WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—July 9, 2015. This morning House Republican leadership pulled HR 2822, The Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Act, 2016, over a controversial amendment that would have stripped a provision barring the Confederate flag from being displayed in cemeteries and sold in stores operated by the National Park Service.[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 9, 2015. Today, the California Natural Resources Agency released the final two independent scientific assessments of oil well stimulation treatments, including hydraulic fracturing, in California, as required under SB4 (Pavley, 2013). The studies, conducted by the California Council on Science and Technology, reviewed available scientific information on fracking[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 9, 2015.  Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka in response to Jeb Bush’s comments that “people need to work longer hours” There is always a moment during presidential elections when we get a clear glimpse into who a candidate truly is. Jeb Bush let us know he doesn’t[Read More…]

Historic Bill Would End Penalties on Low-Income Women Seeking Safe, Legal Abortion   WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)—July 9, 2015.  Yesterday, Representatives Barbara Lee (D-CA-13), Diana DeGette (D-CO-1), and Jan Schakowsky (D-IL-9), along with nearly 70 other co-sponsors, introduced the Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance (EACH) Woman Act. The[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 9, 2015. Demos, in proud partnership with fellow racial equity organizations, released the following statement about the HUD’s new fair housing rule: “The Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) release of the final ‘Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule’ is a courageous and necessary step by President Obama and HUD[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 9, 2015. Note: Today, Right to Rise, the super PAC set up to support the presidential campaign of Jeb Bush, released its latest fundraising numbers. It reported raising more than $103 million between Jan. 6 and June 30. Statement of Robert Weissman, President, Public Citizen: Jeb Bush has[Read More…]

Springfield, IL –(ENEWSPF)—July 9, 2015. The Responsible Budget Coalition released the following statement in response to the General Assembly’s anticipated passage of a one-month budget measure: The one-month budget measure fails to provide the stability that service providers, businesses, families, communities, and our economy need to prosper. The proposal fails[Read More…]

CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—July 6, 2015. In the last fourteen days, eight Black churches have been burned down. The first burning occurred within a week of the June 17th Charleston Massacre where nine Black people were murdered by a self-proclaimed white, racist terrorist. Some of the burned down churches had “KKK” scrawled on[Read More…]

America Ferrera – Source: www.listal.com Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 3, 2015. This commentary was originally printed in the Huffington Post at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/america-ferrera/thank-you-donald-trump_b_7709126.html Dear Donald, You’ve said some pretty offensive things about Latino immigrants recently, and I think they’re worth addressing. Because, you know, this is the United States of America, where I[Read More…]

Largest Marine Oil Spill Resulted in Deaths of Estimated One Million Birds Gannett. Photo: Kim Hubbard/Audubon NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–July 2, 2015 — Responding to news this morning of a settlement in the BP Deepwater Horizon oil disaster case, the National Audubon Society released the following statement: “You break it, you pay[Read More…]