ALABAMA–(ENEWSPF)–January 16, 2017. Today is a very special day – a time for us to not only pay tribute to one of our nation’s greatest leaders but to reflect upon and recommit ourselves to the ideals that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. championed. But we shouldn’t fool ourselves. Dr. King’s[Read More…]
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Southern Poverty Law Center is an Official Supporter of the Women’s March on Washington
ALABAMA– (ENEWSPF)–January 16, 2017. The day after the presidential inauguration, thousands are expected to converge on the nation’s capital for the Women’s March on Washington. As an official partner of the march, the Southern Poverty Law Center stands in solidarity with its organizers’ vision — that “women’s rights are human[Read More…]
ACLU Calls on Americans to Take ‘The People’s Oath’ and Pledge to Protect and Defend the Constitution (Video)
Launches Digital Campaign to Create Personalized Oaths to Coincide with Jan. 20th Inauguration NEW YORK —(ENEWSPF)–January 16, 2017. Building on the sense of urgency and desire to take action that many Americans feel as we approach Donald J. Trump taking the Presidential Oath, the American Civil Liberties Union invites people[Read More…]
10 Banks Financing Dakota Access Pipeline Decline Meeting with Tribal Leaders
One month after the pipeline was effectively put “on hold” by the Army Corps of Engineers, major commercial banks are still banking on the project — and losing thousands of customers a week as a result. CANNON BALL, N.D. –(ENEWSPF)–January 13, 2017. For the last six weeks, a global coalition[Read More…]
Congresswoman Robin Kelly Calls DOJ Report on Chicago Police Department ‘Deeply Concerning’
Congresswoman Robin Kelly (Source: house.gov) Washington, DC –(ENEWPF)–January 13, 2017. Congresswoman Robin Kelly today released this statement concerning the Department of Justice’s report on the Chicago Police Department: “Today’s report is deeply concerning. It is clear that more reforms are needed and needed immediately. We all agree that law enforcement[Read More…]
ACLU Statement on Release of Department of Justice Findings on Chicago Police Department
ILLINOIS–(ENEWSPF)–January 13, 2017. The following is the statement of ACLU of Illinois Police Practice Project Director Karen Sheley regarding the release of the Department of Justice findings on the Chicago Police Department: The report issued today by the U. S. Department of Justice confirms what many residents of Chicago have[Read More…]
Chicago Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression: Movement for Community Control and the DOJ Report on Chicago Police
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–January 13, 2017. We at the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, alongside family members of victims of police murder, torture and abuse, originally made an urgent request for US Department of Justice intervention in Chicago in August of 2014. We submitted a letter documenting unresolved complaints of CPD’s[Read More…]
NORML Responds To National Academy of Sciences’ Marijuana Report
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 12, 2017. The National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine released a comprehensive report today acknowledging that “conclusive or substantial evidence” exists for cannabis’ efficacy in patients suffering from chronic pain, and sharply criticized longstanding federal regulatory barriers to marijuana research – in particular “the classification of cannabis[Read More…]
National Nurses Call Out 13 Democrats on Rx Vote: Whose Side Are You On? Big Pharma or Patients?
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–January 12, 2017. National Nurses United today sharply criticized 13 Senate Democrats who defeated an amendment that would have aided tens of millions of patients struggling with skyrocketing prescription drug costs, voting instead Tuesday night to ally with the pharmaceutical industry. The critical test was on an amendment[Read More…]
Planned Parenthood Statement on Civil Rights Leaders, a DREAMer, and Sexual Assault Survivor Testimony Against Sessions
Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–January 12, 2017. Planned Parenthood Federation of America applauded the testimony of the civil rights leaders, DREAMer and sexual assault survivor and advocate who stood for the rights of all Americans and shined a light on the troubling record of President Elect Donald Trump’s Attorney General nominee, Senator[Read More…]
