NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–November 4, 2016. After an announcement by the National Labor Relations Board that the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas was violating the National Labor Relations Act by refusing to bargain with the Culinary Workers Union after hotel employees voted to join the union last year, Hillary Clinton issued[Read More…]
Opinion
Why are you even considering Donald Trump?
Welcoming this return to blogging on eNews Park Forest, I have to ask some of you: “Why are you even considering voting for Donald Trump?” This is our little-used blogging category. Now it will be used more. So why? Why? Why in the name of all that is good are[Read More…]
Dan Rather: ‘I Believe That We as a Nation Will Make the Right Decisions’
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–November 4, 2016 By Leslie Salzillo I’ll just move aside and let Mr. Rather do the talking. He posted this on his Facebook page six days ago, but the words are capable of calming the masses for many elections to come. Please do not forget to breathe. I understand that these final days[Read More…]
Elected Officials, Clinicians, Patients, and Advocates Demand Medical Cannabis Access for New Mexicans Struggling with Opioids
Expert Advisory Board Recommends Adding Opioid Use Disorder for Medical Cannabis in New Mexico SANTA FE, New Mexico —(ENEWSPF)–November 4, 2016. Today pain specialists, people recovering from addiction, community members, and drug policy reformers joined together to call for the inclusion of medical cannabis in New Mexico’s response to heroin[Read More…]
Audubon Encourages Washington Voters to Say Yes to Country’s First Carbon Tax
Initiative 732 would make polluters pay, reduce the state’s sales tax and help birds and people. SEATTLE, Wash.–(ENEWSPF)–November 3, 2016—In an op-ed for the Huffington Post, National Audubon Society President and CEO David Yarnold called on voters in Washington state to make history by passing the United States’ first carbon tax.[Read More…]
Sierra Club: World Leaders Change, But Trump Would Still Be the Only Climate Science Denier
Despite changes of leaders in the U.K., Brazil, Peru, and elsewhere, Trump still stands alone WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–November 4, 2016. In July, it was widely reported that Donald Trump would be the only world leader to deny the science and dangers of climate change if elected President, according to a[Read More…]
The Choice Is Clear: Hillary’s Vision for An America That Is Hopeful and Inclusive, Not Dark and Divisive
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–November 3, 2016. Today in North Carolina, Hillary Clinton continued to make her closing argument for the presidency, outlining her record of championing the interests of people of color throughout her career–in contrast with Donald Trump’s history of racial discrimination and divisive rhetoric. Throughout her professional life and candidacy,[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Economist Michael Madowitz on the October 2016 Jobs Report
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–November 4, 2016. Center for American Progress Economist Michael Madowitz released the following statement on the September October 2016 employment situation figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. According to the BLS, the economy added 161,000 jobs last month, and the unemployment rate fell to 4.9 percent.[Read More…]
Payroll Employment Rises by 161,000 in October, 2016; Unemployment Rate Changes Little (4.9%)
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 4, 2016. Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 161,000 in October, and the unemployment rate was little changed at 4.9 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment continued to trend up in health care, professional and business services, and financial activities. Household Survey Data The[Read More…]
Southern Poverty Law Center and Others Call on Mississippi Governor to Address Recent Race-based Incidents in the State
Over the past month, a spate of race-based violence has spread across Mississippi. Above: The sign that marks where Emmett Till’s body was found in the Tallahatchie River has been riddled with bullets. (Photo: Emmett Till Memory Project). Below: Hopewell Baptist Church in Greenville, Mississippi. (Photo: Angie Quezada, Delta Daily[Read More…]
