WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 13, 2010 – World Wildlife Fund issued the following statement yesterday from CEO Carter Roberts concerning the public release of draft clean energy and climate legislation in the US Senate: “Today, we are one step closer to leaving our kids a safer, cleaner and more prosperous world with[Read More…]
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Attorney General Proposes Altering Miranda Protections in Terrorism Cases
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–May 10 – Attorney General Eric Holder said this weekend that the Obama administration would seek a new law to loosen the requirement that terrorism suspects be informed of their constitutional rights during interrogation. Holder made the statements on network news shows Sunday morning. The proposed legislation would undermine[Read More…]
After Times Square Plot, Conservatives Pass Glenn Beck En Route To Crazytown
Washington DC–(ENEWSPF)– When the right-wing media attack machine gets revved up these days, it’s a rare thing not to find Glenn Beck in the driver’s seat. That said, it’s unheard of that Beck, who expresses his frustrations with the Obama administration by pretending to light people on fire, would actually[Read More…]
CAIR Asks GOP to Repudiate Racist, Anti-Muslim Ads
Washington DC–(ENEWSPF)– The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called on national Republican leaders to repudiate campaign advertisements for a Florida GOP candidate that advocate racial profiling and promote Islamophobia. In one ad, Republican candidate for Congress Dan Fanelli points to a white man and asks, "Does this look like[Read More…]
On Immigration the NBA Has More Courage than the GOP
Phoenix Suns, Charles Barkley Speak Up While McCain and Kyl Stand Down Washington DC–(ENEWSPF)– Arizona’s controversial new immigration law has sparked unprecedented criticism and activism from leaders in the National Basketball Association, especially in Arizona. As an important social institution in American life, they have decided to stand up for[Read More…]
Lieberman’s Citizen-Stripping Bill ‘Unconstitutional’
Cambridge, MA–(ENEWSPF)– Kadidal is senior managing attorney of the Guantánamo Global Justice Initiative at the Center for Constitutional Rights in New York City. He just wrote the piece "Senator Lieberman’s Latest Constitutional Buffoonery," which states: "Senator Lieberman [Thursday] proposed a bill that would strip American citizenship from anyone who has[Read More…]
Walter Cronkite Recognized the Drug-War Failure and the Ending Prohibition Solution
New York, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Walter Cronkite, America’s trusted broadcaster and father figure to a nation for decades, has died in New York at the age of 92. Covering the most important stories of his time – including the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr., the[Read More…]
It’s Budget Season in Park Forest, and I Couldn’t Be Happier
Commentary By Gary Kopycinski It’s budget season in Park Foreset, and I couldn’t be happier. I’ve always been a geek. I’ll admit to that. I completely enjoy talking ideas, philosophy, logic, numbers, political theory, social theory, macro economics, micro economics, Keynesian economics, Neoclassical economics, administration, police, fire, health, recreation and[Read More…]
Sierra Club: Will BP Pay for Lost Jobs, Decades of Coastal Recovery?
Gulf Coast–(ENEWSPF)–May 3, 2010. As the oil disaster shuts down fisheries and tourism along the Gulf Coast and wildlife including sea birds and sea turtles begin to wash ashore covered in oil, BP has denied responsibility for the spill, but conceded to covering costs of cleanup. Sierra Club is calling[Read More…]
In American Foreign Policy, Why Religious Freedom Matters
Commentary By Charles C. Haynes Director, Religious Freedom Education Project Editor’s note: This commentary originally appeared April 29 on the Washington Post‘s Web site. Reprinted by permission. The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom released its annual report [yesterday] — and the news is grim: Millions of people across the globe face[Read More…]
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