Florida—(ENEWSPF)—September 4, 2018 By: Rob Gutro, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center After drenching south Florida, Tropical Storm Gordon moved into the eastern Gulf of Mexico and is headed to the northwest. NASA’s Aqua satellite found three areas of the strongest storms east of Gordon’s center when it passed overhead on Sept.[Read More…]
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Research Reveals Union Membership Dramatically Narrows the Racial Wealth Gap for Families of Color
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—September 4, 2018 By: Christian E. Weller and David Madland Unions help increase the wealth for all workers, but new research from the Center for American Progress shows that unions boost wealth the most for families of color, narrowing the racial wealth gap. Using data from the Federal[Read More…]
Rural Communities Reap Big Benefits by Welcoming Immigrant Families as Neighbors
The analysis was exclusively reported on by Esther Cepeda of The Washington Post Writers Group. Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—September 4, 2018 By: Silva Mathema, Nicole Prchal Svajlenka, and Anneliese Hermann The United States is undergoing demographic changes that continue to reshape entire communities, but little attention has so far been paid[Read More…]
Women’s March Disrupts Kavanaugh Hearing, Dozens Arrested (Video)
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 4, 2018 Contact: [email protected] Over 30 women have been arrested so far during today’s hearing on Brett Kavanaugh. Women’s March leaders from across the country took part in the protests alongside Women’s March co-founders Linda Sarsour and Bob Bland, Women’s March Senior Advisor Winnie Wong, and Orange is[Read More…]
District 163 Honors Superintendent Designate Dr. Caletha White
Park Forest-Chicago Heights School District 163 held a welcome reception for Superintendent Designate Dr. Caletha White on Saturday, August 25, at Michelle Obama School of Technology and the Arts. Dr. White will succeed Interim Superintendent Joyce Carmine at the beginning of the 2019-2020 school year. The reception brought elected officials,[Read More…]
New Documents Reveal Government Plans to Spy on Keystone XL Protestors
ACLU Sues Federal Agencies Over Refusal to Turn Over Additional Documents About Plans for Cooperating with State Law Enforcement and Private Security Contractors Missoula, Montana—(ENEWSPF)—September 4, 2018 Contact: [email protected] The American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of Montana today released documents corroborating reports of collaboration between state and federal law[Read More…]
Chairman Madigan Slams Trump Education Department’s Campus Sexual Assault Proposed Rules
Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Charging that the very definition of sexual harassment “would be severely restricted allowing damaging behavior to go unchecked,” Michael J. Madigan, chairman of the Democratic Party of Illinois, released the following statement on a leaked draft of U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’ proposed changes to the federal[Read More…]
IL AFL-CIO Launches ‘Contract with the Middle Class’ Campaign, Calling on Candidates to Stand with Workers
BURR RIDGE—(ENEWSPF)—August 31, 2018 Contact: Bill Looby The Illinois AFL-CIO will launch a statewide campaign starting this week calling on candidates running for office in Illinois to stand up to extreme attacks on workers’ rights by signing a “Contract with the Middle Class.” The Illinois AFL-CIO will hold events around[Read More…]
UChicago Local and South Side Partners Cook Up an Innovative Job-training Program
Before the Plate provides culinary skills, job readiness, and a direct connection to jobs on campus CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—August 31, 2018 By: Colleen Frankhart Ashlee White has learned a lot of new things in the last couple of weeks: The proper technique for sautéing mushrooms. How to choose the right tomatoes to[Read More…]
Genetics and Pollution Drive Severity of Asthma Symptoms
Bethesda, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—August 31, 2018 Contact: Robin Arnette Asthma patients, with a specific genetic profile, exhibit more intense symptoms following exposure to traffic pollution, according to researchers at the National Institutes of Health and collaborators. The study appeared online in Scientific Reports. The research team, made up of scientists from the[Read More…]
