Toward a World that Works for Everyone
I think the Coronavirus outbreak, along with the tragedies it brings, also presents us with a wonderful opportunity, not to be missed. It’s the opportunity to come together as a world community and take measures for the next determined time (two weeks?) to stop the pandemic in its tracks. I call for an international health […]
By Scott Neuman, NPR, March 13, 2020 https://www.npr.org/2020/03/13/815272925/head-of-u-s-soccer-resigns-amid-pay-dispute-with-womens-national-team Carlos Cordeiro, the president of the U.S. Soccer Federation, announced late Thursday that he was stepping down as head of the governing body after a controversial court filing in a lawsuit over equal pay for the women’s national team that appeared to disparage the athletic abilities of […]
This one simple strategy could eliminate the gender pay gap Scott Torrey Fast Company,. March 9, 2020 https://www.fastcompany.com/90473520/this-one-simple-strategy-could-eliminate-the-gender-pay-gap Research from PayScale discovered that the gender wage gap closes completely with increased pay transparency. Here’s why. Pay equity has been making headlines recently. There was a class-action lawsuit against Nike for example. Yet research from the […]
Activists Appear Unveiled in Tehran on Women’s Day Michael Lipin, VOA Persian service, March 08, 2019 https://www.voanews.com/middle-east/voa-news-iran/activists-appear-unveiled-tehran-womens-day Small groups of Iranian women celebrated International Women’s Day by appearing publicly unveiled in Tehran and calling on Iranians to support their defiance of mandatory veiling in the Islamist nation. VOA Persian received and verified a video clip […]
By Lisa Schlein, VOA, March 08, 2020 https://www.voanews.com/arts-culture/women-represent-one-quarter-worlds-parliamentarians GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The number of female parliamentarians in the world has more than doubled since the groundbreaking U.N. Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, 25 years ago, the Inter-Parliamentary Union said Friday. Part of the reason may be quotas. While female representation in national parliaments […]
By Kylie Atwood and Jennifer Hansler, CNN, March 4, 2020 https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/04/politics/afghan-women-us-taliban-deal/index.html Washington (CNN) One of the women honored for her courage at the US State Department on Wednesday made a personal appeal to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to safeguard women’s rights in Afghanistan amid an uncertain future in the wake of the US-Taliban agreement. […]
Thanks to Ed for sending this example of ecological leadership. From early 2019. Ed wants to work in this area after the Reval. Couple Spends 25 Years Planting a Rainforest, Hundreds of Endangered Animal Species Return Sara Burrows, Return to Now, January 4, 2019 https://returntonow.net/2019/01/04/couple-transforms-barren-farmland-into-a-rainforest-wildlife-returns-india/ This husband and wife transformed barren farmland into a tropical […]
Luxembourg Makes Public Transport Free Deutsche Welle/EcoWatch, Mar. 01, 2020 https://www.ecowatch.com/luxembourg-public-transport-free-2645349551.html Luxembourg Transport Minister Francois Bausch hailed a “great day” for the Grand Duchy, as it became the first country on Earth to make public transport ticket free. The small but wealthy nation has introduced free public transport in an effort to “motivate” residents — […]
By Citizens Basic Income Trust, February 27, 2020 https://citizensincome.org/news/citizens-basic-income-a-response-to-poverty ATD Fourth World has published the results of its Understanding Poverty in all its Forms research project: an international project that is asking people in poverty what for them are its most important dimensions. A report has now been published on findings for the UK: https://atd-uk.org/projects-campaigns/understanding-poverty. […]
“On February 6, Unist’ot’en members watched on social media as the RCMP mounted a dramatic raid before dawn. . . arresting six people. “But rather than serving to quell the resistance, the arrests inspired a wave of solidarity protests and transportation blockades across Canada.” Elsewhere, the Pope and Greenpeace are pleading for protection of the […]
This is an issue in Canada (and the UK according to my friend, Mark, on Facebook). America’s Mental Health Crisis Hidden Behind Bars “Ten psychiatrist jobs have gone unfilled for two years.” By Eric Westervelt and Liz Baker, NPR, February 25 https://www.npr.org/2020/02/25/805469776/americas-mental-health-crisis-hidden-behind-bars It’s recreation time at a Los Angeles County jail known as the Twin […]
On May 6, 2016, Archangel Michael told me in a reading: “Most issues, beloved, are not about money; they are about self-worth, taking responsibility, sharing responsibility, leadership, sharing leadership, knowing when to lead and went to follow, and stepping up in ways that are creative. “What money is used for is so that a person, […]
“Recycling precious metals and minerals from used electronics can help make today’s consumption patterns more environmentally sustainable,” writes Christopher Kaminker, Head of Sustainability for Lombard Odier Bank. February 11, 2020, CNBC Africa https://rethink.ft.com/articles/gold-mining-going-green/ At Umicore’s industrial facility in Antwerp, hundreds of workers wearing yellow safety vests turn up every day to recover gold, silver, copper, […]
After the Reval, I hope lightworkers will invest in free public transport, along with everything else (free tuition, free medicare, etc.) Luxembourg Wants to Solve Congestion With Free Public Transport Nicolas Carvajal, Pop-up City, 28 Jan. 2020 Starting in March 2020, public transport in Luxembourg will be free of charge. Primarily a social measure, this […]
Associated Press, Feb. 7, 2020 https://tinyurl.com/tblr886 The spaceflyer spent nearly 11 months in orbit, setting a new record for longest spaceflight by a woman. MOSCOW — NASA astronaut Christina Koch, who has spent nearly 11 months in orbit on the longest spaceflight by a woman, landed safely in Kazakhstan on Thursday along with two of […]
