TOKYO -(ENEWSPF)–December 1, 2016. Today, 350.org Japan and Green Peace Japan held a “#NoDAPL Japan” photo action to highlight the massive financing that Japanese banks are pouring into the Dakota Access Pipeline project in the U.S., a project that has endangered water access rights among minority populations in the country.[Read More…]
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Statement by Secretary of State John Kerry on World AIDS Day 2016
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 1, 2016 On World AIDS Day, we commemorate the lives lost and communities devastated by HIV/AIDS. We also celebrate those lives that have been saved and the courageous individuals who have brought hope and healing to those living with and affected by this disease. Thirty-five years ago, the[Read More…]
Center for Reproductive Rights, Planned Parenthood, ACLU File Challenges to Abortion Restrictions in Three States
Women’s health organizations take fight against unconstitutional measures to state, federal courts Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 30, 2016. Abortion rights groups today announced a new wave of litigation to protect and expand access to abortion, with more to come. The three simultaneous lawsuits announced today challenge medically unnecessary abortion restrictions in Alaska,[Read More…]
Senator Chuck Schumer: “We Say to Republicans Who Want to Privatize Medicare, Go Try It. Make Our Day”
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 29, 2016 By TomP Senator Chuck Schumer may not be the most left wing of our senators, but he has a keen political mind and will ally with us on some important things. First, he wants to win: “When you lose an election the way we did, you don’t[Read More…]
2,000 Veterans Plan to be a ‘Human Shield’ for the North Dakota Pipeline Activists
NORTH DAKOTA–(ENEWSPF)–November 29, 2016 By Walter Einenkel No justice. No Peace. As more and more signs point towards the government trying to strong-arm Dakota Access Pipeline protectors and activists in the coming days, a movement called Veterans Stand for Standing Rock plan on lending their help and their bodies. As[Read More…]
Senator Bernie Sanders Statement on Donald Trump’s HHS Pick
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt) WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 29, 2016 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement Tuesday after it was reported that President-elect Donald Trump will name Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.) to serve as secretary of health and human services: “Donald Trump asked workers and seniors to vote for him because[Read More…]
Senator Bernie Sanders Statement on the 21st Century Cures Act
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt) WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 29, 2016 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement Tuesday on the 21st Century Cures Act: “At a time when Americans pay, by far, the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs, this bill provides absolutely no relief for soaring drug prices.[Read More…]
University of Chicago Dreyfus Award Boosts Development of Solar Cells with Atomically Thin Semiconductors
A Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation award will help Prof. Jiwoong Park (left) and postdoctoral fellow Yu Zhong develop advanced photovoltaic materials. Photo by: Jean Lachat CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–November 29, 2016 By Greg Borzo Chemistry professor Jiwoong Park has won a $120,000 award over two years from the Camille and Henry Dreyfus[Read More…]
Jeff Sessions: Protections for Disabled Kids are Ruining America’s Schools
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 29, 2016 By Laura Clawson Back in 2000, Jeff Sessions put his finger squarely on the source of problems in America’s schools: disabled children. Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general claimed, on the floor of the Senate, that while it was a good thing for schools to make[Read More…]
CDC Supporting Texas Investigation of Possible Local Zika Transmission
Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–November 29, 2016. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been informed by Texas health officials that Zika virus infection has been diagnosed in a resident of Brownsville, Texas, without any other known risk factors, suggesting possible local transmission of Zika virus infection. This case may be[Read More…]
