NEW YORK –(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2017. The Sidney Hillman Foundation announced today the winners of the 2017 Hillman Prizes, the only major all-media awards dedicated to journalism in service of social and economic justice. This year, the Hillman Foundation honors investigative reporting about segregation in New York schools, corruption in the Chicago[Read More…]
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Officials Release Details of Latest Strikes Against ISIS in Syria, Iraq, April 25, 2017
SOUTHWEST ASIA–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2017 — U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria yesterday, conducting 35 strikes consisting of 78 engagements, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today. Officials reported details of yesterday’s strikes, noting that assessments of results are[Read More…]
New Report Reveals Trump Is Not Punishing Corporations that Offshore American Jobs, but Awarding Them New Government Contracts
56 Percent of Top U.S. Government Contractors Offshored Jobs WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2017. Despite President Donald Trump’s campaign promises to punish firms that offshore American jobs, the flow of federal contract awards to major offshorers has continued unabated since Trump’s inauguration, according to a new report released today by Good[Read More…]
FDA Takes Action Against 14 Companies for Selling Illegal Cancer Treatments
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2017. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today posted warning letters addressed to 14 U.S.-based companies illegally selling more than 65 products that fraudulently claim to prevent, diagnose, treat or cure cancer. The products are marketed and sold without FDA approval, most commonly on websites and[Read More…]
Girls Worst Affected as Conflict Keeps More than 25 Million Children Out of School – UNICEF (Video)
A girl displaced with her family by Boko Haram insurgents from their home on an island in Lake Chad, in Melea village, Lake Region, Chad. Photo: UNICEF/Sokhin GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–24 April 2017 – Conflict and violence has driven more than 25 million children between 6 and 15 years old – about 22[Read More…]
Remake of Classic “Your Brain on Drugs” Ad Slams Disastrous Drug War (Video)
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—April 24, 2017 By: Tony Newman April 20, 2017 Twenty years ago today, one of the most memorable ads of all time was launched, when Rachael Leigh Cook and her frying pan starting smashing up eggs in her infamous, “This is Your Brain on Drugs” ad. Today, on 4/20,[Read More…]
Record-Breaking NASA Astronaut Peggy Whitson Sets New Record for Time in Space
534 days, 2 hours, 49 minutes and counting. Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 24, 2017. NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson flew through the standing record for cumulative time spent in space by a U.S. astronaut at 1:27 a.m. EDT on April 24, and with the recent extension of her stay at the International Space Station, she[Read More…]
Military Strikes Continue Against ISIS in Syria, Iraq, April 24, 2017
SOUTHWEST ASIA–(ENEWSPF)–April 24, 2017 — U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria yesterday, conducting 31 strikes consisting of 97 engagements, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today. Officials reported details of yesterday’s strikes, noting that assessments of results are[Read More…]
Supreme Court Refuses to Hear ACLU Lawsuit Seeking Release of Full Senate Report on CIA Torture
WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)–April 24, 2017. The Supreme Court announced today that it will not consider the American Civil Liberties Union’s Freedom of Information Act lawsuit to make public the Senate’s full report on the CIA’s Bush-era detention and torture program. The landmark investigative report documents the abuse of dozens of prisoners[Read More…]
U.S. Anti-Semitic Incidents Spike 86 Percent So Far in 2017 After Surging Last Year, Anti-Defamation League Finds
New York, NY–(ENEWSPF)–April 24, 2017 … Anti-Semitic incidents in the U.S. surged more than one-third in 2016 and have jumped 86 percent in the first quarter of 2017, according to new data from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). In its annual Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents, ADL reports that there has been[Read More…]
