The Grammy Award-winning artist joins with local residents and leaders, the music and faith communities, and elected officials to come together to tackle HIV’s disproportionate impact in communities of color. NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–Aug. 23, 2013 — Grammy Award-winning artist and advocate Alicia Keys rallied with community leaders and residents of Harlem[Read More…]
Year: 2013
Representatives Foster, Duckworth, Schneider Discuss Economic Benefits Of Immigration Reform, Call on Illinois Republicans to Support Comprehensive Immigration Reform
ILLINOIS–(ENEWSPF)–August 23, 2013. On Thursday, August 22, U.S. Representatives Bill Foster (IL-11), Tammy Duckworth (IL-08), Brad Schneider (IL-10) and business leaders held a roundtable discussion with the Illinois Chamber of Commerce to discuss the economic benefits of comprehensive immigration reform. During their meeting, they also urged Illinois Republicans to join[Read More…]
National Nurses Join DC Action to Reclaim Dr. King’s Dream
RNs decry impact of poverty on publics’ health, call for tax on Wall Street Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 23, 2013. This Saturday, Aug. 24, members of National Nurses United, the largest union and professional association of registered nurses in the country, will join hands with thousands of activists from coast to coast[Read More…]
Gaia Has Arrived in French Guiana
Antonov plane at Toulouse airport during Gaia loading EU–(ENEWSPF)–23 August 2013. ESA’s billion-star surveyor, Gaia, departed yesterday evening from Toulouse and arrived early this morning in French Guiana. Gaia will be launched later this year from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou on a five-year mission to map the stars of the[Read More…]
Democracy Initiative Statement on the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 23, 2013. Tomorrow, Americans from across the country will come to our nation’s capital to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Each of the four convening organizations of the Democracy Initiative has worked to mobilize its members to attend this historic[Read More…]
Sierra Club Sues U.S. Over Rubber Stamp of Flanagan South Pipeline
Agency Failed to Review Tar Sands Pipeline Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 23, 2013. Today the Sierra Club and National Wildlife Federation filed a lawsuit in federal district court in Washington D.C. challenging the approval of Enbridge’s Flanagan South tar sands pipeline by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and other federal agencies.[Read More…]
Silence In the Sky – But Why?
UK–(ENEWSPF)–23 August 203. Scientists as eminent as Stephen Hawking and Carl Sagan have long believed that humans will one day colonise the universe. But how easy would it be, why would we want to, and why haven’t we seen any evidence of other life forms making their own bids for[Read More…]
Yellowstone Bison Arrive at Fort Belknap Indian Reservation
Return of iconic animal a boon for wildlife conservation and tribal culture FORT BELKNAP, Mont.–(ENEWSPF)–Aug. 23, 2013 – Thirty-four genetically pure, disease-free Yellowstone bison were transported within Montana from the Fort Peck Indian Reservation to Fort Belknap Indian Reservation yesterday. These animals will start a new cultural bison herd on[Read More…]
Groups Call on USDA to Improve Oversight of GE Crops
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 23, 2013. Beyond Pesticides, along with upwards of 150 U.S. farm and food businesses and organizations, sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) calling on the department to strengthen their oversight of field trials of experimental, genetically engineered (GE) crops. The letter comes in response[Read More…]
Alliance for Retired Americans Friday Alert, August 23, 2013
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 23, 2013. Retirees Observe 50th Anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s March on Washington August 28th, 2013 marks the 50th Anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s historic march on Washington. In commemoration of the anniversary, Washington, DC will host a week of events dedicated to Rev. King’s vision[Read More…]
