Barrage of Anti-Gay Attacks and Investments Fail to Win Over Voters New York–(ENEWSPF)–March 19, 2014.  Yesterday, the three Illinois House Republicans who backed Illinois’s freedom to marry bill won primary challenges in spite of aggressive targeting by freedom to marry opponents. Representatives Ed Sullivan and Ron Sandack were re-elected to[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 19, 2014. “Today we mourn the passing of a fearless woman who spent her life fighting for equality and civil rights. Vernita Gray was an inspiration to all who crossed her path, from President Obama who knew her by name to the victims of violence she comforted and the[Read More…]

University Park, Ill.—(ENEWSPF)–March 19, 2014 – Experience three classic American operas in one special afternoon at the Center for Performing Arts at Governors State University in “An Afternoon of One Acts” on March 30 at 4 p.m. “The Telephone.” “A Hand of Bridge.” “The Old Maid and The Thief.”It’s like[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—March 17, 2014. The 1950s Park Forest House Museum at 141 Forest Blvd, Park Forest, will have up its spring exhibit, “Step Back into a 1950s Easter,” from March 15 through April 30, 2014. Open Wednesday and Saturday 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., the museum can also be[Read More…]

Free Seminar Will Address Silk Road, Online Drug Markets, and New Zealand’s First-Of-Its-Kind Law to Regulate New Drugs NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—March 17, 2014. On Wednesday, March 19, investigative journalist Mike Power will talk about ‘concierge drug design’ – foreign labs being used by entrepreneurs in the UK, US and EU to[Read More…]

New York–(ENEWSPF)–March 14, 2014.  Today a federal judge in Tennessee ruled that state officials must respect the marriages of three same-sex couples whose lawsuit challenges the state’s marriage ban. Tennessee is the second Southern state where a federal judge has ruled in favor of respect for out-of-state marriages for same-sex[Read More…]

INDIANAPOLIS–(ENEWSPF)–March 14, 2014.  The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Indiana, and the Lemieux Law Office of Indianapolis filed a federal lawsuit yesterday on behalf of fifteen individuals, including a widow and two children, who have experienced harm and discrimination because of Indiana’s ban on marriage between same-sex couples[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 14, 2014. Stand up to the American Legislative Exchange Council and Protect Pensions The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is a corporate-funded, “pay-to-play” lobbying group that brings corporations and state legislators together to craft “model” legislation. The “model bills” they craft, regrettably, put corporate profits before the public[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 13, 2014.  From Maria Shriver’s groundbreaking multi-platform The Shriver Report: A Woman’s Nation Pushes Back From The Brink in partnership with Center For American Progress comes an emotional film in partnership with HBO Documentary Films that will ignite a conversation in the nation about the story of our time, told through[Read More…]