“It is hard to overstate the significance of this historic announcement by the World Bank.” Alexandra Jacobo / NationofChange / News Report – December 13, 2017 World Bank Group president Jim Yong Kim at One Planet Summmit: “We’re working with partners to put the right policies in place, get market forces moving in the… Continue reading
December 15, 2017 (theonion.com) CAMBRIDGE, MA— Expressing continued bafflement at the practical knowledge and proficiency required to construct the massive structure, leading historians announced Friday that they remained unsure how Americans managed to build the Hoover Dam. “Decades into researching this tremendous feat of engineering, the question of how Americans… Continue reading
From: Sam Clune Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2017 Subject: Aquatic Park needs basic stuff. Thank you To: Berkeley Homeless Support Food. We need food. We just do. Toilet paper. Luxury good, paper towels. Sorry to bother you all but we are running out of canned soup even. Thank you for… Continue reading
A New York lawmaker has introduced four bills covering blockchain, making it one of several states to consider the issue in 2017. BY ELIZABETH ZIMA / DECEMBER 15, 2017 (govtech.com) SHUTTERSTOCK Horrified by reports that the Russians might have hacked voting machines and the fact that one county lost a high number of… Continue reading
Hiram Johnson CALIFORNIA NURSES ASSOCIATION· TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2017 San Francisco Chronicle on December 8, 2017 With House Speaker Paul Ryan pledging to push major Medicare cuts to reduce the added $1 trillion in federal debt created by the huge tax gifts for corporations and the super-rich proposed in versions… Continue reading
By Matier & Ross (sfchronicle.com) December 10, 2017 An image from “Riot: Civil Unrest.” Just in time for Christmas, the Occupy Oakland riots of 2011 have been immortalized in a new video game simulator called, “Riot: Civil Unrest.” Players can be police, and choose “whether to use smoke grenades, rubber and… Continue reading
As many of you know, I have written a book, WAGING PEACE: Global Adventures of a Lifelong Activist. I share stories of my peacemaking adventures and the power of active nonviolence around the world.. My hope in the book is to help give people hope that we can make a difference… Continue reading
December 15, 2017 by Common Dreams Trump slipped up and (correctly) called the GOP plan the “biggest tax increase” in American history. by Jake Johnson, staff writer President Donald Trump speaks to members of the White House Press Corps prior to his Marine One departure from the South Lawn of the White… Continue reading
