Climate-ready soil can cut crop losses, save trillions of gallons of water and suck millions of tons of carbon from the air CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–November 19, 2015 – As harvest season ends and farmers in the United States ready themselves for winter, one small change could make a huge difference in their[Read More…]
Opinion
Center for American Progress Outlines National Solutions to Make Paid Leave a Reality for All Americans
Kamila Al-Najjar, center, visits with her mother, Joan Groen, right, along with her daughter, Inanna Al-Najjar, left, at an assisted living facility in Santa Rosa, California, on July 6, 2015. Source: AP/Eric Risberg Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–November 19, 2015. Nearly all workers will experience a caregiving challenge during their working years,[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Column Shows How Turning Away Syrian Refugees Goes Against American Values and Aids ISIS
Volunteers Zahraa Debaja, center, and Zeinab Makki, right, prepare meals from food provided by charitable organizations in Dearborn, Michigan, on April 25, 2014. Source: AP/Carlos Osorio Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–November 19, 2015. The terrorist attacks in Paris last week have provided fodder for a renewed wave of Islamophobia. The calls[Read More…]
1.6 Million DAPA-Affected Individuals Will Be Eligible to Vote by 2016, According to New Report
Voters wait in line at a polling place located inside a shopping mall on Election Day, in Austin, Texas, November 6, 2012. Source: AP/Eric Gay Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–November 19, 2015. On the eve of the one-year anniversary of the president’s announcement of executive actions on immigration, and on the[Read More…]
Friends of the Earth: FDA’s Approval of GMO Salmon Denounced
More than 60 grocery chains, majority of consumers already reject “Frankenfish” WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–November 19, 2015. Today scientists, environmental and consumer groups and fishermen lambasted the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s approval of genetically engineered salmon created by AquaBounty Technologies Inc. (ABTX:LSE), a majority owned subsidiary of synthetic biology company[Read More…]
Hillary Clinton Statement on the Endorsement of the Service Employees International Union
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–November 17, 2015. Hillary Clinton released the following statement after the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), which has 2 million members, endorsed her campaign for President. “As a lifelong fighter for workers and families, I am deeply honored to have earned the endorsement of the Service Employees International Union[Read More…]
ACLU Comment on Efforts to Restrict Refugee Resettlement to US
NEW YORK —(ENEWSPF)–November 17, 2015. Following the attacks in Paris, some U.S. governors and federal lawmakers have moved to restrict the planned resettlement of Syrian refugees to the United States. Cecillia Wang, director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Immigrants’ Rights Project, said: “Some politicians have attempted to fabricate[Read More…]
CAIR Decries GOP Governors’ ‘Un-American’ Refusal to Accept Syrian Refugees
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 1, 2015. – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today decried the “un-American” statements by a growing number of Republican governors in opposition to the acceptance of Syrian refugees into their states. SEE: Multiple Republican Governors Say They Oppose[Read More…]
Chicago Immigrant, Latino, and Arab and Muslim Communities Respond to Illinois Governor’s Rejection of Syrian Refugees, Call on Mayor Emanuel to Keep Chicago a Welcoming City
Chicago, IL –(ENEWSPF)–November 16, 2015. Chicago immigrant communities are sickened by Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner rejection of Syrian refugees in the state, an act of fearmongering following the recent attacks in Paris and Beirut. In response, the Chicago-based organizations Arab American Action Network (AAAN) and Organized Communities Against Deportations (OCAD)[Read More…]
Forget “IS,” “ISIS,” or “ISIL.” Call Them “Da’esh.” It’s More Than They Deserve
Commentary By Gary Kopycinski Referring to the heinous terrorists in Iraq and Syria as ISIS, ISIL, or simply IS, provides them with a false legitimacy. ISIS is short for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria; ISIL, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. The problem rests in the[Read More…]
