Wherever you go. Whatever you do. He stays in your head… Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—January 19, 2017. Edgar’s Place Coffeehouse proudly presents Michael Smith on Saturday, February 11 at the Unitarian Universalist Community Church (UUCC), 70 Sycamore Drive in Park Forest. Doors will open at 7 p.m. with the performance beginning[Read More…]
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‘Step Back into a 1950s Valentines Day’ Exhibit at 1950s Park Forest House Museum
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—January 19, 2017. The 1950s Park Forest House Museum, at 227 Monee Road (inside St. Mary’s Catholic Church), Park Forest, Illinois, invites you to “Step Back into a 1950s Valentines Day,” from February 1 -March 4, 2017, open Wednesday and Saturday, 1 to 3:30 p.m.; other times by[Read More…]
Comedian Lewis Black on Trump’s Inauguration (Video)
Source: Huffington Post OREGON–(ENEWSPF)–January 19, 2017. I’m a big fan of Lewis Black’s. He helped me laugh through the George W. Bush days and now I’m counting on him doing the same during the reign of Der Pumpkin Fuhrer, i.e., Donald Trump. Lewis was on the Daily Show this week[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Sues Nation’s Largest Student Loan Company Navient for Failing Borrowers at Every Stage of Repayment
Navient, Formerly Part of Sallie Mae, Illegally Cheated Borrowers Out of Repayment Rights Through Shortcuts and Deception WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–January 18, 2017. Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is suing the nation’s largest servicer of both federal and private student loans for systematically and illegally failing borrowers at every[Read More…]
Women’s March on Washington Update: ‘Sister Marches’ Go Viral Across the Globe
Interest surges in local solidarity events inspired by Women’s March on Washington BOSTON–(ENEWSPF)–January 17, 2017 — The Women’s March on Washington has inspired a global wave of activism, with more than 616 ‘sister marches’ planned to occur on the same date as the one in the nation’s capital Jan. 21.[Read More…]
Bullies Target Physical Appearance, Ethnicity, Gender or Sexual Orientation – UN Reports
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…]
Inauguration Day: Chicago Mobilizes Against Right-Wing Trump Agenda
Action, which coincides with student walk-outs and feeder marches, sets stage for growing local and national movement against extremist incoming administration. CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—January 17, 2017. As the nation braces for the formal installation of the Trump administration, cities across the nation are mobilizing to jumpstart a sweeping movement against his reactionary agenda[Read More…]
Park Forest Resident Named to Iowa State University Fall 2016 Dean’s List
AMES, Iowa—(ENEWSPF)–January 16, 2017 – Approximately 8,775 Iowa State University students have been recognized for outstanding academic achievement by being named to the Fall Semester 2016 Dean’s List. Students named to the Dean’s List must have earned a grade point average of at least 3.50 on a 4.00 scale while[Read More…]
British TV Listing Trolls Donald Trump and Goes Viral
UK–(ENEWSPF)–January 16, 2017 By Walter Einenkel The Sunday Herald had a fun television listing in their normally dry listings this past weekend. The Sunday Herald TV Section wins today. pic.twitter.com/OanCZdznGJ — George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) January 15, 2017 President Trump: The Inauguration 4pm, BBC One/ STV After a long absence, The[Read More…]
Donald Trump Cancels Visit to Smithsonian Museum of African American History for MLK Day
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–January 15, 2017 By Jen Hayden On the heels of an ill-advised social media attack on civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis, Donald Trump is suddenly very, very busy and his Martin Luther King Day plans have changed: President-elect Donald Trump is no longer expected to visit the Smithsonian Museum[Read More…]
