Decentralized Ask Me Anything with Democracy Earth – Join us!

With more and more people curtailing the use of centralized social media apps, we think it’s important to offer our community new channels for keeping abreast of developments at Democracy Earth. We’ve joined forces with Stealthy, another dApp on the Blockstack network, for a special decentralized Ask Me Anything event… Continue reading

National Popular Vote

National Popular Vote

  NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE  The National Popular Vote bill would guarantee the Presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.  It would make every vote for President equal throughout the United States.  It would guarantee that every voter in every state matters in every presidential election. The shortcomings of the current… Continue reading

San Francisco Giants owner’s Hyde-Smith donation sparks calls for team boycott

“In no way does the Giants organization condone any racist and hateful language by anyone,” San Francisco Giants President & CEO Laurence M. Baer said in a statement. | Robert Reiners/Getty Images ELECTIONS By CARLA MARINUCC 11/26/2018 06:01 PM EST (Politico.com) SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco Giants have fouled out… Continue reading

Alexandria Oscasio-Cortez wants to replace Columbus Day with a voting holiday.

Alexandria Oscasio-Cortez wants to replace Columbus Day with a voting holiday.

NOVEMBER 19, 2018 (upworthy.com) by Eric Pfeiffer Photo by Rick Loomis/Getty Images It’s time to turn Columbus Day into something we can all feel good about as Americans. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hasn’t even taken office yet but she’s already steadily making waves on Capitol Hill. Her latest proposal is an idea that could… Continue reading

Extinction Rebellion

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Extinction Rebellion Named after Holocene extinction Motto Fight for life Rebel for life Formation 31 October 2018; 25 days ago Type Civil society campaign Purpose Climate change mitigation Nature conservation Environmental protection Region United Kingdom Methods Nonviolent direct action Fields Conservation movement Environmental movement Affiliations Rising… Continue reading

‘Entirely Preventable’ Deaths of 85,000 Yemeni Children Is Part of What Trump Has Embraced With ‘America First’ Allegiance to Saudis

November 21, 2018 by Common Dreams “For children under the age of five this situation is proving a death sentence.” by Jessica Corbett, staff writer The London-based NGO Save the Children estimates some 85,000 children under the age of five have died in Yemen due to starvation over the past three years…. Continue reading

Here’s the Dire Climate Report the Trump White House Didn’t Want You to See

November 23, 2018 by Common Dreams “The decision to release this damning report when families are beginning to celebrate the holidays and newsrooms are short-staffed is a brazen attempt to bury the truth.” by Jake Johnson, staff writer A house burns during the Woolsey Fire on November 9, 2018 in Malibu, California…. Continue reading