Yearly Archives: 2016
Sheriff Openly Calls for Riots as Trump Says Election is ‘Rigged’
David Clarke tweeted that it’s “pitchforks and torches time.”
Bernie Sanders’ Tweet Causes Big Pharma Company’s Stock to Plummet
Ariad Pharmaceuticals' stock dropped $387 million in just one day.
What the Narcissists Have Done to Our Jobs and Health
The narcissists in Congress are preoccupied with their own security rather than on the securing of a strong society.
For Those Who Don’t Want to Vote for the Lesser of Two Evils
Ranked-choice voting is catching on, and Maine might become the first state to help citizens vote for candidates they actually want.
Trump: The Dress Rehearsal for Fascism
Our system of inverted totalitarianism has within it the seeds of an overt or classical fascism.
Learning to Claim Our Victories
Sometimes I think the politically engaged life is like surfing.
The 2017 Peace Calendar is Here!
There are very few things that we get more excited about each year at NationofChange than the release of the new year’s Peace Calendar. This year's calendar is simply amazing.
Toxic Politics Versus Better Economics
One hopes that enlightened political leadership takes the reins in time to make the needed mid-course corrections voluntarily, before unambiguous signs of economic and financial crisis force policymakers to scramble to minimize the damage.
ACLU & HRW Call to Decriminalize Drug Use and Possession After Documenting Arrests Every...
Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union released the findings Wednesday with a call for states and the federal government to decriminalize low-level drug offenses, which, it says—the report says, account for more arrests than any other crime.
The Great Barrier Reef and the Real Danger to the World’s Oceans
The Great Barrier Reef, the largest living structure on Earth, is on its death bed and will be lucky to survive just another 5 years. The culprit? It’s not what you think.