Defendants Would Pay a Total of $438,000 in Redress and another $438,000 in Civil Penalties WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—April 14, 2015. Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that, together with the Navajo Nation, it is taking action against companies and individuals who operated an illegal tax-refund scheme. The scheme[Read More…]
Day: April 14, 2015
de Blasio Administration To Make Substantial Reforms to Non-Criminal Summons System in NYC
Common Sense Changes Will Make Summons System Easier to Navigate and More Transparent, and Will Allow City to Track and Address Racial Disparities; Changes Announced After Months of Negotiations with Community and Advocacy Groups New York —(ENEWSPF)—April 14, 2015. Today the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice (MOCJ) announced plans to revise[Read More…]
Historic Hearing on Reparations for Burge Torture Survivors
Mayor’s Office Announces Support for Reparations Legislation; Supporters Pack City Council chambers Chicago, IL –(ENEWSPF)—April 14, 2015. This morning, members of Chicago Torture Justice Memorials (CTJM), Amnesty International, USA and representatives of the Mayor’s Office announced an agreement on a reparations package for survivors of torture by Chicago Police Commander[Read More…]
Ebola Vaccine Trial Begins in Sierra Leone
6,000 health and other frontline workers will receive vaccine in five districts of the country Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–April 14, 2015. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in partnership with the Sierra Leone College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences (COMAHS) and the Sierra Leone Ministry of Health and Sanitation[Read More…]
Black Youth Project 100 Chicago to Rally for Black Fast Food Workers on Wednesday, April 15
Demands include fair wages, union rights for Black workers CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)-April 14, 2015. On Wednesday, April 15, The Black Youth Project 100 (BYP100) Chicago Chapter will join the nation’s largest low-wage worker mobilization effort in history. In coordination with the Fight for $15 national day of action, BYP100 will host[Read More…]
April 14 National Day to STOP MURDER by POLICE #ShutDownA14
The answer to police murder of Eric Harris, Walter Scott, Michael Brown, Eric Garner and thousands more unarmed Black and Latino people…will be delivered in the streets! CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—April 13, 2014. On April 14 2015: The people will retake the offensive in the FIRST NATIONAL PROTESTS since fall 2014. On Tuesday,[Read More…]