Congressman Would Do Irreparable Damage to Endangered Species, Public Lands, Climate WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–February 6, 2017. One hundred seventy conservation groups today urged the U.S. Senate to reject Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-Mont.) as the next interior secretary. Senators will vote in the coming weeks on whether to place Zinke in charge of[Read More…]
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Jewish Voice for Peace Response to Anti-Semitic Attack on Chicago Loop Synagogue
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–February 6, 2017. Statement from the Jewish Voice for Peace-Chicago Coordinating Committee: Jewish Voice for Peace – Chicago condemns the horrendous display of hatred of Jews that took place at the Chicago Loop Synagogue this past Saturday, on the Jewish holy day of rest. We stand in solidarity with the[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Condemns Trump’s Executive Orders Decimating Financial Reforms and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–February 6, 2017. Attorney General Lisa Madigan condemned Executive Orders issued Friday that could upend and decimate major consumer financial protections implemented after the country’s 2008 economic collapse, including the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act that created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Madigan issued the[Read More…]
Moms United Against Violence and Incarceration: Open Letter of Solidarity with People Incarcerated at Vaughn Correctional Facility
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–February 6, 2017 — A solidarity letter is being circulated by supporters of inmates who organized a protest at Vaughn, a maximum security prison in Delaware, notorious for overcrowding and overuse of solitary confinement. The protest, being called the “Vaughn Rebellionâ€, ended with a police raid and the death of[Read More…]
Dan Rather: Trump & Bannon Won’t Be Satisfied Until Previous World Order Up In Flames
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 3, 2017 By Leslie Salzillo Esteemed journalist, Dan Rather continues to share his resounding views during a time of great political upheaval in this country and the world following the inauguration of Donald Trump. Somehow, Rather is able to offer some calm in the midst of a national storm has millions fearful, confused[Read More…]
People’s Action Institute: ‘Trump and Goldman Sachs Cabinet Prepare to Strip-Mine the Pocketbooks of Everyday People’
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–February 3, 2017. Liz Ryan Murray, policy director at People’s Action Institute, provided this statement Friday after Donald Trump signed an executive order that begins dismantling the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act: “It didn’t take long for Donald Trump to sell out the American people. Trump and his Goldman[Read More…]
Nurses Oppose National Anti-Worker Legislation, Warn of Significant Threats
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 3, 2017. National Nurses United will oppose right-wing so-called “right to work” legislation being introduced in the House of Representatives yesterday that they say poses a significant threat to public health and safety that would also threaten to reduce living standards for millions of American workers. “Under[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Economist Kate Bahn on the January 2017 Jobs Report
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–February 3, 2017. Center for American Progress Economist Kate Bahn released the following statement today on the January 2017 employment situation figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, or BLS: This month’s jobs report is the final release of data that reflects how the labor market fared[Read More…]
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Payroll Employment Rises by 227,000 in January 2017; Unemployment Rate Changes Little (4.8%)
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 3, 2017. Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 227,000 in January, and the unemployment rate was little changed at 4.8 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains occurred in retail trade, construction, and financial activities. Household Survey Data Both the number of unemployed persons,[Read More…]
Western Environmental Law Center: House Takes Extreme Measures to Promote Methane Waste from Oil and Gas
Misguided ideological frenzy could claim innocent bystander OREGON–(ENEWSPF)–February 3, 2017. In a close vote, the House of Representatives voted today to repeal a popular, common-sense Bureau of Management rule limiting methane waste by oil and gas companies on public and tribal lands. This was made possible by the Congressional Review[Read More…]
