Politics Archive
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 15, 2015 Contacts Michael McDunnah, Project Vote 202-905-1397 / mmcdunnah@projectvote.org Hayley Home, Morrison Foerster 415-268-6021 / hhome@mofo.com Donté Donald, Demos 212-485-6062 / ddonald@demos.org Allison Riggs, Southern Coalition for Social Justice 919-323-3380 ext. 117 / allison@southerncoalition.org Stacie …
The Alabama chapter of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) held its Annual State Conference last week with the theme: Answering the Call for Cause and Community. Social workers in Alabama, like many others, are beginning to understand that …
Via freedigitalphotos.net STUDENT VOICES By: Philippa Girling The Occupy Wall Street movement was ‘a constructive failure.’ It fizzled out after ‘failing to create the social change that it set out to achieve.’ These are not my words; they are …
Corroral Missile in front of the Center Exchange, 1957. Photo via NYPL Digital Archives. STUDENT VOICES By: Kayla Giampaolo On July …
Those of us who have been around for a few decades can remember when having this day to reflect on the transformative life of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. appeared to be another dream just beyond our grasp. But …
There were a few troubling findings in the survey of the nation’s millennial population recently released by the Institute on Politics (IOP) at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School. C-SPAN’s Washington Journal’s Monday morning segment focused on the fact that …
When you think about it, the concept of “one person, one vote” is relatively new to the American experience. It was not until 1920 that the 19th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified giving women in the United States the …
Putting ourselves in the situation of people who lived years ago in a different historical place and time is a challenge. For example, before technological advances in medicine such as penicillin, common infections,wounds, and injuries would often proven to be …
I was in London when the Newtown massacre occurred. As a father of four and like so many others, the event devastated me and left me searching for answers. Realizing my American status, some Brits would ask me how Americans …
Australia is typically seen as a rough country, filled with crocodile hunters and deadly animals at every turn. It might be assumed that this down-under country would side with pro-gun groups in the wake of the shooting. Prior to 1996 …
