CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2016. Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced today comprehensive reforms to address how the City’s first responders can best serve individuals with mental illness. The reform efforts are based on advice and assistance provided by the Mayor’s brand new steering committee called the Citywide Mental Health Response Steering Committee, which[Read More…]
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UN Experts Urge United States to Address Legacies of the Past, Police Impunity and ‘Crisis of Racial Injustice’
Protestors in New York City demonstrate in the wake of the verdict in the case of the police shooting of Missouri teenager Michael Brown (24 November 2014). Photo: Jacques Baudrier NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–29 January 2016 – The legacy of slavery, post-Reconstruction ‘Jim Crow’ laws and racial subordination in the United States[Read More…]
Syria: UN-mediated Talks Get Under Way; Relief Agencies Amplify Calls for Access to Besieged Civilians
Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura (left) meets with Syria’s Ambassador to the UN in New York Bashar Ja’afari at the Intra-Syrian Geneva Talks 2016. UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–29 January 2016 – With United Nations-mediated talks on ending the five-year crisis in Syria getting under way today as scheduled, UN[Read More…]
February 2016 Activities at Thorn Creek Nature Center
StacyPisaniPileatedWoodpecker Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—January 29, 2016. As old man winter howls down from the north and blankets Thorn Creek Woods with a layer of snow, the hardy birds and mammals tuck themselves into the nooks of trees and bed down amongst fallen leaves. Hikers wear extra layers of clothes and[Read More…]
If Our Presidential Candidates Think Drug Use Is a Health Issue, Here are 8 Ways to Prove It
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2016 By: Tony Newman Substance use and abuse touches virtually every family in the United States. The New York Times ran a front page story last week documenting the explosion of overdose deaths throughout the country. 47,000 Americans died from an overdose in 2014 — more than[Read More…]
Hillary for America Statement Calling for Release of Secretary Clinton’s Emails
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2016. Hillary for America National Press Secretary Brian Fallon released the following statement Friday after the intelligence community demanded that more than 20 emails from Hillary Clinton’s tenure at the State Department be fully withheld from public release: “We firmly oppose the complete blocking of the release of these[Read More…]
Sauk-Calumet Group of the Illinois Sierra Club to Host Program on the Conservationist of the North Woods on February 8
MATTESON—(ENEWSPF)—January 29, 2016. The Sauk-Calumet Group of the Illinois Sierra Club invites you to its next meeting. Avid canoeist Lois Lauer will talk about the life and work of Sigurd Olsen, who led the struggle to protect the Boundary Water Canoe Wilderness near Ely, Minnesota, a million-acre wilderness that contains[Read More…]
In Case You Missed It: Stephen Colbert All-Trump Debate (Video)
OREGON–(ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2016. As promised, Donald Trump skipped last night’s Republican Presidential Candidate Debate on the FOX network because Trump could not dictate the terms of the debate. On his Thursday night show, Stephen Colbert said, “If Fox News has no Trump, then I am all Trump.” Enjoy “The 2016[Read More…]
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Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Do you own a business in Park Forest, Chicago Heights, Richton Park, or Matteson? We’d like to announce that eNews Park Forest has a new Business Directory! Think of it as the local business “go-to” for every business in Park Forest, Chicago Heights, Richton Park, and Matteson,[Read More…]
“Memory” Exhibit Opens in PSC Christopher Art Gallery Feb. 8
Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Prairie State College (PSC) is hosting, “Memory: An exhibition of portraiture evoking memory,” in the Christopher Art Gallery on the main campus, located at 202 S. Halsted St. in Chicago Heights. The exhibit opens Monday, Feb. 8, and features works from artists Ellen Holtzblatt, Judith Roth, John P.[Read More…]
