Warrant Served on Facebook is Overbroad and Violates First and Fourth Amendments, ACLU Argues in Court Filing BELLINGHAM, Wash. —(ENEWSPF)–March 8, 2017. The American Civil Liberties Union today filed a motion to quash a warrant issued to police to search a Facebook community page for a broad range of information[Read More…]
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On International Women’s Day, Chicago Women Workers Celebrate Victory Against Sexual Harassment
Chicago, IL –(ENEWSPF)–March 9, 2017. More than 50 child care providers, caregivers and house cleaners gathered Wednesday evening to speak out against the pervasive problem of sexual harassment in their work. Although the Illinois Domestic Workers Bill of Rights now offers the state’s first-ever sexual harassment protections for household workers,[Read More…]
Governor Rauner: ‘We Cannot Stay Silent on Hate’
IL Governor Rauner Rauner Administration Takes Steps to Combat Anti-Semitism and Strengthen Illinois’ Hate Crime Laws CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–March 8, 2017. Governor Bruce Rauner announced today at the Illinois Holocaust Museum Humanitarian Awards dinner a number of steps the administration is taking to combat hate crimes and growing anti-Semitism in Illinois.[Read More…]
Attorney General Sessions Directs Federal Prosecutors to Target Most Significant Violent Offenders
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 8, 2017. Attorney General Jeff Sessions today directed federal prosecutors nationwide to engage in a focused effort to investigate, prosecute and deter the most violent offenders. This builds on the announcement last week of the creation of the U.S. Department of Justice Task Force on Crime Reduction and[Read More…]
American Medical Association Says Republican’s American Health Care Act is Critically Flawed
CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–March 8, 2017. In a letter to congressional leaders, the American Medical Association (AMA) today outlined provisions of the American Health Care Act that would have an adverse impact on patients and the health of the nation. Largely due to the decline in health insurance coverage the bill would likely[Read More…]
American Society of Civil Engineers Releases 2017 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 9, 2017. Every family and business needs infrastructure to thrive – from the road you travel to work, to the pipes that deliver clean drinking water, to the inland waterways and rail that move goods from coast to coast. Our nation is at a crossroads. Deteriorating infrastructure is[Read More…]
Drug Policy Alliance: A *Day* Without A Woman?
Today I hold up the overlooked, forgotten and disappeared, all 110,000 of them, who are surviving behind bars. Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 8, 2017 By: Melissa Franqui A day without a woman? What about two weeks? What about three months ― a year even? These are the lengths of time that families[Read More…]
OUR REVOLUTION Group to Meet on Tuesday, March 28 in Flossmoor
Flossmoor, IL—(ENEWSPF)—March 9, 2017. The Bernie Sander’s campaign that evolved into OUR REVOLUTION is meeting again on Tuesday, March 28 at the Flossmoor Station Restaurant & Brewery, 1035 Sterling Avenue. The group will start gathering at 6:30 p.m. with the meeting beginning at 7 p.m. Come out and meet other progressives.[Read More…]
BREAKING: Trump Team Approved Carter Page’s Visit To Moscow
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 7, 2017 By TrumpResistance The shoes just keep on dropping for the Russian-friendly Trump administration. A new report has the details about how the Trump campaign KNEW of and APPROVED of Carter Page’s visit to Moscow: Lewandowski is walking this back, and issuing a non-denial, by the way[Read More…]
Trumpcare Goes Way Beyond Repealing the Affordable Care Act – It Guts Medicaid That’s Been in Place for 50 Years
“If Republicans thought facing their constituents during the February Congressional Recess was tough, just wait until the April recess. We aren’t going away.” Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 7, 2017. LeeAnn Hall, co-director of People’s Action, provided this statement responding to the health care legislation released Monday. Hall serves on the executive committee[Read More…]
