News by subject: AVO

KIDS TOO, commonly known as the Me Too movement for kids, with a mission of protecting children from sex abusers and online predators, announced today that they are joining forces with other child advocacy organizations to demand that Legislators...

It's Black History Month in the United States and Canada, and leading audio freelance marketplace Voices has begun the annual month-long celebration by making a donation to Black Health Alliance, an Ontario, Canada-based Black-led charitable...

Today, One for Democracy announced that former presidential candidate Andrew Yang has taken the One for Democracy Pledge - pledging 1% of his net worth to protect and strengthen American democracy. Yang joins a roster of 123 high-profile...

Pond Lehocky Giordano LLP, the largest workers' compensation and disability law firm in Pennsylvania, has joined the call from Social Security Disability attorneys and law firms across the United States to increase the cap on fees paid to attorneys...

An online event was organized by POLIS ETICA, a public school of civil and political education, to discuss the topic:The European problem: between USA and Russia.  Italian experts analyzed the points of view of all those who have a role in the crisis...

The Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO) condemns the racist and extremist behaviour that unfolded in Ottawa and led by far-right groups this weekend. "Our association deeply believes in people's rights to demonstrate peacefully and to...

Retail Council of Canada (RCC) was pleased to join Ministers Alghabra, Ng, Champagne along with MP Koutrakis, and key business and industry leaders, at today's Government of Canada Supply Chain Summit.  RCC believes that this Summit, including future...

Family Research Council submitted a comment to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services entitled, "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2023." This proposed rule would force insurers to...

The Department of Insurance pulled back a policy to delete agency email databases days after Consumer Watchdog warned it would go to court to stop it.  Emails that are the subject of Consumer Watchdog's ongoing Public Records Act litigation against...

The National Sleep Foundation (NSF) has released its Sleep Health Equity Position Statement. As part of the NSF's mission to improve the public's health and well-being through sleep education and advocacy, it is critical to understand the sources of...

Harnessing the existing nationwide network of fuel retail locations is the fastest, most cost-effective way to eliminate EV range anxiety, said NATSO, representing America's truckstops and travel plazas, and SIGMA: America's Leading Fuel Marketers,...

A recent report published by the Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) found that even as employers struggle to fill the 10 million job openings, Medicaid enrollment has grown at rates faster than ever before. Since 2000, more than 27...

For the fifth consecutive year, Scotiabank has been included in the 2022 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index (GEI), a reference index that aims to track the performance of public companies committed to transparency in gender-data reporting and gender...

In a new report, titled "Eyes On Evidence II: An assessment of the transparency of evidence usage in the Government of Canada," Evidence for Democracy (E4D) evaluated 100 policies from the Government of Canada using a transparency framework. E4D...

In Richard Branson's blog, the Virgin Group founder shares his thoughts regarding the current situation. "Business leaders all over the world have been watching the build-up of Russian troops and equipment at the Ukrainian border with great concern....

January is dedicated to raising awareness about cervical cancer. HPV can cause cervical cancer, and over 75% of the population will have at least one type of HPV in their lifetime. HPV Global Action and the Quebec Cancer Coalition are joining forces...

Lamont Berry, who has had his run-ins with "bad cops," has completed his new book "Swine": a gripping story of the lengths people go to protect their loved ones. Though he has met a good police officer, he knows how hard it is to determine the truth...

FIRST-EVER INDEPENDENT STUDY OF LARRY NASSAR CASE REVEALS SYSTEMIC AND INSTITUTIONAL FAILURES THAT LEAVE CHILD ATHLETES AT EXTREME RISK OF ABUSE First-Of-Its-Kind Independent Study Finds That Not A Single Investigated Institution Has Adequate...

Thousands have descended on Parliament Hill to protest public health measures. A small minority are shamefully using Nazi symbols, the Confederate flag, and misappropriating the Star of David to advance their political objectives. In response, Shimon...

Today (Saturday, January 29, 2022) the New Mexico House of Representatives Consumer and Public Affairs Committee will consider H.B. 132, which caps interest rates at 36% for consumer loans. The following statement can be attributed to Danielle Fagre...

Five years ago, a heinous attack rocked Québec City?an attack driven by hate. Six worshippers at the Islamic Cultural Centre were killed and 19 more were injured. The Muslim community?and all of Canada?mourned this terrible loss. Today, we remember...

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization today welcomed this evening's victory in CAIR's First Amendment lawsuit on behalf of an engineering firm, owned by Rasmy Hassouna,...

Nearly 100 beverage delivery drivers and warehouse workers have voted in favor of joining Teamsters Local 174, by a margin of more than 75 percent. The workers are employed by Penske Logistics, warehousing and delivering products for Republic...

The Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation (MSIFN) has strongly condemned the Ford government's plans to launch its deeply flawed iGaming scheme. The government's decision will devastate MSIFN's economy and set back decades of community...

Today, employees at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) announced that they have secured majority support in their effort to organize as members of Teamsters Local 238. The DCCC Staff Union would be the largest collective...

With a large number of seniors living in nursing homes and other assisted living facilities facing potential infection from the COVID-19 Omicron variant, AARP Mississippi State Director, Kimberly L. Campbell, Esq., is calling for immediate action to...

The Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) is encouraging newsroom leaders to take preemptive action to ensure that the safety of journalists is protected in the wake of increasing threats made against reporters covering the ongoing trucker's...

Recalling that the rates of specific cancers among firefighters are statistically higher, Montreal Firefighters Association President Chris Ross today called for an urgent and significant improvement in the list of cancers recognized as occupational...

Les Femmes Michif Otipemisiwak / Women of the Métis Nation (LFMO) cautions all women, girls and gender diverse people who are along the cross-country route of the 2022 trucker convoy to stay safe. Currently passing through many rural and remote...

Tobacco giant Altria has spent huge sums on an advertising campaign to fool policy makers and the public that it is "moving beyond smoking." But Altria's earnings report released today shows once again that the company's actions don't match its words...

In an open letter to Gerald Harmon, M.D., president of the American Medical Association (AMA), the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) objects to the AMA's advocacy of delicensing physicians who disagree with its dogmatic views....

Consumer Watchdog called on legislative leaders to enact a Patient Bill of Rights to reform physician oversight and accountability in California. The nonprofit consumer advocacy organization said reform proposals recently floated by the Medical Board...

John Boyd, president of the National Black Farmers Association (NBFA), today called out Pepsico for Continued Discrimination after a year and half of ALL talk and NO contract following a verbal commitment. Boyd Calls Out PEPSICO, ALL Talk and NO...

The Third Option announced Monday that it has fashioned a platform capable of sustaining an "infinitely recyclable economy," and has called upon the social science community to confirm its "feasibility, constitutionality, efficiency and...

The voting public says it's time to strengthen food safety regulations to protect consumers, according to a Stop Foodborne Illness (STOP) poll. This poll comes after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced its intent to strengthen poultry...

Breaking news this morning announced San Jose as the first U.S. city to legally require gun owners to carry insurance, as well as pay an annual fee. This first-of-its-kind ordinance is "intended to reduce gun violence," with other cities rumored to...

Every Canadian deserves a safe and affordable place to call home. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has increased the need for affordable housing and led to rising levels of homelessness. The Government of Canada created a national strategy to build...

You may feel like you are a brave person who has a handle on fear. Then you receive an official letter, notifying you of an IRS audit of your income taxes, and you have a new respect for fear.   An IRS tax audit can occur...

Ontario Public Service (OPS) employees have voted by 76.9 per cent to accept a new collective agreement with the provincial government. The three-year deal covers some 26,000 members of the union's OPS Unified Division, which groups all direct...

Ontario Public Service (OPS) employees have voted by 76.9 per cent to accept a new collective agreement with the provincial government. The three-year deal covers some 26,000 members of the union's OPS Unified Division, which groups all direct...

Featured January 21, 2022 on AmericanThinker.com, independent broker dealer recruiter Jon Henschen's "Equal Opportunity or Equal Outcome" shows how shifting the focus in the financial services industry has evolved on the topic of equality over the...

The following is a statement from Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa on the introduction of the America COMPETES Act, the House's counterpart to the U.S.  Innovation and Competition Act, which the Senate passed in June. The bill would reinvigorate...

In an op-ed posted today by his lawyer, Lanny J. Davis, to Davis's Medium account, Ukrainian businessman Dmytro Firtash asked the question of his fellow Ukrainians: "Why Can't Ukraine be the Switzerland of Eurasia?" Firtash was referring to the fact...

Consumer Watchdog said today that Governor Newsom firmly reject most of a proposed net metering decision before the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) if he wants to claim the mantle of a climate leader....

An Illinois-based gun manufacturer is marketing AR-15 assault rifles designed specifically for children. Manufactured by WEE1 Tactical, and dubbed the JR-15, the company states that the child-sized assault rifles are 20 percent smaller than a...

The Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA) says its pre-budget submission outlines nine specific solutions to fix the nursing and health-care professional staffing shortages plaguing Ontario's health-care system....

Walt Disney's grandson, Bradford D. Lund, has written a letter to his four trustees ? L. Andrew Gifford, Robert L. Wilson, Douglas M. Strode, and the First Republic Trust Company ("FRTC") (collectively, "the Trustees") ? ordering them to stop all...

Politicians, journalists, and experts from Finland discussed the current geopolitical issues around NATO membership during an online talk hosted by civil rights expert Johan Beckman. Watch here: https://youtu.be/QZBx9cDqbm8...

Eleven million positions are waiting to be filled at companies across the U.S. with less than one available worker to fill each job opening. This comes as companies grapple with the latest challenge to hiring and retention?vaccine mandates. According...

Seventy-six percent of registered Indiana voters support term limits for Congress according to a poll conducted for U.S. Term Limits (USTL) by RMG Research. The poll of 500 registered Indiana voters was conducted on January 14-16, 2022. The poll...