CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—July 6, 2015. In the last fourteen days, eight Black churches have been burned down. The first burning occurred within a week of the June 17th Charleston Massacre where nine Black people were murdered by a self-proclaimed white, racist terrorist. Some of the burned down churches had “KKK” scrawled on[Read More…]
Opinion
America Ferrera: Thank You, Donald Trump!
America Ferrera – Source: www.listal.com Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 3, 2015. This commentary was originally printed in the Huffington Post at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/america-ferrera/thank-you-donald-trump_b_7709126.html Dear Donald, You’ve said some pretty offensive things about Latino immigrants recently, and I think they’re worth addressing. Because, you know, this is the United States of America, where I[Read More…]
Audubon Society: $18.7 Billion Settlement Reached in BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Disaster Case
Largest Marine Oil Spill Resulted in Deaths of Estimated One Million Birds Gannett. Photo: Kim Hubbard/Audubon NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–July 2, 2015 — Responding to news this morning of a settlement in the BP Deepwater Horizon oil disaster case, the National Audubon Society released the following statement: “You break it, you pay[Read More…]
Environmental Working Group: White House Calls for Update to Biotech Regulation
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–July 2, 2015. The White House’s call to update the system evaluating the safety of crops and food produced by genetic engineering is a foundation for building a more transparent food system that includes mandatory GMO labeling, according to the Environmental Working Group. The White House has directed three federal[Read More…]
Ethan Nadelmann Q & A with The Marshall Project: Why Smoking Bans in Prison Are Not The Answer
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—July 2, 2015. Hundreds of inmates rioted in an Australian prison on June 30 in response to a cigarette smoking ban that was set to take hold at all 13 prisons in the state of Victoria. Tensions at the prison had reportedly been running high since earlier this month,[Read More…]
AFL-CIO: Jobs Numbers Deceiving As Workers’ Wages Continue to Suffer
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 2, 2015. In response to the June Jobs report that showed no wage growth, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka made the following statement: Although the job growth in June is promising, the fact that there was zero wage growth is appalling. Workers are tired of waking up every day[Read More…]
AFL-CIO’s Trumka Denounces Administration’s Decision to Resume Military Aid to Bahrain
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 2, 2015. Statement by AFl-CIO President Richard Trumka on the Obama Administration’s decision to resume military aid to Bahrain despite its government’s failure to improve labor and human rights record: We strongly disagree with the Obama’s Administration’s decision to resume military aid to Bahrain. We join a large[Read More…]
NRDC: Replacing Damaging HFCs a Key Move on Climate Change
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–July 2, 2015 – The Environmental Protection Agency today finalized standards setting deadlines to end certain uses of hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, powerful heat-trapping gases that significantly contribute to climate change, because safer, climate-friendlier alternatives now exist. The EPA’s move affects HFCs used in motor vehicle air conditioning, retail food refrigeration[Read More…]
A Christian Nation? Since When?
Princeton, New Jersey—(ENEWSPF)—June 30, 2015. By: Kevin Kruse AMERICA may be a nation of believers, but when it comes to this country’s identity as a “Christian nation,” our beliefs are all over the map. Just a few weeks ago, Public Policy Polling reported that 57 percent of Republicans favored officially[Read More…]
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka Applauds Overtime Expansion Proposal
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 30, 2015. Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on the Department of Labor proposal to expand overtime protections: Millions of America’s workers are one step closer to earning the overtime pay they rightfully deserve but have been systematically denied. Working people called on President Obama to go bold,[Read More…]
