Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 16, 2012. Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, issued the following statement in response to the Huffington Post piece “Live Action Undercover ‘Sting’,” which reveals that an activist affiliated with the anti-choice group, Live Action, approached several leading women’s organizations, including NARAL Pro-Choice America, seeking a meeting[Read More…]
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People for the American Way Urges Schools to Stand Up to American Family Association’s Bullying
Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–October 16, 2012. People For the American Way today urged schools to withstand pressure from the anti-gay American Family Association to drop out of an anti-bullying day organized by the Southern Poverty Law Center. The AFA has been pressuring schools to drop out of the October 30 Mix[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Report Finds Private Student Loan Borrowers Face Roadblocks to Repayment
Complaints of Surprises, Runarounds, and Dead-Ends Similar to Problems Found in Mortgage Servicing WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–October 16, 2012. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Student Loan Ombudsman released a report today that details problems reported by private student loan borrowers. According to the report, private student loan borrowers say they[Read More…]
Public Sector Unions Made Most Concessions in Contract Negotiations
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–October 16, 2012. Local government leaders in Michigan report that their employees’ unions made concessions in negotiations this year more frequently than the jurisdictions did on pay, benefits, staffing and work rules, according to a University of Michigan survey. By far, the biggest giveback according to the poll by[Read More…]
Marijuana Policy Project Responds to Former DEA Officials
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–October 15, 2012. In a response to a teleconference this afternoon featuring former drug czars and Drug Enforcement Administration officials calling on the federal government to vigorously oppose attempts to reform marijuana laws, the Marijuana Policy Project stated that marijuana prohibition is a failed policy and urged the[Read More…]
Obama Pride: LGBT Americans for Obama (Video)
Commentary Jane Lynch, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Billie Jean King, George Takei, Wanda Sykes, Zachary Quinto, and Chaz Bono share why they’re supporting President Obama and why Mitt Romney isn’t the choice for them.
Tea Partiers Have No Right To Call For Civility: Their Genesis Was in Screaming
Commentary By Gary Kopycinski Please. Spare me the Tea Party and their sanctimonious cries for "civility" during Presidential and Vice Presidential debates. Paul Ryan, the darling of the Tea Party, and his fellow Tea Partiers, had the nerve to suggest that Vice President Joe Biden was not "polite" during the[Read More…]
Miracle Gro Employee Faces 90-Day Sentence in Pesticide Scandal
Sad Story Points to a Larger Problem with Pesticide Registration MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–October 15, 2012. Standing by the company’s assertion that one employee acted alone in a multi-year pesticide scandal that helped bring unprecedented fines from the United States government, Miracle Gro’s director of public affairs sought to clarify the issue in a[Read More…]
Romney Campaign’s Latest Comments Show How Little They Understand Latino Priorities
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 15, 2012. Obama for America released the following statement from Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez in reaction to the Romney campaign’s latest assertion that the President is not “macho” enough for Latino voters: “The Romney campaign’s latest assertion that the President is not ‘macho’ enough for Latino voters not only plays[Read More…]
Peer Influence: Facebook, Twitter, Alcohol and Drugs
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–October 15, 2012. When it comes to alcohol and drug use, peers can be just as influential online as they are in person, researchers at the University of Michigan School of Public Health say. To gather what they believe to be the most comprehensive survey to date to look[Read More…]
