Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2016 For more than a month we have been working with a USA Today reporter on a story looking closely at our internal quality improvement tool called Strategic Analytics for Improvement and Learning (SAIL) and the rankings it uses to help our facilities improve. The story posted online[Read More…]
Opinion
National Audubon Society: Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Trump’s Pick for Interior, Tasked with Important Responsibility
Our public lands, wildlife and climate progress depend on a strong and steady Interior Department. Northern Harrier. Photo: Doug German/Audubon Photography Awards WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2016. Today, President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team is expected to announce Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) as his choice for Secretary of the Interior. The National Audubon[Read More…]
Statement of Southern Poverty Law Center Legal Director on the Nomination of Andrew Puzder for Secretary of Labor
ALABAMA–(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2016.The following statement is from Rhonda Brownstein, legal director of the Southern Poverty Law Center, in response to President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Andrew Puzder as Secretary of Labor. President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Andrew Puzder as Labor secretary – a position charged with protecting the rights of[Read More…]
Western Environmental Law Center Statement on Nomination of Public Lands Privatization Advocate to lead U.S. Department of Interior
OREGON–(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2016. The nomination of Cathy McMorris Rodgers to lead the U.S. Department of Interior, tasked with “protecting America’s great outdoors and powering our future,” affirms the president elect’s intent to undermine public lands protections and hand over our public resources to dirty fossil fuel interests. This nomination serves[Read More…]
Nearly 535 Million Children Living in Crisis-Hit Countries – UNICEF (Video)
In Jérémie, Haiti, children play at the Église Chrétienne Nan Lindy. Hundreds of people have sought temporary shelter at the church after countless homes were destroyed by Hurricane Matthew. Photo: UNICEF/UN035877/LeMoyne GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–9 December 2016 – As the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) prepares to mark the 70th anniversary of its[Read More…]
Sierra Club: Andrew Puzder Unfit for Labor Secretary
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2016. Today, President-elect Donald Trump announced that he plans to appoint fast food CEO Andrew Puzderas the head of the U.S. Department of Labor. In response, Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune released the following statement: “Andrew Puzder and Donald Trump are trying to pull one[Read More…]
New Report Establishes Benchmarks for Comprehensive LGBTQ Rights Legislation
Gerald MacDonald places his hand over his heart as he and others recite the pledge of allegiance during the National LGBT 50th Anniversary Ceremony, July 4, 2015, in Philadelphia. AP/Matt Rourke Washington, D.C. — (ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2016. Despite several high-profile efforts to codify discrimination of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer,[Read More…]
Brennan Center for Justice New Report: 39 Percent of Prisoners Are Unnecessarily Behind Bars
Groundbreaking Analysis Proposes New Evidence-Based Sentences that Prioritize Public Safety NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2016. Nearly 40 percent of the U.S. prison population — 576,000 people — are behind bars with no compelling public safety reason, according to a new report from the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of[Read More…]
SEIU’s Henry: Trump Grossly Out of Touch With What Working America Needs, Labor Nominee Puzder Dead Wrong for America’s Working Families
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2016. SEIU International President Mary Kay Henry issued the following statement on President-elect Trump’s intended nomination of Andrew Puzder, chief executive of CKE Restaurants, to be Secretary of Labor: “With the intended nomination of Andrew Puzder for Secretary of Labor, President-elect Trump has once again shown how[Read More…]
Civil and Human Rights Coalition Blasts Trump’s Anti-Jobs, Anti-Family, and Anti-Worker Labor Secretary Pick
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2016. Wade Henderson, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement in response to news that President-elect Donald Trump intends to nominate the anti-family, anti-worker, and anti-jobs CEO of a fast food chain, Andy Puzder, to lead the Department[Read More…]
