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…]
Opinion
Paid Leave Policies Must Work for Everyone, Including LGBTQ Families
Gregg Pitts feeds his son Thomas Brunson-Pitts, 6 months, a bottle in the morning as his husband Brooks Brunson gets ready for work at their home in Washington, D.C., on May 19, 2016. AP/Jacquelyn Martin New report focuses on the importance of inclusive definitions of family in workplace leave policies,[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…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Monthly Complaint Snapshot Spotlights Debt Settlement, Check Cashing and Other Financial Service Complaints
Report Also Includes In-Depth Look at Consumer Complaints from Oklahoma WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–November 29, 2016. Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a monthly complaint snapshot highlighting consumer complaints about financial services such as debt settlement, check cashing, money orders, and credit repair. The report shows that consumer complaints[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…]
Welcome Nero! Welcome Caligula! Trump’s Latest Tweet Is His Worst
ENEWSPF – The American people — those in all the right places, not the majority — but the American people have elected a Nero, a Caligula. And he likes to Tweet. And his latest Tweet, as of this writing, is by far his worst. One Donald J. Trump, the ostensible[Read More…]
