Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 2, 2016. Congresswoman Robin Kelly joined fellow elected officials today on the South Side to announce the nomination of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church of Charleston, South Carolina, for the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize. “It was stunning that this horrific shooting would occur so soon after the 50th[Read More…]
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Bernie Sanders Campaign Statement on Debates
DES MOINES, Iowa –(ENEWSPF)–January 30, 2016. Bernie Sanders’ campaign manager, Jeff Weaver, issued the following statement Saturday on negotiations over additional debates: “After refusing for months to participate in more debates, Secretary Clinton requested that the Democratic National Committee rules be changed and that a new debate take place in[Read More…]
White House Weekly Address: Giving Every Student an Opportunity to Learn Through Computer Science For All, Jan. 30, 2016
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 30, 2016 Hi everybody. As I said in my State of the Union address, we live in a time of extraordinary change – change that’s affecting the way we live and the way we work. New technology replaces any job where work can be automated. Workers need more[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama on Advancing Equal Pay
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2015 – 12:19 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you, everybody. (Applause.) Thank you so much. Thank you. Everybody have a seat. Thank you so much. I heard you all were in the house so I wanted to stop by. (Laughter.) We’ve got some important personages[Read More…]
Rep. DeFazio, Lawmakers Urge Briefing from Departments of Justice, Interior on Federal Response to Future Threats to Public Lands
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2016. Today, in response to the ongoing illegal occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon, Congressman Peter DeFazio (D-OR) led eight Members of Congress in sending a letter to Interior Secretary Sally Jewell and Attorney General Loretta Lynch. The letter urges the Directors to brief Congress[Read More…]
UN Experts Urge United States to Address Legacies of the Past, Police Impunity and ‘Crisis of Racial Injustice’
Protestors in New York City demonstrate in the wake of the verdict in the case of the police shooting of Missouri teenager Michael Brown (24 November 2014). Photo: Jacques Baudrier NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–29 January 2016 – The legacy of slavery, post-Reconstruction ‘Jim Crow’ laws and racial subordination in the United States[Read More…]
Syria: UN-mediated Talks Get Under Way; Relief Agencies Amplify Calls for Access to Besieged Civilians
Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura (left) meets with Syria’s Ambassador to the UN in New York Bashar Ja’afari at the Intra-Syrian Geneva Talks 2016. UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–29 January 2016 – With United Nations-mediated talks on ending the five-year crisis in Syria getting under way today as scheduled, UN[Read More…]
Hillary for America Statement Calling for Release of Secretary Clinton’s Emails
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2016. Hillary for America National Press Secretary Brian Fallon released the following statement Friday after the intelligence community demanded that more than 20 emails from Hillary Clinton’s tenure at the State Department be fully withheld from public release: “We firmly oppose the complete blocking of the release of these[Read More…]
U. S. State Dept. Updates Iran Travel Warning, Jan. 29, 2016
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2016. The Department of State warns U.S. citizens to carefully consider the risks of travel to Iran. This replaces the Travel Warning for Iran of August 5, 2015, to reiterate and highlight the risk of arrest and detention of U.S. citizens, particularly dual national Iranian-Americans, in Iran. All[Read More…]
White House Fact Sheet: New Steps to Advance Equal Pay on the Seventh Anniversary of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
“It is fitting that with the very first bill I sign…we are upholding one of this nation’s first principles: that we are all created equal and each deserve a chance to pursue our own version of happiness.” – President Barack Obama, January 29, 2009 Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2016. Seven years[Read More…]
