NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–June 5, 2013. For nearly 100 years, Planned Parenthood has been a trusted provider of reproductive health care for women in America. Patients are always our top priority, and we insist on the highest professional standards. Over the last several months, a number of audits and regulatory complaints about[Read More…]
Opinion
Walmart Granted Retraining Order: Attempt to Silence Dissent is Shameful
Statement by NOW President Terry O’Neill NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–June 4, 2013. Today Walmart has obtained a temporary restraining order against employees and organizations protesting Walmart’s discriminatory business practices during this week’s shareholder meeting in Bentonville, Arkansas. This is Walmart’s latest attempt to silence the voices that are calling for real change[Read More…]
New Survey Finds Most African Americans Satisfied With Lives Overall, But Many Have Concerns About Future
Nearly half concerned about losing job, not sure could pay for major illness Princeton, N.J.–(ENEWSPF)–June 4, 2013. A new poll released today finds that nearly half (44%) of employed African Americans are very or somewhat concerned that they or someone in their household might be out of work and looking for[Read More…]
LGBT Workers Live and Work Under ‘A Broken Bargain’
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 4, 2013. A landmark new report released today examines how lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender, or LGBT, workers might have the same job as a co-worker, yet be legally fired, denied equal benefits, and required to pay thousands of dollars more in taxes simply because of their sexual[Read More…]
Fewer Americans Having Problems Paying Medical Bills
Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–June 4, 2013. The percentage of people under age 65 in families having problems paying medical bills decreased from 21.7 percent in the first six months of 2011 to 20.3 percent in the first six months of 2012, according to a report from CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics.[Read More…]
New ACLU Report Finds Overwhelming Racial Bias in Marijuana Arrests
Groundbreaking Analysis Finds Marijuana Arrests Comprise Nearly Half of All Drug Arrests NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–June 4, 2013. Black people are 3.7 times more likely to be arrested for marijuana possession than white people despite comparable usage rates, according to a report released today by the American Civil Liberties Union. The[Read More…]
The 2013 Farm Bill: Act Now to Protect Pollinators, Our Food, and Your Health
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 4, 2013. We all know the problems we’re having with Congress these days, and all this turmoil comes together this week as the Senate returns to debate amendments to the 2013 Farm Bill.The country’s environmental and public health is under attack in the current bill – but at[Read More…]
ACLU Comment on Supreme Court DNA Swab Ruling
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2013. The following can be attributed to Steven R. Shapiro, legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union, in response to the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision upholding the DNA testing of arrestees in Maryland v. King: “Today’s decision creates a gaping new exception to the Fourth Amendment. As[Read More…]
Report Documents How Elephant Poaching Supports Lord’s Resistance Army
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—June 3, 2013. Human rights groups released a multimedia report and video documenting new evidence that the Lord’s Resistance Army, or LRA, has turned to elephant poaching as a means to fuel its atrocities. “Kony’s Ivory,” co-authored by the Enough Project and the Satellite Sentinel Project, or SSP, and co-produced[Read More…]
New Report Confirms Solitary Confinement in Federal Prisons Largely Unchecked
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 31, 2013. The Federal Bureau of Prisons does not adequately monitor its use of solitary confinement and other segregated housing and should evaluate the effect of long-term segregation on prisoners, according to a report released by the Government Accountability Office today. The Bureau currently holds about seven percent of[Read More…]
