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Advocacy
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Report: More Cities Restricting Homeless Food-Sharing Programs
Increasingly, cities around the country are restricting where and how charitable groups can distribute food to the homeless.…
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School Boards Association Steps Away From Tobacco Industry Partnership
Facing withering criticism after partnering with R.J. Reynolds on an anti-tobacco effort, the National School Boards Association dropped…
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Clown Group to Hollywood: Stop Making Clowns So Scary
With the new season of American Horror Story taking on a freak-show motif, Clowns of America International is…
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NRF’s Incoming Chair: Group Should Moderate Stance on Minimum Wage
The National Retail Federation, which has taken a stance against increasing the federal minimum wage, will soon find…
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Best Benefit Ever: Critical Advocacy Intel
A British security industry giant underscores the importance of legislative lobbying and member education on public policy issues.
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Trade Groups, Tech Firms Pledge to Protect Student Data
Some of the biggest players in educational technology have signed a pledge to safeguard student data.
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Liberian Community Groups Step Up Amid Ebola Crisis
As the Dallas Liberian community struggles with the deadly disease—which took the life of Thomas Eric Duncan on…
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Tobacco Grower Associations Take Stand Against Using Child Labor
Earning praise from human rights advocates, two associations that represent tobacco growers are discouraging members from using children…
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Plastic Microbeads In Toothpaste Raise Controversy
Consumer outcry over the potential health effects of microbeads in toothpaste has led a major brand to remove…
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U.K. Trade Group No. 1 With a Bullet on Fighting Piracy
Increasing its pace over the past year, the British Phonographic Industry has topped the charts on an issue…
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Disabilities Group Takes Issue With Kanye West
The group’s president and CEO is calling out the rapper after he singled out two disabled people who…
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Ride-Sharing Fight Gets Messy: Industry Groups Launch Smear Campaigns
Earlier this week, the ride-sharing industry launched TaxiFacts, a campaign intended to take on what it calls the…
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Here’s a Tip From Marriott: Don’t Forget Your Housekeeper
Working with the nonprofit A Woman's Nation, the major hotel group hopes to solve an issue affecting its…
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Biking Is Booming: The Bikeshare Industry Gets Its Own Association
As more communities adopt bike-sharing programs, key stakeholders in the industry have launched the North American Bikeshare Association…
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A Revival: California State Rural Health Association Reorganizes
Running on a shoestring budget with a volunteer board and no current staff, the association is regrouping after…
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Cartoon Network Teams With Nonprofits to Fight Bullying
In its latest effort as part of its “Stop Bullying: Speak Up” campaign, the network is asking its…
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Internet Advocacy Group Ranks the Awful
In the latest edition of its iAWFUL list, the advocacy group NetChoice says that a move to attach…
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Top Comcast Critic Offers Free Cable for Clever Remixes
As the cable giant attempts to push through a merger with Time Warner Cable, a consumer-advocacy group has…
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Hunger Study Exposes Military Families Living on ‘Financial Edge’
In response to national survey findings indicating military families are visiting food banks more frequently than their civilian…
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Governors to Congress: Stop ‘Fire Borrowing,’ Fix Wildfire Funding
Members of the Western Governors’ Association are asking congressional leaders to help better fund wildfire suppression efforts, noting…
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ABA Says LGBT Discrimination Violates Human Rights
The American Bar Association House of Delegates declared last week that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people have…
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Financial Services Roundtable Takes Aim at “CFPB Rumors”
With the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau looking to expand the information it releases to the public about consumer…
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DC Tattoo Artists Organize Against Questionable Regulations
For a second time in a year, Washington's tattoo shops and artists say, the Health Department has proposed…
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What the Doctor Ordered: Healthcare Tech Association Launches
As IT systems in medical offices grow more complex, providers of practice management software will gain a unified…
