“It’s that Republican plan to end Medicare as we know it, putting us at the mercy of insurance companies” Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2011. The Alliance for Retired Americans begins airing radio ads today protesting Republican budget cuts to Medicare and Social Security. The ad will air in Colorado, Missouri, and[Read More…]
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Folks on Spokes 30th Annual Easter Ride Sunday, May 1
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2011. Folks on Spokes Bicycle Club will host the 30th Annual Easter Ride from 7:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Sunday, May 1, Riders will depart from this year’s new starting locatation at Park Forest Village Hall, 350 Victory Drive. Since 1982 the Easter Ride has[Read More…]
What’s Gotten Into Us, a Review
MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2011. Author McKay Jenkins has been a friend to SafeLawns ever since he agreed to appear in the film, A Chemical Reaction, to summarize America’s obsession with lawns. We were thrilled and honored when Jenkins and his publisher, Random House, included a long discussion of the SafeLawns movement[Read More…]
International Campaign for Tibet Calls Upon China to Reveal the Whereabouts of the Panchen Lama
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2011. Today is the 22nd Birthday of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama of Tibet, who has not been seen since his disappearance in May, 1995. The International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) joins governments and concerned individuals across the world today in urging the Chinese authorities[Read More…]
Public Opinion Snapshot: Public Is Strongly Against Cutting Medicare
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2011. The conservative assault on government marches on. Their latest trick is passage of the House Republican budget bill. This bill takes direct aim at Medicare by proposing to cut funding for the program and turn it into a fixed amount voucher that seniors would have to[Read More…]
DOD Identifies Army Casualty, April 25, 2011
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2011. The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Chief Warrant Officer, Terry L. Varnadore II, 29, of Hendersonville, N.C. died April 23 in Kapisa province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when his helicopter went down due to an[Read More…]
Johnson & Johnson’s Refusal to Participate in Patent Pool Undermines Access to Key AIDS Drugs
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2011. Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson is putting the lives of people living with HIV at stake by refusing to participate in the Medicines Patent Pool, a mechanism designed to lower prices of HIV medicines and increase access to them for people in the developing world, said[Read More…]
UN Human Rights Chief Calls on Syria to Halt Attacks on Protesters
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–25 April 2011 – The United Nations human rights chief today denounced the Syrian Government’s increasingly violent crackdown on peaceful protesters and urged an immediate end to the use of excessive force, which she noted has only intensified in recent days. “The international community has repeatedly urged the Syrian[Read More…]
NATO Keeps Up the Pressure in Tripoli
NAPLES–(ENEWSPF)–25 April 2011. NATO carried out a precision strike in central Tripoli last night. The target was a Communications Headquarter that was used to coordinate attacks against civilians. We have no independent means of verifying reports of possible civilian casualties. Unlike pro-Qadhafi forces, we continue to go to great lengths[Read More…]
Statement by the Pentagon on the Wikileaks Publication of Information Re: Guantanamo Detention Facility
Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—April 25, 2011. The statement that follows is attributed to Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell and Special Envoy for the Closure of the Guantanamo Detention Facility Ambassador Daniel Fried. “It is unfortunate that several news organizations have made the decision to publish numerous documents obtained illegally by Wikileaks concerning[Read More…]
