Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 29, 2015. The Justice Department filed a consent order today to resolve allegations that Eagle Bank and Trust Company (Eagle Bank) engaged in a pattern or practice of “redlining” predominantly African-American neighborhoods in and around St. Louis. “Redlining” is the discriminatory practice by banks or other financial institutions[Read More…]
Author: Rosemary Piser
Jeb Bush Proposes Big Polluter Wishlist as ‘Energy Plan’
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2015. Below is a statement Hillary for America Chair John Podesta on Jeb Bush’s energy proposals: “Today, Jeb Bush is proposing an energy plan that reads like a Big Oil wishlist, while apparently omitting clean energy and renewables entirely. Given Bush’s long record of climate defeatism and[Read More…]
Readout of President Obama’s Meeting with Cuban President Raul Castro
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2015. President Obama met today with President Raul Castro of Cuba to discuss recent advances in relations between the United States and Cuba, as well as additional steps each government can take to deepen bilateral cooperation. The two Presidents discussed the recent successful visit of Pope Francis[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama at the Leaders’ Summit on Countering ISIL and Violent Extremism
New York, New York–(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2015 – 10:53 A.M. EDT PRESIDENT OBAMA: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, heads of state and government. Last year, here at the United Nations, I called on the world to unite against the evil that is ISIL, or Daesh, and to eradicate the scourge of[Read More…]
Department of Defense Identifies Navy Casualty, Sept. 29, 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2015. The Department of Defense announced today the death of a sailor who was supporting Operation Inherent Resolve. Seaman Philip Frazier Manes, 21, of Fairfax, Virginia, died Sept. 27, in Manama, Bahrain, of a non-combat related incident. The incident is under investigation. He was assigned to USS[Read More…]
Study: Advance Directives Are About More Than Refusing Care
Younger people who fill out document request interventions A new study from DePaul University finds that nearly a third of people who fill out advance health care directives — documents that lay out a patient’s wishes for end of life care — request medical interventions. The research explores the choices[Read More…]
Senator Bernie Sanders Condemns Price Gouging by Drug Companies
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2015 – Comparing drug prices in the United States to those in other countries, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today condemned pharmaceutical companies that charge American consumers the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs. “It is unacceptable that the top three pharmaceutical companies made a combined[Read More…]
Senator Elizabeth Warren Questions Validity of Industry Funded, Editorially Compromised Report Critical of Dept. of Labor’s Conflict of Interest Rule
Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2015. United States Senator Elizabeth Warren sent a letter to the Brookings Institution regarding her concerns about the authors’ financial conflicts of interest and previously undisclosed financial industry editorial input into a study authored by a Brookings’ Nonresident Senior Fellow Dr. Robert Litan. Dr. Litan’s study[Read More…]
UN Agencies Call for End to Violence and Discrimination Against LGBTI Community
“Gai Jatra,” a Nepali festival, has been celebrated for nearly a decade as a version of “LGBTI pride.” Photo: Kyle Knight/IRIN NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–29 September 2015 – Twelve UN agencies today called for an end to violence and discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) adults, adolescents and children,[Read More…]
VA Announces $12.8 Million in Funding to Help the Homeless
Twenty Community Agencies to Benefit WASHINGTON –-(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2015. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert A. McDonald today announced $12.8 million in renewal funding through the Grant and Per Diem (GPD) program to 20 community agencies that currently provide transitional housing with supportive services for homeless Veterans under the Transition in[Read More…]
