Enforcement Destroys Families, Undermines Health Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 12, 2016 – The massive enforcement of laws criminalizing personal drug use and possession in the United States causes devastating harm, Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said in a joint report released today. Enforcement ruins individual and family[Read More…]
Opinion
In Case You Missed It — Washington Post: Donald Trump, Putin’s Puppet
Photo Source: www.realitychex.com Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 11, 2016. By: Washington Post Editorial Board ON FRIDAY, while much of the country was preoccupied with the latest revelations about Donald Trump, the U.S. intelligence community made an alarming and unprecedented announcement: Russia was seeking “to interfere with the U.S. election process” through[Read More…]
Latest Independent Analysis Shows Trump’s Tax Plan Is a Giveaway for the Wealthy
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 11, 2016. The Tax Policy Center has performed an independent analysis of the proposed Clinton and Trump tax plans and determined the following: Clinton Tax Plan Hillary Clinton’s tax proposals, which would raise taxes on high-income taxpayers, increase the child tax credit, modify taxation of multinational corporations, reform[Read More…]
NARAL Calls Out Sen. Richard Burr For Defending Trump’s Remarks, Excusing Them Because He’s An “Entertainer”
Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 11, 2016. After Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) excused Donald Trump’s grotesque comments about women because he’s “an entertainer,” NARAL Pro-Choice North Carolina Executive Director Tara Romano released the following statement: “Contrary to what Sen.Burr and Donald Trump seem to think, sexual assault is a[Read More…]
Sierra Club: Kids Read Trump’s Tweets and Their Reactions are Everything (Videos)
“Even kids can tell Donald Trump is wrong on climate change.” Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–October 11, 2016. The Sierra Club released a new video this morning featuring children reading Donald Trump’s tweets about climate change, and their reactions are “everything.” Today’s video follows the release last week, in the wake of[Read More…]
Misaligned School and Work Schedules Are Costing Working Parents and the U.S. Economy, New Center for American Progress Analysis Finds
Parents drop their children off at Chicago’s Benjamin E. Mays Academy, September 2012. Source: AP/M. Spencer Green Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–October 11, 2016. Misaligned school and work schedules mean that the average school is closed for 29 days during the school year, and the need for parents to scramble constantly for child[Read More…]
International Day of the Girl Op-Ed by First Lady Michelle Obama
First lady Michelle Obama speaks during a campaign rally for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, Oct. 4, 2016, in Charlotte, N.C. Source: ABC News Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 10, 2016. As part of International Day of the Girl, the following op-ed by First Lady Michelle Obama appeared on CNN.com. First Lady Michelle[Read More…]
NOW: Second Debate Shows, Once Again, Why Hillary Clinton is Trustworthy
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 10, 2016. Statement by NOW President Terry O’Neill: Last night’s debate showed a side of Donald Trump we’ve seen all too many times—angry, misogynist, arrogant, and at times even menacing. Trump is demonstrably unfit to hold the highest office in the land. Trump’s threat to put his political[Read More…]
Nancy O’Dell’s Statement on Donald Trump Tape
CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–October 10, 2016. Entertainment Tonight journalist Nancy O’Dell issued a statement over the weekend about comments made about her in the leaked 2005 recorded conversation between Donald Trump and Billy Bush. Bush was O’dell’s collegue on Access Hollywood at that time. In its Friday broadcast, the show identified her as the[Read More…]
Results Are In: Hillary Clinton Won The Debate
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–October 10, 2016. The results from the second presidential debate are crystal clear, Hillary Clinton is the victor. Last night, Donald Trump repeated the same falsehoods he’s spewed since the start of his campaign, admitted to evading federal taxes for years and tried to mask his offensive comments and[Read More…]
