Political Issues Archive

  • rgreen

    Mother Speaks Against Gun Violence in TV Ad

    Two years after the Tucson mass shooting in which six were killed and former Representative Gabrielle Giffords was shot, Mayors Against Illegal Guns today released a new television ad featuring Roxanna Green, mother of Christina-Taylor Green, the nine year-old girl murdered that day. The 30-second...

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  • rrpicb

    10 More Reasons I Love My Country India

    By Rakesh Raman Long, long ago, I had explained 10 simple reasons while expressing my love for India. But now I have realized that with each passing day, my love for my country is flourishing. There are many more reasons for this burgeoning affection that...

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  • angry

    Angry Voters Ready for the Presidential Election

    We The People, LLC is presenting its non-partisan “Angry Voters” video game on the Indiegogo website to raise $144,000 in donations for developmental seed funding during October and November, before and after the 2012 Presidential Election. The company will use the donated funds to complete...

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  • genopp

    Americans Worried About China and National Debt

    As the U.S. continues to be buried deeper under more than $1 trillion of new debt every year, Americans must be worried about their future which is nothing but dark. So, they’re. In a new poll when Americans were asked to rank the greatest threats...

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  • pncsvy

    U.S. Small Business Outlook Depressing

    In a new survey, one out of two (48 percent) small business owners say they are currently “worse off” compared to 2007, when the recession officially began, while only 26 percent claim they are “better off.” When asked how they have adapted to survive in...

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  • ieps

    “U.S. Cost of Violence Surpasses 15% of GDP”

    On the eve of the International Day of Peace (Sept. 21), the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) has released a report detailing how much of the U.S. economy is related to either preventing or dealing with the consequences of violence. The report conservatively estimates...

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  • billbord

    Barack Obama Gay Marriage Billboards Censored!

    A dating community exclusively for good-looking people reports that billboards featuring Barack Obama presiding over gay marriages between leading Republican politicians have been banned across America. The images were created using lookalikes to announce the gay and lesbian versions of BeautifulPeople.com, the dating community for...

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  • jobsus

    Is America Doing Enough to Create Jobs?

    With a tepid 84,000 jobs created last month, a recent Korn/Ferry (NYSE: KFY) poll of U.S. workers with incomes of $50,000+ revealed that 63 percent believe an American President has a big impact on job creation. Yet, just 45 percent of respondents think the U.S....

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  • unsg

    Ban Ki-Moon Pledges Support to Qatar

    Panel of global leaders gathered in Qatar National Pavilion at Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development to discuss food security in dry land nations, according to a statement issued Saturday by Qatar National Food Security Programme. “We want to say that we live in a...

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  • hrleed

    Human Rights Center Going Green

    The National Center for Civil and Human Rights has unveiled the new architectural rendering for the Center, created by the team of architects at Freelon/HOK. The 35,000 square-foot Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)-certified building is designed to be environmentally sustainable. The Center also...

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  • gasprice

    Mr. Obama, the Gas Prices Are Too Damn High

    A non-profit, Generation Opportunity, is announcing a gas prices petition for young Americans. It aims to tell President Obama and his administration to ease their restrictions on domestic energy exploration and open up more land and offshore for drilling in order to bring gas prices...

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  • ov

    OneVoice Balloons for Arab Peace Initiative

    From a village near Jenin that borders on the 1967 line, OneVoice Palestine youth activists and locals released into Israel hundreds of helium balloons carrying the text of the Arab Peace Initiative on Saturday, April 28, drawing attention toward this historic opportunity. OneVoice is an...

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