BERKELEY, California, May 2 -- As You Sow Foundation issued the following news release on May 1, 2024: Today, Coca-Cola shareholders will vote on a proposal calling on the company to report known or potential risks to employees caused by the declining quality of their medical care and restrictive public healthcare policies with implications for all of its employees' health and wellness, regardless of fertility status or gender. With headquarters in Atlanta, Coca-Cola employees face the brunt of  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release on May 2, 2024: The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) opened an investigation into Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, on Tuesday, after students filed a federal civil rights complaint on April 5th, 2024 for severe anti-Palestinian, anti-Arab, and Islamophobic discrimination on campus The decision to open an investigation comes less than a week after Emory called in Atl  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, May 3 -- The Georgia Public Policy Foundation issued the following commentary on May 1, 2024: * * * Georgia elections are better-positioned than ever before By Kyle Wingfield, President and CEO Early voting begins this week in Georgia's primary elections, the next step in a long political slog this year. Georgia's 16 electoral votes will be hotly contested given our new status as a swing state, and we can expect an equally bitter fight over the security and accessibility o  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, May 3 -- The Georgia Public Policy Foundation issued the following commentary on May 2, 2024: * * * Hybrid schools look to the future By Chris Butler, Investigative Journalist Elementary and high school students alike need opportunities to learn from their failures. Hybrid schools help them do that. That was one of the lessons that Florida resident Toni Frallicciardi imparted last week as she attended the 2024 National Hybrid Schools Conference (https://www.kennesaw.edu/c  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, May 3 -- The Georgia Public Policy Foundation issued the following commentary on May 2, 2024: * * * To Impact Change, Look Local By J. Thomas Perdue, Policy Analyst Kimberley Strassel, a member of The Wall Street Journal's editorial board, was the keynote speaker at this year's annual Georgia Freedom Dinner hosted by the Georgia Public Policy Foundation. Strassel's writing, especially her weekly "Potomac Watch" column, typically involves national politics and the federal g  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, May 3 -- Southwest Research Institute issued the following news release: For the first time in its 76-year history, Southwest Research Institute has purchased land and will construct a facility outside of its home city, San Antonio, Texas. The Institute acquired more than 8 acres in Warner Robins, Georgia, and began construction on an $18.5 million, 33,000-square-foot facility in support of defense and intelligence research and development. A groundbreaking ceremony at the   more