WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–March 23 – The landmark health care legislation signed by President Obama today includes troubling setbacks for women’s reproductive rights, said the American Civil Liberties Union. While the bill signed by the president today contains positive changes to health care policies that discriminate against women and provides women with access[Read More…]
Opinion
How To Annoy Glenn Beck In Five Minutes Or Less
Commentary By Karl Frisch Want to annoy Fox News’ Glenn Beck in five minutes or less while simultaneously making sure your community gets its fair share of federal money? Fill out and return the 2010 U.S. Census questionnaire when it arrives in your mailbox. Few other issues seem to whip[Read More…]
The Media Myth Of Obama’s ‘Falling Poll Numbers’
Commentary by Eric Boehlert The release of an Associated Press poll last week that showed President Obama enjoying a healthy job approval rating of 53 percent didn’t generate much news beyond the wire service and produced even less commentary among the media’s chattering class. Then again, neither did another piece[Read More…]
South Park Spoofs Tiger Woods and Sex Addiction (Video)
South Park pulls out all the stops as it spoofs Tiger Woods and sex addiction. Enjoy the
Call For Wal-Mart Boycott Yields Small Victory
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2010. One day after MPP called for a nationwide boycott of Wal-Mart stores in order to protest the company’s contemptible and baseless firing of Michigan medical marijuana patient Joe Casias, the world’s largest public corporation is already changing its position — albeit not to the extent we[Read More…]
IRC Welcomes Introduction of the Refugee Protection Act of 2010 in the Senate
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–16 Mar 2010 – The International Rescue Committee (IRC) says it welcomes the introduction of the Refugee Protection Act of 2010, introduced yesterday by Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.). The measure would change existing asylum policies to ensure more people who need and deserve US protection can benefit from it. [Read More…]
U.S. PIRG Applauds Chairman Dodd for Moving Reforms Forward, Urges Senate to Stand Strong Against Bank Lobbyists
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 16 – “We applaud Chairman Dodd of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee for moving forward towards passage of legislation to protect American consumers and increase the stability of the economy. We expect that Wall Street bankers who wrecked the economy and were then bailed out by the taxpayers will[Read More…]
Fighting Over Prayers In The Name Of Jesus
Commentary Inside the First Amendment By Charles C. Haynes First Amendment Center senior scholar Meetings of the Board of Commissioners in Forsyth County, N.C., have long opened with mostly Christian prayers — and a majority of the commissioners are determined to keep it that way. As far as they’re concerned,[Read More…]
When Politics and Religion Trump Science, Education Suffers
Commentary Inside the First Amendment By Charles C. Haynes First Amendment Center senior scholar At a time when American students rank an abysmal 21st in science literacy when compared with students around the world, state legislatures should be passing laws to strengthen science education — or at least refrain from[Read More…]
Glenn Beck Attacks Churches That Promote Social Justice And Urges Listeners To Leave Them
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–Glenn Beck has repeatedly attacked the concept of social justice and churches that promote it, asserting that it is "code language for Marxism" and warning that "when you see those words, run." In fact, numerous churches and religious faiths, as well as prominent religious scholars, espouse social justice, including[Read More…]
