Opponents of the Indiana Religious Freedom Restoration Act march outside Lucas Oil Stadium, site of the NCAA Final Four, in Indianapolis on April 4, 2015. SOURCE: AP/Doug McSchooler Washington, D.C. — Despite historic progress on marriage equality over the past decade, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender, or LGBT, individuals still lack basic,[Read More…]
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Civil Rights Icon Dolores Huerta Endorses Garcia for Chicago Mayor
Huerta, Garcia convene listening session with Latina leaders just three days before election CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)–April 4, 2015. Nationally renowned labor leader and civil rights activist Dolores Huerta publicly endorsed Cook County Commissioner Jesus “Chuy” Garcia for mayor this morning at La Catrina Cafe in Pilsen during an open discussion with Garcia[Read More…]
ALCU: Arkansas Gov. Rejects Indiana Copycat Bill, Signs New, Flawed Religious Freedom Restoration Act into Law
New Law Falls Short of Ensuring Religion Cannot be Used to Harm Others LITTLE ROCK, Ark. –(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2015. Gov. Asa Hutchinson today signed SB 975 into law, a revised bill that sought to improve upon Religious Freedom Restoration Act HB 1228, which closely resembled Indiana’s controversial RFRA. In doing[Read More…]
National Iranian American Council Statement on Solutions Found in Iran Talks
Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2015. National Iranian American Council (NIAC) President Trita Parsi issued the following statement regarding the announcement that the P5+1 and Iran reached solutions to the key parameters of a nuclear agreement today: Today, the U.S. and its partners secured a commitment from Iran to significantly constrain[Read More…]
Peace Action: Nuclear Weapons Group Praises Historic Iran Agreement
Nuclear Weapons Group Praises Historic Iran Agreement Washington, DC — (ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2015 — The United States, Russia, China, United Kingdom, and France, plus Germany (P5 + 1) and Iran reached an historic framework agreement regarding Iran’s nuclear program in Switzerland today. The “Common Understanding On Principles” claims to take[Read More…]
Center for American Progress President Neera Tanden on Framework for Iran Nuclear Deal
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2015. Today, as details on the progress of negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program emerged, Neera Tanden, President of the Center for American Progress, released the following statement: We welcome the agreement reached between the P5+1 negotiators and Iran on a framework for the Joint[Read More…]
Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on McDonald’s Announcement to Raise Wages
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2015. Make no mistake, McDonald’s didn’t wake up one day and just decide to raise wages for its workers. This decision – just like Walmart, Target and the momentum of major retailers that preceded it – is the direct result of a powerful, collective movement. McDonald’s workers[Read More…]
SEIU’s Henry: Fast-food Workers are Proving that by Joining Together, They Can Improve Their Lives
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2015. SEIU International President Mary Kay Henry issued the following statement: “Yesterday, workers proved that by joining together, they can improve their lives. Fast-food workers – joined by adjunct professors as well as Walmart, home care and child care workers and airport staff raised their voices and[Read More…]
Center for American Progress President Neera Tanden on ‘Fix’ to Indiana’s Religious Freedom Law
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2015. In response to a highly anticipated “fix” to Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act, or RFRA, Center for American Progress President Neera Tanden today issued the following statement on revisions to a law that allows businesses in Indiana to discriminate against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender, or LGBT,[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Analysis Shows Extreme Weather Events on the Rise, Time is Now to Invest in Resilience
Cars sit on the edge of a sinkhole in the Charles Village neighborhood of Baltimore, April 30, 2014, as heavy rain moved through the region. SOURCE: AP Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2015. Only five years into the current decade, the United States has already experienced nearly as many extreme weather[Read More…]
