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Public News Service info@publicnewsservice.org no Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/32626-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/32626-1 (Read More)]]> Consumer Issues Health Issues Media Reform Senior Issues Social Justice Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/32179-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/32179-1 (Read More)]]> Children's Issues Cultural Resources Early Childhood Education Family/Father Issues Health Issues Media Reform Mental Health Youth Issues Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/32146-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/32146-1 (Read More)]]> Children's Issues Early Childhood Education Family/Father Issues Media Reform Mental Health Youth Issues Mon, 08 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/31789-2 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/31789-2 (Read More)]]> Social Justice Media Reform Cultural Resources Mon, 08 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/31795-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/31795-1 (Read More)]]> Social Justice Media Reform Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/31512-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/31512-1 (Read More)]]> Consumer Issues Cultural Resources Human Rights/Racial Justice Media Reform Social Justice Mon, 25 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/31508-2 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/31508-2 (Read More)]]> Social Justice Senior Issues Rural/Farming Media Reform Consumer Issues Mon, 04 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/31000-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/31000-1 Senate Bill 88 would unshackle phone companies from having to provide landline service in most areas of the state. ...(Read More)]]> Consumer Issues Media Reform Senior Issues Wed, 06 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/30632-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/30632-1 (Read More)]]> Livable Wages/Working Families Media Reform Poverty Issues Senior Issues Mon, 31 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/30110-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/30110-1 (Read More)]]> Criminal Justice Family/Father Issues Media Reform Social Justice Thu, 15 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/29309-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/29309-1 (Read More)]]> Criminal Justice Family/Father Issues Media Reform Poverty Issues Social Justice Wed, 17 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/28909-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/28909-1 (Read More)]]> Arts & Culture Citizenship/Representative Democracy Criminal Justice Immigrant Issues Media Reform Fri, 12 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/28842-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/28842-1 Middle of Nowhere, a wrenching story unfolds amid the hardships endured by those outside as they try to support loved ones behind bars. One such burden is the cost of phone calls, jacked up by prison telephone service contracts. The film's director, Ava DuVernay, says those costs are the result of monopolies that benefit phone companies and state governments. ...(Read More)]]> Social Justice Poverty Issues Media Reform Criminal Justice Mon, 08 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/28753-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/28753-1 (Read More)]]> Arts & Culture Citizenship/Representative Democracy Human Rights/Racial Justice Media Reform Social Justice Mon, 08 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/28762-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/28762-1 State House Report Card tracks 200 roll-call votes in Concord on a wide variety of issues. ...(Read More)]]> Social Justice Media Reform Education Community Issues and Volunteering Citizenship/Representative Democracy Campaign Finance Reform/Money in Politics Budget Policy & Priorities Tue, 25 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/28540-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/28540-1 (Read More)]]> Arts & Culture Budget Policy & Priorities Campaign Finance Reform/Money in Politics Census Children's Issues Citizenship/Representative Democracy Civil Rights Community Issues and Volunteering Consumer Issues Cultural Resources Education Family/Father Issues Health Issues Hunger/Food/Nutrition Immigrant Issues Livable Wages/Working Families Media Reform Poverty Issues Senior Issues Social Justice Welfare Reform Women's Issues Youth Issues Mon, 10 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/28295-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/28295-1 (Read More)]]> Community Issues and Volunteering Education Media Reform Senior Issues Thu, 26 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/27600-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/27600-1 (Read More)]]> Citizenship/Representative Democracy Human Rights/Racial Justice Media Reform Fri, 20 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/27524-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/27524-1 (Read More)]]> Budget Policy & Priorities Consumer Issues Criminal Justice Media Reform Thu, 19 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/27508-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/27508-1 Declaration of Internet Freedom has been drafted and a Kentucky group is among those signing on to it. Mimi Pickering, Community Media Initiative director with the non-profit arts and education center Appalshop, says the document consists of several principles that supporters believe should act as a foundation for what the Internet should be and how it should work. ...(Read More)]]> Rural/Farming Media Reform Consumer Issues Community Issues and Volunteering Wed, 27 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/27071-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/27071-1 (Read More)]]> Arts & Culture Budget Policy & Priorities Civil Rights Community Issues and Volunteering Consumer Issues Cultural Resources Family/Father Issues Housing/Homelessness Human Rights/Racial Justice Immigrant Issues Livable Wages/Working Families Media Reform Poverty Issues Rural/Farming Senior Issues Social Justice Urban Planning/Transportation Welfare Reform Mon, 11 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/26867-2 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/26867-2 (Read More)]]> Children's Issues Health Issues Hunger/Food/Nutrition Media Reform Youth Issues Thu, 24 May 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/26604-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/26604-1 (Read More)]]> Consumer Issues Media Reform Rural/Farming Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/26320-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/26320-1 (Read More)]]> Consumer Issues Criminal Justice Media Reform Social Justice Fri, 04 May 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/26221-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/26221-1 HR 3523, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) - is, in a way, a successor to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA), the anti-piracy measures that were shot down in January after an outcry over censorship concerns. The issue with CISPA is privacy. ...(Read More)]]> Media Reform Consumer Issues Tue, 01 May 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/26095-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/26095-1 (Read More)]]> Citizenship/Representative Democracy Civil Rights Cultural Resources Immigrant Issues Media Reform Social Justice Mon, 09 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/25769-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/25769-1 (Read More)]]> Media Reform Social Justice Wed, 14 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/25289-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/25289-1 A recent Kaiser Family Foundation study found consumers may not understand many of its key provisions. Phillip Martin, research and policy director for Progress Texas, says one of the most common misconceptions is that it's essentially a government-run health-insurance plan. ...(Read More)]]> Budget Policy & Priorities Consumer Issues Cultural Resources Health Issues Livable Wages/Working Families Media Reform Poverty Issues Senior Issues Social Justice Welfare Reform Women's Issues Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/25243-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/25243-1 a statement saying Limbaugh was trying to shame a young woman from coming forward and speaking her mind, and that calling her a "slut" and a "prostitute" on the air is unacceptable. Ruthie Fuller, a member of Michigan NOW, says Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke did nothing wrong when she testified on behalf of insurance-provided birth control. ...(Read More)]]> Health Issues Media Reform Women's Issues Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/25059-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/25059-1 (Read More)]]> Consumer Issues Media Reform Rural/Farming Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/24507-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/24507-1 House Bill 1112 and Senate Bill 308 would allow companies to stop serving unprofitable areas if some other carrier exists. ...(Read More)]]> Consumer Issues Health Issues Media Reform Rural/Farming Senior Issues Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/24367-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/24367-1 (Read More)]]> Campaign Finance Reform/Money in Politics Citizenship/Representative Democracy Consumer Issues Cultural Resources Media Reform Social Justice Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/23949-2 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/23949-2 (Read More)]]> Consumer Issues Livable Wages/Working Families Media Reform Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/23756-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/23756-1 (Read More)]]> Children's Issues Education Media Reform Youth Issues Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/23760-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/23760-1 rankings released last week confirmed that, for the second year in a row, El Paso is the safest city in the U.S. with a population of more than 500,000. It's evidence that public perception about the border does not always match reality, according to immigrant-rights advocates. ...(Read More)]]> Citizenship/Representative Democracy Civil Rights Criminal Justice Cultural Resources Human Rights/Racial Justice Immigrant Issues Media Reform Peace Social Justice Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/23635-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/23635-1 (Read More)]]> Citizenship/Representative Democracy Consumer Issues Criminal Justice Media Reform Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/23716-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/23716-1 Free Press as an overreaction to copyright infringement that places unnecessary burdens on such websites as Etsy and You Tube to determine if they're hosting unauthorized content. "It would give people who run Internet websites very little time to respond to accusations before their websites are actually 'disappeared' from the Internet." Aligned with movie studios and music companies in support of SOPA are the pharmaceutical industry and the U.S. "...(Read More)]]> Citizenship/Representative Democracy Consumer Issues Criminal Justice Media Reform Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/23138-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/23138-1 (Read More)]]> Budget Policy & Priorities Campaign Finance Reform/Money in Politics Citizenship/Representative Democracy Housing/Homelessness Hunger/Food/Nutrition Livable Wages/Working Families Media Reform Peace Poverty Issues Social Justice Youth Issues Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/23065-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/23065-1 (Read More)]]> Health Issues Media Reform Rural/Farming Mon, 17 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/22724-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/22724-1 Latino Media Conference. Mario Murillo is chair of the Department of Radio, Television and Film at Hofstra University, where the conference was held. While New York's Latino population is growing, most local news organizations have only a few Latino reporters, he says. ...(Read More)]]> Census Civil Rights Education Immigrant Issues Media Reform Social Justice Fri, 14 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/22711-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/22711-1 Center for Rural Strategies' first Rural Broadband Summit and hearing. ...(Read More)]]> Budget Policy & Priorities Consumer Issues Media Reform Rural/Farming Mon, 10 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/22618-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/22618-1 Center for Rural Strategies is hosting a rural broadband conference and hearing this week in Whitesburg to let citizens sound off about the future of wireless Internet and its expansion into rural communities. ...(Read More)]]> Budget Policy & Priorities Cultural Resources Media Reform Rural/Farming Mon, 03 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/22453-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/22453-1 National Association of Social Workers (NASW). ...(Read More)]]> Children's Issues Media Reform Mental Health Youth Issues Mon, 26 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/22101-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/22101-1 Oregon AFL-CIO's annual conference that began on Sunday, one of the liveliest events is expected to be Tuesday's debate featuring candidates for the First Congressional District, the seat vacated by Rep. David Wu. ...(Read More)]]> Budget Policy & Priorities Citizenship/Representative Democracy Livable Wages/Working Families Media Reform Thu, 15 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/22186-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/22186-1 toolkit, from the nonprofit Texas Legal Services Center (TLSC). Paula Pierce, manager of TLSC hotline programs, says the vast majority of victims who follow the guidelines are able to fully restore their identity and financial well-being. ...(Read More)]]> Consumer Issues Criminal Justice Cultural Resources Disabilities Media Reform Philanthropy Senior Issues Thu, 01 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/21990-2 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/21990-2 (Read More)]]> Consumer Issues Livable Wages/Working Families Media Reform Social Justice Thu, 01 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/22001-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/22001-1 American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) would like to see the media change their ways. ...(Read More)]]> Media Reform Mental Health Thu, 18 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/21735-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/21735-1 FreePress.net says approving the takeover does not make sense. "It's 100 percent clear that this merger is a job-killer. "...(Read More)]]> Social Justice Poverty Issues Media Reform Livable Wages/Working Families Consumer Issues Mon, 01 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/21473-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/21473-1 Colorado Health Symposium wrapped up this weekend, after looking at new and innovative methods in health care. But the symposium also experimented with new ways of moving beyond the conference walls: It's called "Symposium University." Six college students received scholarships to the symposium - with the idea they would blog and tweet about what they saw. ...(Read More)]]> Cultural Resources Health Issues Media Reform Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/21142-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/21142-1 Media Access Project, says such low-power stations have broadcast in rural areas for almost a decade. ...(Read More)]]> Community Issues and Volunteering Cultural Resources Media Reform