Alicia Garza, Judith Le Blanc and other progressive movement leaders are hosting workshops through the day; Follow the livestream throughout the day here. Des Moines, Iowa –(ENEWSPF)– Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) will return to Iowa on Saturday for the first time since the 2016 election. He will deliver the keynote speech at the Iowa Citizens for[Read More…]
Opinion
Center for American Progress Issue Brief on the Racist Origins of Private School Vouchers
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–July 14, 2017. On the heels of proposals from Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, and President Donald Trump to create the first nationwide federal voucher program while slashing funds for public schools and loosening civil rights protections, a new issue brief from the Center for American Progress explores the[Read More…]
2017 Social Security Trustees Report Shows That Social Security Continues to Work for America
An Expanded Social Security Will Work Even Better WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–July 14, 2017. As reporters cover the just-released 2017 Social Security and Medicare Trustees Reports, Social Security Works provides you with this fact sheet that summarizes and puts in context the Social Security report’s key findings. This fact sheet updates the[Read More…]
Chicago to Host Benefit Concert on August 26 to Help Russian-Born LGBTQ Violinist, Artem Kolesov, Flee Persecution From Russia
CHICAGO – (ENEWSPF)—July 13, 2017. Notable Chicago LGBTQ community leaders are hosting a benefit concert for Artem Kolesov, a 23-year old gay man who caught the world’s attention when he came out earlier this year on YouTube as part of a Russian “Children-404” project, which invites teenagers to share their stories and[Read More…]
Sierra Club: Trump Administration Considering Easing Fines for Cheating Automakers
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration considering decreasing fines for Automakers who fail to meet fuel economy standards WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–July 11, 2017. According to Bloomberg and Politico, the Trump administration is considering easing fines proposed by the Obama administration for automakers that don’t meet the 2015 proposed fuel economy standards.[Read More…]
Center for American Progress: What Governors Need to Know About the Department of Energy’s Forthcoming Electricity Grid Study
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–July 11, 2017. The U.S. Department of Energy, led by Secretary Rick Perry, is soon due to release a report on the electricity grid and the role of “baseload power.” Ahead of the report’s release, the Center for American Progress has released a new column outlining what governors need to know about Perry’s grid study[Read More…]
Tale of Two New Yorks Endures Under De Blasio as NYPD Continues Discriminatory Marijuana Arrests
NYPD Made More Marijuana Possession Arrests under de Blasio/Bratton from 2014 to 2016 than Giuliani/Bratton from 1994 to 1996; Extreme Racial Disparities Persist as Black and Latino New Yorkers comprise 85% of Marijuana Possession Arrests, Despite Young Whites Using at Higher Rates New York, NY–(ENEWSPF)–July 11, 2017. A new report[Read More…]
Center for Economic and Policy Research: Federal Reserve Needs to Recommit to the Full Employment Mandate
Washington, DC —(ENEWSPF)–July 11, 2017. The Federal Reserve should take lessons from the Fed in the 1990s and remain committed to its full employment mandate. A new report from The Center for Economic and Policy Research and The Fed Up campaign at the Center for Popular Democracy provides a history of the[Read More…]
Survey Finds Medicaid Enrollees Satisfied With Coverage, Physician Access
Boston, MA –(ENEWSPF)–July 10, 2017. Enrollees in Medicaid reported in a nationwide survey that they’re largely satisfied with the health care they receive under the program, according to researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Most Medicaid enrollees said that they have good access to physicians, while few[Read More…]
Illinois Handmaids to Deliver Timely HB 40 Message to Governor Rauner on Thursday, July 13
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—July 10, 2017. The Handmaids are coming to the Thompson Center, 100 W. Randolph Street in downtown Chicago on Thursday, July 13, at 12 p.m. to tell Governor Rauner he must sign HB40. We want to deliver an important statement to him: We are standing up for reproductive rights for[Read More…]
