HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 27 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut issued the following news release: A state court judge late last night dismissed the lawsuit brought by the ACLU of Connecticut on behalf of the Connecticut Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (CCDLA) and six people who are incarcerated seeking emergency action to prevent the spread of COVID-19 by reducing the number of people who are incarcerated in Connecticut Department of Correction (DOC) prisons and jails  more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- The American Federation of Teachers issued the following news release on April 28: AFT members from around the country have filed 40 Occupational Safety and Health Administration complaints as part of a "Do Your Job OSHA" National Day of Action to highlight the agency's refusal to investigate employers placing workers at grave risk of infection and death from the coronavirus. The complaints across 10 states--New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Ohio, Wisconsin, Montana, O  more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- The Blinded Veterans Association issued the following news release: March 28, 2020 was to be a day to remember in the annals of BVA's history, just as it was 75 years before--to the very day. It will still be a day to remember, just not the way it was originally intended to be remembered. On March 28, 1945, at 8:45 a.m., approximately 100 young men who had recently lost their sight in World War II combat gathered for a meeting at the Department of Defense's Avon Old Far  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The Free Press issued the following news release on April 29: On Wednesday, 12 partner organizations jointly delivered more than 110,000 petition signatures to the U.S. Congress. The petitions call for upcoming rounds of COVID-19 stimulus legislation to ensure that internet and phone services are available to all during the pandemic. Advocates delivered the petitions during a live online event featuring remarks by Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut), Sen. Ed Markey   more

VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia, May 2 -- Operation Blessing International issued the following news on May 1: Josie and Danny both grew up in the church as pastors' children. Not surprisingly, they entered parenthood with a passion to raise their own kids as servant leaders, as well as to fight hunger. But they didn't realize the challenges they'd face along the way. "It's been a journey," as they put it. Early in their marriage the couple chose to follow in their parents' footsteps by pastoring a  more

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, April 30 -- Save the Children issued the following news release: The resurgence of swarms of desert locusts - with more expected to hatch in May - coupled with the impact of COVID-19 and a return of flood season, will devastate the chances of survival for malnourished children in Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya, Save the Children warns. This month, communities across the Horn of Africa, which are already reeling from the impact of COVID-19, are contending with new swarms of  more

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, April 28 -- Save the Children issued the following news release: With COVID-19 cases having been registered among refugee and local communities in Lebanon, Save the Children and its partners are refurbishing a restaurant, a factory and seven other buildings so they can be used as isolation centers. It is also turning empty tents in refugee settlements in the Bekaa valley into isolation units, so that patients can self-isolate within the camps. Thousands of vulnerable fa  more