Politics

Imagining the Zero Waste City of Tomorrow

November 26, 2014

Around the world, cities are committed to becoming Zero Waste communities by adopting new principles and changing the way they manage waste. And they are finding that eliminating waste is not only environmentally beneficial but also economically advantageous. The San Francisco Experience In the US, the city of San Francisco, California is leading the charge to become a truly zero waste city. Already, it has developed a comprehensive waste management strategy that city officials believe will enable it to keep 100 percent of its waste…

New Gun Control for California Works to Advance Public Safety

August 11, 2013

California is once again leading the nation in enacting more sensible gun control regulations. This week the state Congress is continuing to draft legislation that would create a comprehensive database for the purchase of ammunition, as well as require all guns to remain locked up when they are not in use, and extend how long a person is prohibited from owning weapons after they have made violent threats against someone.

California Senate Passes Sweeping Gun Control Reforms

May 29, 2013

This week the California State Senate approved seven related gun control bills, which include universal background checks for anyone who wishes to purchase ammunition. People in the state who have a criminal record, severe mental illness, or a restraining order filed against them, would also be disqualified from owning firearms.

Rachel Maddow Bombshell Documentary: Hubris, How Bush Lied the US into War

February 16, 2013

Those of us who do not remember history are forever condemned to repeat it. Could a movie prevent our nation from waging another deadly, unnecessary war? Rachel Maddow’s new MSNBC documentary, HUBRIS: Selling the Iraq War, might be able to accomplish just that.

Energy Secretary Steven Chu will Not Deny Love Affair with Solar Panel

February 8, 2013

“I just want everyone to know that my decision not to serve a second term as Energy Secretary has absolutely nothing to do with the allegations made in this week’s edition of the Onion. While I’m not going to confirm or deny the charges specifically, I will say that clean, renewable solar power is a growing source of U.S. jobs and is becoming more and more affordable, so it’s no surprise that lots of Americans are falling in love with solar.”

Are We Either Red or Blue, or Are We All Just Purple?

November 21, 2012

Throughout the 2012 election process, I have been continually asking myself – are we as a people just red or just blue? Are we really this polarized? Or perhaps we are just reacting to compelling and effective extremist propaganda machines, and are victims of an obstructionist conspiracy to divide our country?

Maddow Delivers Election 2012 Reality Check to Republicans Living in Bubble

November 10, 2012

Rachel Maddow eloquently described the tremendous impact of our recent election this week, although some clueless conservative politicians still seem determined to continue living in their own clumsily constructed bubble of denial. In this powerful video clip, she clearly explains the extensive national election consequences.

Rachel Maddow Viewers Proven Most Informed by Pew Research Poll

October 11, 2012

The Rachel Maddow Show is one of my primary sources for reliable information, and my devotion to the intelligent cable news show appears to be well founded. A new study released by the Pew Research Center, “In Changing News Landscape, Even Television is Vulnerable: Trends in News Consumption: 1991-2012”, has shown that the viewers of the Rachel Maddow Show are the best informed of everyone who participated in their survey.

The Important Media Network’s Round-Up of Women’s Rights Week

September 11, 2012

A big thanks to all of Important Media writers and blogs who participated in Women’s Rights Week. Our different websites covered diverse issues related to local economies, hunger, entrepreneurship, health, matriarchies and international philanthropy. The Inspired Economist introduced us to many sustainably oriented female CEOs; we also received an update from the “Nuns on the Bus” and the Democratic convention. Please check out the articles that you may have missed during last week.

Featuring a Focus on Women & the Caped Crusader, Avenging Uterus

September 4, 2012

This week the Important Media network is celebrating the varied accomplishments and rights of women; our many diverse blogs will be highlighting different aspects of this topic. To help consolidate all of this week’s featured articles, we will publish all of our eclectic women’s rights related posts on this page. Ecolocalizer has also adopted cartoonist Matt Bors’ comic caped crusader, the fierce Avenging Uterus, as our vagina mascot to help promote this week’s focus upon women and female success stories.

Mansplainer Hank Williams Jr. Proves that You Can Just Make Stuff Up

August 28, 2012

While commenting on the 2012 presidential race in the Maddow Blog recently, Steven Benen suggested that in this election season it now seems that “maybe you can just make stuff up”. From fictional tales of spastic tubes and forcible legitimate rape, many strange lies and bizarre falsehoods have continued to spew out of the Republican Party propaganda machine. In today’s installment of “maybe you can just make stuff up”, we look at an entertainer who appears intent upon dividing our nation.

How Does Ron Paul Resolve Love of Personal Liberty & Banning Abortion?

August 27, 2012

Ron Paul is one of the rare elected officials who has the integrity to highlight the crippling economic costs of our massive military industrial complex, as well as the need to decriminalize drugs and audit both the Pentagon and the Federal Reserve. His adamant support for personal privacy, Bradley Manning and civil liberties also shows leadership, but unfortunately like most men in his party, Paul still rabidly opposes a woman’s ability to safely terminate a pregnancy. He wants small unobtrusive government, except when it applies to all female bodies?

Romney & Ryan: Going Back to the Future that Destroyed Our Nation’s Economy?

August 11, 2012

Just as newly christened potential vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan told his supporters that he was “thrilled to be a part of America’s comeback team”, the Obama campaign released another endearing nickname for the political duo: “The Go Back Team”. It is inexplicable why these Republicans keep desperately clinging to the belief that the miserably failed trickle down economics fraud that already drove our country off a cliff is still somehow a viable solution.

LIBOR Scandal Exposes Systematic Corruption throughout Banking Industry

July 21, 2012

The most egregious criminal financial fraud of all time is now unfolding before our eyes. A handful of corrupt banks have been intentionally manipulating global interest rates, also known as LIBOR, which stands for London Interbank Offered Rate. When it is not being illegally twisted by bankers for their own monetary gain, LIBOR is meant to gauge the average interest rate that banks charge each other to borrow money. The measure is also used as the basis for nearly all other lending rates, from what we pay for student loans to home mortgages.