Court expected to bring national resolution on marriage by June New York –(ENEWSPF)–April 28, 2015. Today the U.S. Supreme Court heard historic oral argument in marriage cases out of Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, and Tennessee. Evan Wolfson, founder and president of Freedom to Marry, was in the courtroom and issued this statement:[Read More…]
Opinion
Drug Policy Alliance: Eight People Executed For Drug Offenses in Indonesia
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 28, 2015. Today, eight people were executed in Indonesia for drug offenses. Despite repeated pleas for mercy from family members, citizens, human rights organizations, the United Nations, and governments around the world, Australians Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan, Nigerians Martin Anderson, Raheem Agbaje Salami, Okwuduli Oyatanze, and Silvester[Read More…]
Teacher Leadership Is the Foundation of Common Core Success, New Center for American Progress Report Shows
New CAP Report Highlights Teachers Who Are Driving Common Core Success in School Districts Across the United States Teachers in California’s Poway Unified School District meet to discuss a Common Core-aligned math curriculum. SOURCE: CAP/Andrew Satter Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–April 28, 2015. While the Common Core started as a local, collaborative[Read More…]
In Original Essays, Political Leaders Call for End to Mass Incarceration
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—April 28, 2015. With a new essay collection from a bipartisan group of prominent public figures, criminal justice reform has entered the center of American political discourse ahead of the 2016 election. Released today by the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, the book offers a first-of-its-kind preview[Read More…]
ACLU Statement on Freddie Gray and Police/Community Conflict in Baltimore
MARYLAND—(ENEWSPF)—April 29, 2015. The following can be attributed to Susan Goering, Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland: As every wisdom tradition recognizes, violence begets more violence. We as an organization stand for interrupting that cycle of violence. The tragic destruction and violence that Baltimore suffered yesterday[Read More…]
Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on Workers Memorial Day 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 27, 2015 On Workers Memorial Day we commemorate all those who have perished on the job. No worker should be exposed to fatal injuries and illnesses at work, yet every day 150 men and women die from a work injury or occupational disease. Their deaths remind us that[Read More…]
Food & Water Watch Denounces USDA Approval of Apples from China
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 24, 2015. Statement of Food & Water Watch Executive Director Wenonah Hauter: “The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s approval of imported fresh apples from China could threaten American consumers and apple growers. Thanks to China’s widespread pollution and food safety problems, we could see apples with dangerous chemical residues[Read More…]
Pew Poll: ‘Support For Marijuana Legalization Is Rapidly Outpacing Opposition’
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 23, 2015. The majority of Americans say that the “use of marijuana should be legal,” according to nationwide survey data published by the Pew Research Center. Fifty-three percent of respondents support legalization. Forty-four percent of respondents oppose the idea and three percent are undecided. “Support for marijuana legalization[Read More…]
One-Third of Baltimore Residents Can’t Afford Ever-Increasing Water Rates
DPW targets city’s low-income families before commercial accounts Baltimore, MD —(ENEWSPF)–April 23, 2015. A Food & Water Watch research brief released today finds that Baltimore’s current water shutoff campaign is indicative of bigger issues for the city: one-third of the city’s residents cannot afford water and sewer service. Because of[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Releases Issue Briefs That Analyze Current State of U.S.-Israeli Relations and Recent Israeli Election Results
President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tour the Iron Dome defense system in Tel Aviv on March 20, 2013. SOURCE: AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–April 23, 2015. The Center for American Progress is releasing a pair of issue briefs that analyze the current state of relations[Read More…]
