News by subject: AVO

A group of well-known anti-trafficking, survivor, women's, and legal organizations are opposing proposed amendments to the Model Penal Code being voted on by the American Law Institute (ALI) on May 17, 2022. The proposed changes narrow and weaken...

As a longstanding supporter of Pride, Bud Light Canada is proud to announce the launch of Bud Light Camp ? an LGBTQIA2S+ community and ally-focused adult...

Early voting has begun in San Francisco for the June primary election which includes the referendum to recall embattled progressive district attorney Chesa Boudin. Amid the campaign frenzy, Boudin has embarked on an anti-recall media blitz. Personal...

The number of children with severe wasting was rising even before war in Ukraine threatened to plunge the world deeper into a spiralling global food crisis - and it's getting worse, UNICEF warned in a new Child Alert....

Shared Path Consultation Initiative is concerned that the unbridled use of Minister's Zoning Orders (MZOs) is compromising truth and reconciliation efforts between Indigenous Nations and the wider society in Ontario. As the 2022 provincial election...

A coalition of children's charities and survivors of child sex abuse will send an open letter to Meta's major shareholders ahead of the company's AGM next week [May 26].  This will ask shareholders to "use your voice" to stop social media platforms...

The Violence Policy Center (VPC) today released a new slide show of firearms industry ads and catalog images exposing the common themes that gunmakers use in their marketing of militarized weapons such as the Bushmaster XM-15 assault rifle used in...

The historic California law (SB 826) requiring all public companies headquartered in the state to have women members on their boards of directors has been held to be unconstitutional by a Los Angeles Superior Court Judge. After an extensive court...

SJF Ventures and 38 other climate venture funds write letter to congress and administration: We need federal action to accelerate America's move to a more affordable, secure, clean, and vibrant energy industryDear President Biden, Leader Schumer,...

Today, CCIA's Don't Break What Works campaign will launch its new ad, "Squeezed," which highlights how the American Innovation and Choice Online Act will hurt Americans struggling amid record inflation, break services like Google Search and Amazon...

This weekend, members of Teamsters Local 745 educated attendees of the Byron Nelson PGA Tournament about AT&T's abuse of its workers. AT&T [NYSE: T] is the primary sponsor of the annual golf tournament....

Rising property appraisals and hidden taxes that are hurting seniors and working families are primarily the results of Republican policies that Bexar County Commissioner Tommy Calvert has been warning the public about since June 2017....

The Parkinson Canada Ontario Advocacy Roundtable Report, the first in a provincial series of reports following the National Advocacy Roundtable Report, launches this week....

Jackson Lahmeyer, the Businessman and Pastor who is seeking to unseat establishment GOP Senator James Lankford in Oklahoma will be feature alongside John Paul Mac Isaac, the whistleblower who gained national prominence in the lead up to...

The Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA) urges Ontarians to pay close attention to the promises made at today's election debate and vote for protecting public health care on June 2....

The alleged white supremacist who opened fire in a supermarket in Buffalo, NY, killing 10 and injuring three, is the latest in a long line of violent domestic terrorists who embraced the virulently racist and antisemitic "Great Replacement"...

Below is a statement by Tom Cochran, CEO and Executive Director of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, on today's mass shooting in Buffalo:...

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the apparently racially-motivated mass killing at a supermarket in Buffalo, N.Y., allegedly carried out by an avowed...

Today, Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled the 2022-23 May Revision Proposal, which continues to reflect the state's vision to defend women's right to choose, expand access to health care for all Californians, and protect the most vulnerable....

An American Jewish Committee (AJC) delegation has returned from Japan, where they met with top government leaders and diplomats to reinforce strong ties among Japan and the U.S., Israel, and the American Jewish community. The three-day trip included...

The fifth annual Canadian Innovation Week is taking place May 16-20, 2022. Created by the Rideau Hall Foundation (RHF) in 2018, Canadian Innovation Week is a 5-day celebration recognizing and supporting ingenuity across all sectors.  ...

RINO Carlos Gimenez (FL-26th Congressional District) continues to vote with Nancy Pelosi and the radical Democrats in Congress.  RINO Gimenez voted for the wasteful $40 Billion Taxpayer funded handout to Ukraine, while millions of U.S. Citizens are...

A recent survey from Global Times showed that nearly 80 percent of Chinese respondents said about 90 percent considered the China-ASEAN ties as friendly and over 75 percent hold a positive attitude toward their future. The survey was jointly...

Today, the Center for Consumer Freedom launched a six-figure advertisement campaign with a full-page advertisement in the New York Post raising awareness of the ultra-processed ingredients in many fake meat products. The advertisement will also run...

The voice of more than 45,000 current and former National Guard officers applauds bipartisan Senate legislation that would ensure some of America's most talented and experienced space professionals can keep serving the nation. Introduced yesterday by...

The National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), the authority on boardroom practices representing more than 23,000 board members, this week submitted comments to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on their proposed amendments to...

Historically, the venture capital industry has not set a good example for diversity, equity, and inclusion. Angélica Fuentes Téllez, businesswoman and capital investor, points out that ensuring equality of opportunity for entrepreneurs, regardless of...

A historic gathering of faith leaders from across religious traditions took place this week in Saudi Arabia, and included 12 rabbis, among them Rabbi David Rosen, American Jewish Committee's Director of International Interreligious Relations. The...

VoteWater, a Florida-based group with a mission to fight political corruption and defend the public's right to clean water, today announced the launch of the No Big Sugar Campaign (www.nobigsugar.com), a landmark...

Ontario's doctors released a report card today comparing how many of their recommendations for better health care have been adopted by the four main political parties in the June 2 election campaign....

New survey results shared in a pivotal report released Thursday by the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO) highlight instability in the nursing profession that, left unchecked, will have profound impacts on the profession, the effective...

The nearly 400 registered nurses and healthcare professionals (HCPs) at Steward Morton Hospital in Taunton, who are represented by the Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA) and who are currently in contract talks with hospital management, cast an...

Toronto business leaders, including representatives from the Toronto Region Board of Trade, the Tourism Industry Association of Ontario, AccorHotels, and the Association of Canadian Travel Agencies, have come together to echo the Greater Toronto...

A new report released by National Council For Adoption (NCFA) highlights the impact of the...

With less than 30 days before the primaries, California residents know to expect a bombardment of political ads to flood their mailboxes, inboxes and social media feeds. However, when one of the gubernatorial candidates is a successful...

In the coming weeks, the U.S. Supreme Court will hand down a series of decisions that may transform American society. One of those decisions is in a case called Carson v. Makin, the latest in a series of cases brought to expand the use of private...

Toronto business leaders, including representatives from the Toronto Region Board of Trade, Toronto Global, and AccorHotels, have come together to echo the Greater Toronto Airports Authority's call to the federal government to urgently address...

The MEI published a study today that found that the federal government's "zero plastic waste" policy puts it in opposition to current and potential innovations that are coming out of the plastics industry. The policy will hurt the economy without any...

Without giving an exact date for security reasons, in recent days, Dionisio Gutiérrez was part of a group of experts on reconstruction and development issues that traveled to various cities of Ukraine for 3 days. Gutierrez described the trip as...

The National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) applauds efforts of Congressional leaders to protect the Orphan Drug Act (ODA) and ensure proper incentives are in place to continue to foster robust rare disease drug development. Last week,...

Former White House spokesman Robert Weiner and his team have produced several recent op-eds that they would like to share broadly. The first is by Weiner and policy analyst Adjanni Ramos, published in the Salt Lake Tribune, on how the International...

Toronto business leaders, including representatives from the Toronto Region Board of Trade, Toronto Global, and AccorHotels, have come together to echo the Greater Toronto Airports Authority's call to the federal government to urgently address...

High inflation has caused Social Security benefits to lose 40 percent of their buying power since the year 2000 according to the latest update of an ongoing study by The Senior Citizens League (TSCL). "That's the deepest loss in buying power since...

A new coalition of groups and former officials are urging Republican leaders to commit to putting a robust border security bill on the floor of both chambers once the 118th Congress begins....

Today, the United Justice Coalition (UJC) announced that it will host a first-of-its-kind, social justice summit at Center415 in New York City on July 23 that will convene the country's leading activists, entertainers, attorneys, entrepreneurs,...

The United Steelworkers union (USW) today strongly condemned the May 4 arrest of Youn Taeg-gun, first vice president of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), who was detained for his leading role in organizing a general strike on October...

Dr. Rita Sinorita Fierro, Ph.D. is a white woman with dual Italian/American citizenship who has studied systemic racism for 30 years, across four continents. Dr. Rita channels this...

Following is a statement from Jen Judson, President of the National Press Club and Gil Klein, President of the National Press Club Journalism Institute on the death of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh who was on assignment near the West Bank....

More than a hundred American retirees flocked to the Crash Proof Retirement® Educational Event at the Falls at the DoubleTree in Mt. Laurel, New Jersey to witness the truth about safe alternatives outside of...

(AANA)?Michigan is now the 20th state to opt out from federal regulations that require physician supervision of Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs). The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA) reports that the governors of 19...