WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 13, 2015 – In a speech tonight at American University, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will call for overhauling how college education is financed by allowing students to refinance loans, eliminating federal profits on loans, making 4-year public colleges tuition-free, expanding work-study programs and providing incentives for colleges and universities[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Senator Bernie Sanders Launches National Budget Town Hall Meeting Series
BURLINGTON, Vt.–(ENEWSPF)–April 13, 2015 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said he’s going outside the Capitol to hear from working-class Americans about how severe Republican budget cuts would affect their families, parents and health care. Sanders, the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, said he wants to provide a[Read More…]
UNESCO Condemns Destruction at Iraq’s Nimrud Site
A statue of a lamassu, an Assyrian protective deity, at the North West Palace of Ashurnasirpal in Nimrud, Iraq. Photo: UNESCO (file) GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–13 April 2015 – The United Nations agency mandated with protecting heritage sites worldwide today denounced further destruction at the archaeological site of Nimrud in Iraq, calling the[Read More…]
Nearly 800,000 Children Forced to Flee Violence in Nigeria and Region –UNICEF
Aisha pretends to draw at the tip of a pencil painted on a wall mural in a camp for internally displaced people in Yola, the capital of Adamawa. Photo: UNICEF/NYHQ2015-0477/Esiebo GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–13 April 2015 – A new report released by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reveals that least 800,000 children[Read More…]
Rep. Robin Kelly’s Youth Job Fair Draws 400 Youth
MATTESON—(ENEWSPF)-April 13, 2015. Nearly 400 young people from the Chicago area attended Congresswoman Robin Kelly’s annual Youth Job and Resource Fair on Saturday at Gwendolyn Brooks College Preparatory Academy. Representatives from more than 40 companies and agencies, including Nike, Walgreens, and the Ashley’s Furniture and Distribution Center, were on hand[Read More…]
2016 Presidential Hopeful Jill Stein, Demanding New Trial for Rev. Pinkney, To Speak At Rally on April 14
Additional supporters plan to attend Rev. Pinkey’s hearing St. Joseph, MI—(ENEWSPF)—April 13, 2015. An evidentiary hearing will take place at 8:30am, Tuesday, April 14 at the Berrien County Courthouse where a motion for a new trial for Rev. Pinkney will be presented to Judge Sterling Shrock based on the violation of Pinkney’s[Read More…]
African Union and U.S. CDC Partner to Launch African CDC
The African CDC will be a public health institute supporting the whole continent of Africa Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–April 13, 2015.A Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) signed today by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, M.B. Ch.B., chairperson of the African Union Commission, formalizes a collaboration between the African[Read More…]
Sierra Club Statement on Hillary Clinton’s Campaign Announcement
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–April 13, 2015. Yesterday, former U.S. Senator and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced that she would officially begin her campaign for President of the United States. In response, Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune released the following statement: “The Sierra Club is pleased to welcome Hillary Clinton[Read More…]
NARAL Pro-Choice America On Hillary Clinton
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 13, 2015. Statement of Ilyse Hogue, President of NARAL Pro-Choice America: “Secretary Clinton is and has always been steadfast in her commitment to building a culture of equality for women starting with a woman’s right to choose her own destiny. From setting up one of the first rape[Read More…]
VA Extends Program for Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury
Contracts Awarded to Assisted Living Providers WASHINGTON –-(ENEWSPF)–April 13, 2015. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) today announced the award of 20 contracts for the Assisted Living Pilot Program for Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury (AL-TBI). Originally slated to end in 2014, the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of[Read More…]
