Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 13, 2012. SECRETARY CLINTON:Good morning. Well, let me welcome our friends and colleagues from Morocco here to the Benjamin Franklin Room on the eighth floor of the State Department for this very important first session of the U.S.-Morocco Strategic Dialogue. Before I begin to address the significance of[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 13, 2012.  Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in August suggests that economic activity has continued to expand at a moderate pace in recent months.  Growth in employment has been slow, and the unemployment rate remains elevated.  Household spending has continued to advance, but growth[Read More…]

Whole Foods Refuses To Hold Suppliers Accountable For Child Labor, Workers Rights Violations Washington D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 13, 2012.  Advocates against the exploitation of children by chocolate makers initiated a campaign today calling on Whole Foods Market (NYSE: WFM) to hold The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) – the manufacturer of Dagoba and[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 12, 2012.  Statement by Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, on the settlement of the Boston Teachers Union contract today. “The tentative agreement between the Boston Teachers Union and the Boston school district is a model of what’s possible when all parties decide to do what’s[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–Septemer 13, 2012.   Written Testimony of Richard Cordray, Director, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, before the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Washington, D.C., September 13, 2012 Chairman Johnson, Ranking Member Shelby, and Members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me to testify today about the Semi-Annual[Read More…]

  Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 12, 2012.   “Let me start with some verses by Thomas Merton: “[…] The whole world is […] on fire./ The stones/ burn, even the stones they burn me./ How can a man be still/ or listen to all things burning?/ How can he dare to sit[Read More…]

Brennan Center for Justice and Rock the Vote Join Forces to Engage Student Voters for November NEW YORK, NY –(ENEWSPF)–September 13, 2012.  As concerns mount about Election Day confusion over new voting laws,, two leading U.S. voting rights groups — the Brennan Center for Justice and Rock the Vote —[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 13, 2012.  For more than a year, the government of Sudan has targeted its own civilian populations and denied humanitarian access into Blue Nile and South Kordofan states, causing a humanitarian crisis comparable to that of Darfur less than a decade ago. It is time for the international community[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 13, 2012. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending September 8, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 382,000, an increase of 15,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 367,000. The 4-week moving average was 375,000, an increase of 3,250 from the previous week’s revised[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 13, 2012.  Attorney General Eric Holder released the following statement today on the 18th anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act: “Since the landmark Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) became law 18 years ago today, VAWA has vastly improved our ability to address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault,[Read More…]