Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– In the wake of Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination as a Supreme Court justice, media have echoed conservatives’ claim that her position in the New Haven firefighters case, Ricci v. DeStefano, shows that she is an “activist” judge. For example, Keith Perine wrote in a May 26 Congressional Quarterly Today[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– A May 26 Politico article reported, “President Barack Obama’s first Supreme Court nominee, Second District Appeals Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor, began taking hits from the right as her nomination was announced Tuesday morning.” Politico cited former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee asserting, “The notion that appellate court decisions are[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Three Rich East students have placed in the top three in their category of the 2008-2009 Write to Achieve! contest sponsored by the Black McDonald’s Operators Association of Chicago. All three students are sophomores and will be juniors in the coming school year. Christian Dickens won the[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– In his May 27 Washington Post column, George Will baselessly claimed that Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor “embraces identity politics, including the idea of categorical representation: A person is what his or her race, ethnicity, gender, or sexual preference is, and members of a particular category can[Read More…]

ROCHESTER, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–As the economic crisis continues around the globe, adults in the five largest European countries and the U.S. have different ideas about what it will mean for their retirement and their pensions or retirement savings. Seven in ten Germans (71%) and majorities of French (54%) and Spanish (53%)[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– In reports on President Obama’s choice of 2nd U.S. Circuit Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor as his nominee to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice David Souter, CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC all took comments Sotomayor made on the role of the circuit court during a February 25, 2005, Duke[Read More…]

Austin, TX–(ENEWSPF)– Today Soulforce joins millions of Americans in expressing our deep disappointment over the California Supreme Court’s decision to deny marriage to same-sex couples. While we are pleased that the marriages of over 18,000 couples in 2008 will remain intact, we are outraged by the decision on Proposition 8.[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, responded to the California Supreme Court’s split 6-1 decision today ruling that Proposition 8, the narrowly approved measure which eliminated the right of same-sex couples to marry, is valid.  As a result[Read More…]

Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Chicago’s Prairie Avenue Gallery will host a Pride Show in honor of gay pride month in Chicago. The opening reception will be Sunday, June 7, noon-4 p.m., with food, music and mingling with the artists. The gallery is housed in the Prairie Avenue Historic District, in the Keith[Read More…]

SPRINGFIELD, Ill.–(ENEWSPF)–May 26, 2009.  A Chicago-area resident has died from complications related to H1N1 influenza, the first death linked to this novel flu virus in Illinois, Dr. Damon T. Arnold, director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, announced Monday. Dr. Arnold said that in addition to having H1N1 influenza,[Read More…]