Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 23, 2017. Today, just three days into his presidency, President Donald Trump reinstated the global gag rule, which denies family-planning funds for overseas health centers unless they comply with dangerous restrictions. NARAL Pro-Choice America President Ilyse Hogue issued the following statement in response: “It’s telling that one of Trump’s first[Read More…]
Opinion
Audubon Society: Removing Mentions of Climate Change from White House Website Ignores Reality
Deleting words from the internet does not eliminate the threat climate change poses to birds and people. Brown Pelican. Photo: Steve Torna/Audubon Photography Awards NEW YORK, N.Y.—(ENEWSPF)–January 23, 2017. On Friday, the White House website erased any mention of climate change. Climate change is the biggest threat facing birds and[Read More…]
Global Gag Rule Would Mean More Maternal Deaths, Unintended Pregnancies, and Higher Rates of Unsafe Abortion
A doctor explains family planning pills to a patient in Kibera Slums, Nairobi, Kenya, January 2009. AP/Khalil Senosi Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–January 23, 2017. President Donald Trump is expected to follow the tradition of other Republican anti-choice administrations and reinstate the Mexico City Policy, which bans recipients of U.S. foreign aid[Read More…]
New Data Analysis Shows Extreme Weather Events from Climate Change Even More Costly and Deadly
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–January 23, 2017. New data analysis conducted by the Center for American Progress has shown that, over the last six years, there have been 66 extreme weather and climate disasters that have each resulted in at least $1 billion in damage. These events and disasters have resulted in[Read More…]
ACLU: Spicer Comments on Media Ring of McCarthyism, Will Lead to Losing Legal Battles
NEW YORK -(ENEWSPF)–January 23, 2017. On Saturday, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer accused news media of falsely reporting the size of yesterday’s Inauguration Day crowd, saying that “we’re going to hold the press accountable.”American Civil Liberties Union Executive Director Anthony D. Romero offered the following reaction: “It is shameful[Read More…]
People’s Action: Trump’s First Act: Big Giveaway to Wall Street Elite
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–January 20, 2017. Immediately after he was sworn in as America’s 45th President on Friday, Donald J. Trump signed a series of executive orders, including the rollback of a Federal Housing Authority insurance premium cut. Liz Ryan Murray, policy director for People’s Action, a national progressive grassroots advocacy organization,[Read More…]
National Organization for Women Statement on the Inauguration
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 20, 2017. Statement by NOW President Terry O’Neill: Today Donald Trump took the oath of office, and became 45th president of the United States. Today, and every day for the next four years, we will resist his white nationalist agenda. Throughout a long and divisive campaign, Mr. Trump[Read More…]
University of Chicago Crime Lab Releases 2016 Gun Violence Report
Researchers examine reasons for increase, look to policy strategies in new year Prof. Jens Ludwig presents findings from Crime Lab’s report on Chicago’s rise in gun violence. Photo by: Jean Lachat CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–January 20, 2017 By: Mark Peters A new report from the University of Chicago Crime Lab examines Chicago’s 2016[Read More…]
Nearly 120 With Military and Civilian Intelligence Experience Write to Donald Trump To Tell Him To Stop Smearing Intelligence Officers
WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–January 19, 2017. Just days before he takes office, nearly 120 people with military and civilian intelligence experience have written to Donald Trump, to express their anger at his ongoing campaign against the intelligence community, and to urge him to stop. The full letter can be seen here:[Read More…]
President Obama Grants Clemency to an Additional 330 People in Final Round of Commutations, Jan. 19, 2017
Source: prisonhandbook.com Advocates will push next Administration on Sentencing Reform Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 19, 2017. Today, President Barack Obama commuted the sentences of 330 more people incarcerated in federal prison for drug offenses. This brings the number of prisoners who have been granted clemency under President Obama to 1,715. The commutations[Read More…]
