Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 17, 2013. By Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director Our friends at High Times scored a really provocative and informative interview with Vicente Fox, the former president of Mexico, where Mr. Fox demonstrates both a wide range of knowledge about the need for countries like America and Mexico to[Read More…]
Commentary
Reality Check For Anti-Marijuana Group: Legalization’s Coming
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 16, 2013. By Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director The so-called Partnership for a Drug-Free [sic] America (PDFA) has been a prolific, yet impotent, anti-marijuana propaganda machine since its inception in the mid 1980′s under President Ronald ‘Just Say No’ Reagan. No other quasi governmental or private entity[Read More…]
Center for American Progress’ President Neera Tanden on the Senate’s Deal to Avert the ‘Nuclear Option’
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 16, 2013. Center for American Progress President Neera Tanden issued the following statement in response to the deal that senators reached today to avert the so-called “nuclear option” and confirm seven presidential nominees to executive positions: The pending compromise on Senate rules reform is good news for workers,[Read More…]
NOW Calls for Justice for Trayvon Martin
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 15, 2013. Statement of NOW President Terry O’Neill The acquittal on Saturday, July 13, of George Zimmerman has left Trayvon Martin and his family without justice. NOW stands as an unwavering ally in the struggle to end racial profiling and other forms of oppression that continue to plague[Read More…]
Statement of the ACLU’s Anthony D. Romero on Not Guilty Verdict in Trayvon Martin Trial
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–July 14, 2013. American Civil Liberties Union Executive Director Anthony D. Romero today released the following statement on the not guilty verdict in the trial of George Zimmerman: Today, our thoughts are with Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton, whose young son was taken from them far too soon. Last[Read More…]
Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression: The Murder of Trayvon Martin and Acquittal of George Zimmerman is Another Dagger in the Heart of Democracy
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—July 15, 2013. The following statement was released this morning by Clarice Durham and Ted Pearson, Co-Chairs of the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression Two things have occurred in the past month which indicate that African Americans have no rights that white law makers, police and racist vigilantes[Read More…]
Anti-Choice Politicians Cheat the System to Pass Unconstitutional Texas Bill
Pro-Choice Voters Vow to Hold Them Accountable Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 13, 2013. NARAL Pro-Choice America President Ilyse Hogue condemned Texas politicians who skirted the political process to ram through an extreme anti-choice bill, HB2. “Gov. Perry and his anti-choice colleagues have used their authority to bend the rules in an effort[Read More…]
American Federation of Teachers Statement on ‘Malala Day’ at the United Nations
AFT’s Weingarten: “Malala Yousafzai’s courage and zealous commitment to the principle that access to education is a fundamental human right are an inspiration to all.” WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–July 12, 2013. Statement of AFT President Randi Weingarten on Malala Day at the United Nations. Malala Yousafzai spoke today—her 16th birthday—to hundreds of young[Read More…]
NRDC: House Farm Bill Should be Plowed Under
Conservation, pesticide oversight and food and farm standards suffer WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–July 12, 2013 – The U.S. House yesterday approved a Farm Bill that cuts conservation, undermines longstanding environmental protections and denies states the right to set farm-related standards. Franz Matzner, the Natural Resources Defense Council’s associate director of government affairs, made[Read More…]
Pennsylvania Attorney General Announces She Will Not Defend State’s Unconstitutional Ban on Marriage for Same-Sex Couples
PHILADELPHIA–(ENEWSPF)–July 12, 2013. Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane announced today that she will not defend Gov. Corbett and the Secretary of Health in the recent lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the state’s ban on marriages of same-sex couples. The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, ACLU national, and volunteer counsel from[Read More…]
