Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2015. SEIU International President Mary Kay Henry issued the following statement: “Yesterday, workers proved that by joining together, they can improve their lives. Fast-food workers – joined by adjunct professors as well as Walmart, home care and child care workers and airport staff raised their voices and[Read More…]
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NASA: California Tuolumne Snowpack 40 Percent of Worst Year
Deficit in the total volume of water contained within the Tuolumne River Basin snowpack from this time in 2014 to now. The deeper the red color, the greater the volume of water lost. Image Credit:NASA/JPL-Caltech Spatial distribution of the total volume of water in the snowpack across the Tuolumne River[Read More…]
FDA Withdraws Last Remaining Arsenic-based Animal Drug
After 5 years of legal pressure from Center for Food Safety, meat supply is finally going arsenic-free Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2015. Center for Food Safety yesterday applauded the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) move to withdraw the last arsenic-based feed additive approved for use in chicken and turkey. In October[Read More…]
West Chicago Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Federal Prison For Transporting A Minor Interstate For Criminal Sexual Purposes
CHICAGO ― (ENEWSPF)–April 1, 2015. A West Chicago man was sentenced Monday to the maximum of 10 years in federal prison for transporting a minor for criminal sexual purposes. The defendant, NICACIO JAIMES-MORENO, 52, pled guilty in October 2014, to one count of knowingly transporting a minor interstate with the[Read More…]
Roosevelt University Student Activist-Rapper Receives Coveted Social Justice Award
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2015. Richard Wallace, a Chicago native and leading activist in the fight to stop mass incarceration of people of color, has received Roosevelt University’s prestigious Matthew Freeman Social Justice Award. A sociology major and leading local social-justice rapper who goes by the name of Epic, Wallace, 33, of[Read More…]
Study Defines Brain and Behavioral Effects of Teen Binge Drinking
NIH-funded findings also point to possible treatments for harmful effects of adolescent alcohol exposure Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2015. Adolescent binge drinking can disrupt gene regulation and brain development in ways that promote anxiety and excessive drinking behaviors that can persist into adulthood, according to a new study supported by the[Read More…]
Circulating Tumor DNA in Blood Can Predict Recurrence of the Most Common Type of Lymphoma
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2015. Measurement of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) in blood can be used to detect disease recurrence in patients with a curable form of cancer known as diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). In most patients, measurement of ctDNA enabled detection of microscopic disease before it could be seen[Read More…]
Upcoming Program Open Houses at South Suburban College Beginning April 15
South Holland, IL–(ENEWSPF)—April 2, 2015. South Suburban College will be hosting several upcoming program-specific Open Houses to inform prospective and current students about programs, curriculum and careers. The current Open House schedule at both the Main Campus in South Holland and the Oak Forest Center is as follows: Echocardiography Program[Read More…]
Fracking’s Most Wanted: Report Identifies Top 10 Oil & Gas Companies for Spills & Legal Violations
Finds Only Three Out of 36 States Publicly Track Oil & Gas Companies’ Missteps; Public Records for Federal Lands Not Available After 2011 WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2015 – Only three out the 36 states with active oil and gas operations make information about companies’ spills and legal violations easily available to[Read More…]
The Sierra Club Launches Major New Platform for Environmental Activism
AddUp.org to bring together millions of advocates for online social change San Francisco –(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2015. The Sierra Club, the nation’s largest grassroots environmental group, announced the launch of AddUp, a one-stop shop for effective environmental activism — at home or on-the-go, online or in communities across the country. Fueled[Read More…]
