ANN ARBOR—(ENEWSPF)—September 9, 2014. Nearly half of older adults—18 million people—have difficulty or get help with daily activities, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of Michigan and the Urban Institute analyzed data from a national sample of older adults drawn from Medicare enrollment files. In all, 8,245[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Human Rights Watch: Missouri Should Review Ferguson Response
Law Enforcement Failures Show Need for Effective Oversight, Transparency New York—(ENEWSPF)—September 9, 2014. Missouri Governor Jay Nixon should conduct a comprehensive and transparent review of the law enforcement response to the protests in Ferguson, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to the governor. The protests followed the shooting[Read More…]
Egypt: 7 Held for Alleged Homosexual Conduct
Unlawful Arrests Undermine Basic Freedoms, Rule of Law Beirut—(ENEWSPF)—September 9, 2014. Egyptian authorities should immediately release seven men arrested on September 6, 2014 for allegedly “inciting debauchery,” Human Rights Watch said today. Prosecutor General Hisham Barakat ordered the men detained and “physically examined” after an online video emerged showing the[Read More…]
Israel: Thousands Coerced Into Leaving the Country
Sudanese, Eritreans Seeking Protection Faced With Indefinite Detention Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 9, 2014. Israeli authorities have unlawfully coerced almost 7,000 Eritrean and Sudanese nationals into returning to their home countries where they risk serious abuse, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Some returning Sudanese have faced torture, arbitrary[Read More…]
Leading Health and Human Rights Organizations Call for End to Unnecessary Restrictions that Harm Women’s Health Worldwide
WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)—September 9, 2014. In a letter to President Obama, a broad-based coalition of leading domestic and global organizations spanning women’s rights, health, human rights, reproductive justice, young people, the LGBT community, faith, and development are calling for an end to the incorrect implementation of the Helms Amendment in order[Read More…]
Job Openings Steady at 4.7 Million in July 2014; Hires and Separations Also Steady
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 9, 2014. There were 4.7 million job openings on the last business day of July, little changed from June, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The hires rate (3.5 percent) and the separations rate (3.3 percent) were unchanged in July. Within separations, the quits rate (1.8[Read More…]
‘State of the Birds’ Report Assesses the Health of the Nation’s Birds
The Good News: Conservation Efforts Work When Applied The Bad News: Populations Are Down in Many Key Habitats Washington,k DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 9, 2014. One hundred years after the extinction of the passenger pigeon, the nation’s top bird science and conservation groups have come together to publish The State of the Birds[Read More…]
Recovery Plan Proposed for Endangered Mississippi Frog
Plan Calls for Restoring Frog Across Its Range, Including St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana and Mississippi GULFPORT, Miss.–(ENEWSPF)–September 9, 2014. According to a settlement agreement with the Center for Biological Diversity and Gulf Restoration Network, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today released a draft recovery plan for endangered dusky gopher[Read More…]
Lawsuit Seeks Public Records on Keystone XL’s Impacts on Whooping Cranes, Piping Plovers, Other Endangered Species
State Department and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Stonewalling Public Efforts to Identify Full Impacts of Disastrous Pipeline WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—September 9, 2014. The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit today against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the State Department to obtain public records that reveal how the proposed[Read More…]
Tens of Thousands of Young People to Join People’s Climate March to Demand Bolder Action on Climate, Fossil Fuels
300+ Campuses Back-To-School Organizing Efforts to Send Students to Massive Climate March in NYC New York, NY –(ENEWSPF)—September 9, 2014. In response to the United Nations’ Emergency Climate Summit, an unprecedented surge of tens of thousands of students from more than 300 campuses will join the People’s Climate March, which[Read More…]
