A LOOK AT EARTH DAY ON APRIL 22, 1970 More than 100,000 New Yorkers celebrated the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970, forming the largest gathering in the nationwide celebration. New Yorkers flocked to Union Square for speeches and concerts. Mayor John V. Lindsay closed Fifth Avenue to …
Shareholders Push Facebook and Google on Fake News
For Immediate Release February 2, 2017 Shareholders Push Facebook and Google on Fake News Investors Call on World’s Largest Social Network and Search Platform to Review the Impact of Fake News Policy Issues and Related Hate Speech on Company Business and Our Democracy BOSTON (February 2, 2017) – Concerned …
Waking up from an American dream
The weekend didn’t bring much rest, to put it lightly. Chaos reigned from airports to board rooms as the world grappled with President Trump’s executive order on refugees and immigration. It opened up legal nightmares, generated corporate pledges to hire refugees, and sparked protests that drew some immigrants …
GOOG: U.S. firms push back against immigration ban
GOOG :U.S. firms push back against immigration ban 4:33 am, Mon, Jan. 30, 2017 Read now »
Trump’s Real Role Model | Why Build A Wall? | Brazil’s Big Dams
January 29, 2017 Rethinking America Trump’s Amazing International Role Model: Rodrigo Duterte The Phillipines’ new President, not Russia’s Putin, is the international leader closest to Trump’s heart and mind. | By Philip Bowring Why Donald Trump Does Not Need to Build a Wall The right kind of PR stage-managing could …
Trump’s Global Gag a Devastating Blow for Women’s Rights
________________________________________ Trump’s Global Gag a Devastating Blow for Women’s Rights Erika Guevara-Rosas The image of a group of men in suits making decisions about the rights of women is becoming an emblematic sign of the backlash against our human rights, particularly those related to women’s bodily integrity and reproductive and …
From “My Way” to Our Way – The Women’s March on Washington
From “My Way” to Our Way: The Women’s March on Washington What a fitting song Donald Trump chose for his first dance as President of the United States at Friday night’s Inaugural Ball – “My Way.” Poor Melania didn’t look as if she was having fun. I expect she might have …
CAPTAIN TRUMP SEIZES THE HELM OF THE TITANIC
CAPTAIN TRUMP SEIZES THE HELM OF THE TITANIC New evidence on a famous disaster offers key lessons for 2017[1] Titanic leaves for sea trials on April 2 1912, by Harland & Wolff official photographer (via Wikipedia) One of the most intriguing women I encountered in the last century was a …
AT CAPE TOWN FORUM, UN WOMEN AND PARTNERS SEEK WAYS TO CLOSE GENDER DATA GAPS
New York Jan 17 2017 6:00PM UN News Centre with breaking news from the UN News Service Purna Sen, the Director of Policy Division at UN Women, center, addresses a panel discussion, titled “Gender Data for Decision-making: Strengthening the Links,” at the UN World Data Forum on 17 January 2017. Photo: …
Women for Climate Justice To Raise Their Voices at the Women’s March on Washington
January 18th, 2017 Media Contact: Emily Arasim, Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network +1 (505) 920-0153 [email protected] Women for Climate Justice To Raise Their Voices at the Women’s March on Washington WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 18, 2017) – On Saturday January 21, 2017, the day after the inauguration of U.S. President-elect …