Expatriate Health Coverage Clarification Act (HR 4414) to Permit Employers to Discriminate Against Legal Permanent Residents WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 29, 2014. Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Expatriate Health Coverage Clarification Act (HR 4414). Rocio Saenz, Executive Vice President of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), issued the following[Read More…]
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Statement from LA Lakers President Jeanie Buss
EL SEGUNDO–(ENEWSPF)–April 29, 2014. The following statement was issued today by Lakers President Jeanie Buss in response to NBA Commissioner Adam Silver’s announcement regarding Clippers owner Donald Sterling: “In my statement yesterday, I said I had full confidence in Adam Silver and how he and the NBA would handle this[Read More…]
NAACP Applauds NBA Commissioner Adam Silver’s Decision to Ban Donald Sterling from NBA for Life
Baltimore, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 29, 2014. The NAACP is pleased the NBA is taking swift and strong action against Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling for his racist and offensive remarks. Their decision to ban Mr. Sterling indefinitely from the league, seek his removal from ownership and fine him $2.5 million —[Read More…]
Paying for a Crime They Didn’t Do: 4 Percent Sentenced to Death are Likely Innocent
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–April 29, 2014. Slightly more than 4 percent of people given death sentences in the United States are innocent, according to new peer-reviewed research led by a University of Michigan expert. The finding shows that the number of innocent people sentenced to death is more than twice the number[Read More…]
Trumpka and Kiley: A Catholic Push for a Higher Wage
We would like to highlight the following, published April 23, 2014, in The Courier-Journal: The Catholic and labor traditions are each clear: For America, raising the wages of the millions of hard-working people struggling to get by is a moral imperative. No one who puts in a full day’s work[Read More…]
Colorado Voters Feel Good About Legalized Marijuana, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Support For Same-Sex Marriage Almost 2-1
Connecticut—(ENEWSPF)—April 29, 2014. Legalizing marijuana has been good for Colorado, voters in the state say 52 –38 percent, but 52 percent of voters are less likely to vote for a candidate for office who smokes marijuana two or three days a week, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released yesterday.[Read More…]
New Report Uncovers How Oil and Gas Industry Investments are Turning the NRA and Safari Club International Against Hunters, Anglers, and Habitat
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 29, 2014. A new report released today by the Center for American Progress provides an inside look at how a surge of oil and gas industry investments since 2008 has incentivized the National Rifle Association, or NRA, Safari Club International, or SCI, and the Congressional Sportsmen Foundation, or[Read More…]
Al Jazeera America Video: The Plight of Holocaust Survivors in Israel
From Al Jazeera America: More than six million Jews died during the Nazi holocaust in world war two. Hundreds of thousands of elderly survivors now call Israel home. But even in the country where they are safe from persecution the survivors arenât free from the painful memories and our Nick[Read More…]
Income Inequality Now Greater in China Than in U.S.
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–April 28, 2014. Income inequality has been rising rapidly in China and now surpasses that of the U.S. by a large margin, say University of Michigan researchers. That is the key finding of their study based on newly available survey data collected by several Chinese universities. “Income inequality in[Read More…]
Video: Drug Policy Alliance on MSNBC and Bloomberg TV: Justice Stevens Wants to Legalize Marijuana
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—April 25, 2014. Drug Policy Alliance’s Stephen Gutwillig joins MSNBC host Tamron Hall to discuss Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens coming out for marijuana legalization and the growing momentum in the United States for ending marijuana prohibition. Video at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiyIEAqe4MI Bloomberg TV Drug Policy Alliance Executive Director Ethan[Read More…]
