Press release from GreenPeace and Fight Inequality Alliance, The Philippines and SE Asia, 22 February 2017 Manila, Philippines – Civil society and grassroots organizations from across Asia gathered in Manila on February 21-22 for a strategy meeting to discuss a global campaign against inequality. Calling themselves the Fight Inequality Alliance, the group believes that a global movement is needed to address …
Climate Conference with Justice Action Mobilization Network in NYC, March 10-11
This event is Presented By: Tisch School of the Arts, in association with Hip Hop Caucus and Justice Action Mobilization Network The Climate Action Conference will bring together diverse stakeholders on climate at a critically important time within our new political reality in America. Through the conference we intend to jump start new strategies for collaboration and communicating about climate …
10 ways the US can create jobs
March 6th, 2017, Originally published on The Climate Reality Project. This isn’t just about the climate crisis. It’s about investing in jobs for American workers. According to the White House’s energy plan, President Trump is committed to “help[ing] American workers, increasing wages,” and bringing “jobs and prosperity to millions of Americans.” But the president is approaching these goals the wrong …
Good wages, jobs, services, saved money, and governance by the people: a cooperative in DC shows the way
From our friends at Shareable, by Cat Johnson, 31 Jan 2017 — exciting news about new cooperative approaches. After 14 years of incarceration, seven of it in solitary confinement, Juan Reid found himself living in a van, unable to get a steady job, struggling with bills, addiction, and the residue of childhood trauma. As Reid puts it, he was “going down …
Remembering Berta Cáceres and what was so neat about her
Indigenous and environmental leader Berta Cáceres was murdered in her home in Honduras on March 2, 2016. (Photo: Goldman Enviornmental Foundation) Interview by Beverly Bell in Common Dreams, 2 Mar 2017 How do you see your mother’s legacy? Berta Zúñiga Cáceres: She didn’t view her role in a top-down way, as in “I’m saving the people,” but rather she recognized the …
Yankton Sioux Challenges ‘Plenary Power’ Doctrine in DAPL Case; U.S. Has violated Article VI of the Constitution
By Peter d’Errico • February 27, 2017, Originally posted at Indian Country Media Network The Yankton Sioux and their Chairman, Robert Flying Hawk, have broken new ground in litigation against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to protect the waters of the Missouri River from invasion and desecration by the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL): Their complaint challenges the federal Indian law concept …
Poverty leads to stress and increased cortisol which increases obesity
From Science Daily, 23 Feb 2017 People who suffer long-term stress (such as those in poverty, according to epidemiologists Pickett and Wilkison) may also be more prone to obesity, according to research by scientists at UCL which involved examining hair samples for levels of cortisol, a hormone which regulates the body’s response to stress. The paper, published in the journal …
Driving Fee Rolls Back Asthma Attacks in Stockholm
Study estimates that without new “congestion pricing” policy, kids would have suffered 45 percent more asthma attacks. Cross-posted from Inside Science. By Nala Rogers, 2 Feb 2017 Stockholm, Shutterstock (Inside Science) — Most people weren’t worried about air pollution in Stockholm, Sweden in 2006, according to Emilia Simeonova, an economist at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. The city already had …
The Injustice of Subsidizing Jobs People Can Only Reach By Driving
By Angie Schmitt Jan 13, 2017 on StreetsBlog Eaton Corporation used Port Authority funds to relocate its headquarters from downtown Cleveland to the nexus of several highways in the east side suburbs. Photo: Eaton Corporation The more far-flung the jobs in a region, the fewer are accessible via transit, biking, and walking — or even a short, inexpensive car commute. And yet, in many …
Why we should all have a basic income
Scott Santens, originally published at WEforum.org Consider for a moment that from this day forward, on the first day of every month, around $1,000 is deposited into your bank account — because you are a citizen. This income is independent of every other source of income and guarantees you a monthly starting salary above the poverty line for the rest of your …