HRC Foundation awards five $2000 scholarships to student activists committed to achieving LGBT equality Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– The Human Rights Campaign Foundation, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) advocacy organization, announced five winners of the Generation Equality Scholarship for LGBT and allied students who have demonstrated exceptional commitment[Read More…]
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Human Rights Campaign Statement on Sentencing in Lateisha Green Murder Trial
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization, issued the following statement on the sentencing of Dwight DeLee in the brutal murder of Lateisha Green, a 22-year-old African-American transgender woman, outside a Syracuse house party in November. DeLee was convicted on[Read More…]
Insurance Jive: The Real ‘Death Panels’
Commentary from Courage Campaign: Our “Insurance Jive” video shows that insurance companies actually operate de facto “death panels” — and demonstrates why we must demand that a strong public option be included in health care reform. Send this video to your friends and help spread a progressive message that shows[Read More…]
Those ‘Death Panels’ Really Do Exist
Commentary By Karl Frisch At this point, if anyone still believes that progressive proposals for health insurance reform contain ominous “death panels” designed to kill their grandparents, I have a bridge to sell them in Arizona. Fear not, my conservative friends: The bridge connects a tea bag manufacturing plant with[Read More…]
Endless War: The Suicide of the United States
By Dahr Jamail T r u t h o u t “We hear war called murder. It is not: it is suicide.” – Ramsay MacDonald, British prime minister 1931-1935 Sergio Kochergin, back home from his second deployment in Iraq, held a gun in his mouth, trying to muster the courage[Read More…]
Sons of American Legion Park Forest Golf Outing Sept. 5
(Graphics supplied) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Sons of the American Legion, Squadron 1198 is holding a golf outing on Saturday, September 5, 2008 at Lincoln Oaks Golf Club in Crete, Illinois. This past year SAL 1198 provided NOMEX hoods to a reserve unit deployed in Iraq, assisted with dinners for[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama at the Organizing for American National Health Care Forum
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 20, 2009 – 2:45 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, everybody. Hey! Thank you. AUDIENCE: Yes we can! Yes we can! Yes we can! Yes we can! THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you, everybody. Please have a seat. This looks like a casual crowd; I’m going to —[Read More…]
FBI Responds to Decision to Release Abdel Basset Mohamed al-Megrahi
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)– Statement of Director Robert S. Mueller, III, Federal Bureau of Investigation: We are deeply disappointed over the decision to release Abdel Basset Mohamed al-Megrahi from prison. Mr. Megrahi’s guilt was firmly established by the court. His conviction resulted in a life sentence for his part in the loss[Read More…]
Former Rockford Mayor John McNamara Named to Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 20, 2009. Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL) announced today that John McNamara, former Rockford Mayor and Vice President for College Development at Rockford College, has been named to the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance. The committee is an independent and bipartisan source of advice and[Read More…]
Weight Watchers Recalls Plush Hungry Figures and Magnets Due to Puncture Hazard
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 20, 2009. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. Name of product: Hungry Figures and Hungry Magnets Units: About[Read More…]
