Thousands to disrupt, risk arrest at Wells Fargo shareholder meeting to demand Wells Fargo executives pay their fair share New wave of 99% activism holding big corps accountable over CEO pay, tax dodging SAN FRANCISCO—(ENEWSPF)—April 24, 2012. Today, thousands of people will confront Wells Fargo executives at the financial institution’s[Read More…]
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WEEKLY ADDRESS: Calling on Congress to Prevent Student Interest Rates from Doubling
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 21, 2012. Hi. This week, I got the chance to sit down with some impressive students at Lorain County Community College in Ohio. One of them was a woman named Andrea Ashley. Two years ago, Andrea lost her job as an HR analyst. Today, she’s getting certified in[Read More…]
State Department Briefing by Victoria Nuland, April 20, 2012
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2012. Index for Today’s Briefing DEPARTMENT Syria Human Rights Forum / Additional Funding UNESCO World Press Freedom Day / Highlighting Cases Ban Ki-moon / Rio+20 Efforts SYRIA Syrian Aid / UN Humanitarian Organizations / Food Shortage Ongoing Violence / Homs / Monitors / UN Security Council /[Read More…]
Continued Uncertainty and Recession in Eurozone Weaken Recovery in Emerging Europe and Central Asia
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2012 ― The moderate recovery in Emerging Europe and Central Asia (ECA) in 2010-2011 is now threatened by continued uncertainty and recession in the Eurozone, resulting in slowing growth across most of the region in 2012, World Bank officials said at a press briefing during the World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings[Read More…]
North Carolina Judge Finds Racial Discrimination in Death Penalty, Commutes Death Sentence to Life Without Parole
Ruling Under North Carolina’s Racial Justice Act Says No One Should Be Sent to Death Because of Racial Bias FAYETTEVILLE, N.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2012. A North Carolina judge Friday issued a landmark decision finding intentional and systemic discrimination by state prosecutors against African-American potential jurors in capital cases and commuted the[Read More…]
White House Press Briefing by Jay Carney, April 20, 2012
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2012 – 12:44 P.M. EDT MR. CARNEY: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. It is great to have you here today. As you can tell, I have with me the Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan. This week, as I know you know, President Obama is launching a concerted[Read More…]
Nurses, Robin Hood, Prepare to Converge on Chicago May 18
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2012. With world leaders of the G-8 nations fleeing the U.S.’ third largest city by moving their May summit to the rural woods outside Washington, the nation’s largest nurses union will bring Camp David and the G-8 summit back to Chicago for a special event on[Read More…]
Jobless Rates Down in 30 States, Up in 8 in March; Payroll Jobs Up in 29 States, Down in 20
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 20, 2012. Regional and state unemployment rates were little changed in March. Thirty states recorded unemployment rate decreases, 8 states posted rate increases, and 12 states and the District of Columbia had no change, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Forty-nine states and the District of[Read More…]
Enough Project Petitions African Union to Take Action on Sudan Atrocities
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2012. The Enough Project filed a petition on April 20 against the Republic of Sudan seeking to bring attention to the widespread human rights abuses that the Sudanese government is perpetrating against its own people in the states of South Kordofan and Blue Nile. The petition, filed before[Read More…]
U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan, on Recent Developments in Sudan and South Sudan
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 19, 2012. MR. TONER: Thank you very much, and thanks to everyone for joining us on relatively short notice. We’re very fortunate to have Ambassador Princeton Lyman, who is the U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan joining us from Khartoum, where he is carrying out meetings,[Read More…]
