AScribe Law News Service articles from July 2006

AScribe Law News Service archives from July 2006

New Issue Brief: California's Paid Family Leave Law - Landmark Legislation Benefits Working Families; Other States Consider Similar Statutes.
July 5, 2006... Byline: Family Caregiver Alliance SAN FRANCISCO, July 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Family Caregiver Alliances National Center on Caregiving has released a new Issue Brief on the value of paid family and medical leave to working families and...

Just Which 'Traditional' Marriage Should We Defend? - by Stephanie Coontz.
July 6, 2006... Byline: Council on Contemporary Families CHICAGO, July 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following is an opinion piece by Stephanie Coontz. Coontz is Director of Research and Public Education at the Council on Contemporary Families, history and...

Cook vs. Combest Debates? Innovator of Farm Subsidy Database Challenges Former Agriculture Committee Chairman to 'PowerPoint at Thirty Paces'.
July 6, 2006... Byline: Environmental Working Group WASHINGTON, July 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Environmental Working Group (EWG) President Ken Cook today challenged one the nation's most ardent and articulate defenders of status quo farm subsidy programs to...

American Public Gives Low Marks to Proposed Federal Database of College Students; Threat to Privacy, Security Risks, Financial Costs Cited as Factors against a National Student Tracking System.
July 6, 2006... Byline: National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities WASHINGTON, July 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Americans overwhelmingly object to a proposed federal system for tracking each college student's academic, financial aid, and...

American Sociological Association Brings Luminaries to Annual Meeting in Montreal Aug. 11-14.
July 6, 2006... Byline: American Sociological Association Washington, July 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- The American Sociological Association's (ASA) 101st Annual Meeting, with the theme, "Great Divides: Transgressing Boundaries," will convene August 11-14 at...

Latino Immigrants Come to U.S. With Negative Stereotypes of Black Americans, Study Shows.
July 10, 2006... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., July 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Latinos bring negative stereotypes about black Americans to the U.S. when they immigrate and identify more with whites than blacks, according to a study of the changing...

New Book Asks 'Where Are Poor People to Live?'.
July 12, 2006... Byline: University of Illinois at Chicago CHICAGO, July 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Federal policy has shifted responsibility for affordable housing to local governments and local markets without fully considering the social, political and...

Joan Baez, Richard M. Daley, Elizabeth J. Cabraser to Receive Awards for Efforts in Gun Violence Prevention; 13th Anniversary of San Francisco Massacre; Legal Community Reaffirms Commitment to Act Together.
July 12, 2006... Byline: Legal Community Against Violence SAN FRANCISCO, July 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Legal Community Against Violence today released the following advisory. - - - - WHAT: Legal Community Against Violence (LCAV) hosts its 13th...

Enforcing Mileage Standards Based on Real-World Testing Would Cut Oil Imports 20 Percent; First-Ever Calculations Show Real MPG Tests Would Save More Than 1.3 Times Saudi Oil Imports Per Year.
July 13, 2006... Byline: Environmental Working Group WASHINGTON, July 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- The U.S. would reduce oil imports by 20 percent if auto companies met mileage standards using realistic driving tests according to a new analysis by Environmental...

American Institutes for Research Hosts Successful Conference on Eliminating Child Labor in Southern Africa.
July 17, 2006... Byline: American Institutes for Research WASHINGTON, July 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- The American Institutes for Research and its partner Khulisa Management Services hosted a major child labor conference in Johannesburg, South Africa in July...

PolicyLink Role at the Heart of Louisiana Rebuilding Plans; Organization Brings Expertise in Developing Strategies to Achieve Affordable Housing, Economic and Social Equity, Communications.
July 17, 2006... Byline: PolicyLink OAKLAND, Calif., July 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- The first anniversary of the destruction ignited by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita will undoubtedly give rise to an exploration of the critical issues still facing the Gulf...

Censure Urged of Scientist in 'Brockovich' Chromium Fraud.
July 18, 2006... Byline: Environmental Working Group WASHINGTON, July 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- A scientific consultant whose firm fraudulently planted a study rebutting a link between chromium and cancer should be censured for violating toxicology's...

Congressional Hearings on Immigration Scheduled in Upcoming Weeks; National Association for College Admission Counseling to Conduct Awareness Campaign on Behalf of Undocumented Students in Legal Limbo.
July 18, 2006... Byline: National Assn. for College Admission Counseling ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Noting concern over Congressional misrepresentation of legal issues surrounding the plight of tens of thousands of undocumented high...

Consumers Group Fair Finance Watch Challenges Wachovia's Proposed Acquisition of Golden West Financial Based on Disparities in Wachovia's 2005 Mortgage Data, Wachovia's Enabling of Predatory Lenders.
July 24, 2006... Byline: Inner City Press NEW YORK, July 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- The consumers' and community organization Fair Finance Watch (FFW) has just filed a 15-page challenge to the proposed announced on May 8 by Wachovia to acquire Golden West...

Nation's College Admission Counselors Urge Education & Workforce Committee to Halt Immigration Hearings, Act on Pressing Education Issues.
July 25, 2006... Byline: National Assn. for College Admission Counseling ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- Noting the plight of hundreds of thousands of children and young adults who have been effectively excluded from educational opportunity...

Segregated and Unequal -- 42 Years After the Civil Right Act of 1964.
July 25, 2006... Byline: Demos NEW YORK, July 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following is an opinion piece by Jose A. Garcia. Garcia is is Senior Research and Policy Associate of the Economic Opportunity Program at Demos, a national, non-partisan public policy...

UC Davis Experts: Anniversary of Sept. 11, War on Terror.
July 26, 2006... Byline: University of California, Davis DAVIS, Calif., July 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- The following University of California, Davis, faculty members are available to comment on a variety of topics related to the upcoming five-year...

Interdisciplinary Network for Group Research to Hold First Conference in Pittsburgh; Co-Founded by Tepper Professor, Conference Will Include Research on Grade Inflation, Medical Decision Making, Jury Behavior.
July 26, 2006... Byline: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH, July 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- The first-ever conference of the Interdisciplinary Network for Group Research (INGroup.info) will be held July 27 at the Holiday Inn Select-University Center in...

$5.4 Million Awarded to Test Employment Strategy for Ex-Prisoners; Agencies in Chicago, Detroit, Milwaukee and St. Paul to Collaborate With States in Pioneering Transitional Jobs Program.
July 26, 2006... Byline: Joyce Foundation CHICAGO, July 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Joyce Foundation is awarding grants totaling nearly $5.4 million to test a promising strategy for enabling people leaving prisons to connect to jobs. The Joyce grants...

President Bush Signs Reauthorization of Voting Rights Act; Full Renewal, Wide Bipartisan Support Should Lead to Full Enforcement of Protections Mandated by Voting Rights Act, Say Voting Rights Groups.
July 27, 2006... Byline: Demos NEW YORK, July 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- Today, President Bush signed the The Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, And Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006 - a full reauthorization of the...

Center on the Media, Crime and Justice to Open at John Jay College; Three Foundations Support Partnership to Strengthen Criminal Justice Journalism.
July 31, 2006... Byline: John Jay College of Criminal Justice NEW YORK, July 31 (AScribe Newswire) -- John Jay College of Criminal Justice today announced the establishment of the Center on the Media, Crime and Justice with more than $300,000 in funding...