It is too easy…really
CNN investigators demonstrate in this video just how easy it is to buy guns without showing ID or any paperwork. This is what will continue to happen unless stricter gun control laws are put in place...
View ArticleThe World Has Voted…Not!
The tweet proudly proclaimed: Enthusiastic and passionate but over-hyped. Don’t get me wrong. The survey being conducted at http://www.myworld2015.org/ is a great idea (and a good PR exercise) but it...
View ArticleSupport Senator Kirsten Gillibrand!
“In this tough economy, a family losing this access to food assistance would be devastating. More than half of food stamp recipients are children, eight percent are seniors and unfortunately, as many...
View ArticleRiot police and tear gas are not the answer!
As I watch events in Turkey unfold in real time on CNN, I am filled with horror and utter disgust at the Turkish Government’s brutal and senseless response to the demonstrators at Taksim Square in...
View ArticleDraft Outcome Document of MDGs Summit 2013
Ahead of the Special Event on the Millennium Development Goals to be held at the United Nations in New York on 25 September 2013, member states have been undertaking consultations on the draft outcome...
View ArticleWatch Malala at the United Nations!
Today, Malala Yousafzai will mark her 16th birthday by coming to the UN to give her first high-level public appearance and statement on the importance of education. Malala Yousufza will present the...
View ArticleThis is how democracy can flourish!
Reposted from Free Arabs website. His name is Ali Ahmed, age 12 and a half. He was interviewed in October 2012 by Egyptian newspaper El Wady, after huge demonstrations against then-president Mohammed...
View ArticleChocolate and destruction of Orangutan habitat
Many types of Halloween candy — and lots of other packaged foods in the United States — contain palm oil, much of which is farmed in Malaysia and Indonesia, where orangutans live. Wild forests that...
View ArticleThe Case of the Central Park Five
Who are the Central Park Five? They are the five men—four black and one of Hispanic descent, juveniles at the time of their arrest—who were tried and convicted for the assault and rape of a female...
View ArticleThe problem with education in the United States
For most of American history, parents could expect that their children would, on average, be much better educated than they were. But that is no longer true. This development has serious consequences...
View ArticleBuy some happiness!
Religions and self-help books tell us that money can’t buy happiness. For example, what happens to most people when they win the lottery? It turns out people think when they win the lottery their lives...
View ArticleEnd the senseless slaughter now!
BE WARNED: PICTURES IN THIS POST ARE VERY GRAPHIC. PLEASE EXERCISE DISCRETION The Gadhimai festival is the world’s biggest animal sacrifice conducted at the Gadhimai temple area in central Madhesh of...
View ArticleOklahoma budget cuts target poor and education
In an effort to cover an estimated $1.3 billion State budget deficit, Oklahoma lawmakers approved budget cuts that hit the State’s poor and vulnerable population! Despite pleas from more than 140...
View ArticleOctober 17th Commemoration 2016
Background of the Day The observance of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty can be traced back to 17 October 1987. On that day, over a hundred thousand people gathered at the Trocadéro...
View ArticleMessage–International Committee for October 17
This is the message of the International Committee for October 17 to mark the commemoration of the United Nations International Day for the Eradication of Poverty and the World Day for Overcoming...
View ArticleReactions to Parisexit
The reaction to the decision to withdraw the US from the Paris Climate Change accord has been deafening. Unfortunately, these tirades fall on the deaf ears of the unholy climate-change denying...
View ArticleOctober 17 – Concept Note
This year marks the 25th Anniversary of the United Nations International Day for theEradication of Poverty which is observed on October 17 each year. This year also marks the 30th Anniversary of the...
View ArticleParticipation: What a day on poverty can achieve
H I G H – L E V E L P O L I T I C A L F O R U M 2 0 1 7 — S I D E E V E N T Participation: What a Day to End Poverty Can Accomplish You are cordially […]
View ArticleReclaiming policies for the public
Spotlight on Sustainable Development 2017 In the 2030 Agenda governments committed to a revitalized Global Partnership between States and declared that public finance has to play a vital role in...
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