Statement of NOW President Terry O’Neill Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 8, 2012. The National Organization for Women condemns the vote today in the House Judiciary Committee. In a 17-15 vote, the Republican-controlled committee passed a reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act that completely undermines the spirit of the landmark bill passed[Read More…]
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USW Joins President Obama In Calling On Congress To Create Jobs
Pittsburgh–(ENEWSPF)–May 8, 2012. The United Steelworkers (USW) said today that Congress needs to follow President Obama’s lead in creating jobs by acting on a “To Do List” that would help restore middle-class security. In a speech today in Upstate New York, the President emphasized that Congress now has the opportunity[Read More…]
Vintage: Angry David Letterman Fires Employee Live On The Air (Video)
This is vintage David Letterman: David Letterman Fires long time employee on the air. Enjoy.
You Did Not Cause the Recession. Make Corporations Pay Their Fair Share (Video)
If you agree that we can’t allow American taxpayers to be robbed by 16 international corporations who pay to manipulate our government so that we pay more, and they pay less to operate it, please use the tools you have at your disposal — your social network — to share[Read More…]
New CDC Data Shows That More Teens Are Using Effective Contraception – but That More Young People Need Access
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–May 7, 2012. Data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) includes a number of positive trends that have contributed to a 44 percent decline in the teen birthrate since 1990. The use of the most effective birth control methods is up among all groups and a[Read More…]
Sierra Club Statement on the Bureau of Land Management’s Proposal for Federal Land Fracking
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 4, 2012. Today the Department of Interior’s Bureau of Land Management issued their proposed rules for oil and gas development on federal lands. In response, Sierra Club’s Executive Director Michael Brune issued the following statement. “Secretary Salazar and the Department of the Interior have the chance to set[Read More…]
Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on April Jobs Report
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 4, 2012. America’s economy continued to add jobs in April, which is welcome news. But the addition of 115,000 net new jobs last month is not nearly enough to put our economy back on track to full employment, shared prosperity and sustainable growth. Republican obstruction to the President’s[Read More…]
BLM Proposal to Reduce Risks to Ground Water from Oil and Gas Fracking
NRDC: “We Need Stronger Protections for Our Lands and Our Health” WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 4, 2012 –- The Bureau of Land Management today issued draft safeguards to reduce the risks to groundwater from hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) of oil and gas wells. These new safeguards, once finalized, will apply to leasing of federal oil[Read More…]
Interior Department Proposes Updated Fracking Rules, Comes Up Short
Advocates call for critical health safeguards to be included in final rule Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 4, 2012. The U.S. Department of the Interior unveiled a set of rules governing hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” on public lands today. The controversial oil and gas development technique — in which drillers blast millions of[Read More…]
UC San Diego Student Left in Holding Cell for Five Days; Drank His Own Urine to Survive, Then Attempted Suicide
Statement by Ethan Nadelmann of the Drug Policy Alliance NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–May 3 2012. Daniel Chong, UC-San Diego student, said he was forced to drink his own urine after he was left in a Drug Enforcement Administration holding cell for nearly five days. Chong was smoking marijuana at a friend’s house[Read More…]
