Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 21, 2014 – 1:15 P.M. EDT MR. CARNEY: Before I take your questions I just wanted to congratulate on behalf of the President and everyone here at the White House Meb Keflezighi, who just won the Boston Marathon — first American to do so in 31 years, which[Read More…]
Day: April 21, 2014
State Department Briefing by Jen Psaki, April 21, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 21, 2014. Index for Today’s Briefing DEPARTMENT Secretary Kerry Announces Our Ocean Conference SYRIA Elections Inconsistent with Geneva Communique Geneva Communique Calls for Transitional Governing Body Assad Regime Needs to End Special Envoy Rubinstein in Region / U.S. Engaged with Opposition Determining Next Steps U.S. Examining Use of[Read More…]
Remarks by Secretary Hagel to DoD Safe Help Line and Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network Staff,
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 21, 2014. SCOTT BERKOWITZ, RAINN PRESIDENT: I’m pleased to introduce Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel as our guest. We’ve been working very hard on Safe Help Line and our victim service programs. We’ve had great support from DoD. It’s been really just an extraordinary relationship. It’s been — it’s[Read More…]
Host of NPR’s Latino USA to speak at DePaul University April 24
Host of NPR’s “Latino USA,” Maria Hinojosa, will give a presentation at DePaul’s University Center on April 24 titled, “The Growing Number of Latinos in the U.S. and Its Implications.” (Photo courtesy of the School for New Learning). CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 21, 2014. DePaul University’s School for New Learning will welcome the[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel, CPS Announce City-Wide Expansion of International Baccalaureate Programme
Expansion Creates IB Campuses Pairing Elementary and Wall-to-Wall IB High Schools, Creating the Largest IB Network in the Country CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 21, 2014. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and CPS CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett announced today that five elementary schools across the city will establish new International Baccalaureate (IB) programmes beginning next fall, creating[Read More…]
Minnesota: African Americans Six Times More Likely Than Whites To Be Arrested For Marijuana Possession
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 21, 2014. By Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director African Americans are arrested for marijuana possession offenses in Minnesota at a rate that is more than six-times higher than that of Caucasians, according to an analysis of 2011 FBI arrest data released today by the nonpartisan think-tank Minnesota 2020[Read More…]
New Infographic Shows Positive Effect that Raising the Minimum Wage to $10.10 Would Have on Workers of Color
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 21, 2014. Today, the Center for American Progress released a new infographic detailing the positive effect that raising the minimum wage from $7.25 per hour to $10.10 per hour would have on workers of color. Raising the minimum wage is an important step to ensure that the economy[Read More…]
Free Movie and Discussion of ‘Energy Quest USA’at UUCC on Friday, April 25
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—April 21, 2014. The Unitarian Universalist Community Church (UUCC), 70 Sycamore Drive, Park Forest, will host the screening of the documentary ‘Energy Quest USA’ on Friday, April 25 at 7 p.m. A discussion led by Jeff Green will follow the film. ‘Energy Quest USA’visits five very different American[Read More…]
FDA Approves Cyramza for Stomach Cancer
Silver Spring, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—April 21, 2014. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Cyramza (ramucirumab) to treat patients with advanced stomach cancer or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma, a form of cancer located in the region where the esophagus joins the stomach. Stomach cancer forms in the tissues lining the stomach and[Read More…]
Obama Plans Clemency for ‘Hundreds, Perhaps Thousands’ of People Sentenced for Drug Law Violations
Drug Policy Alliance: Positive Step, But Comprehensive Sentencing Reform Is Needed to Prevent More Mass Injustice NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—April 21, 2014. A White House official told Yahoo that President Obama is prepared to use his pardon power to grant clemency to “hundreds, perhaps thousands” of people who have been jailed for[Read More…]
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