New York, NY–(ENEWSPF)–December 1, 2016 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today praised news organizations such as The Associated Press, The Washington Post and others for their ongoing efforts to ensure that readers understand the meaning of the term “alt right” as a calling card of racists — not something trendy[Read More…]
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Sierra Club: Trump’s Commerce Pick Owned Deadly Coal Mine
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–December 1, 2016. President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Commerce, Wilbur Ross, bought coal mines from bankrupt Horizon Natural Resources. Among these mines was the Sago Mine, where a dozen miners died after an explosion on January 2, 2006. Five years later, Ross sold the[Read More…]
World AIDS Day: We Can’t End AIDS Until We End The War On Drugs
CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–December 1, 2016 By: Laura Thomas Deputy State Director for California, Drug Policy Alliance Today, December 1, is World AIDS Day. In 1989, I was arrested in front of the White House on World AIDS Day, demanding that then-President Bush take action on HIV/AIDS. Among the issues we were demanding[Read More…]
New Center for American Progress Brief Shows How Trump’s Infrastructure Proposal Is Fatally Flawed
A construction worker walks inside the State Route 99 tunnel in Seattle on April 25, 2016. AP/Elaine Thompson Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–December 1, 2016. President-elect Donald Trump’s fatally flawed infrastructure proposal enriches Wall Street investors while passing the bill to middle-class Americans in the form of high tolls and other user[Read More…]
ACLU of North Carolina Responds to Lack of Charges in Police Killing of Keith Lamont Scott
CHARLOTTE, N.C. –(ENEWSPF)–November 30, 2016. Today, Mecklenburg County District Attorney Andrew Murray announced that he will not bring charges against the police officer who killed Keith Lamont Scott. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department has said that Mr. Scott was shot while officers were trying to execute an arrest warrant for a[Read More…]
I’m A Gay Man And I Could Have Been A Trump Supporter
GEORGIA–(ENEWSPF)–November 30, 2016 By walkalong2 My name is Scott Walker, I am a 52 year-old gay white man. I am not highly educated, and although I did graduate from high school, I never attended college. I was born in San Francisco, California, and grew up in San Diego. At the[Read More…]
Senator Bernie Sanders Statement on Donald Trump’s HHS Pick
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt) WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 29, 2016 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement Tuesday after it was reported that President-elect Donald Trump will name Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.) to serve as secretary of health and human services: “Donald Trump asked workers and seniors to vote for him because[Read More…]
Senator Bernie Sanders Statement on the 21st Century Cures Act
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt) WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 29, 2016 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement Tuesday on the 21st Century Cures Act: “At a time when Americans pay, by far, the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs, this bill provides absolutely no relief for soaring drug prices.[Read More…]
Retired Major General Paul D. Eaton Statement on Donald Trump’s Tweet on Flag Burning
Washington DC –(ENEWSPF)–November 29, 2016. This morning, Donald Trump tweeted that Americans who burn the flag should be imprisoned, or have their citizenship revoked, even though the Supreme Court decided burning of the flag was a First Amendment right. In response to Trump’s comments, Retired Army Major General Paul D.[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Neera Tanden on Rep. Tom Price’s Nomination to HHS Secretary
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–November 29, 2016. Center for American Progress President and CEO Neera Tanden made the following statement on Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) being nominated for U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, or HHS: Rep. Tom Price is not qualified to serve as the Secretary of Health and Human[Read More…]
