Sierra Club Stands with Workers Calling for a Living Wage WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–April 14, 2016. Today, low-wage workers are coming together and striking all over the country to fight for a $15-an-hour minimum wage and the right to form a union without retaliation. The Sierra Club is proud to stand[Read More…]
Commentary
The Overdose Crisis is Making America Finally Consider Supervised Injection Facilities
More people are now dying from overdose deaths than from car accidents. NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–April 8, 2016 By: Tony Newman There is an overdose crisis in the United States. More people are now dying from overdose deaths than from car accidents. Overdose has become an issue that is being talked about at all[Read More…]
Watch: Groups Applaud Delaware Gov. Markell for Personal Message on Recent Wave of Anti-transgender Legislation (Video)
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–April 8, 2016. Today, in response to a wave of anti-transgender legislation in several states around the country, Delaware Gov. Jack Markell (D) released a personal, detailed video message standing up for transgender equality and combatting the misinformation and scare tactics that proponents of these discriminatory bills use.[Read More…]
ACLU Statement on Encryption Bill
WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)–April 8, 2016. A proposed bill written by Sens. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) released last night would require companies to give the government access to encrypted communications. Neema Singh Guliani, legislative counsel with the American Civil Liberties Union, had this reaction: “This bill is a clear[Read More…]
ACLU of Mississippi Responds to Governor Signing Anti-LGBT Discrimination Into Law
Gov. Bryant Approves Law that Would Harm Thousands of Mississippians Jackson, Miss. —(ENEWSPF)–April 5, 2016. Governor Phil Bryant has signed HB 1523 into law after rapid movement on the bill by the state House of Representatives. The law, which is set to go into effect in July, sanctions discrimination by individuals,[Read More…]
Audubon Society: U.S. District Judge Approves $20 Billion Settlement in BP Oil Spill Case
Funds will pay for damage caused by largest marine oil spill in U.S. history Workers trying to protect a pelican nesting colony during the BP oil spill in 2010. Photo: Kim Hubbard/Audubon NEW YORK –(ENEWSPF)–April 5, 2016. Responding to the approval of an approximately $20 billion settlement over the BP Deepwater Horizon[Read More…]
Drug Policy Alliance: U.S. Senate to Hold Sham Hearing on Marijuana Legalization
Reform Advocates Denounce Hearing as One-Sided “Prohibitionist Party” — Senator Grassley Stacks the Deck with Known Anti-Legalization Zealots and Ignores Benefits of Legalization, Such as Massive Drop in Marijuana Arrests and Prohibition-Related Violence, as well as New Tax Revenue Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 4, 2016. On Tuesday morning, Senator Grassley (R-IA) and[Read More…]
NARAL: We Were Wrong, We Apologize (Video)
Following The Backlash To Video Group Released Last Week Comparing Donald Trump To Pigs, NARAL Issues An Apology…. To Pigs https://youtu.be/jPwnXNfXt6Y Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 4, 21016. Late last week NARAL Pro-Choice America released a video ad campaign (see it here) comparing Donald Trump’s recent comments and actions to pigs. The video called out[Read More…]
New NARAL Video Hits Trump For Series Of Piggish Comments
Follows Trump’s Comments He Would Punish Women Who Have Had Abortions, And Standing By His Campaign Manager Who Was Arrested For Assault A Woman https://youtu.be/Jc-iA5Uc1wE Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 1, 2016. NARAL Pro-Choice America released a new video yesterday, which will be part of an online ad campaign in Wisconsin ahead of[Read More…]
National Organization for Women: Donald Trump’s Gaffe was Off Message, but Accurate
Washington, DC -(ENEWSPF)–March 31, 2016. Statement of NOW President Terrry O’Neill : It’s said that the true definition of a political “gaffe” is when a politician accidentally reveals something truthful about what is going on in his or her head, and Donald Trump’s latest comments about punishing women for having abortions[Read More…]
