WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 14, 2016 – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, last night decried the appointment of anti-Muslim conspiracy theorist and White nationalist “alt-right” extremist Stephen Bannon as chief strategist and senior counselor to President-elect Donald Trump. Bannon, formerly head of[Read More…]
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DePaul University Cyber-Risk Conference on Nov. 29 Confronts ‘The Speed of Change’
DePaul University’s third annual cyber-risk conference titled “The Speed of Change” will confront the issues of a rapidly changing landscape. The conference will be held Nov. 29, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Room 8005 of the DePaul Center, 1 E. Jackson Blvd. (Image by iStock) CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–November 14, 2016[Read More…]
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Approves Michigan Plan to Abate Lead Hazards from Flint and Other Impacted Areas in the State with Federal Support
Baltimore, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–November 14, 2016. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) approved a Michigan State Plan Amendment (SPA) today that uses federal and state funding to expand lead abatement activities in the impacted areas of Flint and other areas in Michigan. This targeted and time-limited effort will complement other[Read More…]
New ‘Carbon Trap’ Report: G20 Nations Financed $76 Billion in Coal Development Worldwide
With plans to finance at least $24 billion more, dirty fuel investment guarantees decades of climate pollution and undermines Paris climate agreement goals and shift to clean energy WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–November 14, 2016. In a glaring conflict with their global climate commitments, the world’s largest economies are continuing to pour billions[Read More…]
Your Weekend in Trump: Paranoia, Racism, and ‘Go To Another State’
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 14, 2016 By Mark Sumner When it comes to spreading fear, divisiveness and discord, Donald Trump works weekends. As Trump moves toward the day of actually painting the White House whiter, he’s begun filling in his cabinet positions. The announcement that perennial Republican whipping boy Reince Priebus would be taking[Read More…]
Cancers Linked to Tobacco Use Make Up 40% of All Cancers Diagnosed in the United States
Adult cigarette smoking is down, but tobacco use is still the most preventable cause of cancer Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–November 14, 2016. Forty percent of cancers diagnosed in the U.S. may have a link to tobacco use, according to this month’s Vital Signs Report. Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of[Read More…]
DoD Identifies Army Casualties, Nov. 14, 2016
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 14, 2016. The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Freedom’s Sentinel. They died Nov. 12 of injuries sustained from an improvised explosive device in Bagram, Afghanistan. The soldiers were assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st[Read More…]
National Nurses United to Hold First Broad Post-Election Rally – Thursday, Nov. 17 in DC; Sen. Bernie Sanders to Join Day of Action
As Labor, Environmental, Consumer Groups Unite To Press Agenda of Social, Economic Justice and Equality Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 14, 2016. Sen. Bernie Sanders will join with a broad array of labor, environmental, healthcare, consumer and other advocacy groups in Washington DC Thursday, November 17, to promote a people’s agenda and a common[Read More…]
Jewish Voice for Peace On Choice of White Supremacist, Anti-Semitic, Islamophobe Stephen Bannon as Chief Strategist
CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–November 14, 2016. On Sunday November 13, President-elect Donald Trump announced Stephen Bannon, executive chairman of Breitbart News as his choice for chief strategist in the White House. Jewish Voice for Peace offers the following statement for publication: Rabbi Alissa Wise, Jewish Voice for Peace Deputy Director: In President-elect Donald[Read More…]
Supermoon and Expedition 50 Soyuz
KAZAKHSTAN–(ENEWSPF)–November 14, 2016. The moon, or supermoon, is seen rising behind the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad in Kazakhstan, Monday, November 14, 2016. NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos, and European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome to[Read More…]
