Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 8, 2015. The Senate has no weightier responsibility this fall than consideration of the nuclear agreement recently negotiated by the United States, key world powers, and Iran. The decision facing each Senator this week will be whether to support the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or to reject[Read More…]

One of 7 structures demolished on 3 September 2015 by Israeli authorities in the East Tayba Bedouin community of the central West Bank, displacing 9 Palestinians, including 5 children, due to lack of Israeli-issued building permits. Photo: UNOCHA occupied Palestinian territory (UNOCHA/oPt) NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–8 September 2015 – A new United[Read More…]

BURLINGTON, Vt. –-(ENEWSPF)–September 8, 2015.  U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders stated today that the United States needs major reforms to our broken criminal justice system, and that a good step forward would be to end the practice of prisons in America being run by private corporations. He will soon introduce legislation[Read More…]

Five-year-old Nikita, whose father was killed during shelling while returning home from work, stands at his window in a district in the city of Pervomaysk in Donetsk Oblast (December 2014). Photo: © UNICEF/NYHQ2014-3507/Volpi GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–8 September 2015 – Close to 8,000 people have lost their lives in eastern Ukraine since mid-April[Read More…]

Children stand near the reception centre near the town of Gevgelija, in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on 4 September 2015, after crossing the border from Greece together with their families. Photo: UNICEF/Christopher Tidey GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–8 September 2015 – Refugees have to be dealt with as human beings, and the[Read More…]

NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—September 8, 2015. Hillary Clinton today announced a set of aggressive campaign finance reform proposals to unlock the stranglehold that wealthy interests have over our political system and restore a government of, by, and for the people, not just the wealthy and well-connected. Her proposals will curb the outsized influence of big money in[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–Sept. 8, 2015 Thank you, Associate Attorney General [Stuart] Delery, for that kind introduction and for your exceptional leadership here at the Department of Justice.  I also want to thank Karol Mason, our outstanding Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs, as well as Cabinet Secretary Broderick[Read More…]

Executive Director Ertharin Cousin, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and U2 lead singer and ONE co-founder Bono at Milan Expo 2015. Photo: WFP/Giulio D’Adamo MILAN–(ENEWSPF)–7 September 2015 – As the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) continues to face challenges in funding its emergency response in Syria, the agency’s Executive[Read More…]

“We are the only advanced country on Earth that doesn’t guarantee paid sick leave or paid maternity leave to our workers. . . . And that forces too many parents to make the gut-wrenching choice between a paycheck and a sick kid at home.” – President Barack Obama, State of[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 5, 2015 Hello, everybody.  I hope most of you are gearing up for a long weekend with family and friends – maybe some barbeques, road trips, or fantasy drafts.  But I wanted to take a moment to talk to you about the real meaning of Labor Day –[Read More…]