Former political prisoner to keynote sold-out event to support wrongfully convicted Palestinian American activist and organizer. CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—June 27, 2015. Prominent Black Chicago groups, including Black Youth Project 100, Black Lives Matter, We Charge Genocide, Southsiders Together Organizing for Power (STOP), and Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, will join[Read More…]
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White House Weekly Address: The Affordable Care Act is Here to Stay
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2015. Five years ago, we finally declared that in America, health care is not a privilege for a few, but a right for all. And this week, after more than fifty votes in Congress to repeal or weaken this law; after a Presidential election based in part on[Read More…]
Local Group Forms to Support Bernie Sanders for President
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—June 27, 2015. Chicago Southland for Bernie Sanders has launched a group to campaign for the popular senator from Vermont, who has been climbing up in the polls and playing to huge crowds across the country recently. The group will have open regular meetings to discuss how to[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama in Eulogy for the Honorable Reverend Clementa Pinckney
President Barack Obama delivers the eulogy at the funeral of Reverend Clementa Pinckney at the College of Charleston in Charleston, S.C., June 26, 2015. (Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson) Watch on YouTube Charleston, South Carolina–(ENEWSPF)–June 26, 2015 – 2:49 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Giving all praise and honor[Read More…]
Senator Durbin Statement On Supreme Court Ruling In Favor of Marriage Equality
WASHINGTON, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)—June 26, 2015. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today released the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of marriage equality in Obergefell v. Hodges. “This is a great day for marriage equality and a historic day for civil rights in our country,” said Durbin. [Read More…]
Rep. Gutierrez: ‘America is Having a Very Good Week’
“I am extremely proud that my country is moving in the right direction.” – Rep. Gutiérrez Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–June 26, 2015. Today, Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-IL) reacted to news that the U.S. Supreme Court had ruled in favor of “justice and humanity” in the landmark decision about same-sex marriage. The[Read More…]
2015 World Drug Report Finds Drug Use Stable, Access to Drug & HIV Treatment Still Low
UNODC Chief calls number of drug-related deaths worldwide unacceptable; Global opium cultivation highest since the late-1930s GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–26 June 2015 – Drug use prevalence continues to be stable around the world, according to the 2015 World Drug Report of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). It is estimated[Read More…]
UN Secretary General Welcomes U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Guaranteeing Right to Same-Sex Marriage
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) pride march. Photo: OHCHR/Joseph Smida NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–26 June 2015 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed today the United States Supreme Court ruling that the US Constitution guarantees the right to same-sex marriage. “The Secretary-General welcomes the decision of the Supreme Court that[Read More…]
Senator Bernie Sanders Statement on Supreme Court Decision on Same-Sex Marriage
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 26, 2015 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement after the Supreme Court ruled in favor of same-sex marriage in Obergefell v. Hodges. “Today the Supreme Court fulfilled the words engraved upon its building: ‘Equal justice under law.’ This decision is a victory for same-sex couples across[Read More…]
Planned Parenthood Celebrates U.S. Supreme Court Ruling on Marriage Equality
WASHINGTON, DC —(ENEWSPF)–June 26, 2015. Planned Parenthood released the following statement on the U.S. Supreme Court’s historic ruling today that makes clear that the constitutional right to marriage extends to same-sex couples. Statement from Cecile Richards, President of Planned Parenthood Federation of America: “Planned Parenthood is thrilled with the Supreme Court’s[Read More…]
