People’s futures are not bargaining chips Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–January 26, 2017 By: Raul Garcia The Trump White House will issue a proposal to address the crisis that 800,000 Dreamers and other young immigrants are facing in exchange of $25 billion for border wall funding plus myriad, extreme cuts to family[Read More…]
Commentary
A Huge Step Backward on Opioids
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 25, 2018 By: Michael Collins, Drug Policy Alliance (CNN) The latest statistics on the overdose crisis — roughly 64,000 deaths in the United States in 2016 — also reveal that fentanyl and other synthetic opioids are now the driving force behind US overdose deaths. Fentanyl is an opioid[Read More…]
Massive Lake Michigan Windstorm Versus Oregon Windstorm
OREGON—(ENEWSPF)—January 25, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser Many of my Chicagoland friends have been telling me about this winter’s high winds causing waves in Lake Michigan of 8 to 14 feet with a storm surge of up to 2 feet. These conditions have resulted in a Lakeshore Flood Advisory being issued[Read More…]
New Analysis: Voter Suppression Laws a Concern in 2018, Though Many States Looking to Expand Access
New York, N.Y. –(ENEWSPF)—January 23, 2018 By: Rebecca Autrey A first look at voting laws introduced in state legislatures across the country finds that voter suppression efforts continue to be a concern at the outset of a pivotal election year. The Trump administration is promoting a similar agenda at the[Read More…]
Richest 1 Percent Bagged 82 Percent of Wealth Created in 2017 — Poorest Half of Humanity Got Nothing
LONDON—(ENEWSPF)—January 22, 2018 By: Anna Ratcliff Eighty two percent of the wealth generated last year went to the richest one percent of the global population, while the 3.7 billion people who make up the poorest half of the world saw no increase in their wealth, according to a new Oxfam[Read More…]
Welcome Home Jaime Hauad — All Power to the People
Now let’s free Gerald Reed and all the torture victims CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—January 22, 2018 By: Frank Chapman The Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (the Alliance) hails the decision of State’s Attorney Kim Foxx to act to free Jaime Hauad from prison, 21 years after he was wrongfully convicted of[Read More…]
On the 45th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade, Trump Is Closer Than Ever to Undermining the Promise of Abortion Rights
Washington D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—January 19, 2018 By: Jamila Taylor, Anusha Ravi, Lia Parada, Kate Bahn, and Michele L. Jawando Ahead of the 45th anniversary of the landmark Roe v. Wade Supreme Court case that established abortion rights, President Donald Trump and Congress continue to find ways to undermine rights and access to[Read More…]
New Report Finds Massive Drop in Marijuana Arrests, No Increase in Youth Marijuana Use, and Major Fiscal Benefits in States With Legal Marijuana
‘From Prohibition to Progress:’ What We Know About Marijuana Legalization in Eight States and D.C. NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—January 19, 2018 By: Jag Davies and Jolene Forman Congress and numerous states are moving to legalize marijuana this year, building on positive outcomes in Alaska, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, Oregon, Washington state,[Read More…]
NOW: Religion Is No Excuse For Bigotry
HHS’s New Division of Conscience and Religious Freedom Targets Women Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 19, 2018 By: Emily Imhoff The Trump Administration has announced the creation of a new “conscience and religious freedom” division within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that will have the effect of fostering further discrimination[Read More…]
Anti-Defamation League Report: White Supremacist Murders More Than Doubled in 2017
New York, NY—(ENEWSPF)–January 18, 201. The number of white supremacist murders in the United States more than doubled in 2017 compared to the previous year, far surpassing murders committed by domestic Islamic extremists and making 2017 the fifth deadliest year on record for extremist violence since 1970. In its annual[Read More…]
