NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–Mat 27, 2009.   In response to the California Supreme Court decision allowing Prop 8 to stand, four LGBT legal organizations and five other leading national LGBT groups are reminding the LGBT community that ill-timed lawsuits could set the fight for marriage back. The groups released a new publication,[Read More…]

SPRINGFIELD, Ill.–(ENEWSPF)–May 27, 2009.  A second Illinois resident has died after contracting H1N1 influenza, Dr. Damon, T. Arnold, director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, announced today. “I would like to extend my deepest sympathies to the family for their loss,” said Dr. Arnold.  “Our thoughts are with them[Read More…]

Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–May 27, 2009. Summary of Situation Current Statistics (NOTE: CDC is now updating information on M-W-F only) As of 11 AM (ET) on May 27, 2009, 47 states and the District of Columbia have reported 7,927 confirmed and probable cases of H1N1 influenza.  An eleventh U.S. death has been[Read More…]

Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)– With unemployment rates climbing to double digits in some states, job hunters are turning out in record numbers at job fairs hoping to make a good impression and get back into the workforce. Competition for landing a job can be fierce and the Better Business Bureau is offering[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– In the wake of Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination as a Supreme Court justice, media have echoed conservatives’ claim that her position in the New Haven firefighters case, Ricci v. DeStefano, shows that she is an “activist” judge. For example, Keith Perine wrote in a May 26 Congressional Quarterly Today[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– A May 26 Politico article reported, “President Barack Obama’s first Supreme Court nominee, Second District Appeals Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor, began taking hits from the right as her nomination was announced Tuesday morning.” Politico cited former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee asserting, “The notion that appellate court decisions are[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Three Rich East students have placed in the top three in their category of the 2008-2009 Write to Achieve! contest sponsored by the Black McDonald’s Operators Association of Chicago. All three students are sophomores and will be juniors in the coming school year. Christian Dickens won the[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– In his May 27 Washington Post column, George Will baselessly claimed that Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor “embraces identity politics, including the idea of categorical representation: A person is what his or her race, ethnicity, gender, or sexual preference is, and members of a particular category can[Read More…]

ROCHESTER, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–As the economic crisis continues around the globe, adults in the five largest European countries and the U.S. have different ideas about what it will mean for their retirement and their pensions or retirement savings. Seven in ten Germans (71%) and majorities of French (54%) and Spanish (53%)[Read More…]