Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 22, 2016. The Justice Department today announced that according to its comprehensive investigation, the University of New Mexico’s (UNM) handling of reports by students of sexual harassment – including sexual assault – fail to comply with federal law. The Justice Department delivered a letter setting forth these findings[Read More…]
Opinion
White House Fact Sheet: My Brother’s Keeper – Two Years of Expanding Opportunity & Creating Pathways for Success
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 22, 2016. Two years have passed since the President signed a Presidential Memorandum in 2014 establishing the My Brother’s Keeper (MBK) Task Force (the Task Force), a coordinated Federal effort to address persistent opportunity gaps faced by boys and young men of color and ensure that all young[Read More…]
New National Survey from Planned Parenthood Shows Need to Educate Young People on Consent and Sexual Assault
Results also reveal overwhelming support for consent education in schools New York, NY —(ENEWSPF)–April 21, 2016. New data released today by Planned Parenthood Federation of America on consent and sexual assault shows that there continues to be a great deal of confusion about what consent is and the definitions of sexual assault. It[Read More…]
NARAL Launches New TV Ad Campaign Against Trump: #TrumpHatesUs (Video)
In Addition To New TV Ad, Group Launches New Interactive Website That Let’s People Find Out How Much Trump Hates Them Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 21, 2016. NARAL Pro-Choice America today launched a new campaign targeting GOP-frontrunner Donald Trump and his hateful rhetoric. The #TrumpHatesUs campaign launched with a new television ad[Read More…]
Public Statement by the Global Commission on Drug Policy on UNGASS 2016
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–April 21, 2016. The Global Commission on Drug Policy is profoundly disappointed with the adopted outcome document agreed at the UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on “the world drug problem”. The document does not acknowledge the comprehensive failure of the current drug control regime to reduce drug[Read More…]
To The Editor: A Note Of “Thanks” for Interviewing Golden Apple Award Winner Debra Thomas
To The Editor: Just a note to say “thanks” for the excellent interview on eNewsPF with Debra Thomas regarding the Golden Apple Award. As I mentioned at Monday night’s Village Board meeting, this is a great honor for her as an educator, but also for Rich East High School and the Village[Read More…]
Cannabis Regulation and the UN Drug Treaties
Strategies for Reform NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–April 19, 2016. As jurisdictions enact reforms creating legal access to cannabis for purposes other than exclusively “medical and scientific,” tensions surrounding the existing UN drug treaties and evolving law and practice in Member States continue to grow. These treaty tensions have become the “elephant in[Read More…]
NARAL Pro-Choice America: On Abortion Access, Bernie Sanders Still Doesn’t Get It. Hillary Clinton Does
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 19, 2016. NARAL Pro-Choice America President Ilyse Hogue released the following statement in response to Hillary Clinton’s comments about our nation’s crisis of abortion access at today’s rally in New York: “At a time when women are going to jail for miscarriages, and when women’s health clinics are being shuttered at a[Read More…]
SEIU’s Henry: Immigration Case Shows Why We Need Supreme Court at Full Strength
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–April 18, 2016. SEIU International President Mary Kay Henry issued the following statement today regarding the Supreme Court’s oral arguments on President Obama’s immigration executive actions: “Millions of American families know that President Obama’s DAPA and expanded DACA stand on the right side of justice. We have faith that justice[Read More…]
Sierra Club Statement on Fight for 15 Day of Action
Sierra Club Stands with Workers Calling for a Living Wage WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–April 14, 2016. Today, low-wage workers are coming together and striking all over the country to fight for a $15-an-hour minimum wage and the right to form a union without retaliation. The Sierra Club is proud to stand[Read More…]
