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Be Courageous or Be Complicit

OREGON–(ENEWSPF)–January 15, 2017 By Susan Grigsby Source: motherjones Got plans for later this week? Like maybe a root canal? Or perhaps just a thorough house cleaning? There must be something better to do than spend time watching the final normalization of that which should never have happened—but did, thanks in large[Read More…]

DePaul University Humanities Center to Feature Ballet, Comedy and the Bible

Winter season includes film screenings, performances and scholarship Edward Watson, a principal in the Royal Ballet in London, will speak Feb. 16 at a DePaul University Humanities Center event. (Photo by Charlotte MacMillan) CHICAGO — (ENEWSPF)–January 13, 2017. Events featuring space exploration, improv comedy, Royal Ballet Principal Edward Watson and[Read More…]

Nationwide Resistance Assemblies Gain Momentum as Trump Inauguration Nears

“Start by resisting his agenda in your own community” WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–January 13, 2017.   More than 500 resistance assemblies will be held nationwide Sunday with tens of thousands of people coming together in libraries, community centers, living rooms, churches and coffee shops to organize and plan resistance to President-elect Donald[Read More…]

Windy City Times Releases 2004 Tapes of Obama Discussing LGBT Issues During Senate Campaign

Obama at the Chicago LGBT fundraiser May 7, 2004. Photo by: Tracy Baim CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–January 13, 2017.  Two audio tapes from Barack Obama’s campaign for U.S. Senate from Illinois have been released by Windy City Times newspaper. The audio is in the online version of this story: http://tinyurl.com/Obama2004LGBT . Both tapes were[Read More…]

Congresswoman Robin Kelly Calls DOJ Report on Chicago Police Department ‘Deeply Concerning’

Congresswoman Robin Kelly (Source: house.gov) Washington, DC –(ENEWPF)–January 13, 2017. Congresswoman Robin Kelly today released this statement concerning the Department of Justice’s report on the Chicago Police Department: “Today’s report is deeply concerning. It is clear that more reforms are needed and needed immediately. We all agree that law enforcement[Read More…]

Interior Secretary Jewell Applauds President Obama’s Designation of the National Monuments to Preserve Pivotal Civil Rights Sites and the First National Monument to Civil War Reconstruction

Darrah Hall in Beaufot County, South Carolina. Photo by National Park Service. Also Praises President’s Expansion of Existing National Monuments Protecting Natural & Cultural Resources in California & Oregon WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–January 13, 2017.  As the country prepares to observe Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally[Read More…]

Park Forest’s Annual Park Permit Lottery Set for Saturday, February 4

Park Forest’s Central Park (Source: villageofparkforest.com) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–January 13, 2017. The Park Forest Recreation and Parks Department will hold its Annual Park Permit Lottery on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017 beginning at 9 a.m. at Park Forest’s Village Hall, 350 Victory Drive. The event is held each year to allow[Read More…]

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