Stories tagged "activism"

October 10, 2008

Slate political reporter Christopher Beam was online at Washingtonpost.com to chat with readers about the most effective kinds of political activism. An unedited transcript of the chat.

Over 5,000 U.S. physicians have signed an open letter calling on the candidates for president and Congress "to stand up for the health of the American people and implement a nonprofit, single-payer national health insurance system.

W3C and Merck are conspiring to 'label' websites exposing dangerous ingredients, like poisonous mercury-based thimerosol, in vaccines.

One cool thing about Attorney General Rob McKenna: He's the first transgendered person (female-to-male) ever elected to statewide office. But there are a number of very UNcool things about McKenna, including his persecution of medical marijuana patients.

Trade unions in more than 100 countries, from Fiji across the globe to Alaska, are mobilising today to demand change in the world economy, as the financial crisis threatens the livelihoods of millions upon millions of people worldwide.

Vegas drinking water toxic contamination...

Enter Project 7, a consumer goods company passionate about social change and dedicated to addressing the seven most critical areas of need in the world today, as determined by Project 7—Build the Future, Feed the Hungry, Heal the Sick, Help those in Nee

This is your world and only you have the power to change it. I am here to help; to keep you informed, to keep you thinking, to help you make change.

As lawmakers prepare to vote Friday on a renegotiated plan to spend hundreds of billions of dollars to protect Wall Street from financial disaster, activists are ramping up protests against the bill and some independent analysts have offered alternatives