NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—February 7, 2014. We are witnessing the beginning of the end of our disastrous war on drugs. Fifty-eight percent of Americans nationally support marijuana legalization. World leaders like former U.N. head Kofi Annan are calling for an end to the drug war. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is speaking[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 6, 2014.  After a minority of Senators blocked a bill in that would have extended federal emergency unemployment insurance benefits, Mary Kay Henry, President of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), issued the following statement: “Once again, a minority of Senators have refused to allow an extension of[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 6, 2014.  Following Speaker John Boehner’s press conference today, the Service Employees International Union’s (SEIU) Executive Vice President Rocio Saenz responded to his remarks on the future of immigration reform: “Today, Speaker John Boehner reminded us how his party continues to test the patience of American voters, showing[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 7, 2014.  Today, Center for American Progress Economist Adam Hersh issued the following reaction to the announcement of January’s employment figures: Today’s jobs data confirm that underlying economic trends—not the weather—continue holding back U.S. labor markets. Jobs continue moving in the right direction but not fast enough to[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 6, 2014.  The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today will hold a hearing on the Oregon and California Land Grant Act of 2013 (S. 1784) and the National Forest Jobs and Management Act of 2014 (S. 1966). Both bills include extreme measures to promote or mandate logging,[Read More…]

Major Commitment from House Leadership Propels Reform Forward Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Following the release of House Republican standards for immigration reform, Illinois faith and law enforcement leaders are expressing support and calling on Congress to pass much-needed reform this year.  The following are quotes from Illinois Bibles, Badges and Business leaders: Stanley Cooper, Executive[Read More…]

MASSACHUSETTS—(ENEWSPF)—February 4, 2014. It has been 20 years since NAFTA, (North American free Trade agreement) went into effect with the promise of more equality, more jobs, and a better, more prosperous and peaceful world for all of us.  Given that NAFTA has contributed to a world that is a negative[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–February 2, 2014. By: Meghan Ralston: Drug Policy Alliance The suspected overdose death of Philip Seymour Hoffman is hitting millions of people, including myself, like a tsunami today. The story keeps unfolding and the tragedy just keeps compounding. Recent reports are suggesting that he was discovered with a needle in[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 31, 2014.  Today, the State Department released an environmental impact study on the Keystone XL pipeline project, which would transport crude oil from Alberta, Canada, to refineries on the Gulf Coast. This report is just one step in the approval process of the Keystone XL pipeline. After comment[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 31, 2014.  Today, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed Michael R. Bloomberg, 108th Mayor of New York City, to serve as the U.N. special envoy for cities and climate change. Carol M. Browner, Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress (CAP) and former director of the White[Read More…]