Statement of NOW/PAC Chair Terry O’Neill Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 3, 2012 With the radical right waging a war on women in Congress and statehouses across the nation, it is more important than ever that we elect feminist candidates to office this November. We need candidates like Elizabeth Warren — who the[Read More…]
Opinion
Rachel Maddow: Why the Conservative Media Model Works (Video)
Rachel Maddow, host of the Rachel Maddow Show, and author of Drift, discusses her MSNBC show, and her goal to be mindful of a Republican audience.
What’s at Stake for Women if the Supreme Court Strikes Down the Affordable Care Act
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 2, 2012. Today the Center for American Progress released a new report examining the ways in which a Supreme Court ruling that strikes down the Affordable Care Act would not only undo decades of precedent but would also have a devastating effect on the health and well-being of[Read More…]
Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on May Day
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2012. Today, working people from around the United States and the world are coming together to commemorate May Day. The message is the same everywhere: Workers’ rights should be universal and every person – no matter what nationality, ethnicity or gender— must have equal rights and the[Read More…]
US Banks Risk Public Health and Climate by Financing Coal
RAN and Sierra Club Detail the “Filthy Five” Banks in third annual “Coal Finance Report Card” CALIFORNIA—(ENEWSPF)—May 1, 2012. Today Rainforest Action Network and the Sierra Club released the Coal Finance Report Card 2012, their third annual ranking of the largest financiers of mountaintop removal coal mining and coal-fired power[Read More…]
Gross Job Gains Exceed Gross Job Losses for a Sixth Straight Quarter
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 1, 2012. From June to September 2011 gross job gains from opening and expanding private sector establishments were 7.1 million, an increase of 166,000 jobs from the previous quarter, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over this period, gross job losses from closing and contracting private[Read More…]
FHFA Acting Director Defies President Obama & Congress, Indefinitely Postpones Decision on Fannie & Freddie Principal Reduction
Time for President to Remove DeMarco, Nominate Permanent Agency Head Who Will Follow the Law Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 28, 2012. Yesterday, FHFA Acting Director Ed DeMarco revealed a new level to his deep ideological opposition to doing principal write-downs. Despite clear evidence from DeMarco himself that doing principal reduction on loans[Read More…]
Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka On Workers Memorial Day
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 27, 2012. On Workers Memorial Day, we come together to recognize the value of every life and the fundamental dignity of every person. From working in Pennsylvania’s coal mines – just as my father did before me, and his father did before him – I know the fear[Read More…]
Bishop Zubik, And Other Bishops Like Him, Are Wrong: Support Our Sisters
Commentary By Gary Kopycinski Dominicans taught me in grade school, and I work for Dominicans now. These women are amazing. There are stories I cannot tell you right now. Stories of sisters caught up in excruciating circumstances, literally seeing their lives on the line, literally seeing people slaughtered before them.[Read More…]
NOW Applauds Senate Passage of ‘Real’ Violence Against Women Act
Statement of NOW President Terry O’Neill Washington, DC–(ENEWSFP)–April 26, 2012, Today, the U.S. Senate passed the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act (S. 1925), which includes funding for services to previously underserved populations. The act has transformed the nation’s response to domestic and sexual violence, and has saved innumerable lives. NOW[Read More…]
