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Blogs of the Right:
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April 08, 2009
April 8, 2009America's young adults face an economy so bleak that many are making choices to make ends meet now that could diminish their economic prospects for a lifetime, according to a new survey that paints a grim picture of the financial challenges facing the generation entering the workforce now. Full release.
The Coalition for a Democratic Workplace (CDW) today expressed disappointment about Senator Mark Warner's decision to vote for cloture of the anti-worker Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA). The Employee Free Choice Act -- or "card check" bill will effectively eliminate secret ballots for workers in union-organizing elections and bind employers to non-negotiated contracts that inhibit their ability to create much-needed new jobs. Full release.
For the first time ever, investors and fund managers are now able to compare the carbon footprints of leading U.S. mutual funds, thanks to a report released today by Trucost, the world's foremost environmental data & research company. The report shows that the carbon intensity of mutual funds varies widely, with the highest-carbon fund found to be 38 times more carbon intensive than the fund with the smallest carbon footprint. Full release.
In a newly released Washington Legal Foundation working paper, international lawyer Lawrence Kogan describes the U.S. Navy's challenge in convincing the U.S. Supreme Court to vacate a green injunction effectively preventing critical U.S. Naval sonar training exercises from taking place off the Southern California coast. The injunction had been issued on the grounds that the Navy's failure to prepare a full environmental impact statement could trigger possible but scientifically unverifiable discomfort to beaked whales.Full release.
The annual survey of state-funded preschool programs shows impressive expansion in enrollment and spending. However, the recession may reverse the trend, curtailing early education opportunities for children in lower- and middle-income families. Full release.
In preparation for the Council on Contemporary Families' Twelfth Anniversary Conference at the University of Chicago at Illinois, April 17-19, 2009, the Council surveyed its members about their most important or surprising research results and clinical observations related to topics being considered at the conference. The resulting report, "Unconventional Wisdom: New Data, Trends, and Clinical Observations about Equality in American Family Life and Gender Roles," provides a snapshot of what some of the nation's leading authorities are seeing in their research and clinical practice. Full release.