A Look at the State’s Emerging Communities of Color Before the Republican Primary Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 13, 2012. The Center for American Progress today released the “Top 10 Things You Should Know About Alabama’s Demographic Changes and Immigration Politics.” Alabama is slated to have its primary for the Republican presidential nomination[Read More…]
Opinion
Op-Ed by President Obama and Prime Minister Cameron: An Alliance the World Can Count On
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 13, 2012. The following Op-Ed by President Barack Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron of the United Kingdom appeared in the Washington Post today. An alliance the world can count on By Barack Obama and David Cameron Seven decades ago, as our forces began to turn the tide[Read More…]
Why I Left the Facebook Group ‘Grew Up In Park Forest’ For Good
Commentary By Gary Kopycinski Friends, Park Foresters, Countrymen: I have left the Facebook group ‘Grew Up In Park Forest‘ for good. Here’s why. I posted this in a stream of comments not too long ago: I’m about to leave the group. There have been nasty personal attacks that have nothing[Read More…]
SEIU’s Mary Kay Henry on February Jobs Report
WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 9, 2012. Service Employees International Union (SEIU) International President Mary Kay Henry issued the following statement after the release of the monthly jobs report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics indicating the economy added 227,000 jobs in February 2012: “Today’s report marks two full years of job growth[Read More…]
As Construction Sector Unemployment Remains High, LIUNA Turns up the Heat on Congress to Pass a Highway Bill
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 9, 2012 – Despite the addition of 227,000 jobs to the overall economy last month, the latest construction jobs numbers released today by the U.S. Department of Labor reveal that unemployment in the construction industry remains high at 17.1 percent. Nationwide, 1.4 million construction workers are still looking[Read More…]
Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on February Jobs Report
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 9, 2012. Our wounded economy continues to show positive signs of growth, but it will take some time before the benefits reach many middle-class and working poor families. In the face of so many headwinds, we need a far stronger commitment to robust policy action to create enough[Read More…]
An Open Letter to Non-Occupiers
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 9, 2012. While most debates about the next steps the Occupy movement should take naturally occur among those already engaged in the movement, one population that needs to be further engaged, if the May 1st national general strike (and other Occupy spring and summer related activities) are to succeed and this movement[Read More…]
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Strongly Condemns Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell Signing Mandatory Ultrasound Law
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–March 8, 2012. Planned Parenthood Federation of America sharply criticized Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell for signing a mandatory ultrasound law that will deny Virginia women access to individualized reproductive health care and further hurt women seeking a safe and legal abortion in Virginia. In signing this bill, Governor McDonnell[Read More…]
Reason Prevails in the Senate on Three Key Environmental Votes
Lawmakers Reject Expanding Offshore Drilling, Keystone XL Approval and Clean Air Rollbacks WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 8, 2012 – Reason prevailed today as the Senate rejected three major anti-environmental amendments. Lawmakers defeated efforts to expand offshore oil drilling, roll back Clean Air Act protections on pollution from boilers, and force approval of the[Read More…]
LIUNA Endorses President Obama for Second Term as President
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 8, 2012 – The General Executive Board of LIUNA – the Laborers International Union of North America – has endorsed Barack Obama for a second term as President. The endorsement comes after a unanimous vote of the union’s board on Wednesday. “President Obama has earned a second term[Read More…]
