Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 2, 2016. Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 151,000 in August, and the unemployment rate remained at 4.9 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment continued to trend up in several service-providing industries. Household Survey Data The number of unemployed persons was essentially unchanged at[Read More…]
Analysis
Trump’s Nearly Fact-Free Immigration Speech
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2016. Yesterday in Phoenix, Arizona, Donald Trump painted a dark, dystopian picture of America and called for the deportation of every single undocumented individual and family. His speech was not only filled with fear-mongering rhetoric, it was also filled with statements that are far from factual: Trump’s[Read More…]
Patient Advocacy Group Releases Comparative Analysis of DEA Marijuana Scheduling Decision
Concludes DEA ignored critical data supporting safety and efficacy for therapeutic use Washington D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2016. Today, Americans for Safe Access (ASA) disseminated a report comparing the body of research the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) used as a basis for their decision to keep cannabis (marijuana) as a[Read More…]
Iraq: More Than Two-Thirds of Those Killed in August Civilians, Reports UN Mission
In Iraq, a UNICEF child protection staff member speaks to children who are staying in the Amiriyat Al Fallujah IDP camp in the province of Anbar that has been established for internally displaced persons fleeing conflict in Fallujah. Photo: UNICEF/Overtoun Mgemezulu IRAQ–(ENEWSPF)–1 September 2016 – Civilians continue to disproportionately bear[Read More…]
New Research Shows Impact on Women When Politicians Impose Outdated Medical Protocols on Abortion
New York, NY –(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2016. A new study published in PLOS Medicine from researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), and Planned Parenthood reveals the significant obstacles and increased medical treatments that Ohio women experienced when health care providers were forced to use outdated FDA protocols[Read More…]
New Study Points to Chicago’s West Side as the Region’s Epicenter for Heroin Hospitalizations and Arrests
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2016. While widespread heroin use in Chicago’s suburbs has been well documented, people are more likely to suffer negative health and criminal justice impacts due to heroin on Chicago’s West Side than in any other part of the city or the Chicagoland region. Long considered to be a[Read More…]
A Doctor Dissects Trump’s Doctors Letter. It Ain’t Pretty.
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2016 By Murfster35 Want to change4 your story Dr? At this point I’m thinking that the good Dr. Bornstein wishes that both he and his most excellent patient had just both kept their big, fat mouths shut. For a while there, it looked like they had gotten[Read More…]
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for Week Ending August 27, 2016
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2016 SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending August 27, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 263,000, an increase of 2,000 from the previous week’s unrevised level of 261,000. The 4-week moving average was 263,000, a decrease of 1,000 from the previous week’s unrevised[Read More…]
Expanding Law Enforcement Training, Mandating Data Collection, and Instituting Statewide Use-Of-Force Guidelines Among Center for American Progress Recommendations to Improve Police Relations with Communities of Color
A man speaks with police in a park in Milwaukee, August 2016. Source: AP/Jeffrey Phelps Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2016. Today, in the wake of high tensions between communities of color and law enforcement, the Center for American Progress released a new issue brief exploring the intersection of race[Read More…]
Trump’s History of Disrespect for Veterans and Military Families
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2016. With Donald Trump delivering remarks this morning at the American Legion convention in Cincinnati, Ohio, and despite his occasional lip service on the trail, Trump continually has disrespected our veterans and our military for decades. From firing employees because of their military service, to lying about donations[Read More…]
