Fair Housing Program fighting housing discrimination on Chicago’s Northside settles two disputes in as many months. CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—June 28, 2018 Contact: Chris Zala, Executive Director, Northside Community Resources This week, Bil-Mar Property Management agreed to pay over $3000 to potential tenant Tymikee Brown in order to settle a housing discrimination complaint.[Read More…]
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Rep. Robin Kelly Welcomes Congressional Art Competition Winner to U.S. Capitol
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 28, 2018 By: James Lewis Congresswoman Robin Kelly welcomed Taylor Ausley of Homewood-Flossmoor High School to the U.S. Capitol. Miss Ausley is the winner of the 2018 Congressional Art Competition for the Second Congressional District. She traveled to Washington D.C. with her father. “It’s an honor to welcome[Read More…]
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer Introduces Bill to Decriminalize Marijuana at the Federal Level
Bill Also Takes Steps to Repair Harms of Prohibition, Including New Grant Program To Facilitate Expungement for People Convicted of Marijuana Possession Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 27, 2018 By: Tony Newman and Queen Adesuyi Today, Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer introduced legislation that would decriminalize and de-schedule marijuana at the federal level[Read More…]
Unlocked and Loaded: Families Confront Dementia and Guns (Videos)
CALIFORINIA—(ENEWSPF)—June 28, 2018 By: JoNel Aleccia and Melissa Bailey With a bullet in her gut, her voice choked with pain, Dee Hill pleaded with the 911 dispatcher for help. “My husband accidentally shot me,” Hill, 75, of The Dalles, Ore., groaned on the May 16, 2015, call. “In the stomach,[Read More…]
U.S. Flight Attendants at Elevated Risk of Several Forms of Cancer
Boston, MA –(ENEWSPF)—June 26, 2018 Contact: Chris Sweeney U.S. flight attendants have a higher prevalence of several forms of cancer, including breast cancer, uterine cancer, gastrointestinal cancer, thyroid cancer, and cervical cancer, when compared with the general public, according to new research from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.[Read More…]
Senator Durbin Calls On Trump Admin To Answer Questions About Children Forcibly Separated From Parents At Border
President of American Academy of Pediatrics called Trump Administration’s family separation policy “government-sanctioned child abuse” WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—June 26, 2018 By: Durbin Communications Staff Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today pressed Alex Azar, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), for detailed information on the health and well-being[Read More…]
Why Families Flee Central America to the United States
Gangs Threaten Children, Parents NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—June 26, 2018 By: Zama Neff Maria* and Carlos* never wanted to leave Honduras with their three children, they told me. But then gangs began threatening Carlos and their 13-year-old son Eddy*. The family moved houses, but one evening masked men came to their little[Read More…]
The False Choice Between Family Separation and Detention
ICE Has Abandoned an Effective Alternative That Keeps Families Free NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—June 26, 2018 By: Clara Long As US President Donald Trump ended his appalling mass family separation policy on the US southern border, he claimed a false choice: the US government either needs to separate families that cross the[Read More…]
Cocaine and Opium Production Worldwide Hit ‘Absolute Record Highs’ – Major Threat to Public Health says UN Study
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—June 26, 2018 By: United Nations Media The scourge of opium-based drugs and cocaine are a bigger global threat to public health and law enforcement than ever before, according to the latest World Drug Report, released on Tuesday by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). The[Read More…]
Two Diabetes Medications Don’t Slow Progression of Type 2 Diabetes in Youth
NIH-funded study adds to growing evidence that condition is more aggressive in youth. Bethesda, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—June 26, 2018 Contact: Amy F. Reiter In youth with impaired glucose tolerance or recent-onset type 2 diabetes, neither initial treatment with long-acting insulin followed by the drug metformin, nor metformin alone preserved the body’s ability[Read More…]
