Sluggish Economy, Corruption, Crime Fueled Voters’ Discontent with the Status Quo Washington, DC and Jilotepec, Mexico—(ENEWSPF)—July 1, 2018 Contact: Dan Beeton Voters in Mexico have “made history” and opted for change in electing Andrés Manuel López Obrador president today, experts from the Center for Economic and Policy Research, based in[Read More…]
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Poll: Two-thirds of Americans Don’t Want the Supreme Court to Overturn Roe v. Wade
Equal Pay and Fair Employment Practices are Voters’ Top Concerns among Women’s Issues CALIFORNIA—(ENEWSPF)—June 29, 2018 By: Craig Palosky Large Majority of the Public View Federal Funding of Family Planning Services for Low-Income Women as “Important” As President Trump prepares to make a new Supreme Court nomination, new polling from the Kaiser[Read More…]
Trump Charting a Course That Could Destroy Foundations of U.S. Foreign Policy, Center for American Progress Analysis Says
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—June 28, 2018 By: Kelly Magsamen and Michael Fuchs President Donald Trump is disrespecting America’s closest allies and embracing the world’s most brutal dictators, charting a dangerous course that is destroying the foundations of U.S. foreign policy, according to a new analysis from the Center for American Progress.[Read More…]
Unlocked and Loaded: Families Confront Dementia and Guns (Videos)
CALIFORINIA—(ENEWSPF)—June 28, 2018 By: JoNel Aleccia and Melissa Bailey With a bullet in her gut, her voice choked with pain, Dee Hill pleaded with the 911 dispatcher for help. “My husband accidentally shot me,” Hill, 75, of The Dalles, Ore., groaned on the May 16, 2015, call. “In the stomach,[Read More…]
Why Families Flee Central America to the United States
Gangs Threaten Children, Parents NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—June 26, 2018 By: Zama Neff Maria* and Carlos* never wanted to leave Honduras with their three children, they told me. But then gangs began threatening Carlos and their 13-year-old son Eddy*. The family moved houses, but one evening masked men came to their little[Read More…]
The False Choice Between Family Separation and Detention
ICE Has Abandoned an Effective Alternative That Keeps Families Free NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—June 26, 2018 By: Clara Long As US President Donald Trump ended his appalling mass family separation policy on the US southern border, he claimed a false choice: the US government either needs to separate families that cross the[Read More…]
Troubled Housing Market Demands a Different Way to Measure Inflation
Washington, DC —(ENEWSPF)—June 26, 2018 Contact: Karen Conner Using the wrong measure of inflation could result in the Federal Reserve Board (Fed) raising interest rates prematurely, needlessly keeping people out of work and undermining the intention of its 2.0 percent average inflation target. That warning, as well as a solution, is[Read More…]
More Than 140 Organizations Condemn President Trump’s Call to Execute People for Nonviolent Drug Offenses
UN to Release Annual “World Drug Report” While Reformers Rally Worldwide; Groups Accuse Singapore of Using False Drug Use Data to Justify Death Penalty Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 26, 2018 Contact: David Borden A growing coalition with over 140 organizations as of this writing has condemned President Trump’s call to institute the[Read More…]
Report Links Poor Medical Care to Deaths in ICE Detention
WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)—June 21, 2018 Contact: ACLU Media Poor medical treatment contributed to more than half the deaths reported by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for a 16-month period, Human Rights Watch, the American Civil Liberties Union, Detention Watch Network, and National Immigrant Justice Center said in a report released today.[Read More…]
What’s in the Administration’s 5-Part Plan for Medicare Part D and its Impact for Beneficiaries and Program Savings?
CALIFORNIA—(ENEWSPF)—June 21, 2018 By: Juliette Cubanski Introduction Today more than 43 million older adults and people with disabilities have prescription drug coverage under Medicare Part D. Part D helps people with Medicare afford their medications by subsidizing the purchase of drug coverage from private stand-alone prescription drug plans (PDPs) and[Read More…]
