Blue collar jobs as a percent of all jobs in the Rust Belt are virtually unchanged since the end of the recession. Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 13, 2018 By: Alan Barber Unemployment rates did not increase in any of the 50 states in January. Six states saw rates go down and 44[Read More…]
Commentary
New Report: Asbestos Found in Claire’s Kids Makeup
New studies indicate asbestos contamination in Claire’s makeup products sold nationally; Policymakers should regulate asbestos CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—March 13, 2018 By: Dev Gowda, U.S. PIRG Education Fund and Kara Cook-Schultz, U.S. PIRG Education Fund Independent lab results confirm that makeup that U.S PIRG Education Fund found for sale at Claire’s retail stores[Read More…]
Red-state Changes Could Strengthen Affordable Care Act, Medicaid
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 12, 2018 By: Drew Altman, Kaiser Family Foundation By making their Affordable Care Act marketplaces and Medicaid programs more conservative, the leaders of several red states may actually strengthen the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and Medicaid by creating a stronger Republican constituency for both programs. The bottom line:[Read More…]
Trump’s Call for Death Penalty is the Wrong Response to Drug War
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 12, 2018 By: Widney Brown At the White House Summit on the opioid crisis, President Trump publicly indicated he would like to emulate policies of China, the Philippines, and Singapore by executing drug sellers, confirming an earlier a report by Axios. Such a policy undermines civil liberties and, despite claims to[Read More…]
Students Throughout the United States to Participate in National School Walkout on March 14
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—March 12, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser On Wednesday, March 14, schools throughout the United States will walk out of their classes for seventeen minutes of silence to honor the lives lost in the Florida school shooting. The Chicago Public School students will be walking out in support of this effort.[Read More…]
Adults Don’t Get To Tell David Hogg How He Says What He Says
Commentary By Gary Kopycinski Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- David Hogg is mad as hell, and none of us have the right to tell him how to speak or what he says. No adult has the right to tell David Hogg he should be more polite, label him profane, tell him to[Read More…]
Study: Cannabis Effective At Treating Symptoms Of Fibromyalgia
Netanya, Israel—(ENEWSPF)—March 9, 2018 By: Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director Cannabis therapy mitigates symptoms of the chronic pain condition fibromyalgia and is associated with a reduction in the use of other prescription drugs, according to clinical data published online ahead of print in the Journal of Clinical Rheumatology. An estimated[Read More…]
Brennan Center for Justice: Almost No Progress in Key Areas of Election System Security in Last Two Years
New York, N.Y. –(ENEWSPF)—March 9, 2018 Contact: Rebecca Autrey By a number of key metrics, the country has failed to make significant progress securing voting machines, despite increasing warnings about system vulnerabilities from election officials and national security experts. An analysis released today by the Brennan Center for Justice[Read More…]
Sierra Club: Zinke May be Using $139,000 Door to Shut Public Out
Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)—March By: Jonathon Berman Today, the Associated Press reported that the Department of the Interior spent nearly $139,000 on a work order labeled “Secretary’s Door.” Zinke’s spokesperson is not denying that they used this money for a new door for Secretary Zinke. Zinke has spent tens of thousands[Read More…]
Oregon Couple’s Final Days Captured In Intimate Aid-In-Dying Video
OREGON—(ENEWSPF)—March 8, 2018 By: JoNel Aleccia On the last morning of their lives, Charlie and Francie Emerick held hands. The Portland, Ore., couple, married for 66 years and both terminally ill, died together in their bed on April 20, 2017, after taking lethal doses of medication obtained under the state’s[Read More…]
