Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 13, 2014.  Attorney General Holder has made a thoughtful and progressive decision to endorse a plan that would reduce sentences for non-violent drug offenses and address the issue of mass incarceration. For too long in America, we have been developing a new Jim Crow system for administering justice.[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 12, 2014.  After debate on the floor of the House of Representatives about the ENFORCE Act (HR 4138) and the Faithful Execution of the Law Act (HR 3973) , Rocio Saenz, Executive Vice President of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), issued the following statement: “It seems that[Read More…]

Earthjustice statement on all-night Senate climate change speeches Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 11, 2014. Last night, a group of 30 Senators stayed up all night delivering speeches to bring attention to the need for climate action. The Senators began their evening of climate speeches at 6:30 p.m. ET on March 10 and[Read More…]

DPA Urges White House to Focus on Health-Based Approaches Rather Than Counterproductive Law Enforcement and Drug War Tactics LOS ANGELES, CA–(ENEWSPF)–March 10, 2014.  The Drug Policy Alliance joins overdose prevention advocates across the country in applauding today’s statement by US Attorney General Eric Holder encouraging expanded access to naloxone, an[Read More…]

HB 4588 prohibits abortion at critical time in pregnancy, includes no exception for rape or incest, poses grave threat to women’s health and lives NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–March 10, 2014.  The West Virginia Legislature passed HB 4588 this weekend, an unconstitutional ban on abortion at 20 weeks—a time when pregnant women are[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 7, 2014.  The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today announced that it has finalized its Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Standards for immigration detention facilities. Today’s standards are needed because though PREA became law over a decade ago, the Department of Justice issued a rule in 2012 that excluded[Read More…]

Statement by Food & Water Watch Executive Director Wenonah Hauter Annapolis, MD—(ENEWSPF)—March 7, 2014. “Yesterday, the Maryland House of Delegates Environmental Matters Committee lost a valuable opportunity to provide protection for Marylanders against the dangers of fracking when it blocked legislation to ban the treatment, storage, disposal, and discharge of[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–Marcy 7, 2014.  Today, Center for American Progress Economist Adam Hersh issued the following reaction to the announcement of February’s employment figures: Employment growth rebounded in February proving economists wrong that people can work despite the cold and snow. Job growth is trending in the right direction, although still short of what is[Read More…]

Women in East Texas and the Rio Grande Valley face dire health care crisis NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–March 6, 2014.  Whole Woman’s Health announced the closure of its McAllen and Beaumont health centers today, leaving East Texas and the Rio Grande Valley without a single reproductive health care clinic providing abortion care. [Read More…]

NRDC: “A Major Weakening of the Clean Air Act” WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 6, 2014 – The House today passed a destructive bill to block the first-ever national safeguards against carbon pollution, which would represent a major weakening of the Clean Air Act, the Natural Resources Defense Council said. “At a time when[Read More…]