ACLU Opposed Sectarian Prayers in Support Brief WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 5, 2014.  The Supreme Court of the United States upheld today a New York town’s practice of starting town meetings with official sectarian prayer. The practice was challenged by residents of Greece, N.Y. who objected to hearing government prayers, the vast majority[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 1, 2014. By David Swanson http://warisacrime.org/content/mayor-okinawa-bring-surprising-message-washington Imagine if China were stationing large numbers of troops in the United States.  Imagine that most of them were based in a small rural county in Mississippi.  Imagine — this shouldn’t be hard — that their presence was problematic, that nations they[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2014.  After Mayor Ed Murray announced an agreement to lift the minimum wage in Seattle to $15 per hour, Mary Kay Henry, President of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), issued the following statement: “The members of SEIU are thrilled that working people in Seattle have[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2014.  Center for American Progress President Neera Tanden released the following statement regarding the City of Seattle’s Income Inequality Advisory Committee’s announcement of a deal to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour: This is a historic day for Seattle and for American workers. Seattle business,[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSWPF)–May 1, 2014.  The White House today released its report on how the use of “big data” by the government and private companies can affect American’s lives. The report covers privacy rights and the potential for uses that could discriminate against groups like racial minorities. Among its recommendations is that[Read More…]

U.S. Has Less Than Five percent of World’s Population but Nearly 25 percent of People Behind Bars; Drug War Fueled Prison Explosion NEW YORK—(ENEWPSF)—May 1, 2014. A groundbreaking report released yesterday by the National Research Council, the principal operating arm of the National Academy of Sciences, documents the unprecedented and[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2014.  The Senate failed yesterday to increase the minimum wage.  The rest of America marches forward, raising wages every way possible, utterly confident that we have history, economics, morality, and plain common sense on our side. Any political oligarch in America who thinks they won yesterday is[Read More…]

More Work to Be Done to Live Up to Mayor Emanuel’s Strong Words CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 30, 2014 – Chicago’s City Council today prohibited more oil refining waste storage sites from blighting the city’s neighborhoods, air and waterways with the passage of an ordinance aimed at banning new coal and petroleum coke[Read More…]

Oklahoma City–(ENEWSPF)–April 30, 2014.  In response to the botched execution of Clayton Lockett, the American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma has issued the below statements and is immediately calling for a full and open investigation into the execution. The ACLU of Oklahoma is also calling for an immediate moratorium on[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 30, 2014. Today as part of the third anniversary of Joining Forces, First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden will announce commitments and a pledge made by philanthropies nationwide to support veterans and military families.  At the event, taking place at the American Red Cross and hosted[Read More…]