WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–August 5, 2009. A bill was introduced in the Senate today that would make workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity illegal. The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), introduced by Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), would become the first-ever federal ban on employment discrimination of LBGT people in most workplaces.[Read More…]
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Gov. Quinn Announces $13 Million is Awarded to Communities to Create Safe Routes to School
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 5, 2009. Governor Pat Quinn today announced $13.1 million in Safe Routes to School grants to schools and communities across the state. This 100 percent federally funded program is designed to enable and encourage children to walk and bike to school. “This innovative program reaches out to our youth,[Read More…]
The New Yorker Raises a Toast to Birther Nut Michael Savage
Commentary by Eric Boehlert If you’ve been under the impression that right-wing radio host Michael Savage, who claims Barack Obama was born in Kenya, was schooled at a radical Islamic madrassa, and is now "raping America," was a hate merchant who operated on the edges of common decency, and represented[Read More…]
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