WASHINGTON, April 28 [Category: Union] -- The AFL-CIO AFSCME (American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees) issued the following news release: * * * AFSCME's Saunders: Alexis Herman was a trailblazer in every sense of the word WASHINGTON - AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement in memory of Alexis Herman, the U.S. Secretary of Labor under President Bill Clinton and the first African American to hold the position: "Alexis Herman was a trailblazer in ev more PR

ITHACA, New York, April 28 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Ballet icon to deliver Senior Convocation address May 22 Misty Copeland, who in 2015 became the first Black woman to be named principal dancer of the American Ballet Theatre, will give the keynote address at Senior Convocation on May 22, from 1-2:30 p.m. in Barton Hall., Click to open gallery view Misty Copeland The student-run 2025 Convocation Committee announced the selection April 28 during a senior class more PR

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Rep. Brian Mast, R-Florida, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on April 30, 2025: * * * Chairman Mast Delivers Opening Remarks at Hearing on State Department Authorization WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast delivered opening remarks at a full committee hearing titled, "The Need for an Authorized State Department." -Remarks- As I said, I called this hearing really to establish a s more PR

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, May 2 -- Marquette University issued the following news release: * * * Marquette University Diederich College of Communication announces 2025-26 O'Brien Fellows in Public Service Journalism The J. William and Mary Diederich College of Communication at Marquette University has announced the next class of journalists joining the O'Brien Fellowship in Public Service Journalism. The fellowship teams up Marquette student journalists with reporters for nine-month investigatio more PR

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * New report shines light on FDA's cover up--gross failure to protect women from significant harms caused by chemical abortion pill Smith says FDA's removal of needed safeguards under Biden ignored real dangers and misled women Following a report published by the Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC) finding that one in 10 women who take the chemical abortion pill mifepristone experience a serious ad more PR