Monday, February 28, 2022 Dear PSA Director, At the start of Women’s History Month, the Senate is set to deliberate the reauthorization of the bipartisan Violence Against Women Act (S.3623). In a country where one...
AUDIO: Dr. Lori Moore-Merrell, Administrator, at the U.S. Fire Administration
(Washington D.C., Thursday, February 24, 2022) – Wider spread and more destructive wildfires are on the rise in the western United States. These leave the ground charred, barren, and unable to absorb water, making it...
AUDIO: Daniel Llargués, Jefe de Relaciones Públicas de FEMA
(Washington D.C., Jueves, 24 de Febrero de 2022) – Los incendios forestales más destructivos y de mayor propagación están aumentando en el oeste de los Estados Unidos. Estos dejan el suelo chamuscado, estéril e incapaz...
AUDIO: Eric Phillips, Senior Director of Financial Partnerships & Strategic Insights, Human Interest
(San Francisco, CA, Wednesday, February 23, 2022) – “Three-quarters of Americans agree that the country is facing a retirement crisis,” which is one reason America Saves Week sets aside Feb. 23 to specifically address saving...
AUDIO: Robyn Thomas, Giffords Law Center Executive Director
(Washington, D.C., Wednesday, February 23, 2022) – Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence has released its annual Gun Law Scorecard, which every year ranks all 50 states and assigns them a point total and...
AUDIO: Allen Hester, Legislative Representative, Nuclear Disarmament and Pentagon Spending, Friends Committee on National Legislation
(Washington, D.C., Thursday, February 17, 2022) – In the coming weeks, the president will release his Nuclear Posture Review, which will give him an opportunity to make major changes to our nuclear weapons policy. The...
AUDIO: John P. Williams, M.D., F.A.C.S., chair, President’s Cancer Panel
(Washington, D.C., Thursday, February 3, 2022) – Urgent and immediate action must be taken to ensure more effective and equitable implementation of cancer screening, according to a new report by the President’s Cancer Panel. The...
AUDIO: Dr. David C. Goff, Jr., M.D., Ph.D., Director, Division of Cardiovascular Sciences at the National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH)
(Bethesda, MD, Tuesday, February 1, 2022) – February marks American Heart Month, when Americans can take a bit more time to focus on the importance of maintaining a healthy heart. Heart disease is the leading...
Friday, January 28, 2022 Dear PSA Director, The federal Earned Income Tax Credit has been expanded to reach American workers, many of whom are newly eligible and might not realize it. Each worker without kids...
AUDIO: Dr. Alison Brown, Program Director, Clinical Applications and Prevention at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH)
(Bethesda, MD, Tuesday, January 25, 2022) – With January coming to a close – and the pandemic surging – many Americans are ditching their New Year’s resolutions and are instead looking for more sustainable ways...