WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–August 9, 2016. In response to Donald Trump’s suggestion that the United States ban immigration from the Philippines, SEIU Executive Vice President Luisa Blue, a Filipina whose parents emigrated from the Philippines, released the following statement: “Donald Trump disrespects Filipinos and exposes his own ignorance and racism[Read More…]
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California’s Soberanes Fire Seen from Space
CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–August 9, 2016. Smoke from California’s Soberanes Fire was captured in an image from NASA’s Aqua satellite on August 8, 2016. This natural-color satellite image was collected by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument that flies aboard NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite. VIIRS imagery identified smoke on August 8[Read More…]
NASA TV to Air US Spacewalk, Briefing on Installation of Space Station Docking Port on Aug. 19
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 9, 2016. NASA Television will bring to viewers around the world live coverage Friday, Aug. 19, as two NASA astronauts install a new gateway for American commercial crew spacecraft at the International Space Station — a significant milestone in NASA’s work to return crew launches to U.S. soil.[Read More…]
Sierra Club: Trump’s ‘Vision’ Includes Dirty Air, Polluted Water, and Endangered Communities
DETROIT, MI –(ENEWSPF)–August 9, 2016. Yesterday, Donald Trump delivered a speech in which he promised to provide an “economic vision” for the country. Instead, among numerous other things, he attacked existing and pending climate, clean air and clean water safeguards, pushed for the increased use of fossil fuels, and[Read More…]
Who Benefits from Trump’s Economic Plan? (Video)
https://youtu.be/fzZyX1IvUvI?list=PLXlk_TEo7Llxi5LqDR8q7DyaLt7AtQGGi NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–August 9, 2016. In his economic policy speech yesterday, Trump pushed for several ideas that will damage the U.S. economy and put working families at risk, while offering huge dividends to his friends and family, including: Huge tax cuts that benefit the wealthiest families and the largest corporations.[Read More…]
Expanding and Strengthening Medicaid Will Improve Health Care Access for Low-Income LGBT Americans
Jennifer Parrott, a certified nurse practitioner, left, talks with a doctor about a patient at the Oklahoma Health Sciences Emergency Department, in Oklahoma City, Friday, May 13, 2016. Source: AP/Sue Ogrocki Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–August 9, 2016. As Medicaid turns 51 this year, many opportunities lie ahead for this vital program[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Analysis Shows Medicare Saving $2 Trillion Over the Next 10 Years Due to Bending Cost Curve
A doctor examines a patient at a clinic in Sacramento, California, on February 18, 2016. Source: AP/Rich Pedroncelli Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–August 9, 2016. A new analysis from the Center for American Progress looks at the dramatic decreases in long-term projections for Medicare spending. Using spending projections from the Congressional Budget Office,[Read More…]
Strange Bedfellows File FOIA Request to IRS on ‘Clean Coal’ Subsidy
WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–August 9, 2016. Green Scissors — a coalition of free-market, taxpayer and environmental groups — announced today it has filed a request under the federal Freedom of Information Act seeking Internal Revenue Service records on the 45Q tax credit for carbon capture and sequestration. Created by the[Read More…]
Without Change, African-American and Latino Families Won’t Match Current Average White Wealth for Centuries
Report Calls for Major Federal Policy Shifts To Address Growing Racial Wealth Divide WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–August 9, 2016. If current federal wealth-building policies remain in place, it will take the average African-American family 228 years to amass the same amount of wealth that white families have today and it will[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Reaches Settlement with Ethical Electric for Misleading Marketing About its Renewable Energy Product
Attorney General Madigan Secures Refund for Residential Customers and Demands Company Provide More Detailed Information on the Source of Renewable Energy Chicago — (ENEWSPF)–August 9, 2016. Attorney General Lisa Madigan yesterday announced a settlement with Ethical Electric Inc., an alternative retail electricity supplier (ARES), for misleading consumers about the source[Read More…]
