Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—June 28, 2018 By: Kelly Magsamen and Michael Fuchs President Donald Trump is disrespecting America’s closest allies and embracing the world’s most brutal dictators, charting a dangerous course that is destroying the foundations of U.S. foreign policy, according to a new analysis from the Center for American Progress.[Read More…]
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Unlocked and Loaded: Families Confront Dementia and Guns (Videos)
CALIFORINIA—(ENEWSPF)—June 28, 2018 By: JoNel Aleccia and Melissa Bailey With a bullet in her gut, her voice choked with pain, Dee Hill pleaded with the 911 dispatcher for help. “My husband accidentally shot me,” Hill, 75, of The Dalles, Ore., groaned on the May 16, 2015, call. “In the stomach,[Read More…]
Why Families Flee Central America to the United States
Gangs Threaten Children, Parents NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—June 26, 2018 By: Zama Neff Maria* and Carlos* never wanted to leave Honduras with their three children, they told me. But then gangs began threatening Carlos and their 13-year-old son Eddy*. The family moved houses, but one evening masked men came to their little[Read More…]
The False Choice Between Family Separation and Detention
ICE Has Abandoned an Effective Alternative That Keeps Families Free NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—June 26, 2018 By: Clara Long As US President Donald Trump ended his appalling mass family separation policy on the US southern border, he claimed a false choice: the US government either needs to separate families that cross the[Read More…]
Troubled Housing Market Demands a Different Way to Measure Inflation
Washington, DC —(ENEWSPF)—June 26, 2018 Contact: Karen Conner Using the wrong measure of inflation could result in the Federal Reserve Board (Fed) raising interest rates prematurely, needlessly keeping people out of work and undermining the intention of its 2.0 percent average inflation target. That warning, as well as a solution, is[Read More…]
More Than 140 Organizations Condemn President Trump’s Call to Execute People for Nonviolent Drug Offenses
UN to Release Annual “World Drug Report” While Reformers Rally Worldwide; Groups Accuse Singapore of Using False Drug Use Data to Justify Death Penalty Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 26, 2018 Contact: David Borden A growing coalition with over 140 organizations as of this writing has condemned President Trump’s call to institute the[Read More…]
Report Links Poor Medical Care to Deaths in ICE Detention
WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)—June 21, 2018 Contact: ACLU Media Poor medical treatment contributed to more than half the deaths reported by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for a 16-month period, Human Rights Watch, the American Civil Liberties Union, Detention Watch Network, and National Immigrant Justice Center said in a report released today.[Read More…]
What’s in the Administration’s 5-Part Plan for Medicare Part D and its Impact for Beneficiaries and Program Savings?
CALIFORNIA—(ENEWSPF)—June 21, 2018 By: Juliette Cubanski Introduction Today more than 43 million older adults and people with disabilities have prescription drug coverage under Medicare Part D. Part D helps people with Medicare afford their medications by subsidizing the purchase of drug coverage from private stand-alone prescription drug plans (PDPs) and[Read More…]
House Republicans’ Immigration Bills Hurt Women and Children, Says Center for American Progress Column
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—June 19, 2018 By: Philip E. Wolgin and Nicole Prchal Svajlenka The U.S. House of Representatives will vote on two immigration bills this week under the premise of helping Dreamers, but a new CAP column finds that the Rep. Bob Goodlatte’s (R-VA) Securing America’s Future Act and Speaker[Read More…]
Amnesty International: Policy of Separating Children from Parents is Nothing Short of Torture
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 19, 2018 By: Amnesty International Communications The sickening images of children cruelly separated from their parents and held in cages as a result of Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ policy of ‘zero-tolerance’ will leave an indelible stain on the reputation of the USA, said Amnesty International today. “This is[Read More…]