WASHINGTON, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—July 16, 2015. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned a deadly attack in Tennessee that left four Marines dead. In a statement, CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad said: “We condemn this horrific attack in the strongest terms[Read More…]
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AFL-CIO: Obama’s Push for Criminal Justice Reform a Bold Move
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 16, 2015. Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on President Obama’s speech to the NAACP: President Obama took a powerful step towards reforming our criminal justice system. Today he will send an even stronger signal on his commitment to this issue by becoming the first U.S. president to[Read More…]
NRDC: House Passes Special-Interest Bill Masquerading as Drought Relief Measure
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–July 16, 2015 – The House today passed a brazen anti-environment bill masquerading as a drought relief measure. Following is a statement by Doug Obegi, a California-based senior attorney at the Natural Resources Defense Council: “From Sacramento to Washington, there are many constructive proposals designed to ease the effects of[Read More…]
Common Cause: Wisconsin Ruling Invites Onslaught of Special Interest Spending on State Politics
WISCONSIN–(ENEWSPF)–July 16, 2015. Statement by Jay Heck, Executive Director, Common Cause in Wisconsin: As expected, a highly compromised Wisconsin Supreme Court majority has issued a highly flawed decision today ending the John Doe investigation of possible illegal coordination between Governor Scott Walker and his 2011-2012 recall campaign with outside special interest groups.[Read More…]
Lawmakers Introduce Solution to Wall Street Conflicts of Interest; New Public Citizen Report Highlights Extent of Problem
With Financial Services Conflict of Interest Act, Baldwin and Cummings Seek to Close Revolving Door Between Banks and Financial Regulatory Agencies WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–July 15, 2015. In an effort to rein in conflicts of interest and revolving door abuses within financial regulatory agencies, U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) and Rep.[Read More…]
A Long-Awaited Promise: Obama Gets Real About Criminal Justice Reform
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 15, 2015 By: Sharda Sekaran “Mass incarceration makes our entire country worse off, and we need to do something about it.” – President Obama in his July 14, 2015 speech to the NAACP annual conference Fifteen years ago, when I first started working on drug policy and criminal[Read More…]
The Iran Deal: A Historic Opportunity to Win Without War
Coalition Launches Campaign to Support Historic Agreement with Iran;Blasts Congressional Opponents as Reckless Champions of Another Middle East War LOUISIANA—(ENEWSPF)—July 14, 2015. The Win Without War coalition launched a national campaign today to support the Obama administration’s historic agreement with Iran and to overcome a well-financed campaign to pressure Congress to[Read More…]
A $12 Minimum Wage by 2020 Would Give 35 Million Workers a Much-Needed Raise
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 14, 2015. Decades of infrequent and inadequate adjustment to the federal minimum wage have left today’s low-wage workers earning significantly less than their counterparts 50 years ago. Raising the federal minimum wage to $12 per hour by 2020 would lift wages for one-quarter of American workers and help[Read More…]
Study: More Chicago Metra Riders Glued to Electronics
DePaul University research finds dependence on devices may be boosting ridership Commuters along Metra’s Union Pacific northwest train line spend the majority of their journey glued to their smartphones and tablets. A new study from the Chaddick Institute of Metropolitan Development at DePaul finds technology use is on the rise[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Report Says a Strategic Recalibration, not American Troops, Are Needed in Fight Against ISIS
Fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham are seen on a main road in the northern city of Mosul, Iraq, on June 23, 2014. SOURCE: AP Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–July 14, 2015. In the one year since the international campaign to defeat and degrade the Islamic State of[Read More…]
