Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 31, 2014.  While the vast majority of federal contractors play by the rules, every year tens of thousands of American workers are denied overtime wages, not hired or paid fairly because of their gender or age, or have their health and safety put at risk by corporations contracting[Read More…]

Broad Coalition Comprised of Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Immigration, Racial Justice, Human Rights Organizations NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—July 31, 2014. A diverse coalition of more than 80 civil rights, immigration, criminal justice, racial justice, human rights, libertarian and religious organizations are joined by notable figures such as Michelle Alexander in calling for[Read More…]

LOS ANGELES–(ENEWSPF)–July 31, 2014.  Five people who have lived in the United States legally for decades filed a lawsuit today challenging a little-known government program used to deny thousands of law-abiding people citizenship, green cards, and visas on counterterrorism grounds – most of them from Muslim-majority countries. Immigrants whose applications[Read More…]

Safeguarding Children of Arrested Parents Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 31, 2014. The Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP), in partnership with the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), today released a seminal model policy regarding police interaction with children who are impacted when a parent is arrested and law[Read More…]

Safeguarding Children of Arrested Parents Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 31, 2014. The Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP), in partnership with the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), today released a seminal model policy regarding police interaction with children who are impacted when a parent is arrested and law[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 31, 2014. Attorney General Eric Holder announced yesterday that the Justice Department has submitted filings in voting rights cases in Wisconsin and Ohio. The department’s involvement in these two cases represents its latest steps to enforce the remaining parts of the Voting Rights Act against restrictive state laws,[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 31, 2014. It is extraordinary that the House of Representatives, after failing for more than a year to reform our broken immigration reform system, would vote to restrict a law enforcement tool that the Department of Homeland Security uses to focus resources on key enforcement priorities like public[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 31, 2014. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending July 26, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 302,000, an increase of 23,000 from the previous week’s revised level. The previous week’s level was revised down by 5,000 from 284,000 to 279,000. The 4-week moving average[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 30, 2014 – 11:01 A.M. EDT MRS. OBAMA:  Oh, my goodness.  Look at you all!  (Applause.)  Oh, please sit, sit.  Rest.  (Laughter.)  How has everything been?  Exciting?  So you’ve talked to a lot of important people — my husband, he was here.  (Applause.)  That’s good.  And a few[Read More…]

Kansas City, Missouri–(ENEWSPF)–July 30, 2014 – 11:06 A.M. CDT THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, Kansas City!  (Applause.)  Well, it is good to be back in Kansas City, back in the Midwest.  (Applause.)  And I have to say, I love these old theaters.  I mean, they are unbelievable.  This is just gorgeous.  It[Read More…]