Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 14, 2015. Happy Birthday Social Security. On today’s 80th anniversary of Social Security, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka made the following statement: For those working for a better life, Social Security is an important family income and disability protection program and the cornerstone of our retirement security. The program[Read More…]
Commentary
Drug Policy Alliance: Governor Cuomo and New York Elected Officials Return to Failed Drug War Approaches to Address Synthetic Cannabinoids
Advocates: New Yorkers Need a Public Education and Health Approach to Deal with Emerging Drugs New York –(ENEWSPF)—August 13, 2015. Earlier this week, Governor Cuomo issued regulations and the New York State Senate introduced a bill that would criminalize the sales of synthetic cannabinoids. Recently, there have been several media reports of tragic episodes involving synthetic cannabinoids, such[Read More…]
Letter to Coffee Party Community from Founder, Annabel Park
Commentary By Gary Kopycinski Note: I first met Annabel Park and Eric Byler at Netroots Nation in 2009 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, PA. The following is reprinted with Annabel’s permission. A letter from Annabel Park, founder of the Coffee Party, a wonderful organization that is[Read More…]
Nurses Endorse Sen. Bernie Sanders for President
First National Union Endorsement for Sanders Sen. Bernie Sanders with NNU members at Oakland rally August 10 Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 10, 2015. Noting his issues “align with nurses from top to bottom,” National Nurses United, the nation’s largest organization of nurses, today endorsed Senator Bernie Sanders for President. “Bernie Sanders[Read More…]
State of the First Amendment — as others see it
Commentary By Gene Policinski First Amendment Center There’s no doubt that a huge number of Americans are unable to name the five freedoms protected by the First Amendment — national survey results each year since 1997 sadly leave little doubt about that circumstance. On a more positive note, when reminded[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Economist Michael Madowitz on July 2015 Jobs Day Report
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–August 7, 2015. Center for American Progress Economist Michael Madowitz released the following statement today on the July 2015 employment situation figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Sixty-five straight months of private-sector job growth and 215,000 jobs added to the economy last month are the top[Read More…]
Friends of the Earth Decries Sinister Manipulation of Government Trafficking Report
WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—August 6, 2015. Friends of the Earth and other organizations held a demonstration before Thursday’s Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearing on the State Department’s recent Trafficking in Persons Report. Media reports indicate senior American diplomats may have inflated Malaysia’s efforts to combat human trafficking in an attempt[Read More…]
Sierra Club Commemorates 50th Anniversary of Voting Rights Act Signing
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–August 6, 2015. Fifty years ago today, President Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act (VRA) into law, prohibiting racial discrimination in voting. In 2013, the Supreme Court gutted a major portion of the law in Shelby County v. Holder, and some states have since passed laws that prevent[Read More…]
Food & Water Watch: Ignominious 10th Anniversary of Fracking’s ‘Halliburton Loophole’ This Weekend
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 6, 2015. Statement of Wenonah Hauter, Executive Director, Food & Water Watch: This Saturday, August 8 marks the 10th anniversary of what largely enabled America’s oil and gas fracking boom: the Energy Policy Act of 2005, and a key provision of it known commonly as the “Halliburton Loophole.” The provision[Read More…]
SEIU’s Henry: We Can Honor 50th Anniversary of Voting Rights Act by Protecting Right to Vote
WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)–August 6, 2015. SEIU International President Mary Kay Henry issued the following statement today, the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Voting Rights Act: “I am proud to celebrate the anniversary of the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act—an historic and hard-won victory of the Civil Rights[Read More…]
