I have been busy working and writing for the Hill Talk and Data Driven Journalism. I was going to post on a further analysis on Veterans and minimum wage and on new hate crime numbers from the FBI. However there is a more pressing issue for this website and others like it, Net Neutrality. The otherContinue reading “Net Neutrality and CSI wo DB”
Tag Archives: Democracy Now
SPLC Hate Group Update: Washington, DC has an Increase in Activity
In 2014 the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) produced the above map showing the location of hate groups that they are tracking with a total of 939 groups nationwide. The four states with the highest number of groups were California, Florida, Texas, and New York. As these are the four states with the highest populationContinue reading “SPLC Hate Group Update: Washington, DC has an Increase in Activity”
Campaign Finance Candidate Lawrence Lessig Enters the Race
In a follow up to my post on the 2016 Facebook & Twitter Primaries, Harvard Law Professor Lawrence Lessig announced that if he were able to raise $1,000,000 he would announce that he is running for the Democratic nomination for President to overturn Citizens United with a constitutional amendment. If and when he succeeds inContinue reading “Campaign Finance Candidate Lawrence Lessig Enters the Race”
The Civil War in a Larger International Historical Context – Cinco de Mayo edition
Last May 3 I published a post called The Civil War in a Larger International Historical Context which discussed how in the 150th anniversary of the Civil War there were similar conflicts in Germany, Italy, and Japan which would have many repercussions for the US and the world to this day. It has become oneContinue reading “The Civil War in a Larger International Historical Context – Cinco de Mayo edition”
Italian Americans and Todays Immigrants
This mornings Democracy Now! program included typical stories about racial profiling and harassment of Muslim and Latino immigrant groups in New York City and East Haven, Connecticut. While I was watching this clip of the East Haven story, I saw either Mayor Joseph Maturo Jr. or Police chief Leonard Gallo talk about their Italian rootsContinue reading “Italian Americans and Todays Immigrants”
9/11 Aftermath Survey
On December 31, 2004 I was at a spiritual retreat for New Years Eve. We were having a discussion about moral dilemmas. An older woman wearing a mink coat was asking about how much money she should give to those who were killed in the Indian Ocean Tsunami which had just happened. She had saidContinue reading “9/11 Aftermath Survey”
The Need for CSI Without Dead Bodies (& Similar Websites)
We live in times of disconnect. With three wars raging that the US is still involved in, a widening gap between rich and poor, and many unsolved problems still raging. So far I have avoided writing about the upcoming 2012 Presidential Election because there is nothing of substance to people’s lives discussed yet. The mediaContinue reading “The Need for CSI Without Dead Bodies (& Similar Websites)”
Measuring Democracy in the World?
Hans Rosling (Host of the BBC documentary The Joy of Stats) tweeted “In 2009 Saudi Arabia had a lower Democracy score than Tunisia, Egypt & Libya http://www.bit.ly/12T624m, In fact the lowest in the world!” In the original link he shows for the year 2009 these three countries where recent uprisings have occurred or are occurringContinue reading “Measuring Democracy in the World?”