Las Vegas, Nevada—(ENEWSPF)—August 18, 2015. Hillary Clinton made the case for her economic vision to an overflow crowd at a Las Vegas, Nevada, town hall meeting today. Clinton argued that the central economic challenge is to raise incomes for everyday Americans and reshuffle the deck so the economy doesn’t work[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 18, 2015. From April to July 2015, the number of employed youth 16 to 24 years old increased by 2.1 million to 20.3 million, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. This year, 52.7 percent of young people were employed in July, little changed from a year[Read More…]

NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—August 17, 2015. In response to the recent extreme proposals and comments on immigration by Republicans such as Donald Trump and Scott Walker, Hillary for America Latino Outreach Director Lorella Praeli released the following statement: “It is disturbing that Republican presidential candidates continue to embrace extreme anti-immigrant positions as[Read More…]

A reminder of the deadly destruction in the conflict in Mykolaivka in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine. Photo: WFP/Abeer Etefa NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–17 August 2015 – Seriously alarmed by the recent escalation of violence in eastern Ukraine, which has reportedly resulted in the death of civilians on both sides of[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 17, 2015. Julian Bond was a hero and, I’m privileged to say, a friend. Justice and equality was the mission that spanned his life – from his leadership of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, to his founding role with the Southern Poverty Law Center, to his pioneering service[Read More…]

Home care, healthcare workers, others from WI join at Iowa soapbox speech DES MOINES, Iowa—(ENEWSPF)–August 17, 2015. Yesterday working people from Wisconsin followed Scott Walker to the Iowa State Fair, proving he can’t run from his terrible home-state record. A bus load of working women and men from Wisconsin joined[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 16, 2015.  Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch released the following statement Sunday on the passing of civil rights leader Julian Bond: “Throughout his remarkable life, Julian Bond was a leader, a trailblazer, and an icon in this country’s enduring fight for civil rights and equal justice for all[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 15, 2015 Hi everybody.   It’s now been a year since the tragic death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.  His death—along with the events in Cleveland, Staten Island, Baltimore, Cincinnati, and other communities—sparked protests and soul searching all across our country.  Over the past year, we’ve come to[Read More…]

Havana, Cuba–(ENEWSPF)–August 14, 2015 SECRETARY KERRY: Please be seated, everybody. Thank you very, very much. Muchas gracias. Buenos dias. I’m so sorry that we are a little bit late today, but what a beautiful ride in and how wonderful to be here. And I thank you for leaving my future[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 14, 2015. By: Sharda Sekaran It’s a story so awful that even though my job involves constantly reading news about drug war atrocities, I avoided this one for days. Charnesia Corley has come forward about an incident that happened to her in June. The 21-yr-old black woman from[Read More…]