Mario Cuomo Commentary By Gary Kopycinski Former Governor of New York Mario Cuomo died on January 1, 2015, just six hours after his son, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, was sworn into his second term. New York Times reporter Adam Nagourney wrote a comprehensive piece remembering Cuomo, including this: [Cuomo] was similarly[Read More…]
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ACLU: FDA Fails to Adequately Address Discriminatory Blood Donation Ban
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–December 23, 2014. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today a change in the current lifetime ban on blood donations from gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men. The proposal would replace the lifetime ban with a one-year deferral, which would only permit gay[Read More…]
E-Cig Users and Vapers Need to Join Anti-Drug War Movement
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—December 23, 2014. By: Tony Newman New Year’s Eve is around the corner and no doubt millions of smokers will make resolutions to quit. Many smokers would love to give up the habit. But smoking is an incredibly hard addiction to quit. Many heroin users say it is harder[Read More…]
Mayoral Candidate Bob Fioretti Statement on Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit Against the Board of Education
Chicago, IL –(ENEWSPF)—December 23, 2014. The following is a statement from mayoral candidate Bob Fioretti: In a matter of days we have seen two overwhelming examples of why our school board should be elected. A millionaire venture capitalist sits on our school board, appointed by our millionaire mayor, and makes[Read More…]
Drug Policy Alliance Blog: Marijuana Prohibition in Nebraska and Oklahoma is the Real Nuisance
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 22, 2014. By Bill Piper The attorneys general of Nebraska and Oklahoma have launched a lawsuit against Colorado claiming the state’s 2012 voter initiative legalizing, regulating, and taxing marijuana is causing marijuana to come into their states, creating a public nuisance and consuming law enforcement resources. Leaving aside[Read More…]
Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on Shooting Death of New York City Police Officers
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 22, 2014. There are no words that can encompass the grief and pain following the killing of New York City police officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos and the shooting of a young woman in Baltimore. The men and women who wear the uniforms of our nation’s police, face[Read More…]
Four Afghan Gitmo Prisoners Repatriated
Afghan Releases Follow Transfer of First Yemenis Since 2010 New York –(ENEWSPF)—December 20, 2014. In response to the repatriation announced today of four Afghan prisoners, including Shawali Khan, whose case the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) has long worked on with lead counsel Leonard C. Goodman and co-counsel Kent Spriggs,[Read More…]
NRDC: EPA Coal Ash Rule Fails to Protect Public Health and Waterways
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–December 19, 2014—The Environmental Protection Agency’s long-awaited rule on disposal of toxic ash from coal-burning power plants falls far short of what’s needed to protect the public and our waterways from the millions of tons of dangerous sludge that is produced annually, the Natural Resources Defense Council said today. The[Read More…]
Sierra Club Statement on New EPA Coal Ash Protections
Springfield Residents Urge State Agencies to Finally Take Steps to Monitor Toxic Ash, Enforce Protections for Local Water WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—December 19, 2014. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced the first-ever federal standards for the storage and disposal of coal ash aimed at protecting thousands of communities from the[Read More…]
EPA’s First-Ever Coal Ash Rule Leaves Communities to Protect Themselves
Rule leaves critical gaps in protection from toxic coal ash Annette Gibbs and her husband William stand in their front yard, near the Arrowhead Landfill in Perry County, AL. Four million cubic yards of toxic coal ash were scooped up from Harriman, TN, the site of the nation’s worst toxic[Read More…]
