Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2016. With the announcement of Rex Tillerson as President-Elect Trump’s choice for Secretary of State, Jewish Voice for Peace offers the following commentary on several foreign policy appointees who will impact our work towards a just peace for Palestinians and Israelis. Secretary of State: Rex Tillerson The[Read More…]
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Mother Jones Found Trump’s Trail of Debt
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2016 By ljm Jonathan Ernst/Reuters via ZUMA We never got the taxes, but now Mother Jones has identified the debt Donald Trump owes various banks and the numbers are Uuuuge. Not counted in this story is the nearly $1 billion in various deals with China. No wonder[Read More…]
Investment in Early Childhood Programs Yields Robust Returns
New study by Prof. James Heckman finds an even higher return of investment for high-quality early childhood development programs. Copyright Getty Images CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2016 By: Mark Peters High-quality early childhood development programs can deliver an annual return of 13 percent per child on upfront costs through better outcomes in[Read More…]
VoteVets Statement on Russian Hacking
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2016. In light of the latest reports regarding Russian hacking aimed at influencing the 2016 Presidential Election, the largest progressive group of veterans in America, VoteVets.org, released the following. In a statement, retired Major General Paul D. Eaton, senior adviser to VoteVets.org called on all information that[Read More…]
Civil and Human Rights Groups: Education Secretary Must Enforce Civil Rights Law and Advance Public Education
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2016. Today, 33 civil and human rights groups issued the following statement in response to President-elect Trump’s intent to nominate Betsy DeVos for Secretary of Education: “Equal access to education is a cornerstone of the civil rights movement. The Secretary of Education’s role as the enforcer of[Read More…]
National Education Association President Comments on Bipartisan BRIDGE Act
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2016 – Sen. Richard J. Durbin of Illinois and Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina introduced the BRIDGE Act, a bipartisan bill to extend three years of protection of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients and DACA-eligible DREAMERS, people who came to the United States as[Read More…]
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos Uses Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech to Call for a “Rethink” of the War on Drugs
Colombian leader Juan Manuel Santos receives the Nobel Peace Prize from Berit Reiss-Andersen in Oslo (Source: cnn.com) Says War on Drugs “Equally or Perhaps More Harmful Than All the Wars the World is Fighting Today, Combined” Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2016. On Saturday, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos used his acceptance[Read More…]
Giant Mega-Berg May Be Calving Off of Larsen Ice Shelf Soon
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 10, 2016 By DarkSyde The Larsen A shelf disintegrated in 1995. Pictured above in early 2002, a massive piece of the Larsen B Ice Shelf the size of Rhode Island broke off and that shelf followed suit. Another mega-berg, almost twice as large as the one shown above,[Read More…]
Garrison Keillor: ‘He Will Never Be My President’—Here’s Why
MINNESOTA–(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2016 By Leslie Salzillo Entertainer, author and beloved NPR radio personality Garrison Keillor has had plenty to say about Donald Trump during and after Election Day. On November 10, an article about Keillor’s Washington Post op-ed went viral. Keillor wrote — with disgust: “Raw ego and proud illiteracy have won out, and a severely[Read More…]
‘He’s Not President Yet’—Michael Moore Believes Trump May Not Make it to Inauguration Day (Video)
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2016 By Leslie Salzillo Michael Moore on Late Night with Seth Meyers, December 8, 2016 Filmmaker, actor, activist and liberal rabble-rouser Michael Moore made a stunning statement last summer. He predicted Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump would win, even though Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton was way ahead in the[Read More…]
