Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 17, 2015. More mosque incidents were recorded in 2015 than in any year since we started keeping this tally. 2015 accounted for the most ever cases in both the Damage, Destruction, Vandalism category and the Intimidation category, adding weight to assertions that the most recent cycle of Islamophobia[Read More…]
Opinion
Trauma Care Coalition Statement on Decision to Open Level I Adult Trauma Center at University of Chicago
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 17, 2015. In this moment, the whole world is watching Chicago and its history and practice of institutional racism. The decision by President Robert Zimmer and Dean Kenneth Polonksy of the University of Chicago to listen to the community and concede to the demand to open a Level I[Read More…]
Study: Bus Stations ‘Brimming’ with Traffic Over 2015 Christmas and New Year’s
A bus turns into Union Station in Chicago to unload passengers. Winter holiday bus travel is projected to increase 1-2 percent from last year, reaching 2.6 million passengers over a 12-day period for Christmas and New Year’s travel, according to data released by the Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development at[Read More…]
Drug Use Trends Remain Stable or Decline Among Teens
NIH’s 2015 Monitoring the Future survey shows long term decline in illicit drug use, prescription opioid abuse, cigarette and alcohol use among the nation’s youth. Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 17, 2015. The 2015 Monitoring the Future survey (MTF) shows decreasing use of a number of substances, including cigarettes, alcohol, prescription opioid pain[Read More…]
Sierra Club Statement on Hillary Clinton’s Offshore Drilling Comments
WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–December 17, 2015. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has told South Carolinians that she is “very skeptical about the need or desire for us to pursue offshore drilling off the coast of South Carolina, and frankly off the coast of other southeast states.” In response, Sierra Club Political[Read More…]
Groundbreaking New Analysis Lays Out Roadmap for Political Parties Given Rapidly Shifting Demographics of U.S. Electorate
A voting booth in a community center, November 2004. Source: AP/Julia Cumes Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–December 17, 2015. The Center for American Progress released today a groundbreaking new analysis showing the challenges that lie ahead for both political parties given the rapidly shifting demographics of the U.S. electorate. This new[Read More…]
Still Blaming President Obama? Time To #VoteDemocrat
Commentary By Bruce Lindner The day Barack Obama was sworn in back on 1/20/09, the unemployment rate stood at 7.8% and was rising fast, peaking at 10% in October of that year. On the very day he took the oath on Abraham Lincoln’s Bible, eleven Republicans—including both the current Speaker[Read More…]
Drug Use Trends Remain Stable or Decline Among Teens
NIH’s 2015 Monitoring the Future survey shows long term decline in illicit drug use, prescription opioid abuse, cigarette and alcohol use among the nation’s youth. Bethesda, MD-(ENEWSPF)- The 2015 Monitoring the Future survey (MTF) shows decreasing use of a number of substances, including cigarettes, alcohol, prescription opioid pain relievers, and synthetic[Read More…]
CAIR Calls for Condemnation of Spike in Anti-Muslim Hate Crimes During Tonight’s GOP Debate
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 15, 2015 – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, is calling on GOP presidential candidates taking part in tonight’s debate to speak out clearly against the recent unprecedented spike in anti-Muslim hate crimes nationwide in recent weeks. CAIR has[Read More…]
Drug Policy Alliance Applauds Ralphs for Being First Chain Supermarket in California to Make Overdose Antidote Naloxone Available Without a Prescription
Southern California Supermarket Chain Ralphs Joins CVS Pharmacies in Making Naloxone More Accessible to Californians SAN FRANCISCO—(ENEWSPF)—December 15, 2015. The Drug Policy Alliance is applauding Southern California supermarket giant Ralphs for being the first chain grocery in California to stock and sell the opiate overdose reversal drug naloxone in their[Read More…]
