CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 30, 2014. Local author Lori Rader-Day, a 2009 graduate of the Creative Writing Program at Roosevelt University, will read from her new novel The Black Hour at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 4 in Roosevelt University’s Gage Gallery, 18 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago. The winner of the 2010 Good Housekeeping[Read More…]
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Roosevelt University to Present Magazine Writer and Author Adam Gopnik
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 30, 2014. Adam Gopnik, the witty and insightful author and essayist for the The New Yorker magazine, will discuss the “Humanities as the Foundation of the Sciences” in a free lecture at Roosevelt University on Thursday, Nov. 13 at 5 p.m. Gopnik is speaking at Roosevelt as part of[Read More…]
‘Global Mixed Race’ Conference Welcomes Scholars, Filmmakers to Chicago
DePaul University to host free gathering Nov. 13-15 Rebecca King-O’Riain, senior lecturer at the National University Ireland Maynooth, will give a keynote speech at the “Global Mixed Race” conference at DePaul University. (Photo courtesy of Rebecca King-O’Riain) CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)—October 30, 2014. Critical mixed race studies, a growing academic field that[Read More…]
NIH-led Study Explores Prevention of Heart Disease in HIV-infected People
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–October 30, 2014. The National Institutes of Health has launched a clinical trial to assess the effects of aspirin and cholesterol-lowering drugs, or statins, on preventing cardiovascular disease in people with long-term HIV infections. This group, which includes people on antiretroviral therapy (ART) as well as “elite controllers” who[Read More…]
New Analysis Explores Growing Influence of Women of Color in the Electorate
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–October 30, 2014. A new issue brief released today by the Center for American Progress explores the current role of women-of-color voters, a bloc that turned out in record numbers in the 2008 presidential election. The brief looks at the national demographic trends turning this emerging voting[Read More…]
Oregon Legislators Working to Introduce Herbicide Spray Policy
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 30, 2014. After concerns have been raised about the poor oversight of aerial herbicide spraying on Oregon forests, and the subsequent pesticide contamination of residents living nearby, policy makers are working to introduce legislation to better protect local residents from pesticide and environmental contamination. An investigation, which began[Read More…]
More Than a Million People Ask Lowe’s to Stop Selling Bee-killing Pesticides
Gardeners tell Lowe’s: Don’t be a “little shop of horrors” for bees WASHINGTON, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—October 30, 2014. This week, more than 30,000 people across the U.S. and Canada will swarm Lowe’s (NYSE:LOW) stores to ask the retailer to not be a “little shop of horrors” for bees and to take bee-killing[Read More…]
35,000 Endangered Species Condoms to Be Handed Out This Halloween
Campaign Highlights Scary Reality of Growing Human Population Pushing Out Wildlife TUCSON, Ariz.—(ENEWSPF)–October 30, 2014. As Americans prepare to celebrate Halloween, the Center for Biological Diversity this week is distributing 35,000 free Endangered Species Condoms to highlight the scary truth about human population growth and the wildlife extinction crisis.[Read More…]
Number of Billionaires Doubles Since Financial Crisis as Inequality Spirals Out of Control
In same period at least a million mothers died in childbirth due to lack of basic health services Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 30, 2014. Rising inequality could set the fight against poverty back by decades (1), Oxfam warned today as it published a new report showing that the number of billionaires worldwide has[Read More…]
New Sentencing Guidelines Could Shorten Drug Sentences for Tens of Thousands of People Currently in Federal Prison
U.S. Sentencing Commission Reforms Take Effect on Saturday; Change is Latest Step to Reduce Mass Incarceration and Scale Back Failed Drug War Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—October 30, 2014. On Saturday, November 1, changes to federal drug sentencing guidelines take effect and courts may begin considering petitions from incarcerated individuals for sentencing[Read More…]
