New York –(ENEWSPF)–October 7, 2014.  Today the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed same-sex couples’ freedom to marry in cases out of Idaho and Nevada. The ruling paves also the way for the freedom to marry in Alaska, Montana, and Arizona. Evan Wolfson, president of Freedom to Marry, released the[Read More…]

NEW YORK –(ENEWSPF)–October 7, 2014.  Twitter sued the government today seeking to make public more information about how much user data it is being forced to hand over on national security grounds. The government says that Twitter’s transparency reports can address surveillance orders like National Security Letters only in very[Read More…]

San Francisco, CA –(ENEWSPF)—October 7, 2014. Today, the Sierra Club joined a broad coalition of organizations in urging eBay to join other high tech companies that have pulled their support from the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a fossil-fuel funded clearinghouse for dangerous legislation to attack worker’s rights, civil rights,[Read More…]

Joint Statement of National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) and Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2014 —The United States Supreme Court today declined to review the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals decision striking down Utah’s marriage ban for same-sex couples, thereby permitting that decision to[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 3, 2014. By: Malik Burnett, M.D., M.B.A. Reports that African Americans in the nation’s capital are eight times more likely to be arrested as whites, despite relatively equal marijuana use, were the catalyst for the city’s Council to act earlier this year by passing the most progressive marijuana[Read More…]

Measure 91: Current system has unfair impact on communities of color Portland, Oregon—(ENEWSPF)—October 1, 2014. People of color in Oregon are100 percent more likely to face legal punishments for marijuana than white people, despite equal rates of use. The current system is failing, and the following groups today are endorsing[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 30, 2014 By: Tony Newman The war on drugs is a cruel joke. The U.S. spends more than $50 billion a year on the “war on drugs” with the goal of creating a “drug-free society” — yet there has never been a “drug-free society” in the history of[Read More…]

7.3 Million Ways the Affordable Care Act is Working Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–September 18, 2014.  SEIU Nurse Alliance Chair Dian Palmer, RN released this statement today in response to the figures shared by CMS’s Marilyn Tavenner showing that 7.3 million Americans had purchased new healthcare plans through the insurance marketplace. The[Read More…]

NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—September 19, 2014. I have been blown away to see how a committed group of leaders can have a global impact when it comes to the world’s longest war: the war on drugs. Last week the Global Commission on Drug Policy made worldwide news at a press conference in[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 18, 2014. By: Stephen Gutwillig It may be an off-year election, but it’s a big one for drug policy reform. In seven weeks, voters across the country will have a chance to accelerate the unprecedented momentum to legalize marijuana and end the wider drug war. In fact, there[Read More…]