New Reed-Heller emergency UI agreement supported by 5 leading Democrats and 5 leading Republicans WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)—March 13, 2014. Seeking to boost the economy and provide relief for the more than 2 million job seeking Americans who have lost emergency unemployment insurance coverage since December 28, 2013, a group of[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–13 March 2014 – The United Nations continued efforts on multiple fronts to de-escalate tensions in Ukraine, with a senior human rights official holding meetings today in the capital, Kiev, while in New York, the Security Council met in its sixth urgent session on the crisis, hearing the UN[Read More…]

Occupy Wall Street organizers prepare to launch a new populist political party. Massachusetts–(ENEWSPF)–March 13, 2014.  Carl Gibson, co-founder of U.S. Uncut, is joining with other Occupy Wall Street organizers to launch a new populist political party. While more details (including the name of the party and the identities of other[Read More…]

ACLU Releases Report Urging U.N. Experts to Update Interpretation on Privacy GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–March 13, 2014.  Today and tomorrow, the United Nations Human Rights Committee is conducting a review of the United States’ compliance with a major human rights treaty, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). U.S. government representatives[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 13, 2014 – 2:27 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you, everybody, thank you.  (Applause.)  Thank you so much.  Please.  Thank you, guys.  Please have a seat.  Well, welcome to the White House.  Before I get started, I just want to acknowledge somebody who is working so hard on[Read More…]

UN Joins American Public Health Association, International Red Cross, Organization of American States, NAACP, Human Rights Watch, National Latino Congreso, Global Commission on Drug Policy, and Drug Policy Alliance in Discouraging Criminalization of Drug Use Vienna, Austria—(ENEWSPF)—March 13, 2014. Today, a key working group of the United Nations Office on[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 13, 2014. Thank you, Richard [Toscano], for that kind introduction – and for all that you and your colleagues have done to bring us together for today’s important event.  It’s a pleasure to welcome so many friends and colleagues to the Great Hall.  And it’s a privilege to[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 13, 2014.  After weathering the Great Recession and through five years of hard work and determination, America is creating jobs and rebuilding our economy. But as a result of shifts that have taken hold over more than three decades, too many Americans are working harder than ever just[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 13, 2014. By Erik Altieri, NORML Communications Director Yesterday, the New Hampshire House of Representatives voted 215 to 92 in favor of House Bill 1625. This legislation to significantly reduce marijuana penalties in New Hampshire. Under present law, possession of any amount of marijuana is a criminal misdemeanor,[Read More…]

Expansion enables sourcing of key mineral from North Kivu without involvement of illegal armed groups SCHAUMBURG, Ill. and FOUNTAIN INN, S.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 13, 2014 – Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: MSI) and AVX Corporation (NYSE: AVX) today announced expansion of Solutions for Hope to the Province of North Kivu, the conflict-prone area of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).[Read More…]