Tag: democracy

Voting Information Websites Roundup – Midterms Edition

Election day is soon for Americans. Every election and every race are important. The midterm elections are especially important as they effect which party controls Congress. Each elected official matters.…

Celebrating Women-Many Voices Striving for Equality

On March 8 we celebrate International Women’s Day. This year’s theme is #Choosetochallenge. The IWD website challenges people to create videos that celebrate women and their varied voices. We can…

Human Rights Day – December 10

December 10 is Human Rights Day, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights begins “all human beings are born free and equal in…

Voting Information Websites Roundup

The 2020 US Election is especially important. From the presidential election all the way down to local races. One of the best things that we as citizens can do to…

Mabel Lee: Chinese American Pioneer for Suffrage

Mabel Lee: Chinese American Pioneer for Suffrage May 2020, Asian Pacific Heritage Month LPF Forgotten Heroines Series Since the 19th century in the U.S., persons of Asian heritage have often…

From Ferguson to Real Change

There has been a deluge of reporting and commentary on the killing of an unarmed black teen in the Ferguson suburb of St Louis, and on the protests that followed. …

Fast Tracking of the TPP

The little known Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) threatens to surrender our national, state and local sovereignty to corporate interests. This past Friday, legislation for Trade Promotion Authority, known as Fast Track, for the…

Nuclear Weapons: Status Quo, Reduction, or Elimination?

Here’s a fact that may prove disturbing to serious followers of Jesus, the Prince of Peace: more than 6,000 nuclear weapons exist in the USA today, ready for deployment. Nuclear…

Stop Gambling on Hunger!

Much of the current world food crisis and skyrocketing grocery bills have their roots in the deregulation of US commodity markets over the past 15 years. Without these controls, speculators…