Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2014. Recent events in Ferguson, Missouri and around the country have grabbed the attention of the nation and the world, and have highlighted the importance of strong, collaborative relationships between local police and the communities that they protect. Today, the Administration announced new steps we’re taking to strengthen[Read More…]
Opinion
One Strike and You’re Out: New CAP Report Offers Road Map to Eliminate Barriers to Economic Security and Mobility for People with Criminal Records
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–December 1, 2014. As many as one in three Americans have some type of criminal record. Yet having any kind of criminal history—even for minor offenses or an arrest without a conviction—can create lifelong barriers that can stand in the way of basic necessities such as employment[Read More…]
National Lawyers Guild Stands with People of Ferguson, Condemns Systematic Police Violence in Communities of Color
FERGUSON, Mo. –(ENEWSPF)–November 25, 2014. The NLG joins the people of Ferguson in expressing disheartenment at the grand jury decision to not indict police officer Darren Wilson for the killing of unarmed black teenager, Michael Brown. The rampant impunity with which police murder innocent people of color, as well as[Read More…]
Ambulatory Health Care Services Receipts and Employment on the Upswing, According to Census Bureau’s Economic Census
Download Patient Personnel [JPG – <1.0 MB] Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 25, 2014. Receipts for the nation’s 582,733 ambulatory health care services establishments (NAICS 621) totaled $825.7 billion in 2012, up 23.5 percent from $668.5 billion in 2007, according to the latest economic census statistics released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. [Read More…]
Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on OUR Walmart Black Friday Protests
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 25, 2014. As the Walton family indulges in their own Thanksgiving meal, many Walmart workers who help keep them rich can’t afford food for their families. On Black Friday, the entire labor movement will proudly stand with the brave workers at Walmart as they lead the largest mobilization[Read More…]
Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on the Ferguson Grand Jury Decision
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 24, 2014. The reactions to today’s grand jury decision in the case of the shooting of unarmed teenager Mike Brown reflect a deeper feeling that our justice system is biased against communities of color. While we can all agree that justice must take its course, we cannot deny[Read More…]
Statement of SEIU President Mary Kay Henry On the Grand Jury Decision in Ferguson, Missouri
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 24, 2014. Following the grand jury’s decision today not to charge the officer who shot and killed 18-year old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, SEIU President Mary Kay Henry issued the following statement: “For months, families across our nation have experienced collective grief and outrage over the taking[Read More…]
Center for American Progress President Neera Tanden and CAP Action Fund President Ted Strickland on Ferguson Decision
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–November 24, 2014. Today, Neera Tanden, Center for American Progress President, and former Gov. Ted Strickland (D-OH), Center for American Progress Action Fund President, issued the following statements on the grand jury’s decision on whether to indict Officer Darren Wilson: Neera Tanden, Center for American Progress President: While[Read More…]
Center for Constitutional Rights Supports Community Resistance in Ferguson, Condemns Grand Jury Failure to Indict Police Officer in Michael Brown Killing
New York –(ENEWSPF)—November 24, 2014. Today, Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) Executive Director Vincent Warren released the following statement in response to the news that the Grand Jury in the Michael Brown case failed to indict Darren Wilson, the Ferguson police officer who killed him. It’s difficult to see how[Read More…]
ACLU Comment on Ferguson Grand Jury Decision
ST. LOUIS, Mo. —(ENEWSPF)–November 24, 2014. The grand jury in Ferguson, Mo., has declined to indict Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson on charges in the Aug. 9 shooting death of Michael Brown. The following is reaction from Jeffrey Mittman, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri: The[Read More…]
