Children at a displaced camp in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. UN Photo/Sophia Paris NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–17 January 2017 – Nearly a quarter of a million children and young people world-wide are bullied each year, according to a report released today by the United Nations educational and cultural agency, which found that bullies like[Read More…]
Opinion
Smoking Costs the Average Illinois Smoker $1,770,563 Over a Lifetime
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–January 17, 2017. With the societal and economic costs of smoking totaling more than $300 billion a year and rising, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on The Real Cost of Smoking by State. To encourage the estimated 36.5 million tobacco users in the U.S. to kick the[Read More…]
NOW Stands With Rep John Lewis, Calls on Donald Trump to Apologize
Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–January 16, 2017. Statement of NOW President Terry O’Neill: Donald Trump’s bullying tweets aimed at civil rights hero Rep. John Lewis are appalling. The candidate who said that African Americans should vote for him because their lives were so bad that they “had nothing to lose” now perpetuates[Read More…]
Southern Poverty Law Center: A Day to Reflect, Recommit to the Vision of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
ALABAMA–(ENEWSPF)–January 16, 2017. Today is a very special day – a time for us to not only pay tribute to one of our nation’s greatest leaders but to reflect upon and recommit ourselves to the ideals that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. championed. But we shouldn’t fool ourselves. Dr. King’s[Read More…]
Southern Poverty Law Center is an Official Supporter of the Women’s March on Washington
ALABAMA– (ENEWSPF)–January 16, 2017. The day after the presidential inauguration, thousands are expected to converge on the nation’s capital for the Women’s March on Washington. As an official partner of the march, the Southern Poverty Law Center stands in solidarity with its organizers’ vision — that “women’s rights are human[Read More…]
ACLU Calls on Americans to Take ‘The People’s Oath’ and Pledge to Protect and Defend the Constitution (Video)
Launches Digital Campaign to Create Personalized Oaths to Coincide with Jan. 20th Inauguration NEW YORK —(ENEWSPF)–January 16, 2017. Building on the sense of urgency and desire to take action that many Americans feel as we approach Donald J. Trump taking the Presidential Oath, the American Civil Liberties Union invites people[Read More…]
Oxfam Report: Just 8 Men Own Same Wealth as Half the World
Eight men own the same wealth as the 3.6 billion people who make up the poorest half of humanity, according to a new report published by Oxfam today to mark the annual meeting of political and business leaders in Davos. UK–(ENEWSPF)–January 16, 2017. Oxfam’s report, ‘An economy for the 99[Read More…]
Health Equity Study Compares Segregation, Low Birth Weight in Chicago and Toronto
Researchers collaborate at DePaul University and Rush University Medical Center The link can be broken between low birth weight and segregation, according to new research from the Center for Community Health Equity, a collaboration of DePaul University and Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. (Image courtesy of iStock) CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–January[Read More…]
10 Banks Financing Dakota Access Pipeline Decline Meeting with Tribal Leaders
One month after the pipeline was effectively put “on hold” by the Army Corps of Engineers, major commercial banks are still banking on the project — and losing thousands of customers a week as a result. CANNON BALL, N.D. –(ENEWSPF)–January 13, 2017. For the last six weeks, a global coalition[Read More…]
Congresswoman Robin Kelly Calls DOJ Report on Chicago Police Department ‘Deeply Concerning’
Congresswoman Robin Kelly (Source: house.gov) Washington, DC –(ENEWPF)–January 13, 2017. Congresswoman Robin Kelly today released this statement concerning the Department of Justice’s report on the Chicago Police Department: “Today’s report is deeply concerning. It is clear that more reforms are needed and needed immediately. We all agree that law enforcement[Read More…]
