Citizens Police Data Project is largest known interactive repository of police complaint records CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)—November 10, 2015. Today the Invisible Institute, a journalism production company, launched an online data project of misconduct complaint records for more than 8,500 Chicago Police officers — the most expansive public database of its kind.[Read More…]
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White House Fact Sheet: Obama Administration Announces More than $375 Million in Support for Next-Generation High Schools
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 10, 2015. Today, the Obama Administration will host the first-ever White House Summit on Next Generation High Schools. The event will highlight students, educators, philanthropists, and entrepreneurs who are reinventing the high school experience to better empower students to seize opportunities in today’s economy, and prepare students for[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel Before Bilateral Meeting, Nov. 9, 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 9, 2015 – 10:34 A.M. EST PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, it is very good to welcome once again Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu to the Oval Office. There’s no foreign leader who I’ve met with more frequently, and I think that’s a testimony to the extraordinary bond between the United[Read More…]
White House Press Briefing by Josh Earnest, November 9, 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 9, 2015 – 12:51 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST: Good afternoon, everybody. Happy Monday. Let me do a couple of — Q He says, happy Monday. (Laughter.) Q Something we don’t know about? MR. EARNEST: Let me do two things at the top, and then we’ll[Read More…]
Child Care Advocates United Statement on Partial Restoration of IL Child Care Assistance Program
Chicago—(ENEWSPF)—November 9, 2015. On behalf of nearly 400 child care providers and thousands of children and families across the State of Illinois, Child Care Advocates United (CCAU) would like to commend Governor Rauner and Illinois lawmakers for working together to reverse the devastating impact of the emergency rule change that[Read More…]
Leading Drug Policy Reformers to be Honored at International Drug Policy Reform Conference in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, Nov. 21; Awardees Recognized for Groundbreaking Work to End the War on Drugs
Winners Include Jamaican Justice Minister Mark Golding, DPA Board President and Former ACLU Head Ira Glasser, Key Grassroots Ally VOCAL-NY, and LEAP Executive Director Neill Franklin Arlington, VA—(ENEWSPF)—November 9, 2015. Leading advocates for drug policy reform will be honored at an awards ceremony on Saturday, November 21, at the biennial International[Read More…]
Window Shades Recalled by Carra Imports Due to Strangulation Hazard
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 9, 2015 Recalled Carra Imports cellular shade with a continuous loop cord Recall Summary Name of product: Window shades Hazard: Cellular, Roller and Soft Horizontal Shades: Strangulation can occur when the shade’s continuous loop pull cord or bead chain is not attached to the wall with a tension[Read More…]
Little Village Environmental Justice Organizer to Speak at Roosevelt University on Nov. 11
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–November 9, 2015. Kimberly Wasserman, an environmental organizer in Chicago’s Little Village and a winner of the international Goldman Environmental Prize, will speak on challenges local communities face in making positive environmental change at 4 p.m. Nov. 11 at Roosevelt University, 430 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago. The organizing and strategy[Read More…]
Muslim-Catholic Dialogue at DePaul University to Focus on Sub-Saharan Africa
Muslim and Catholic leaders engaged in interfaith dialogue will be on DePaul University’s Lincoln Park Campus Nov. 12 to discuss theological resources for peace in sub-Saharan Africa. (Image by Anna Kreutz) CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)—November 9, 2015. Muslim and Catholic leaders engaged in interfaith dialogue will be on DePaul University’s Lincoln Park[Read More…]
Men Encouraged to ‘Get Whacked for Wildlife’ on World Vasectomy Day
World Vasectomy Day Highlights Role of Men in Family Planning, Environmental Protection “Get Whacked for Wildlife” T-shirt. TUCSON, Ariz.—(ENEWSPF)–November 9, 2015. In honor of World Vasectomy Day on Friday, the Center for Biological Diversity is encouraging men around the country to “get whacked for wildlife” to highlight the pressure human[Read More…]
