Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 29, 2013.  Today, communities across the country are rallying outside of newspapers owned by the Tribune Company to support journalistic integrity and an unbiased news media.  These communities are calling on the Tribune Company to not sell its newspapers to Koch Industries, a company owned and controlled by[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–MAY 30, 2013—Following an attack on an office of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, which killed an ICRC staff member, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today strongly condemned violence against humanitarian workers and facilities. “MSF calls on[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 24, 2013.  Yesterday, in a speech at National Defense University, President Barack Obama explicitly called for an end to the war against the central Al Qaeda organization that attacked the United States on 9/11. While, as the president acknowledged, the “systematic effort to dismantle terrorist organizations must continue,”[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–May 24, 2013.  Below is a statement from Anthony D. Romero, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union, on President Obama’s national security speech yesterday: “President Obama is right to say that we cannot be on a war footing forever, but the time to take our country off[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2013.  Five of the nation’s leading maternal and child health organizations vehemently oppose the dramatically reduced budget allocation proposed by the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committee for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 labor, health and education spending bill. The Committee’s decision to shift all of the[Read More…]

Washington–(ENEWSPF)–May 22, 2013.  AFT President Randi Weingarten’s statement on the Chicago school closings. “What we witnessed today was the largest mass school closing in America’s history. Sadly, the reasons for these closings seemed to have changed over the course of the last few months, as a May 16 WBEZ analysis[Read More…]

NEW YORK, NY–(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2013.  Planned Parenthood Federation of America celebrated passage yesterday of state legislation to improve sex education in key states.  With a vote of 37 to 21, Illinois state senators sent Governor Pat Quinn a bill that creates uniform standards for sex education.  In addition, Colorado Governor[Read More…]

Amendment to House Homeland Security Appropriations Bill Is Another Attack on Women’s Health Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2013.  Planned Parenthood yesterday strongly condemned the adoption of an amendment to limit access to women’s health care by banning the use of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement funds for abortion except in cases[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2013.  Yesterday, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives held yet another vote on legislation to approve the dirty and dangerous Keystone XL pipeline. This vote was the seventh taken by the House on approval of Keystone XL and received nearly forty fewer votes than the first House vote[Read More…]

Washington–(ENEWSPF)–May 17, 2013.  The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten released the following statement of support for actions in Chicago and across the country by parents, teachers, students and community partners to save and strengthen public education. The actions are occurring between May 17 and May 22 in[Read More…]