Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—June 18, 2018 By: Colleen Kraft, MD, MBA, FAAP, President, American Academy of Pediatrics “The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) strongly opposes the Border Security and Immigration Reform Act, which was released by the U.S. House of Representatives leadership today. Instead of putting children first by[Read More…]
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Watching as US Officials Take Children from Their Parents
The Horror of Sessions’ ‘Zero Tolerance’ Immigration Policy TEXAS—(ENEWSPF)—June 18, 2018 By: Michael Garcia Bochenek, Senior Counsel, Children’s Rights Division, Human Rights Watch Sitting across from me in an immigration holding cell in McAllen, Texas, the 24-year-old woman told me a familiar story. Her town in Honduras is plagued by[Read More…]
Michelle Obama on Laura Bush Op-ed: ‘Sometimes Truth Transcends Party’
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 18, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser Former first lady Michelle Obama joined Laura Bush and Melania Trump by weighing in on the controversy surrounding the Trump administration’s practice of separating undocumented children from their parents at the southern border. “Sometimes truth transcends party,” Obama said in a tweet responding to Bush,[Read More…]
Former First Lady Laura Bush Calls Family Separations Cruel And Immoral
TEXAS—(ENEWSPF)—June 18, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser Former first lady Laura Bush issued statement about the Trump Administration’s immigration policy on Sunday, calling family separations at the U.S. border with Mexico “immoral” and drawing parallels to World War II internment camps. Bush’s editorial in The Washington Post mirrored growing criticism of[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Comments on Trump Administration’s Inhumane Immigration Policies
Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—June 18, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser Attorney General Lisa Madigan issued the following statement in response to the Trump Administration’s immigration policies that separate families at the border and turn away survivors of domestic violence: “It’s painful to think of anything more barbaric and unforgiving than tearing children away from[Read More…]
Stephen Colbert Addresses Trump’s Cruel Immigration Policy of Separating Immigrant Parents from Their Children
OREGON—(ENEWSPF)—June 15, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser Stephen Colbert took time from his late night comedy show yesterday to offer an incensed rebuke to reports that the Trump administration is separating immigrant parents from their children in an effort to deter individuals from crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally. Colbert said, ″This[Read More…]
Fewer U.S. High School Students Having Sex, Using Drugs
Too Many Still at Risk for HIV & Sexually Transmitted Diseases Atlanta, GA—(ENEWSPF)—June 15, 2018 Contact: National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention The 2017 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) paints a promising picture about the drug and sexual behaviors U.S. high school students report, but[Read More…]
Trump Targets U.S. Climate and Energy Data, Putting Science at Risk, Center for American Progress Report Says
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—June 14, 2018 By: Luke Bassett, Kristina Costa, and Lia Cattaneo The Trump administration is working to undermine federal programs that gather scientific data on climate and energy, part of a disturbing effort to erode public confidence in climate science, according to a new report from the Center[Read More…]
How America Got Hooked On A Deadly Drug
An inside look at how Purdue Pharma pushed OxyContin despite risks of addiction and fatalities. CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–June 13, 2018 By: Fred Schulte Purdue Pharma left almost nothing to chance in its whirlwind marketing of its new painkiller OxyContin. From 1996 to 2002, Purdue pursued nearly every avenue in the drug supply[Read More…]
Lead Contamination in Schools’ Drinking Water: Worse than Previously Thought
Groups call for swift action to Get the Lead Out Boston, Mass.—(ENEWSPF)—June 14, 2018 Contact: Kara Cook-Schultz Lead contamination in our schools is more pervasive than previously thought, according to water testing data from 20 states published in a national interactive map by Environment America and U.S. PIRG today. As schools begin[Read More…]