Toward a World that Works for Everyone
2 – 30 minute podcasts for novices, sceptics and enthusiasts to explore the wonders of Basic Income. How to overcome poverty and inequality one episode at a time. Some of the discussion points in the first podcast: the natural resources of this planet are for all the people but many have been excluded from that […]
‘Motherhood is a job’—and these 50 leaders say you should get paid Jamie Orsini, Motherly, January 26, 2021 (https://www.mother.ly/news/heres-the-plan-for-getting-moms-paid) Being a mom is a full-time job. Now there’s a plan to help us get paid for all the work we do. It’s called the Marshall Plan for Moms. Spearheaded by Girls Who Code founder Reshma […]
HuffPost, November 28, 2020 https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/hope-stoves The stoves are easy to put together and can burn for 12 hours straight. As winter creeps closer and temperatures drop, many people without homes will be looking for ways to stay warm and one man is hoping to help. Mike Hay, a contractor and business owner from Nanaimo, B.C., […]
By Brakkton Booker, NPR, October 13th, 2020 https://www.npr.org/2020/10/13/923233877/princeton-university-agrees-to-nearly-1-million-in-back-pay-to-female-professors One of the nation’s most prestigious universities has agreed to pay nearly $1 million in back pay to female professors following allegations of pay discrimination. The Ivy League university will pay $925,000 in back pay and at least $250,000 in future wages, as part of an agreement […]
By Victoria Jaggard, SCIENCE Editor, National Geograhic Who doesn’t love a black hole? These ultra-dense objects regularly star in movies, in popular idioms, and in a nonstop stream of headlines reminding us that Einstein was right. However, we’ve had a scientific description of black holes for just over a hundred years, when Karl Schwarzschild solved […]
Denmark confronts sexual harassment at work in #MeToo moment Adrienne Murray, BBC.com, Sept. 26, 2020 (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54246009) It started with a comedy awards show and a bombshell revelation that left the audience stunned. Now a vigorous debate about workplace sexual harassment is under way in Denmark, a country that often ranks highly for gender equality. More […]
Kristen Bell: This Is What a Feminist ‘Good Place’ Looks Like “I think a feminist ‘Good Place’ looks like a place with equality.” James Hitchings-Hales, Global Citizen, August 19, 2020 https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/kristen-bell-the-good-place-feminist-wphf/ All the evidence suggests that when women are involved in conflict resolution, peace deals last longer. But women are still excluded from the process. […]
What Women’s Suffrage Owes to Indigenous Culture Bridget Quinn, Yes! Magazine, Aug 19, 2020 (https://www.yesmagazine.org/democracy/2020/08/19/womens-suffrage-indigenous-culture/) The example of gender equality in Haudenosaunee society gave 19th-century White women some big ideas. It’s been 100 years since the ratification of the 19th Amendment secured voting rights for women—sort of. In She Votes: How U.S. Women Won Suffrage, […]
www.voiceoffreedom.ca In 2012, Sanat Kumara, our Universal Logos and Keeper of Universal Law, mentioned “rainbow currency” to me in a personal reading with Linda Dillon, channel for the Council of Love. Back then, I assumed that SK was speaking literally — that “rainbow currency” was money. In my study of how things work in the […]
France 24, August 5th, 2020 https://www.france24.com/en/20200805-thousands-protest-in-turkey-against-domestic-violence Istanbul (AFP) Thousands of women in Turkey took to the streets on Wednesday to demand that the government does not withdraw from a landmark treaty on preventing domestic violence. The protests were the biggest in recent weeks as anger grows over the rising number of women killed by men […]
By Megan Wildhood & Ruth Terry, Yes Magazine, July 15, 2020 https://www.yesmagazine.org/economy/2020/07/15/hawaii-covid-recovery/ It may be too soon to reopen, but it’s not too early to plan for a recovery. The novel coronavirus pandemic continues to spike in many U.S. states, especially those that lifted lockdown restrictions early, but as of July 6, Hawai‘i had only […]
Events are happening faster than we can write articles on, so we’re switching to a summary format for some articles. Some subjects may be too uncomfortable to read. We ask you to use discernment in your choice. Skirting the meme war does not affect the subjects we cover; only the sources we use to cover […]
By Declan Walsh, NY Times April 30 2020 https://tinyurl.com/y9ov3d97 A new law criminalizes genital cutting, a harmful practice that nine in 10 Sudanese women are said to have endured. But some warned laws alone cannot eliminate the practice. CAIRO — Sudan’s new government has outlawed the practice of female genital mutilation, a move hailed […]
I offer Part 2 of my partial transcription of The Divine Feminine Video, recorded April 26, 2020. This video gathering of six powerful Spiritual and Healing women, in the USA and the UK, reminded me that “Where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there in the midst of them.” Matthew 18:20 […]
Events are happening faster than we can write articles on, so we’re switching to a summary format, with the URL for you to go to and read at more length if you so choose. Some of the subjects may be hard to take and so a smaller bite of information may be more desirable. It […]
