEN America, an organization that says it stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression, posted the following news release: * * * PEN America Condemns Trump Administration's Decision to Withdraw from Participation in the Universal Periodic Review Process at the United Nations * (WASHINGTON) -- PEN America condemned the Trump administration's unprecedented withdrawal from participation in the upcoming United Nations more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 [Category: Political] -- Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly the NARAL Pro-Choice America) posted the following news release: * * * Planned Parenthood PA PAC and Reproductive Freedom for All Endorse Three Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Justices for Retention * Harrisburg, PA -- Planned Parenthood Pennsylvania PAC and Reproductive Freedom for All today announced their endorsements of the three Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (SCOPA) justices standing for retention in the 2 more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters posted the following news release: * * * This Week in Climate Action - August 28, 2025 * Your weekly resource to learn what the environmental movement is saying about the news of the day and the political fight of our generation. This week, we're covering Trump's attacks on wind and the fight to protect our public lands. Be sure to follow LCV on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, BlueSky, and TikTok. QUOTES OF T more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 [Category: Business] -- The Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council issued the following news release: * * * Trusting Markets, Empowering People: A Pro-Growth Blueprint for a Healthier America * By Karen Kerrigan - America faces a crisis in chronic disease - one that demands effective, forceful, and thoughtful action. For some time, market trends have been moving powerfully to meet Americans' growing concern over health and wellness. The Make America Healthy Again m more PR

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Aug. 29 -- WildEarth Guardians issued the following news release: * * * WildEarth Guardians Responds as Trump Administration Moves to Repeal Roadless Area Protections Losing the Roadless Rule is perhaps the greatest threat to National Forests we've seen in 25 years * WASHINGTON -- More than 45 million acres of national forest lands across 36 states and Puerto Rico are set to lose long-standing protections as the administration moves forward with its repeal of the 2001  more PR