Archive for August, 2019
At one point, Kirsten Gillibrand looked on paper like a legitimate, if not formidable, presidential candidate — but her campaign never took flight. | Cliff Hawkins/Getty Images
A last-minute spending push in Iowa wasn’t enough. Al Franken didn’t help either.
Young people care a lot about climate change—but most of them can’t vote. Here’s how governments can adapt to accommodate them.
Source: Democracy Is the Planet’s Biggest Enemy – Foreign Policy
A poster depicting Rhea Suh, president of the National Resources Defense Council, which employs 600 scientists, lawyers, and policy advocates across the globe to fight for the environment. Poster part of Amplifier’s #MyClimateHero campaign
Source: When Politics Fails, Call the Lawyers – Reasons to be Cheerful
Zeke Stokes, chief programs officer at GLAAD, who was shown the findings several months ago, said, “Anyone who’s L.G.B.T.Q. knows that their identity is complicated and to have science sort of bear that out is a positive thing.”
State’s new poet laureate, Margaret Gibson, views life through different lens.
Our new poet laureate, Margaret Gibson, wants to come to your town or city, go to your public library, park, art gallery or coffee shop, and engage you in a community dialogue while she reads her poetry or listens to yours.
Gibson also aims to further the role of the poet as a “truth teller” in a time of political deception.
Source: Connecticut’s New Poet Laureate Has Something To Say | Beachcombing | connecticutmag.com
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