Village Green: New Retail Model Promotes Equity
Perhaps heralding a new trend toward what social observer Suzie Boss, writing in the Stanford Social Innovation Review, has called “retailing with heart,” a bakery and restaurant has begun offering...
View ArticleDemographic Inversion: White City Center / Black and Brown 'Burbs
I live in Harlem. That is to say, I live in what was fairly recently Harlem. Now the real estateniks, eager to sell or rent all the new "luxury apartments" that have sprung up like multi-story...
View ArticleUpdated: NOM Strategist Comes Out For Marriage Equality
Sorry for the short diary, but I wanted to get this up before I head out to a long afternoon of meetings. That is not a typo and you are not hallucinating. Louis J. Marinelli, a (now former)...
View ArticleStudents Leading the Way In Moving Beyond Coal
Nationwide young people are working to move their college campuses and communities beyond coal to clean energy solutions - and they are winning. In the past few weeks we’ve seen three colleges decide...
View ArticleChristianism behind Ivory Coast war?
In an internationally-supervised election last fall, incumbent Laurent Gbagbo lost re-election as President of Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire) to Alassane Ouattara. The electoral commission certified the...
View ArticleRick-Rolled Oregon legislature?
There is so much heady stuff going right now in Washington with a looming shut-down in Wisconsin with a sudden;y over Supreme Court Race and then I came across this -and I just had to smile -I totally...
View ArticleThe Recount Fees Will Not Cost Too Much
In this diary by Cieren, Why Prosser needed EXACTLY - +7500 - votes, it is claimed that: So they couldn't just give Prosser a couple hundred to put him barely in the lead by 40. They had to give him...
View ArticleHas anybody checked Waukashau's Phantom Precincts?
Okay, I admit it, I'm one of those EST nerds who stayed up past midnight constantly refreshing DKOS to get the latest election returns on Tuesday. Like everybody else I was worried about Waukashau's...
View ArticleWages Skyrocketing 51 PERCENT!...Oh, Sorry, Only For Jamie Dimon and CEOs
The answer is no, I'm not surprised. But, we must never lose the sense of outrage or simply shrug because "it's just the way it is". Never. The absolute Audacity of Greed has to be challenged every...
View ArticleGovernment Shutdown = Preview
Certain citizens of the USA, especially Tea Baggers and followers of Grover Norquist's "drown it in the bathtub" philosophy, should love a government shutdown. It will be a great preview for all of us...
View ArticlePink Ribbon Facts & The Federal Budget
WARNING: This diary is written on behalf of breast & cervical cancer survivors, past, present and future. Because it places the interests of breast & cervical cancer patients first and...
View ArticleWhen injustice HITS HOME!
The American Dream Has Turned Into The American Nightmare (States tangle with teacher tenure--As momentum for school reform grows and state budgets continue to shrink, the system of teacher tenure is...
View ArticleNATO didn't know rebels used tanks
As someone who was part of the 24th Infantry Division in Desert Storm, I wondered how the Libyans and NATO were communicating and coordinating their missions. Apparently, they’re not coordinating very...
View ArticleGive It Up For The Tea Party!
Everybody loves a party...and this is going to be a big one! Let's all join the Tea Party for tonight's celebration. You are all invited!! (applause!) It's time we all sit down, shut up and agree with...
View ArticleBrookfield WI numbers NOT adding up...
So I'm looking at the election numbers reported for Brookfield on election night and on Wednesday, and notice they're different than Kathy Nickolaus' numbers. Here's the breakdown: Election night City...
View Article"Big Abortion" and the GOP's Bogus Budget Battle
Back in early February, House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan presented the Republican leadership's plan to cut $35 billion from the remainder of the fiscal year 2011 budget. As it turns out,...
View ArticleThe Care, Feeding, and Reproduction of the American Election, part 6
[insert lame and dated 'Friday' joke here] Anyway, this section will be a lot bigger eventually, but here's part 6, on scandals!
View Articlebest practices
Gulf Watcher continues to GET BETTER. Check out blogearlier this week Severe Weather liveblog has a video tutorial •Always need to follow Google Earth Engine, ushahidi, •find the best tweet steams...
View ArticleGovernment Shutdown: A One Act Play
The following one act play was inspired from real life events.
View Article46 States Face Budget Shortfalls This Year
Depending on which state you live in, your government may be faced with major issues this year and going into 2012. The severity of the concerns is highly varied, but only 4 states (Montana, North...
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