SOUTH HOLLAND, IL–(ENEWSPF)–December 10, 2015. South Suburban College will be hosting an Open House for its Paralegal Program on Tuesday, January 12, 2016, from 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. in Room 5190 at the Oak Forest Center. Attendees will learn about an exciting career that is expected to grow 18%[Read More…]
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Fundamental Freedoms ‘Inalienable and Inherent – Now and Always,’ UN Says on Human Rights Day
Migrants and refugees from countries including Iraq, Syria, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, as well as regions of the Balkans and Africa at an emergency shelter at Olympia Stadium in Berlin, Germany. Photo: UNICEF/Ashley Gilbertson VII GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–10 December 2015 – Marking this year’s Human Rights Day amid extraordinary global challenges, the United[Read More…]
Aurora Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Provide Material Support to ISIL
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–December 10, 2015. An Aurora man pleaded guilty yesterday to a federal charge that he conspired to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization in the Middle East. JONAS M. EDMONDS, 30, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization,[Read More…]
Rep. Jan Schakowsky Introduces Medicare Fair Drug Pricing Act
WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–December 10, 2015. Today, Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) released the following statement after introducing H.R. 4207, the Medicare Fair Drug Pricing Act: “Over the past few years, many breakthrough drugs have come to market, providing hope to many Americans living with diseases that currently have little or no[Read More…]
Rep. Jan Schakowsky Votes Against Unnecessary Restrictions to the Visa Waiver Program
Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–December 10, 2015. Yesterday, Representative Jan Schakowsky released the following statement after voting against H.R. 158, the Visa Waiver Program Improvement Act of 2015. The legislation was also opposed by: The American Civil Liberties Union, National Immigration Law Center, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Council[Read More…]
Life Falls in Place at Roosevelt University for Student Graduation Speaker Guadalupe Cotto
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 10, 2015. As Roosevelt University graduate accounting major Guadalupe Cotto looks back on the many obstacles she has faced in returning to college as an older student, she has come to realize that her world never was falling apart; it was simply falling into place. “I’m so glad that[Read More…]
FDA Allows Marketing of Cooling Cap to Reduce Hair Loss During Chemotherapy
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 10, 2015. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared for marketing in the United States the first cooling cap to reduce hair loss (alopecia) in female breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. Hair loss is a common side effect of certain types of chemotherapy, commonly associated with the[Read More…]
First-Ever ‘Unjust Transition’ Award Goes to Renault-Nissan
First-Ever “Unjust Transition” Award Goes to Renault-Nissan; Coalition of Environmental Groups Presents French Automaker With Award For Violation of U.S. Worker’s Rights PARIS, FRANCE — (ENEWSPF)–December 10, 2015. As the COP21 climate negotiations head into their final days, a coalition of prominent international climate action voices — including the Sierra[Read More…]
Nearly Half of U.S. Children Have at Least 1 Parent With a Criminal Record, According to New Data From the Center for American Progress
New report explores the intergenerational effects that criminal records have not only on the adults who have them but also on their children and families. An inmate spends time with her 7-month-old granddaughter during a visit at women’s prison in California, May 2014. Souce: AP/Rich Pedroncelli Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–December 10,[Read More…]
Friends of the Earth: Bernie Sanders’ Climate Bills Protect Workers, Communities, Environment
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 10, 2015. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will released an ambitious suite of climate bills today. Friends of the Earth and FOE Action President Erich Pica offers the following statement: As the world watches leaders negotiate a climate deal in Paris it is clear that the United States needs[Read More…]
