Category: SOCIAL JUSTICE
Making Transportation Safer for Women & Girls
Islamabad offers a free bus service to working women, students and teachers so that they will have reliable, safe and easy transportation across the city. Officials say the pink buses address transportation issues that often serve as a barrier to girls’ education. Islamabad launches free pink bus service for working women, students and teachers https://www.islamabadscene.com/islamabad-launches-free-pink-bus-service-for-working-women-students-and-teachers/ …
Native American Women Making Advances in Politics
More Native Americans sought public office in 2024 than ever before, and the numbers grow every year. Notably, most of the candidates are women. A record-breaking number of Native Americans are running for state and local office https://www.route-fifty.com/management/2024/09/record-breaking-number-native-americans-are-running-state-and-local-office/399692/ Related Reading
Who Stole Free Lunch & Why it Matters
What essentially was a 14-year pilot program shows that when kids of all incomes get healthy breakfasts and lunches for free at school, it’s a win-win for everyone. Kids get healthier and make better grades. Local school officials are relieved of the administrative burden. Parents benefit because they are relieved of the financial burden and…
The Ethics of ‘GLEANING’ Food After Harvest
Gleaning is the act of collecting leftover crops in the field after harvest. The practice, which dates to biblical times, is used today to provide fresh foods to those in need, and there are multiple organizations around the world that support it. In the United States, the National Gleaning Project works to connect modern gleaning…
INNOVATION: Aerial Piping Providing Clean Water in Kenya
An aerial piping system in Nairobi is providing clean, affordable water to a poverty-stricken neighborhood where waterborne illness is common. Diarrheal illnesses have been cut by more than 30 percent. In Kenya, One Solution to Contaminated Water Comes From Above https://undark.org/2024/08/13/kenya-clean-water-aerial-piping-system/ Related Reading
Ranked Voting: Can it Save Electoral Politics?
Advocates of a nationwide system of ranked voting claim it would it halt America’s downward spiral into extremism, gridlock and cross-partisan hatred. They say it reduces the incentive to be divisive as a strategy, and rewards bridge-building and broad appeal instead of attack ads, culture wars and exciting the base. Can ranked-choice voting heal our…
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STUDY: Trump’s Tax Plan is NOT the Answer
A new study of President-elect Trump’s tax plan shows it would drain money from 95 percent of households and funnel it to the top 5 percent. People in the lower and middle economic classes would face annual tax increases ranging from $600 to $1,800, while the top 1 per cent of earners would enjoy an…