Watch this amazing young woman, Malala Yousafzai, as she addresses the United Nations on her 16th birthday. From Al Jazeera: Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani girl shot by the Taliban for advocating education for girls, marked her 16th birthday with an impressive speech at the United Nations, where she said education[Read More…]
Day: July 16, 2013
State Department Briefing by Patrick Ventrell, July 16, 2013
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 16, 2013. Index for Today’s Briefing EGYPT Deputy Secretary Burns’ Remarks / Call with Muslim Brotherhood Representative / Meetings with Wide Range of Egyptians / Inclusive Path Forward Condemnation of Overnight Violence Transitional Government Secretary Kerry’s Involvement NORTH KOREA North Korean-flagged Ship in Panama Canal / Panamanian Inspection[Read More…]
Senator Merkley Statement on Senate Agreement to Confirm Nominees
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 16, 2013. Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley issued the following statement after the Senate voted 71-29 to end a Republican filibuster on the nomination of Richard Cordray as Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Facing a possible change in Senate rules to prevent filibusters of executive branch nominees,[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel, Governor Quinn and Method Announce Method Will Open Company’s First Ever U.S. Manufacturing Facility in Chicago’s Historic Pullman Neighborhood
State-of-the-Art Facility Will Create a Destination Spot in the Pullman Neighborhood; Bring Nearly 100 Jobs to Chicago CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 16, 2013. Officials from Method today joined Mayor Rahm Emanuel and representatives from Gov. Pat Quinn’s administration to announce that Method will open a flagship manufacturing facility in the Pullman neighborhood on[Read More…]
Reality Check For Anti-Marijuana Group: Legalization’s Coming
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 16, 2013. By Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director The so-called Partnership for a Drug-Free [sic] America (PDFA) has been a prolific, yet impotent, anti-marijuana propaganda machine since its inception in the mid 1980′s under President Ronald ‘Just Say No’ Reagan. No other quasi governmental or private entity[Read More…]
Unitarian Church, Gun Groups Join Electronic Frontier Foundation to Sue NSA Over Illegal Surveillance
Broad Coalition of Organizations Team Up for Freedom of Association Lawsuit San Francisco–(ENEWSPF)–July 16, 2013. Nineteen organizations including Unitarian church groups, gun ownership advocates, and a broad coalition of membership and political advocacy organizations filed suit against the National Security Agency (NSA) today for violating their First Amendment right of[Read More…]
Center for American Progress’ President Neera Tanden on the Senate’s Deal to Avert the ‘Nuclear Option’
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 16, 2013. Center for American Progress President Neera Tanden issued the following statement in response to the deal that senators reached today to avert the so-called “nuclear option” and confirm seven presidential nominees to executive positions: The pending compromise on Senate rules reform is good news for workers,[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Signs Employment First Act to Expand Opportunities for People with Disabilities
Governor Signs Legislation Making Employment of People with Disabilities a Priority on Anniversary of Americans with Disabilities Act CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 16, 2013. Governor Pat Quinn today signed the “Employment First Act,” a new law which requires Illinois state agencies to work together to make employment for people with disabilities a priority.[Read More…]
DOD Identifies Marine Casualty, July 16, 2013
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 16, 2013. The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Lance Cpl. Benjamin W. Tuttle, 19, of Gentry, Ark., died July 14 at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center following a medical evacuation from the aircraft carrier the USS Nimitz[Read More…]
Attorney General Eric Holder Addresses the NAACP Annual Convention, July 16, 2013
Orlando, Florida–(ENEWSPF)–July 16, 2013. Thank you, Derrick [Johnson], for those kind words – and thank you all for such a warm welcome. It’s a pleasure to be in Orlando today. And it’s a privilege to join President [Ben] Jealous, Chairman [Roslyn] Brock, your National Board of Directors – and my[Read More…]