Blog Commentary-(ENEWSPF)- In an incident that police were treating as a terrorist attack, an explosion at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England left at least 19 dead and 50 injured. The New York Times reports: Panic and mayhem seized the crowd at the Manchester Arena as the blast reverberated[Read More…]
Opinion
New Report Lays Out Considerations for Designing Higher Education Risk-Sharing Systems
Students walk to class at the University of Richmond in Richmond, Virginia, September 13, 2016. AP/Steve Helber Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–May 22, 2017. Policymakers are increasingly interested in the idea of having institutions of higher education shoulder some of the risk when students struggle with federal student loans. Properly designing such[Read More…]
National Low Income Housing Coalition on President Trump’s 2018 Budget
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)—May 22, 2017. Statement from Diane Yentel, President and CEO of the National Low Income Housing Coalition: President Trump’s 2018 budget – leaked earlier today – reflects a cruel indifference to the millions of low income seniors, people with disabilities, families with children, veterans, and other vulnerable people who[Read More…]
Go Irish! Notre Dame Grads Walk Out On Mike Pence
Blog Commentary -(ENEWSPF)- Have to say, I’m very proud of these young graduates at my Alma Mater today. A group of Notre Dame grads walked out today as former Indiana governor and current Vice President Mike Pence began his address. This at the commencement exercises in Notre Dame stadium. Amen[Read More…]
Attacks On Human Rights Activists Reach Crisis Point Globally
281 people killed in 2016 for defending human rights, up from 156 in 2015 Amnesty International-(ENEWSPF)- Community leaders, lawyers, journalists and other human rights defenders across the world are facing unprecedented levels of persecution, intimidation and violence, warned Amnesty International today as it launched a new global campaign demanding an[Read More…]
Addicted to the War on Drugs: Just as We Were Wising Up, President Trump has Us Back In an Old-style Fight Against Narcotics
President Trump seems to believe the only way America can win a war on drugs is to put up a wall. Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 8, 2017 By: Grant Smith America and the world have learned hard lessons about the failings of the war on drugs. For too long, we saw drugs[Read More…]
New Survey of Local Election Officials Debunks Trump’s Claims that Millions Improperly Voted in 2016
40 of 42 Jurisdictions Studied Reported No Known Incidents of Noncitizen Voting NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–May 5, 2017. Noncitizen voting in the 2016 election was exceedingly rare, according to a new analysis of information from local election administrators by the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law. Its findings counter[Read More…]
Reports: Trump Administration Plans to Slash Funding for Drug Czar’s Office
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 5, 2017. Today, reports have emerged that the Trump Administration plans to cut the Office of National Drug Control Policy’s budget by nearly 95%. Below is a statement by Grant Smith, deputy director of national affairs with the Drug Policy Alliance: “The reality is that ONDCP is an[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Condemns Federal Executive Order Attacking Women’s Access to Preventative Healthcare
Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—May 5, 2017. Attorney General Lisa Madigan yesterday condemned the federal executive order signed under the guise of religious freedom that jeopardizes women’s access to crucial preventative healthcare services like contraception. Madigan issued the following statement against the Executive Order that directs the federal government to issue regulations that[Read More…]
Payroll Employment Rises by 211,000 in April, 2017; Unemployment Rate Changes Little at 4.4%
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 5, 2017. Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 211,000 in April, and the unemployment rate was little changed at 4.4 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains occurred in leisure and hospitality, health care and social assistance, financial activities, and mining. Household Survey Data[Read More…]
